Year 8 Drama

MYP:Melodrama

Key Concept:Relationships

Related Concept:Audience, Expression, Presentation

Global Context:Fairness and Development 

Statement of Inquiry:A hero saves the day in melodrama to ensure that justice and peace will overrule the destroying plans of  evildoers

Inquiry Questions: 

Conceptual-Will the hero always destroy the evil plans of the villain to save the day? Will melodrama always have a happy ending?  

Debatable-Must all stories have a happy ending? Will good always win against evil? How can the world become a better and more peaceful environment for all?




My Melodrama Characters

The Villain

The Villain

•Cloak

•Evil

•Sly

•Manipulative

•Often "Wrongs" the maiden

Here are my images of my first chosen character which is the villain. First of all, I believe that the villain's poses make up the character because as you see in the first image, the villain's expression is quite sly as the villain shows direct eye contact. The villain hides behind the cloak, which also shows that the villain is sneaky as a reason why the villain is  hiding behind the cloak. Other than that, I believe that the villain's expressions in both images really indicate how wicked the villain is. Also, I think that due to his position it really conveys how ignoble and depraved the villain is. Another reason  is due to the villain's melodramatic movements; it really shows how black hearted and how diabolical but also how evil, manipulative and devilish the villain is. Lastly, overall I believe that both photographs portray this character through his expression, props ( my clothes) and poses in the pictures.

The Maiden

The Maiden

•Ladylike

•Innocent

•Demure

•Brave

•Victim of the villain 

Here are my two photographs of my second chosen character, the maiden. To start off, I think that both images portray my character in a very good way. The reason is that in both images, the maiden's poses show that she is extremely vulnerable as in the images it shows the maiden standing in a very feminine and frightened  manner which makes her seem delicate and fragile . Also due to her clothes and her expressions, it makes her seem very faultless and  innocent as the poses in the images are very dainty and sensitive and do not show any vigorousness.Meanwhile, her melodramatic movements may be large but it is still very modest,meek and mild which shows that she is very demure and shy but, very diffident.So, overall I think that both photographs represent my character (the maiden) through all the features of the images, the poses, the costume, the expressions and the props.Using all these features I believe that both photographs clearly portray my character.

The Hero

The Hero

•Brave

•Courageous

•Handsome

•Romantic

•Strong

•Rescues the maiden 

•Saves the day 

Here are the two images for my third chosen character the hero.To begin with, I think that both images really express and portray the hero. First of all, because in both images their expression shows how chivalrous and gallant the hero is. Another reason I believe so is because both of the poses express how brave the hero is, also due to the melodramtic movements in the poses it clearly portrays how couragous the hero is through action and through his movements. Secondly, in the second image, the hero's position really shows how the hero is very heroic. Also, the way the hero stands and is positioned really shows how powerful and self-confident. Meanwhile, due to the hero's melodramatic actions in the first image, this really indicates how audacious and dauntless the hero is while being in action. Other than that, I think that in both images due to the hero's poses this conveys how indomitable and valiant the hero his through his poses and his movements. Lastly, I believe that both images have clearly portrayed the hero due to all the components in the images the costume, the props, the poses and the expressions in the images.