Cactus

Question 1

Who are the characters and what are the actors names.

Answer 1

PB - Frasn Sweeney-Nash
Abbie - Georgia Heath

Question 2

PB - Expressive Skills

Answer 2

Facial Expressions
* Excitable/cheerful
* Later on becomes more enclosed, with a flat expressions devoid of previous emotion

Gesture
* Wide arm movements as they told abbie about gossip

Movement
* Laidback
* when relaxed will take up space
* moves around a lot
* when arguing moves less

Voice
* Excitable and quick

Question 3

Abbie - Expressive Skills

Answer 3

Facial Expressions
* smiling when happy but noticably down when sad

Gesture
* rubbing her legs when nervous
* Holding stomach when in pain

Movement
* while walking, would have arms by her side
* more stiff compared to PB

Voice
* Monotone when trying to convince people she was fine

Question 4

Dramatic Element - Conflict

Answer 4

• Actors fighting
• Abbies inner conflict
• egging the bfs car
• ignoring the guy at the party

Question 5

Dramatic Element - Contrast

Answer 5

• Lighting (Abbies blue light during emotional scenes, Sweeney-Nash’s spotlight when different characters)
• Characters personalties, goals & world view.

Question 6

Dramatic Element - Climax

Answer 6

• Mental breakdown: abbie screams at PB, abbie cries to her mother

Question 7

Dramatic Element - Mood

Answer 7

• Blue lighting symbolising sadness, depression
• Showing emotion through acting
• music & lighting change during the formal
• the picnic scene symbolises her emotional journey

Question 8

Dramatic Elements - Rythym

Answer 8

• Timing
• Tempo

Question 9

Dramatic Elements - Space

Answer 9

• moving around on the blocks to show change of location
• never leaving the stage
• hiding props under the blocks
• haze for lighting, adding more dimension

Question 10

Dramatic element - Tension

Answer 10

• Character arguments
• Awkwardness of them making up
• abbie stressed about the surgery