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Section B - Blood Brothers Flashcards

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What does Willy Russell suggest the stage should look like?

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There are two ‘semi permanent’ areas of the set - The Lyons’ house and the Johnstones’ house.
All other scenes should be set in the communal area.

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What should Mrs Johnstone’s house be made of?

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Flats - painted to appear like a badly built house in a bad state
Should,be small

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What should Mrs Johnstone’s be among?

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Within a row of terraced houses, scruff

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What should the Lyon’s home be made of?

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Flats - painted neatly, expensive Liverpudlian house

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What should the Lyon’s house look like?

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Well maintained, neat, larger than Mrs Johnstone’s, a balcony (to create levels) (impression that Mrs Lyons’s looks down upon Mrs Johnstone)

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What is the backdrop also known as?

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Cyclorama

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What should the background be?

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In act 1 - Liverpool, factories,
In act 2 - countryside

Backdrop changes as they have migrated (context: population migration - rehoming the people due to overpopulation)

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What should occur in the space between the two houses?

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The bulk of the action

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What should Mrs Lyon’s house have inside when something happens within it?

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Should feel homely and expensive - e.g. sofa, table, nice rug etc.

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Why do we not see Mrs Johnstone’s home in act 1?

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She still lives in the tiny Liverpudlian home
As if it’s not worth looking at

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What is a truck?

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A movable piece of staging that is mounted into wheels - easily wheeled on stage, some actors do this in character

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What is a revolving stage?

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Used to change scenes quickly
Gives impression of movement
Could be use in the school bus scene

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What are flats?

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Often give a temporary backdrop and are dropped from the ceiling

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What do flats come in on?

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Flies

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What are projections on the cyclorama?

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The most simple form of set design to show a location
These change depending on the location e.g. mickeys jail scene, a jail is protected onto it

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What set design style does blood brothers use?

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Both naturalistic and minimalist
BUT mostly minimalist

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What is minimalistic set design and an example?

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Relies on symbolism and emphasises themes
Doesn’t look totally realistic

E.g. during the school scene, the designer might incorporate wooden Victorian style desks and a large blackboard to show that the scene is taking place in a school in the late 1970’s, not an accurate model of an actual classroom

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What is the set used in blood brothers?

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Composite set - represents several sets and some of it is permanent but some is brought on

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What is lighting design used to do?

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Establish setting or location
Direct the audiences attention
Can be used symbolically
Show mood and atmosphere
Can support characterisation

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What is a fresnel light?

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Produces a wash - soft light often used at the back of the stage with colour
USED TO SHOW MOOD

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What is a spotlight?

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Projects a single beam of light onto an object or an actor
USED TO FOCUS AND AUDIENCES ATTENTION OR TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF AN ENCLOSED LOCATION

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What is a gobo? Example of when it’s used in BB?

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Projects a shape onto the stage to create an affect
USED TO SHOW LOCATION
E.g. prison scene, prison bar gobo used to represent that Mickey feels trapped & when Mrs Lyon’s goes crazy, a gobo can create a distorted flashing lights

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What is a flood light?

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Lights the entire stage and colour can be changed
USE TO reflect time, location, mood, atmosphere or increase intensity

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What is underscoring?

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Music that goes under a scene
USED TO ADD TENSION, AN ATMOSPHERE

E.g. heartbeat which gets louder as tension increases

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What is ambient sound?

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Background sound e.g. a rainy night may have the sound of rain falling and wind
USED TO ESTABLISH LOCATION

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What are sound effects?

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Sounds that can create an effect that reflects an action e.g. tires of a car screeching in a car crash scene

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What is direction of sound?

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The sound can come from different areas e.g. from the audience to make them feel jnvolved

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What can costume design reflect?

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Context of the play and the time it was set in

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What are costumes used for?

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To reveal information about the characters in the play e.g. Mickey wearing an old, oversized jumper with mud down the front would communicate that it is a hand-me-down – which reinforces the theme of social class, and would show that Mickey is a young energetic young kid

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What is hair and makeup design used for?

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Can show the characters age or again, social class e.g. Mrs Johnstone will have messy hair but Mrs Lyon’s hair will be neatly done and styled

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What can the colour of costumes symbolise?

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To communicate information about the character’s personality.
E.g. when Mrs Lyons picks her baby, the doll might be dressed in a pure white Babygro, symbolising his innocence, reminding the audience of ‘the mother so cruel’ who causes the death of the twins.

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What can changes in costume suggest?

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A change of the characters personality or behaviour
E.g. Linda as a child might wear a bright yellow sun dress, reflecting her innocence and carefree attitude. This would contrast with the costume adult Linda wears, in which she might wear darker colours and baggy clothes and cardigans, reflecting that she has almost given up. Adult Linda’s costume might be similar to Mrs Johnstone’s, symbolising that history has repeated itself.

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What should be considered when designing puppets?

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Size
Colour
Material
Shape

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What are puppets used for? Example in BB?

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To covey meaning to the audience. For example, during the reprise of ‘we go dancing’ (when
Mickey is in jail) you could use shadow puppets behind a gauze to create silhouettes of the trial and Mickey being found guilty. This would enhance the audience’s emotional engagement as they saw Mickey sent to prison.

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What is diegetic sound?

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A sound characters can hear

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What is non diegetic sound?

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A sound characters cannot hear

37
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Social context: men

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Brushing over men’s mental health
Suicide rates rose for men in the 1970s

38
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Social context: women and families

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Expectations on women to have children and then to care for it & men would provide - why Mrs Lyon’s had to have a baby
History repeating itself - lower class having lots of children that they couldn’t take care of - Linda

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Social context: crime

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During a recession crime rates rise - Mickey and sammy commit crimes

40
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Social context: class and inequality between classes

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The fact Mrs Lyon’s chooses what happens and Mrs Johnstone doesn’t - shows inequality
There were extremes of wealth and extremes of poverty - shown by contract between the homes
Upper class had more opportunities - Edward goes to uni
Upper class treated better - policemen was nicer to Eddie than to Mickey after they got caught throwing rocks

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Social context: school

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Really bad public school system - large inequalities of wealth
Private school system remained wealthy

42
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Social context: unemployment

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Margaret thatcher closed factories - many lost jobs - Mickey

43
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Social context: urbanisation and its effects

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Urbanisation = people were moving to cities, not enough homes for them so…
People got rehoused into quickly built, cheap housing

44
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What are the 4 key themes?

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  1. Superstition
  2. Social class and injustice
  3. Mental health
  4. Nature vs nurture
45
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Significance of Mrs Lyon’s being paranoid?

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Money can’t buy control - she loses control of her mind

46
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Significance of Mrs Lyon’s house having a balcony and never seeing inside Mrs Johnstones home?

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Mrs lyons looks down upon Mrs Johnstones home
Mrs Johnstones home isn’t worthy of being seen

47
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How does Mickey change?

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Young, happy —> depressed, anxious, involved in crime

48
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How does Linda change?

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Flirty, sweet, cheeky —> serious, broken, repeating history

49
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How does Eddie change?

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Young sweet upper class boy —> behaviour worsens due to Mickey —> upper class, privileged, ignorant

50
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How does Sammy change?

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Crime by himself —> involves Mickey in crimes

51
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How does Mrs Johnstone change?

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Sweet, maternal, caring, afraid —> fearless, aggressive from a maternal perspective

52
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How does Mrs Lyon’s change?

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Privileged, cruel, manipulative —> insane, loses her mind

GCSE Drama (3 decks)

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