Dramatic Techniques In Blood Brothers

We have been studying the play Blood Brothers for months before this exam. Our classes did a six-hour exam, with the main focus being this play. Blood brothers has many significant themes a few examples of the important themes are betrayal, family, power and various others. We explored these themes using different dramatic techniques for example cross-cutting, narration and use of levels. Throughout the exam the use of these dramatic techniques created more depth to our understanding of the play.

In the first task, we were asked to create a series of still images which captured the essence of the plot within Blood Brothers. Our group decided to show the first still image as the deaths of the two brothers Mickey and Eddie with Miss Johnstone

In the extract, we are told about Mickey and his older more privileged brother Sammy. As Sammy was older than Mickey, he was allowed more freedoms than his younger brother. I tried to show the lower class of Mickey by fiddling with my shirt, rubbing the dirt off my clothes, fidgeting and hunching over. My tone of voice was high to show I was a young child, I also paced back and forth to make it look like Mickey was having a tantrum which seven year olds often do. During the performance I tried to take pause and speed up in between certain sentences for an added

Using techniques such as marking the moment, cross-cutting, role-play, hot-seating and various others I have been able to create pieces of drama based around the play Blood Brothers. This will help me in understanding and creating pieces of drama bases around the true explicit story but also around the metaphors, which surround and embrace the story. In the future, this will help me dramatize future pieces of drama. Creating a level of depth, which is simulated by someone who completely understands that piece of drama. Being able to watch a play and be able to create a piece of drama from