	Blood Brothers - Last Scene
	Stage directions: And so Blood Brothers reaches its dramatic climax. The guns turn out to be real. The curse comes true.	Links You can read the text of the last scene here. There is a writing frame you can use to help you write your essay here.
	It is this scene that you have to focus on and write about in your assignment - you will have to write about the dramatic techniques that a director might use to portray the different characters and to get across the intended message and effect of the play. In your description, make sure you address: THE SET ● back drop ● lighting (spotlights, fade in/ out, colours, shadows, full) + cues ● music and sound effects + cues ● costume ● props THE ACTION ● entrances and exits ● position and movement - the blocking of your scene and how the groups makes use of the available space - including different levels and places in the auditorium ● contrasts (e.g. lighting, pace or volume) to enhance the dramatic effect. THE PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTERS BY THE ACTOR ● stance ● body language ● delivery of speeches Explain how you would use these things to enhance the dramatic effect of your scene. What is the climax of the scene, and how have you made it special?	Click here for a print-out plan of a stage. Click here for a print-out of the last scene for you to annotate.
	HOW HAVE OTHER PEOPLE PORTRAYED IT? These photographs from other productions will help you decide how YOU want to direct this scene:	To Think About: Choose the BEST and the WORST productions, and explain WHY one os good and the other bad by talking about: • backdrop • lighting • costume • props • position • contrasts • appropriateness of casting • stance of actors • body language of actors.
	A performance by a professional community-funded theatre group in Cleveland, USA. The scene has been set OUTDOORS. Edward, Mickey are obvious. But is the weeping woman Linda or Mrs Johnstone? And who is the other guy? What do you think about the lighting? The casting? The stances? The costume? The scenery and props?
	A performance by a Mississippi, USA, High School. The scene seems to have been set OUTDOORS. Edward, Mickey, Linda, Mrs Johnstone, the police and Narrator are obvious. Is the other guy a Councillor? What do you think about the lighting? The casting? The stances? The costume? The scenery and props?
	A performance by a community theatre group in Michigan, USA. Edward, Mickey, Mrs J and the Narrator are obvious. What do you think about the lighting? The casting? The stances? The costume? The scenery and props?
	A school performance by the Methodist College, Belfast - final song by the whole cast. Again, the scene seems to have been set OUTDOORS. Edward, Mickey, Linda and Mrs J are obvious. What do you think about the lighting? The casting? The stances? The costume? The scenery and props?
	A performance by a community theatre group in Iowa, USA - final song by the whole cast. Again, the scene is set OUTDOORS. Edward, Mickey, Linda and Mrs J are obvious. What do you think about the lighting? The casting? The stances? The costume? The scenery and props?