IB Theatre - Collaborative Project (first assessment 2024): Theatre Journal

Your journal will be crucial for evaluating the collaborative creative process (Criterion Ai).

But only if you use it routinely during your creation process.

Every time you rehearse, discuss, or experiment, you should give yourselves 10-15 minutes at the end to capture some key information, including:

• What 'Aha!" moments did you have today?
• What difficult moments did you encounter? Why?
• What new material did you generate? Could it be useful? How?
• How did you leave it and where do you need to pick up next time?

Answers that connect with your Theatre-maker intentions or show the collaborative nature of your process are especially valuable, and you may discover other topics to reflect upon beyond these questions.

The important thing is to capture these significant moments and to reflect through time travel. By this, we mean to ask yourself,

• "What was the impact of the moment at the time?"
• "What is the significance of the moment now?" and
• "What are the implications on what you will do, think or feel in the future?"

Each session, video record any workshop activities and run-throughs, and take photos of any significant moments or 'looks' that you feel might become useful. Having a variety of evidence formats available when writing your report will be so helpful for you jumping straight into the detail required for top band. These significant instances and your reflection upon how they came to be and the impact, significance and implications form the core of the first half of section 1. They will be awarded up to 4 marks in criterion Ai.