Teenage Body Image
Year 11 Drama
Elemental Power
Teenage Body Image
By Leticia Hargreaves
11F3
Teacher: Ms Power
Stimulus: I felt obliged to do this topic as it really stands out to me as I see this issue arise with many teenage girls today, most of which are my friends. I find it sad to think that teenage girls are so easily mislead to believe that they must look like something that isn’t real. I used the poems, songs, pictures etc. as they all send a strong message towards my topic and show how real this terrible concern is.
Characters
Character Descriptions
Character 1: Girl, 16 years of age, happy but confused on what she should look like.
Character 2: The first character/many characters are just an illusion, a silhouette kind of character of teenage girls, just an image. Dressed fully in black clothing and fifteen years of age she’s depressed by what she sees in the mirror.
Character 3: News Reporter, aged 22, slim good-looking, happy with her life, hardworking business women.
Character 4: Many people, not entirely characters as they don’t have personalities.
Costumes
Character 1: Wearing black tights a baggy top and a loose fashion jacket. She changes her costume in the other scenes to a dirty night gown then changes back in the closing.
Character 2: All of these characters are just wearing theatre blacks.
Character 3: Black pants. White shirt and black jacket, looking very sophisticated.
Character 4: Theatre blacks.
Teenage Body Image
Script :
Opening:
Setting: Girl on stage, dark lights, she is reading a magazine and she is asking herself a question.
Dialogue or description of scene:
Girl: Why can’t I just be skinny like the girls in this magazine?
Scene 1: Poem – I stand in front of the mirror
Setting: Scene is set in the girls mind, the lighting is dark and a soft spotlight comes up on each person as they say their line somewhere on the stage.
Dialogue or description of scene:
(each character says a line each)
I stand
Elemental Power
Teenage Body Image
By Leticia Hargreaves
11F3
Teacher: Ms Power
Stimulus: I felt obliged to do this topic as it really stands out to me as I see this issue arise with many teenage girls today, most of which are my friends. I find it sad to think that teenage girls are so easily mislead to believe that they must look like something that isn’t real. I used the poems, songs, pictures etc. as they all send a strong message towards my topic and show how real this terrible concern is.
Characters
Character Descriptions
Character 1: Girl, 16 years of age, happy but confused on what she should look like.
Character 2: The first character/many characters are just an illusion, a silhouette kind of character of teenage girls, just an image. Dressed fully in black clothing and fifteen years of age she’s depressed by what she sees in the mirror.
Character 3: News Reporter, aged 22, slim good-looking, happy with her life, hardworking business women.
Character 4: Many people, not entirely characters as they don’t have personalities.
Costumes
Character 1: Wearing black tights a baggy top and a loose fashion jacket. She changes her costume in the other scenes to a dirty night gown then changes back in the closing.
Character 2: All of these characters are just wearing theatre blacks.
Character 3: Black pants. White shirt and black jacket, looking very sophisticated.
Character 4: Theatre blacks.
Teenage Body Image
Script :
Opening:
Setting: Girl on stage, dark lights, she is reading a magazine and she is asking herself a question.
Dialogue or description of scene:
Girl: Why can’t I just be skinny like the girls in this magazine?
Scene 1: Poem – I stand in front of the mirror
Setting: Scene is set in the girls mind, the lighting is dark and a soft spotlight comes up on each person as they say their line somewhere on the stage.
Dialogue or description of scene:
(each character says a line each)
I stand
Bibliography: Picture – Anorexic Girl, Anorexia, 18/02/11 http://social-context.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive. , htm http://parentingteens.about.com/od/bodyimage/f/media_bodyimage.htm http://www.helium.com/knowledge/104383-poetry-body-image http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/article/teen-body-image Song Lyrics, UGLY, 25/02/11 http://artists.letssingit.com/bring-it-on-lyrics-ugly-gbrk7lt