January 27, 28, 31

January 27
Continue to develop your ideas and complete preliminary work. This will help you write your Statement of Artistic Intention on Friday.

January 28
Warm-up activities

What techniques does she use to bring her characters to life?

 

How does Meryl Streep build her character? What does she change and develop?  Does she change her voice? Does she change her accent? Look at the way she moves and walks. We can see that she changes her clothes, hair and make up, but can you see that she's becomes a completely different person in each film that she plays in?    

  Acting Techniques  -  Incorporating Thought and Emotion

1.   Name: Connecting the mind, body and emotion              Purpose: Changes in movement exemplify changes in emotion

One improv activity asks the class to compile a list of the many ways humans can move, such as walking, running or skipping. Assign each student one of these movements and then ask each student to vary the way she carries it out; for example, make it bigger, faster, heavier or more relaxed. Discuss with students how the changes in movement exemplify changes in emotion, both as felt by the student moving and by those observing. 

 walk, run, skip, stagger, march, crawl, hop, skip, sprint

2.   Name:  Exaggeration Circle -   Purpose: good warm-up to work on taking something small and heightening it.
                           https://youtu.be/GWuaQ1FKt1E?list=PL0F098B1E301351CC

3.  Name:  Character shape            Purpose:  helps the student realize that the way we move our body helps to shape the character that we are playing

4. Name: Emotions
Purpose:  physicalising the primary emotions: joy, grief, fear, anger, surprise, love, laughter and how to use this in a performance rather than 'acting'

January 31
Criterion C - Statement of Artistic Intention

Criterion C    -     Statement of Artistic Intention   in class writing (4 paragraphs)  Use subject specific language

1. What are you doing? (purpose) This paragraph includes:
- what topic you are studying this term in Drama  
- small background about Gothic novels and Gothic film
- what your task is  
- name and plotline/storyline of your play

2. Why are you doing this    (message)
 - what is the main message/theme you wish to communicate in your play
 - who is your audience and what lasting impact do you want this video to have on your audience?
 - why do you think it is important to communicate this message/theme to your "targeted" audience?

3.  How are you going to achieve this   (production and performance elements)

-  how will your group bring this play to life? (include set, props, costumes, techniques)

-  how will you bring your character to life? (include costume, props and acting techniques that you will use)

- what challenges/problems can you anticipate? How can you overcome these difficulties? (Name at least 3 and say how you can overcome these difficulties)

4.  Justify your decisions (inspiration)  
-  What inspired you? (Were you inspired by someone or something?) What made you choose this theme/topic? 
-  Document the process that you took and talk about alternative options and justify your final decisions.