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Directions powerpointBeginning Drama 3 - Stage Directions/Actor Positions
Content Objective: • Demonstrate comfortable movement when acting. Language Objective : Each Student will be able to identify the 9 areas of the stage, the abbreviations of the areas on the stage map, and how to find their way around the stage physically. Each Student will be able to identify the 8 Actor Positions, the abbreviations of the areas on the positions map, and how to position themselves physically as an actor quickly. Resources: Each student will receive a handout with the areas and positions clearly labeled. Assessment:Each student will receive a lesson on Stage positions and areas of the stage. Warmup Students will move the Desks out of the way and begin their warmup. Students will take notes during a powerpoint- Stage Movement PPT with accompanying quiz on. Each student will be asked to participate in a physical test of the knowledge. In the auditorium. Then we will go onto the stage and do drama excercises. Activities v Mirror- Explain that you will pair everyone off in a moment. the actors will stand across from each other. The point of this game is for both players to be perfectly mirroring and mirrored, not to mess the other person up. There is an A person and a B person. First the A person will be in charge of the movements while the B person follows. Then the B person is in charge. Finally both will take over. Have the group come back together and explain their experience. v Machine- You will create a machine using all of the actors in the class. Start with three people each doing a unique motion and noise while standing in place. Once someone starts they don’t stop. Add another person and another and another until everyone is part of this machine, each making a unique noise and a unique repetitive motion. At the end wind down as if someone pushed the off button. (Power point below pictures not included) Stage Movement In is down, down is front Out is up, up is back Break a leg - not literally! Stage Areas 9 basic areas Stage Areas C = Center Stage Areas D = Down/Downstage Stage Areas U = Up/Upstage Stage Areas R = Right/Stage Right Stage Areas L = Left/Stage Left Stage Areas Stage Area Hierarchy • 1st comes D or U • 2nd comes R or L • 3rd comes C • Upstage Left • Up Right Center • Down Center Body Positions Indicated by the position of the feet Denotation of Stage Movement • We use abbreviations when writing stage areas (C, DL, 1/4R, PL, etc.) • X = cross • Examples: – X C 1/4L = cross to center stage, stand in a one-quarter left position – X UL PR The Six Basic Principles of Stage Movement • Motivated • Simplified • Heightened • Reveal Character • Open To The Audience • Adjust to the Characters on the Stage Motivated • All movement must be motivated. Shuffling your feet, fidgeting, or nervously moving at random is unforgivable. An actor should never move without purpose. Motivation is justification are not one and the same thing. A movement is justified through its motivation. Control your own body functions and problems i.e., sweat, itch, cough, etc. Simplified • While action in real life is often complex and detailed, art must be more selective if it is to communicate. An actor must use only carefully chosen movement that quickly and lucidly conveys ideas. Less is more. Heightened • To compensate for the distance between actor and audience some exaggeration or heightening is necessary. This is particularly true when you must " point up" or draw special attention to an idea or object that has an important bearing on the rest of the play. For example, the hiding of a letter in Act I that must later be found in Act III needs special heightening. Allow your sense of good taste to restrain you from over exaggeration. A little bigger than life- not real life, realistic representation of life. Reveal Character • A Character's personality, attitude, health, and age are all revealed in his movement. A fat person moves differently from a thin person. An easy going individual moves differently from a nervous person. Youth's actions vary from those of older people. Always move in character if you are to give a convincing portrayal. How you move is who you are - personifies who you are. Open to the Audience • Movement must always be open to the audience without appearing obvious. In theater the audience is all important. Unless you have a legitimate reason for not doing so, always play toward the house. use a one quarter body positions, make turns towards the audience, and use your up stage foot and hand so that your body won't be covered from view. For example, when you are telephoning, hold the receiver with you upstage hand so you can "open" your face to audience. If I can't see it, I can't understand, empathize, etc. Adjust to Characters on Stage • Always keep in mind your relationship to the other characters. People who dislike each generally keep at a distance; those fond of each other will feel the need of closeness. Don't only adjust to " characters" but also to the other actors. Do not stand directly downstage of an upstage plane and you are being blocked by an actor on plane downstage of you, it is your responsibility to get open as you can see if you are blocked; the actor downstage of you may not realize it unless he is blocked to turn his back on the audience. Quiz 1-5 label the Stage Areas 6 Which is not one of the six characteristics of Acting • Motivated • Simplified • Heightened • Reveal Character • Emotional • Open To The Audience • Adjust to the Characters on the Stage Matching Types of Stages • Thrust Stage • Proscenium • Arena (in the round) Answer Key • Center or C • Down Left (DL) • Up Right (UR) • Stage Left, or Left Center (LC or L) • Down Center (DC) • E • a • C • B Beginning Drama
Second Day/ third day Drama Warmup Content objective: Objective E: ENSEMBLE/REHEARSAL TECHNIQUES Develop ensemble/rehearsal techniques. Language Objective: Students will learn a Theatrical Warm up, develop ensemble, and be able to explain the Expectations of this Class. Preparation: Students will remove the desks from the center of the classroom. Teacher will bring up Youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=n2VSdskq73g . Students will pick up Warm up handout. Teacher will explain the expectations during warm ups. Have TA do a binder check. Teacher will prepare the Students by explaining and modeling each of the yogatic positions. Exercise: Students will follow the full Drama warmup 1. Direct Instruction: Hand out syllabus. Explain each Item- Also handout any other pertinent papers. Hand out the parent signature page. Exercise: Stand in a circle. Each student will stand up and say three new qualities or the same adjective about themselves as last time. We will then add one to the circle and students will say their adjective plus one more about themselves. After finishing that one, they will add one more to their list and they will have 3 adjectives that they will say about themselves. Exercise: Pass a ball/pen/etc. around the circle in random order, but remembering who you received the ball from and who you gave it to. Each time you receive it you should say your 3 adjectives. You should always receive it from and send it to the same person. Try this activity with 2 items. Clear the classroom stage. Now they need to buddy up. With each one of their emotions they should come up with an (appropriate) action for each one of their adjectives. And then at the end state their name. Repeating. Echoing. Dynamics, Quality, Pitch, Give the students 5 minutes to do a prep for this. Then students 2 at a time will introduce themselves with their routine. This should take less than 1 minute. Conclusion. (intro to website if there is time) Location: Classroom
Content objective: Objective E: ENSEMBLE/REHEARSAL TECHNIQUES Develop ensemble/rehearsal techniques. Language Objective: Students will learn a Theatrical Warm up, develop ensemble, and be able to explain the Expectations of this Class. Preparation: Students will remove the desks from the center of the classroom. Teacher will bring up Youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=n2VSdskq73g . Students will pick up Warm up handout. Teacher will explain the expectations during warm ups. Bring comfortable clothes and be ready to warmup. Teacher will prepare the Students by explaining each of the yogatic positions. Exercise: Students will follow the full Drama warmup 1. Direct Instruction: What is happening in Drama this year? Exercise:Grouping- Teacher will call out a few cues and students will find groups of people similar to them. (Salty or sweet/ Startreck or Starwars/ Hardcandy or soft/ Fruity or chocolate/ Youtube or TV/ Black and white or color/ group by birth state/ Group by middle school/ group by elementary) Direct Instructions: Students will receive the Syllabus. They will be told to find a 3 ring Notebook that they will keep in the Drama Crate. I have extra, but go and find a slim 1-1.5 inch notebook and sheets of paper to put in it. Students can leave binder in class or take it with. this will be their portfolio. It will be checked at the end of Each Semester. Exercise: Stand in a circle. Each student will stand up and say one quality or adjective about themselves. We will then add one to the circle and students will say their adjective plus one more about themselves. After finishing that one, they will add one more to their list and they will have 3 adjectives that they will say about themselves. They will write those three adjectives on their paper so that we can use them later. Direct instructions: Navigating around the room. Due Board, Vocab Board Week Topics, handouts, Due In Box, Text Books and Scripts library. Prop Room, Costume Room Stage... Excercise: Pass a ball/pen/etc. around the circle in random order, but remembering who you received the ball from and who you gave it to. Each time you receive it you should say your 3 adjectives. you should always receive it from and send it to the same person. Try this activity with 2 balls. For Later Direct instruction: Students will learn the basic parts of movement, axial locomotive , etc and different emotions to say it with and they will be with a partner and introduce themselves with their names and their adjectives. (Uactt Website Conference 2013) |
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