Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Theatre artists make strong choices to effectively convey meaning.
EQ: Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?
EQ: Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?
Skills Examples
- Students will learn directing technique through lecture and classroom exercises. Students will identify the spectrum of an evolutionary director versus a director that is totally planned.
- Students will study Viewpoints in class. Use exercises in class to show different benefits of the process. Students will use these techniques for scene work. They will have a class performance and will have oral critique and written critique.
- Students will, after studying Viewpoints, Strasburg, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, use these techniques for a class play. They will audition, rehearse and perform their play.
- Students will create a children's play. They will write, rehearse and perform this show for the students in grades 3-5 in other schools.
Vocabulary
Research
- using information from research and the text to guide the production
- Picturization
- Dramaturgical analysis for directing
- comedic timing
- realistic vocal work
- Using Viewpoints to use movement to create character
- Using technique to create specific movement motivated by text, and character
- By learning multiple acting techniques
- How does the audience, theatre space and or style of the play influence design
- Theatrical genres have a profound impact on the entire production and the success of the production
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
