Students rehearsed their One Act for the first half of class.
After rehearsal, students created an account at www.edmodo.com. This website is used for all quizzes and written assignments. Students were assigned to see the FHS Performance of Steel Magnolias for 50 points. Today in class we began working on the written critique of the play. Analyze and critique FHS's production of Steel Magnolias, using Aristotle's 6 elements of theatre. (Spectacle, Language, Music, Theme, Plot/Action, and Character). *Choose 2 characters from the play and critique both the actor's choices and character as a whole* 2 Page Minimum 12 Point Font Double Spaced Times New Roman or Calibri
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Today, we discussed Aristotle's Poetics. We broke down his 6 Elements of Drama in order to critique all productions. Aristotle's 6 Elements of Drama are: Thought/Theme Plot/Action Language Music Character Spectacle After this, we continued rehearsing for our One Act productions.
Former FHS Thespian President, Coleman Clark, visted FHS from North Carolina School of the Arts to speak to the class about college audition processes and what college life in an arts school is like.
We began blocking our One Act Plays today. Today, we worked on moment before. Students had to enter the room without speaking, and show us where they came from.
Music Moment exercise was practiced following moment before by having students enter a room to a song that was chosen by Mr. Cooper. They had to enter the room 3 times with 3 different moment before's, showing us a high stake. Good Morning! I am very sorry I am not here today, but I hope you have a great class and a wonderful weekend! Below is the cast list for our 2 shows! I cast based on your previous monologues and what I felt would create the best ensemble. Remember there is no such things as small parts, only small actors. Both of these plays are super fun and super funny. Take your character and have fun with it. These are short one acts and should not take up too much time. You will only be living with these characters for a few class periods. I am excited and am smiling already thinking about how silly these one acts will be! And yes Erin, I have cast you in both because we are one person shy to fill the cast list...why not be an old lady and a clown? ; ) Here's the cast list:
Character Analysis:
Now that you know your role, please read through the script with your cast. After you have read through, it's time to work on our character analysis. I know this is going to be different and weird being such a short show and odd characters, but it's still possible. 10 Given Circumstances (Use the script OR Infer. Have fun with this. Don't use simple answers like "I'm a boy, I'm 15, I'm a clown) Super Objective Objective for each scene. (This pertains to Bomb Art more, but Elevator has different ones for Instructor and Pregnant Woman) Stakes Obstacles Beats Tactics This is worth 40 points. Please have it completed by Tuesday. Today in class, we continued to preview One Act scripts. CagebirdsThe Absolute Most Cliched elevator play in the history of the Entire UniverseToday we previewed One Acts for performances. Bomb ArtManiac ManorDas Box13 Ways to screw up your college interviewToday we complete our Mast Class over Agamemnon 2.0/Found Text:
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