MARCH 31ST
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
INTERMEDIATE ACTING
MONDAY, MARCH 31ST:
Warm-ups: relaxation, vocal exercises, sense memory and emotion memory.
Journal: Read your scene multiple times and write a background biography of your character, answering the following questions: what does your character want from the other character? What is your relationship with the other character? Where is the scene taking place? Describe it physically.
Begin working on scenes today. Today I will work with Ty and Priscilla.
TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST:
Warm-ups: relaxation, vocal exercises, sense memory and emotion memory.
Journal: Describe a typical day in the life of your character. This is just a start; you are simply laying the foundation for your character and as you get to know the character, this information may change. Try to be as complete as possible.
Begin working on scenes today. I will work with Anais and her scene partners today.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND:
Warm-ups: relaxation, vocal exercises, sense memory and emotion memory.
Journal: Continue working on your “A Day in the Life of....” What kind of job does your character do during the day? If your character is a student, where does s/he attend school? What does s/he study? What is this person good at? What does this person struggle with? What are this person’s goals?
Today Alex and his scene partner will be up.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD:
Same.
Today I will work with David and his scene partner.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH:
I won’t be here today so I would like for you to work on your scenes with your scene partners.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
March 24th Weekly Assignment for Intermediate Acting
MARCH 24TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
INTERMEDIATE ACTING
MONDAY, MARCH 24TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Finish up the observation exercises.
For those of you who are going to Theatre Fest, PLEASE FIND A SCENE!
TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Please bring three to five photos (torn out magazine or newspaper pictures of non famous people). Choose one and analyze the person. What kind of person is in the photo? Where is s/he from? Who are her/his parents? What is her/his family like? What are this person’s hopes? Dreams? What is this person’s darkest secret? What are this person’s deepest fears? Where is this person? Describe the environment. Who is in the scene with this person? What is the person doing? What was s/he doing ten minutes ago? This morning?
We will share your journals.
For those of you going to Theatre Fest, please present to me the scene or monologue you will be doing.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Continue working on journals.
Today I will work with those who are going to THEATRE FEST.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH:
Same as Wednesday.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH:
Guest speaker! Theatre games!
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
INTERMEDIATE ACTING
MONDAY, MARCH 24TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Finish up the observation exercises.
For those of you who are going to Theatre Fest, PLEASE FIND A SCENE!
TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Please bring three to five photos (torn out magazine or newspaper pictures of non famous people). Choose one and analyze the person. What kind of person is in the photo? Where is s/he from? Who are her/his parents? What is her/his family like? What are this person’s hopes? Dreams? What is this person’s darkest secret? What are this person’s deepest fears? Where is this person? Describe the environment. Who is in the scene with this person? What is the person doing? What was s/he doing ten minutes ago? This morning?
We will share your journals.
For those of you going to Theatre Fest, please present to me the scene or monologue you will be doing.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH:
Warm-ups: relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense and memory exercises.
Continue working on journals.
Today I will work with those who are going to THEATRE FEST.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH:
Same as Wednesday.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH:
Guest speaker! Theatre games!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
March 17th Weekly Schedule for Intermediate Acting
March 17th Weekly Schedule
for
Intermediate Acting
Monday, March 17th:
Vocal Warm-ups, relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Finish up the animal studies.
Begin our “observation” exercises in which you observe someone you see on a fairly frequent basis. Then, you become that person engaged in some sort of activity which you have seen that person do.
Begin looking for a scene or monologue you would like to do for Theatre Fest.
Tuesday, March 18th:
Continue our “observation” exercise.
Bring in three to five photos of people whom you find intriguing. The photos may be from magazines. Please do not choose anyone famous.
Wednesday, March 19th:
Finish up the animal studies today.
Choosing one photo, write an imaginary character based on that photo.
Continue choosing scenes or monologues to work on.
Thursday, March 20th:
Vocal Warm-ups; relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Continue working on imaginary character.
Final decision on scenes or monologues.
Friday, March 21st:
Vocal Warm-ups; relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Continue working on imaginary character.
Begin work on scenes. You will volunteer to present your scene for rehearsal.
for
Intermediate Acting
Monday, March 17th:
Vocal Warm-ups, relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Finish up the animal studies.
Begin our “observation” exercises in which you observe someone you see on a fairly frequent basis. Then, you become that person engaged in some sort of activity which you have seen that person do.
Begin looking for a scene or monologue you would like to do for Theatre Fest.
Tuesday, March 18th:
Continue our “observation” exercise.
Bring in three to five photos of people whom you find intriguing. The photos may be from magazines. Please do not choose anyone famous.
Wednesday, March 19th:
Finish up the animal studies today.
Choosing one photo, write an imaginary character based on that photo.
Continue choosing scenes or monologues to work on.
Thursday, March 20th:
Vocal Warm-ups; relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Continue working on imaginary character.
Final decision on scenes or monologues.
Friday, March 21st:
Vocal Warm-ups; relaxation and sense memory exercises.
Continue working on imaginary character.
Begin work on scenes. You will volunteer to present your scene for rehearsal.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR INTERMEDIATE ACTING
MARCH 10, 2008
Monday, March 10th:
Relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense memory exercises.
Finish the “Entrance Game”.
If we have time, we will do some theatre games.
Tuesday, March 11th:
Shortened Day!
Relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense memory exercises.
Animal studies. Observe an animal: how does it move, how does it investigate the rest of the world, how does it relate to others? Create a human with those characteristics.
Wednesday, March 12th:
Animal studies. You will perform your “animal” for the enjoyment of the class, and the class will try to guess the animal you used to build your character.
Thursday, March 13th:
Continue the animal studies.
Friday, March 14th:
Assignment: Choose a person who you see on a fairly regular basis and then “become” that person for a few minutes (two to three minutes). Notice how the person walks, where and how s/he carries his/her weight, where the person carries her/his tension? Notice the person’s posture; how does the way the person carries himself/herself reveals how the person feels about the world and about his/her place in it? Try to see the world through your character’s eyes. No judgments.
We will begin this assignment today and continue on Monday.
FOR INTERMEDIATE ACTING
MARCH 10, 2008
Monday, March 10th:
Relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense memory exercises.
Finish the “Entrance Game”.
If we have time, we will do some theatre games.
Tuesday, March 11th:
Shortened Day!
Relaxation exercises, vocal exercises, sense memory exercises.
Animal studies. Observe an animal: how does it move, how does it investigate the rest of the world, how does it relate to others? Create a human with those characteristics.
Wednesday, March 12th:
Animal studies. You will perform your “animal” for the enjoyment of the class, and the class will try to guess the animal you used to build your character.
Thursday, March 13th:
Continue the animal studies.
Friday, March 14th:
Assignment: Choose a person who you see on a fairly regular basis and then “become” that person for a few minutes (two to three minutes). Notice how the person walks, where and how s/he carries his/her weight, where the person carries her/his tension? Notice the person’s posture; how does the way the person carries himself/herself reveals how the person feels about the world and about his/her place in it? Try to see the world through your character’s eyes. No judgments.
We will begin this assignment today and continue on Monday.
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