Scene Work: Dramatic Analysis Sheet

Scene Work: Dramatic Analysis Sheet

Circumstances: 

Time and Place

Partner (in the scene)

Relationship with the other character

Scene Objective: What do I want my partner to do, think, feel, or understand? What would accomplishing this actually look like?)

Super objective: 

Scene Obstacle: (What gets in the way?)

Physical Actions: (What is my character literally doing?)

Possible Tactics: (Verbs: How will you pursue your objectives? For example: flirt, threaten, chastise, etc.) 

Synopsis of play: 

Synopsis of scene: 

Narrative Paper

1. First action/business of the scene

February 23, 2015 - February 27, 2015 Weekly Agenda for Acting Class

Thursday, February 26th:

Shakespearewords.com website
Synopsis of the students' plays

Scene Work: Dramatic Analysis Sheet
Circumstances:
Time and Place
Partner (in the scene)
Relationship with the other character
Scene Objective: What do I want my partner to do, think, feel, or understand? What would accomplishing this actually look like?)

Super objective:

Scene Obstacle: (What gets in the way?)

Physical Actions: (What is my character literally doing?)

Possible Tactics: (Verbs: How will you pursue your objectives? For example: flirt, threaten, chastise, etc.)

Synopsis of play:

Synopsis of scene: 

Narrative Paper
1. First action/business of the scene

Watch video of Sir Ian Mckellan on acting Shakespeare

Answer guiding questions on the video

February 17, 2015 - February 20, 2015 Acting Class Agenda

Monday, February 16th:
School holiday. No school. President's Day

Tuesday, February 17th:
Beats and Beat Changes
PowerPoint:
Definitions
Analyzing a Text
Video: "Miller's Crossing"
Analyze

Wednesday, February 18th:
Students work on "I Believe" statement
"Milling and Seething"
Final block share
Shakespeare Scene Assignment

Thursday, February 19th:
Pass out Shakespearean Scenes:

A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Act 2, Scene 1
Titania and Oberon
Ayana and Christian

Hamlet
Act 3, Scene 1
Hamlet and Ophelia
Carl and Jam

Hamlet
Act 5, Scene 1
First Clown and Second Clown (The Grave Digger's Scene)
Jahayra and Maria K

Othello
Act 3, Scene 3
Kona and Berlin

Julius Caesar
Act 1, Scene 2
Brutus and Cassius
Melissa and Ryonn

Two Gentlemen of Verona
Act 4, Scene 4
Julia and Silvia
Jessianne and Patzy

TWELFTH NIGHT
Nicole and Anton

February 9, 2015 - February 13, 2015 Weekly Agenda for Acting Class

Wednesday, February 11th:
Phillip Rhys spoke to the students about "Finding the Role"

February 2, 2015 - February 6, 2015 Weekly Agenda for Acting Class

Monday, February 2nd: 

Alex worked with students on text
Objectives
Tactics

Two simple lines from TWELFTH NIGHT are given to students to speak to each other in a variety of ways:
At a funeral
At the Grand Canyon
Like an opera

Tuesday, February 3rd: 

Continue working with students on the auditions for TWELFTH NIGHT
Warm-ups!
Two Chairs exercise:
Two actors sit in a chair
One actor reads his line and keeps reading his line in different ways, until the other actor says, "I believe you."
The actor then moves on to the next line and and repeats the new line in different ways, until the other actor says, "I believe you."
Participants: Anton as Sir Toby Belch
This breaks the script down line by line: What does it mean? What are the emotional connections I have with these lines? Which words should be stressed?

Everyone pairs up and do the "two chair exercise" together.

Wednesday, February 4th: 

Audition Technique class with Cindy Pickett

Thursday, February 5th: 

 

Auditions for TWELFTH NIGHT

Friday, February 6th: 

Auditions for TWELFTH NIGHT