4th Period Music Video

Tuesday, March 29^th:

Assignment:

Music video

Break into groups of five

Choose a three minute song that is CLEAN! Devoid of curse words and inappropriate words and subject matter.

The students then create a three minute music video where they lip-sync and either choreograph a dance and/or act out the story of the song. 

Group 1: 

"Freaking Problem" (?)

Delicia, Arturo, Natalie, Nelli, Jelani

Group 2: 

Justin Bieber - "Sorry"

Gia, Joan, Tyron, Kimberly 

Group 3:

Paramour - “You’re the Only Exception”

Angie, Xithlalli, Marc, Kimberly, Chelsea

Group 4:

Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”

Michelle, Ki, Mayleth, Audrey, Oscar

Group 5: 

Ed Shearer - "Don't"

Sadie, Daryl, Thailer, Stephanie, Shakhina

Group 6:

Rihanna - “4 or 5 Seconds”

Reyna, Leslie, Kristina, Johan 

Group 7: 

Lana Del Rey - "Summer Time Sadness" 

Rita, Katherine, Stepan, Jay-nice

March 28, 2016 - April 1, 2016 Weekly Agenda for Acting Class

Tuesday, March 29th:
Go over the agenda for the next two weeks!
Rehearse!
"Prologue" - Franklin and Sarena
Sense Memory Exercises
Objectives
Subtext

Wednesday, March 30th: 
Went over the rehearsal schedule with the cast.
Rehearsed with “Seeing the Thing” with Miriam and Elizabeth

Thursday, March 31st:  

Pass out fliers for the show and rehearsal and performance contracts

Worked with:

“Sad and Glad”

Pamela and Karla

 Friday, April 1st: 
Worked with "Where It Went"
Emily and Jazzmyn

March 14, 2016 - March 18, 2016 Weekly Agenda

Monday, March 14, 2016: 

The Most Pivotal Moment

“Sad and Glad” 

Karla and Pamela – shared pivotal moment 

1^st Scene: 

Karla asks Pamela to marry her

2^nd Scene: 

Pamela sneaks out after leaving a note saying she is leaving her. 

Most Pivotal Moment

“They Fell”

Gus

Helper – Karla

Karla tells Gus he smells

Gus calls his buddy to tell him about his bad date

Reworked the scene putting Justin on stage with him rather than in the audience talking on the phone (!?)

Meisner Exercise: 

Justin and Gus

Tuesday, March 15th: 
Theatre Games:

Murder

Most Pivotal Moment:

“Sad and Glad”

Ivette – scene

Helpers:

Karla, Justin, Gus, Katia

“They Fell”

Justin

Helper – Pamela

Wednesday, March 16th: 

Acting Exercises: 

Animal Studies 

Most Pivotal Moments

“This Hurts” 

Elizabeth A. 

Kimberly 

 Most Pivotal Moment:

“Seeing the Thing”

Elizabeth D. 

Miriam 

Helpers: 

Franklin

China

Thursday, March 17th: 

Acting Exercise:

Bound, Float, and Punch Physicalizing the Character

Actors walk around the stage at a moderate speed, without communication with the other actors – heads up, arms freely by their sides. Then, the actors are told to imagine that their hands are “stitched” to the side of their bodies from the armpits down to the tips of their fingers on their thighs, and their legs are “stitched” together down the thighs to their knees.  They then “walk around in that condition”. Then, the actors are told to imagine their hands and arms and legs are filled with helium and are floating to the ceiling. They walk around for awhile in that condition. Then, the actors are told they are “war machines” – each step is a stomp, and they must “punch” their way through space with their arms. The actors walk around in that condition. Then, different actors are told to “float” and other actors are to be “bound”. Then the conditions are switched so that some actors who are war machines are now floating, and those who are floating are “bound” and those who are bound are war machines.

Then stop and discuss how the different states or conditions affected the actors emotionally or mentally. For example, how did walking about as a war machine make them feel emotionally?

Then discuss how this might be useful in the development of a character. What kind of character might move through her/his day like a war machine – punching and stomping?

Most Pivotal Moment:

“Seeing the Thing”

Miriam – her scene

Helpers:

Chynna, Luiza

Rehearse with:

“Seeing the Thing” – Elizabeth and Miriam

March 7, 2016 - March 11, 2016

Monday, March 7th: 

Process Rehearsal: 

"Where It Went" 

Jazzmyn

Emily 

Pivotal Moment:

Franklin and Sarena

Helpers:

Elizabeth

Luiza

Tuesday, March 8th: 

Improv:

Subtext

Chynna

Franklin

Sense Memory:

Sarena

Objectives:

Luiza

Pivotal Moment:

Sarena

Luiza – helper

First rehearsal:

“Seeing the Thing”

Elizabeth D.

Miriam

Wednesday, March 9th: 
Acting Exercise: 
The Inner Dialogue
“Where It Went”

Jazzmyn

Emily

Inner Mind:

Miriam

Arianna

“Prologue”:

Franklin

Sarena

Inner Mind:

Akili

Whitney

“They Fell”

Justin

Gus

Inner Mind:

Ricardo

Kimberly

Physicalizing the Objective:
Gus 
Justin 

Thursday, March 10th: 
The Most Pivotal Moment: 
"Her Heart" 
Akili - the moment he first sees her in his yard pitching her tent
Chynna - Three Parter
Catching him cheat on her
On phone in hospital after operation talking to mother about her breakup with her husband
Husband shows up trying to make amends but she rejects him
He leaves broken-hearted
Wife watches from the hospital window as he is struck and killed by an ambulance. 

Pivotal Moment: 
"Getting It Back"
Luiza and Miriam 
Helpers: Elizabeth and Franklin 
Couples having dinner at a restaurant 
Other couple has gotten engaged
The other couple asks when Luiza and Mariam are getting engaged
Miriam gets uncomfortable and goes to restroom.
Good awkward pauses 

Notes: Work with Elizabeth and Miriam on first rehearsal for "Seeing the Thing" 
Work with Arianna - she has been absent a lot
Must finish up the Pivotal Moments