Monday November 23, 2014

Monday, November 23, 2014

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing & Improvisation
 

Game #1: Silent Screams

(All participate. Sit in round.  No sound. Purpose is to feel emotion with your whole body.) 

• Scream with your toes.
• Scream with your eyebrows. 
• Scream with your eyes.
• Scream with your back.
• Scream with your stomach.
• Scream with your legs.
• (Now--Volunteer ideas) 
• Scream with your whole body.
• Scream out loud.

Game #2: Silent Tension Scenes

(Pairs participate.  In front of the group.  Purpose is to experience the nonverbal tension of a scene)

• Miner's family waiting for news after a mineshaft disaster.
• Elderly couple hearing a burglar downstairs
• Two sweethearts who have just broken their engagement
• A mother seeing her teenage child for the first time whom she gave up for adoption 

Game #3: Beatnik Poetry

(Triads participate.  In front of the group.  Lined up. Purpose is to collaborate and create a poem based on two subjects.)

• A Tennis ball & A tadpole
• A Peach & The World Cup
• A Sharpened pencil & Brigadeiro
• A question mark & A microphone
• A stopwatch & A kiss

new! FINAL DEBATE UNIT

To Start: Philosophical Chairs

• Set Ground Rules/Norms for our Debates
• 4 Philosophical Chairs Resolutions Provided (#1 & #2 we will write on and #3 & #4 we will verbally debrief--and see the public link)

1. Men can care for children as well as women

2. The right to die is a fundamental human right 
4. It is justified to require males at 18 to be put on the draft list for military service to their country.

5. It is unfair to have children if you cannot afford them.

Debate Teams & Structure

Agenda: November 7, 2014

Today's Agenda:

Stretch & Vocal Warm-Up

1. Sit, Stand, Lean: Simple Scenarios

   • Boarding a bus to the center of the Earth
   • First day in a new job as the President of the USA
   • Taking an exotic pet to the vets
   • Buying a second hand car in New Zealand Outback
   • Having a photo taken at a celebrity photo shoot
   • Hiring a private detective to investigate__________.
   
   

   Sound Effects: Scenarios with a strong physical element

   • Two cowboys rounding up the herd
   • Poachers being caught by a gamekeeper
   • An exterminator called to a restaurant
   • Robbing a Bank
   • Painter and Model having an affair when wife walks in

Andrew's Summative Assessment ???

As the WINNER and director, Gui leads our creation:
Making a Commercial link to activities

• Review the storyboard 
• Open a Google Doc and collaborate on the script of the commercial 

Friday's Class Activity 2 – Planning

Gui needs to delegate these tasks for his team:

1. Writing their script - Pay particular attention to communication of message 
2. Planning what shots they will need and any additional media such as a voice-overs, images, soundtrack, interviews (customer testimonials) etc.
3. Reserve camera, blue screen, and anything else needed.
4. Plan costumes & props needed for Tuesday & Thursday shoot

Tuesday & Thursday: Class Activity 3 – Production 

Students begin to shoot the footage for their commercials and record in their narration. 

Begin collecting any other media they may require (product photos, testimonials etc). 

Today's Agenda:

Stretch & Vocal Warm-Up

1. Off the bench
2. World's Worst

Discuss the work submitted
Andrew Presents his Product for Summative Assessment

As the WINNER and director, Gui leads our creation:
Making a Commercial link to activities
Complete Activity #1 (15 minutes)
Begin Activity #2 (Rest of period)  

• Map out the storyboard 
• Open a Google Doc and collaborate on the script of the commercial