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Discover drama warm-up games that will strengthen you vocally, physically and imaginatively
Discover drama warm-up games that will strengthen you vocally, physically and imaginatively
Student drama resource developed by The Arts Unit
Years 7 and 8 drama
What will I learn?
What will I learn?
You will:
explore your physicality
energise your voice
enhance your imagination
reflect on the purpose of warm-ups and why they are important for an actor.
Before you begin
Before you begin
Welcome to Tune in and tune up!
In this class, you will go through some great drama warm-ups that you can add to your acting toolkit so you can be prepared for your next performance on stage, screen or TikToK!
You will need:
a clear space to move around safely
a pen and paper or your logbook.
- Explore your physicality
Warm up your face by saying the words, oranges and prunes.
When you say oranges, extend your face as wide as possible like you are yawning.
When you say prunes, scrunch your face as tight as possible like you smell something yucky.
Use a mirror to see how far you can stretch your face when you are speaking.
Do you want to get physical?
Watch the video An Actor's Warm-Up and explore the full-body warm-up.
An Actor's Warm-Up
Duration: 05:392. Energise your voice
2. Energise your voice
Watch the video Che Che Koolay.
Say the words:
Che Che Koolay
Che Cofisa
Cofisa Longa
A longa dai longa
A longa dai longa.
Che Che Koolay
Duration: 01:19Watch the following video Che Che Koolay activity and use your face, body, voice and emotions to respond as you explore Che Che Koolay in this workshop.
Che Che Koolay activity
Duration: 01:44Extend your vocal warm-up by exploring the exercises in this video An Actor’s Vocal Warm-Up.
An Actor's Vocal Warm-Up
Duration: 11:193. Enhance your imagination
3. Enhance your imagination
Watch the video Season shuffle.
Season shuffle
Duration: 02:56
Look at the four corners of the space you are in right now.
Imagine each corner is a different season:
Summer
Spring
Winter
Autumn.
Play the music video AfterInfinity – Seasons.
Experiment with ways of moving between each of the four seasons by reacting physically to each change in the weather as you travel around the four corners of the space.
Explore this Season shuffle activity for 2 minutes as the music plays.
AfterInfinity – Seasons
Duration: 02:134. Reflect
4. Reflect
Explore the Elements of drama poster and answer the following questions in your logbook:
Which of the elements of drama were you focusing on when you did Oranges and Prunes?
Place
Language
Symbol.
Which of the elements of drama were you focusing on when you did Che Che Koolay?
Movement
Structure
Situation.
Which of the elements of drama were you focusing on when you did the Season shuffle?
Sound
Structure
Atmosphere.
Answer the following questions in your logbook:
Describe the warm-up exercises you completed today.
Why is it important to warm up before performing?
How do you feel after warming up?
elements-of-drama-large-poster.pdfWell done!
You have completed this @The Arts Unit Creative Class.
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