Mr. Wright's Drama Class
at Morrill Middle School
It doesn't look like there will be a
drama class next year. Too bad.
If you go to archive.com, you can also see the old black and white version of the film starring Jimmy Cagney.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The last couple of days we've been watching a video of the Acting Company's version of William Saroyan's play called The Time of Your Life.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Take-home Test
DRAMA TEST Test 7
To make up lines on the spot is to ______________________.
A speech that is given without preparation is an _________________speech.
When and where a play takes place is called the ____________________.
An actor who mumbles needs to improve his _________________.
or his _________________.
The highest point of interest in the plot is called the ________________________.
A person in a play is called a ______________________.
The action or the story-line in a play is called the __________________.
The list of characters in a play is called the _______________________.
Acting without speaking is called _____________________________.
The area on stage that is farthest away from the audience is called ______________ stage.
The center of the stage is called _____________________ stage.
Figuring out where characters are going to be and move is called ___________________.
Mumbling at the end of a spoken line is called _____________________ your final words.
The invisible wall that the audience looks through to see the action is called the _______ wall.
The edge of the stage closest to the audience is called the _____________.
When an actor is on stage, his __________ foot is usually forward.
The area between the stage and the audience is called the ____________________.
A physical object on stage that an actor can pick up in his hands is called a _____________.
When a play is moving too slow it's said to be______________________ .
The good guy in a play is called the __________________________.
The bad guy in a play is called the ___________________________.
A speech an actor gives while speaking to himself is called a ______________________.
When an actor laughs on stage because he's nervous, that is called __________________.
The sides of the stage which aren't visible to the audience are called the ______________.
To move from one part to the stage to another, an actor is said to ______________.
When an actor accidentally interrupts another actor, he is __________________ on his lines.
The major problem that the main character has to deal with is called the _______________.
How the major problem turns out is called the _________________________.
To take down the scenery after a play is over is to _________________________ the set.
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Possible answers:
ad lib, parody, melodrama,
antagonist, protagonist, Nellie
blocking, striking, strike, stepping, sipping, protesting, stage whisper,
conflict, climax, setting, plot, resolution, enunciation,
dragging, diction, prop, pushing, pulling
eating, drinking, sleeping, reading
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth
inside, upstage, downstage, Mr. Mosley,
minor, cast, director, cross, counter-cross, double cross,
pantomime, ad lib, Mr. Wright, extemporaneous
proscenium, apron, orchestra pit,
set, soliloquy, Lady Gaga, lights,
staying in character, breaking character, character,
up, down, right, left, center, middle, behind, above
wings, click, clack, snap, pop, legs, gizzard.
Drama Project--
starting May 19, 2011
Make your own play and rehearse.
Choose one of the following seven
settings.
Your play is to have 1-10 characters
from the following list.
The plot and the conflict are up to you.
Be sure your play has a director.
Plays need to have a clear beginning, middle
and end.
The conflict needs to have a clear resolution.
There will be extra-credit for your group if:
a) You provide a written script.
b) You videotape it (on your own time.)
Setting:
1. Dentist's waiting room.
2. Maternity ward waiting room.
3. Bus station.
4. Bus stop.
5. Movie theater.
6. Cataldi Park
7. Air plane
Characters:
1. Construction worker.
2. College Professor.
3. Nurse.
4. Children under the age of 4.
5. Gangster.
6. Kindergarten teacher.
7. Pit Bull.
8. Poodle.
9. Chicken.
10 Farmer.
April 6, 2011
Next drama project:
Death of a Teenager
Cast:
Required Characters:
Mother
Father
Child
Optional Characters:
Child's friend or friends
Doctor
Paramedics
Police
Neighbors
Basic Plot:
Mother and father argue during breakfast.
Child breaks up the fight.
Child says he/she is going out.
Mother or father say child doesn't have permission to leave the house.
Child disobeys and leaves.
Child, unhappy with home life, turns to drugs.
Child overdoses and dies
Parents feel bad.
March 23, 2011
First Pantomime Project
Two Choices:
1. One character. Open a door, enter a room, pick up a box, and leave through the door that was opened.
2. Two characters. Person One calls Person Two on the phone. Person Two walks to Person One's place and knocks on the door. Person One opens the door and points to the box. Person Two picks up the box and exits the door he entered from. The door is then closed by either Person One or Person Two.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Practice your speeches. We will continue on them tomorrow.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Prepare to give your speech for tomorrow.
I'll be paying attention to
1. posture
2. diction
3. projection
4. content
5 structure
6. eye contact
Do no end your speech by saying "The end," or "In conclusion."
Do not "eat your final words."
Your speech is to be about you.
Tell us your name, your grade level, what your favorite subject is and why, your least favorite subject and why, what you like to do in your free time, and what your future plans are.