(Hi Welcome to the 2030's GSW)
Tuesday, September 18, 2035
Performing Arts Class Ms Catherine Nemo
My name is Ms Catherine Nemo. I teach Performing Arts and Technology. I switch back and forth between the two, on blue days I will teach Performing Arts and on black days I will teach Tech.
I will be doing a ten class series on acting, Followed by ten classes on music performance.
Dramatic Characters:
Dramatic and fictional Characters display traits that are essential to the development or unfolding of a story.
When you read a story, watch a movie or a live play and even sometimes in concerts people and animations portray characters. These characters, both real and imagined, have traits.
What traits do dramatic characters have?
Michelle said "Evil"
Barry said "Good"
Which is cool because I think I could learn the basis of acting in 10 lessons.
I don't want to be an actor, I want to write scripts. So in order to do that I need to learn the language actors use to interpret their craft.
Today she taught us about stage positioning by verbally directing us around the room into different dramatic positions.
The different postures that we learned about are
(start M. Nelson)
Superior - person in charge, thought of as mattering more.
Inferior - person not in charge - thought of as mattering less
Ms Nemo said that ..."The head height of an actor is called a level.
(ex standing, sitting, fall back bowing)" and that there are different ways a person might position their body.
profile right, profile left and full front."
Upstage
Downstage
Level - head height of actor
Face the audience when talking.
Don't put the paper in front of your face.
(end M Nelson 03.03.15)