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High School Drama Courses: Recommended Unit Areas; Introduction to the Theatre; Stage Movement; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print Copy; Class Activities; Walk the World Movement; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Small Group Choreography; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Movement for Film; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Now You See It, . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Machine Mine; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Musical Mine; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Vacation Mime; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Stage Dubbing; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; The Question Please!; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Standing, Sitting, . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Stage Pictures; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Pantomime and Mime; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime History; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Moves; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Nuances; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Mime Makeup; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Social Quirks; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; "What Cha Doin"; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Improvising . . .; Word Document Copy; .PDF Print copy; Acting; Voice and Diction; Theatre History; Play Production

High School Oral Comm Courses

ASCA Oral Comm Position Statement: Addendum

Arkansas Guidelines

Department of Education Curriculums: Theatre; Communication - One Semester; Communication - Full Year

Drama Units and Activities

Movement for Film

Unit(s): Stage Movement

Purpose:

To demonstrate acting for the camera and the benefits of camera angles to enhance a performance

Objective:

Students will communicate the message of a popular song non-verbally while being video taped.

Materials:

Video camera / Dubbing equipment

Popular Songs

Procedure:

Students (in groups of up to five) choose a popular song that they wish to visually communicate to an audience. (This is not a lip-sync activity.)

Brainstorm ideas of how to best communicate the message in the song.

Video tape the action.

Dub music with the video.