Unit(s): Acting
Purpose:
To help students sustain concentration and imagination through improvisation
To introduce the correct process for developing an acting scene in the beginning, middle, and conclusion format
Objectives:
The student will create dialogue and movement to fit any given situation.
The student will focus on sense recall and characterization.
The student will prepare an effective introduction.
Materials:
- Situations for improvisation can be obtained in a number of ways. Ask the class to write original situations on slips of paper. Ask half the class to write characters' names and the other half to write places on slips of paper which can then be drawn and matched (i.e., Power Rangers at Wal-Mart). Refer to one of many improvisation handbooks available.
- One chair per performer
Procedure:
- Discuss effective improvisation techniques with students.
- Pair them up to draw topics. Allow only brief, if any, preparation time.
- Remind them of the necessary introduction.
- Remind them that the scene should have a beginning, a middle, and a definite conclusion.
- Allow each pair to perform.
- Provide each pair with a critique after their performance.