Lesson 2 11/9/14

Well done for your work and great focus in the lesson today. 

Here are your homework tasks to be completed for next week...

Task 1:

Complete the following questions:

•We started the lesson with a physical warm up. The first exercise was called Clear The Space, inspired by Frantic Assembly. How did this exercise help you to warm up?

•Why do actors need to warm up physically before a rehearsal? 

•Explain how your body felt after the warm up?

•We explored warming up our voice through a series of exercises. Why is the voice an important tool for actors? 

•Explain how your voice felt after the vocal warm up? 

•We then explored STATUS. What do we mean by status?

•You explored the 'Hello' scene with a partner focusing on how you could show status. Explain the scene you created with your partner. How did you show status successfully?

•How did other pairs show status successfully? 

•Finally you explored a scene between Callum and Sephy. You had to take it from page to stage using the skills developed in the exercise before. You were asked to focus on status. Which character had the highest stays in the scene and why? How did you show this? 

Explain how you played the scene.

You were asked to think about your character's objective (what they wanted/their aim). What was your character's objective? How did knowing this help you to play the character successfully.

• Throughout the sharing you were asked to write some notes on other pairs work. Type/photograph these notes and put them on your blog.

•Finally, what acting skills have you developed in this session? 

Task 2:

Themes of the play.

Pleas do some research on 'Noughts and Crosses'. What are the themes of the play. Your research could include:

Videos

Pictures

Articles

Poems...whatever else you find and want to include. 

It's important you know the world of the play. We will continue to discuss this as the term unfolds.