Enduring Understanding:
It is not only about making glass boxes appear on street corners with our hands. Mime has much more to offer the actor than creation of imaginary worlds. The expressions that we carry with us every day tell stories far beyond that of words. When you get to school, your friends know just what mood you're in by the look on your face. Let's explore that. This unit is about minute actions, the fine motor skills that we take for granted tell the details of our stories. Our faces finish the task giving reality and humanity a visual voice translating the scenes we make. The translation via these expressions determine how we understand each other beyond
language.
Essential Questions: Why do we speak if we can use our expressions to do so instead? What do you think the character is feeling? How will you express it through your face and hands? What sorts of things can you do to alter your habits of expression to enhance your speech?
Assessments:
1. Participation in discussion after viewing the videos for homework
2. Participation working with partners to develop skills in visual listening and visual response.
3. Working in sound and mime
4. Creating a dialog with expression using basic mime and vocalizations.
Activities:
Activity 1. Watch the videos on this page at home. In class the following day, be prepared to discuss what was seen and how the artists found different ways to express themselves without the use of words.
Activity 2. Participate in class exercises that concern visual communication and vocalization including - Mirroring, listen and respond, act/react, and three times a charm.
Activity 3. Develop a scene with a partner that involves miming. The scene should include expression in face and hands as well as the use of all of the skills learned in the "Body and Space" unit. The scene also must include vocalization when appropriate and creation of a basic environment.
Activity 4. Perform the scene that was developed and participate in the group critique of the project. Take notes on what you could improve, then return to rehearsal and perform it again in final form. This will be reflected upon in written form.
Content Standards:
TH:Cr1.1.HSI
a. Apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr2.1.HSIII
b. Collaborate as a creative team to discover artistic solutions and make interpretive choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr3.1.HSI
b. Explore physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.HSII
a. Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable drama/ theatre work.
TH:Pr5.1.HSI
a. Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.
TH:Pr6.1.HSII
a. Present a drama/theatre work using creative processes that shape the production for a specific audience
TH:Re8.1.HSI
b. Identify and compare cultural perspectives and contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cn11.1.HSI
a. Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a drama/theatre work.
It is not only about making glass boxes appear on street corners with our hands. Mime has much more to offer the actor than creation of imaginary worlds. The expressions that we carry with us every day tell stories far beyond that of words. When you get to school, your friends know just what mood you're in by the look on your face. Let's explore that. This unit is about minute actions, the fine motor skills that we take for granted tell the details of our stories. Our faces finish the task giving reality and humanity a visual voice translating the scenes we make. The translation via these expressions determine how we understand each other beyond
language.
Essential Questions: Why do we speak if we can use our expressions to do so instead? What do you think the character is feeling? How will you express it through your face and hands? What sorts of things can you do to alter your habits of expression to enhance your speech?
Assessments:
1. Participation in discussion after viewing the videos for homework
2. Participation working with partners to develop skills in visual listening and visual response.
3. Working in sound and mime
4. Creating a dialog with expression using basic mime and vocalizations.
Activities:
Activity 1. Watch the videos on this page at home. In class the following day, be prepared to discuss what was seen and how the artists found different ways to express themselves without the use of words.
Activity 2. Participate in class exercises that concern visual communication and vocalization including - Mirroring, listen and respond, act/react, and three times a charm.
Activity 3. Develop a scene with a partner that involves miming. The scene should include expression in face and hands as well as the use of all of the skills learned in the "Body and Space" unit. The scene also must include vocalization when appropriate and creation of a basic environment.
Activity 4. Perform the scene that was developed and participate in the group critique of the project. Take notes on what you could improve, then return to rehearsal and perform it again in final form. This will be reflected upon in written form.
Content Standards:
TH:Cr1.1.HSI
a. Apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr2.1.HSIII
b. Collaborate as a creative team to discover artistic solutions and make interpretive choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
TH:Cr3.1.HSI
b. Explore physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.HSII
a. Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable drama/ theatre work.
TH:Pr5.1.HSI
a. Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.
TH:Pr6.1.HSII
a. Present a drama/theatre work using creative processes that shape the production for a specific audience
TH:Re8.1.HSI
b. Identify and compare cultural perspectives and contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cn11.1.HSI
a. Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a drama/theatre work.
