Acting Performance Curriculum Maps

Quarter 1 First weekTo understand and use the 6 acting preperation terms 1. Relaxation - (Physical & Mental - be aware of surroundings)2. Trust - (Mutual relationships - seek out the best in people)3. Discipline - (Stay on task, get the job done)4. Criticism - (Come to grips with it- don’t take it personal-learn from it)5. Freedom- (Free from any physical and/or psychological barriers)6. Preparation- (Get involved/sports, read, write, sing, dance or rehearse)Exercises Relaxaton: Simple Physical Warm-up. Who’s beside you? Who’s in front? Who’s in back? What process did you go through this morning before you came to school? Did you take a shower? Did you eat breakfast? Go through each step before you came to school. Now think of a sad moment. What did the surroundings look like during that moment? Now think of a happy moment. What was going on during that time? On the count of three, shout out one word to describe that happy moment.Trust Falls Another trust activityFreedom Imagination walkImagine you are a monkey swinging from tree to tree then fall to the groundImagine you turn into a little baby, then by the count of 30, become increasingly old until you dieImagine you come back to life as a butterflyImagine that a huge ice storm blows in and the butterfly you freezes to deathImagine that you wake up as yourself and you are in love.Imagine that the one you love has broken your heartImagine that your anger heats up the entire earth until it melts.Imagine that angels stop the melting with sweet cool rain.CriticismBad criticism has no specifics for growth and often is mean in spirit"You really messed up everything in that scene"Good criticism is specific and provides positive and growth pieces.I was impressed by your energy, but you needed to pay more attention to the other character during the questioning section of the scene.. Have students go up on stage and do the following: sing off key or deliver a dramatic line in a horrible way. Give good and bad criticism examples. Note: Don’t take criticism personally. Criticism is responding to the acting, not the student as a person. Also, students need to accept the criticism and learn from it in order to enhance their performance.

Goals for Week 2 Goal 1To realize and practice that every word and movement in a scene has a specific intention (a reason) and goal (a purpose)Exercise 2 Intention and Goal open-ended scene (memorized 10 points)Goal 2 To transform: Person to an Actor – and from an Actor to a Character.(This is a gradual approach)Four steps in transformation: 1. Exploring - search out every angle of the character with the physical aspects.2. Feeling - search out all feelings of the character.3. Trying - rehearse and attempt to be the character.4. Doing - actually perform the character in front of an audience.Exercise 3 Tranformation Scenes Pairs( 5points)One minute scenes where the 4 steps are practicedGoal 3 to understand the basics of victory and obstacleVictory & Obstacle- These are the fundamental principles in acting.- An actor must always play toward a Victory/Goal/Objective.- An actor must always play against an Obstacle. Victory - intention, what the character wants.Obstacle - Whatever gets in the characters way of achieving victory. Note: The job of the actor is to find victories and obstacles in roles. Sometimes this involves research & imagination. Sometimes they must create them. In all, clearly defined victories and obstacles help to clarify scenes.Exercise 4 Reaching for Victory (5 points)

Goal for week 3 Goal 1Practice using victory and obstacle in classroom performance.Exercise 5 VictoryThe open ended counting scene 910 pointsExercise 6 Victory Independent PracticeWritten 1 minute Scene (15 points)Goal 2 Understand the difference between being and doingExercise 7 Stage awareness exerciseExercise 8 doing Scene "Hi Hello" (10 points)

Goals for week 4Develop the properties of projection amd resonanceProjection & ResonatingSelf-consciousness is focus on the self. Projection is the focus on others.Projection is defined in two ways: 1. It is the focus on others, outside world, and efforts to project concerns outside one’s self.2. It is also the ability to project your voice, to be heard by others.Exercise 9 Resonance "AH"Exercise 10 Exercise 10 Obstacle/Projection (5pts)Write down a piece of paper the following and do them. Afterward, define the Obstacle and place an H, M or L to demonstrate the degree of energy in which you had to “Project yourself.” H = High – It took a lot of energy. M = Medium – It took some energy.L = Low – It took little energy to complete the task. 1. Exchange an exterior article of clothing or object with a partner and wear it until the end of the exercise.2. Untie partner’s shoes.3. Find 7 different colors in the room. (Write them down.)4. Balance a book or folder on partner’s head.5. Find something that best resonates your voice. (Write it down.)6. Roll three perfect rolls on the ground.7. Without talking, try to make your partner laugh within 30 seconds.8. Find an object and shape your body to become that object.9. Walk up to someone you don’t know and tell them how much you love them.10. Write down the name of an animal, become the animal, and greet four people as that animal.Goal 3 to introduce you to the facination of the other (your acting partner)Acting with the “Other” Acting with the other means the impact that characters have on each other during a performance. Be sure to feel comfortable with the “other” by studying them. Note: “Pure Acting” is person-to-person communicating.) Exercise 11 Study The Other (5pts) -With the same partner as Exercise 10 and using the backside of Exercise 10’s paper, do the following: - - Stand facing your partner. - - Using thirty seconds for each activity below and write down your observations. 1. Study your partner’s eyebrows.2. Study your partner’s eyes.3. Study your partner’s hair.4. Study your partner’s hands.5. Study your partner’s mouth.6. Write down what your partner was like as a 4 year old.7. Write down what you think your partner will be like at 80 years old.8. Make your partner laugh and note the physical changes.9. Shake your partner’s hand and describe this experience.10. Study your partner’s walk. - Note: When you make your partner smile, or laugh, you are not merely doing something. You are doing something with someone else. This is called interaction.

Goals for week 1Learn how to find the right role for scene studyThe purpose of editing a sceneMemorization methodsReview of GOTE methodAction and Line Cues How to study the part

Week Two goals ( Must reveiw GOTE)To use what was learned from preparing a role memorization, cue analysis, GOTE and studying the role the first classroom sceneIrinia Tuesenbach scenememorize Do a cue analysisGOTEAfter perparation play the scene with one partner then another with no rehearsal