Developing responses: writing about acting
In this lesson, we will focus on a contemporary interpretation of a play, examining how actors use their skills to interpret their roles.
Developing responses: writing about acting
In this lesson, we will focus on a contemporary interpretation of a play, examining how actors use their skills to interpret their roles.
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, students will learn about different forms of theatre reviews and compare the style of writing across different platforms - such as Twitter, blogs, podcasts, and web articles. They will explore their own responses to a piece of performance and plan an analytical piece of writing in a social media format.
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- Physical activity required.
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Adult supervision recommended.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is tone of voice in acting?
How an actor stands.
How high or low an actor's voice is.
Q2.
What is an interpretation?
How a character is written.
How we analyse a character.
Q3.
What does 'evaluate' mean?
To describe something.
To question something.
Q4.
Who wrote the play A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Jeff Kinney.
Malorie Blackman.
Q5.
What does the word 'contemporary' mean?
Old fashioned.
Something from before 1900.
5 Questions
Q1.
What does posture mean?
How an actor moves their limbs.
How an actor speaks.
Q2.
How did Gwendoline Christie portray Titania's high status in the scene you watched?
By moving about a lot in the space to look controlling.
Through using a lot of elaborate hand gestures.
Q3.
How could you describe David Moorst's body language as Puck in the scene you watched?
Energetic and fast moving.
Nervous and closed off.
Q4.
What is a "contemporary interpretation"?
A play written in a contemporary period.
A style of dance.
Q5.
When we analyse a performance, we are looking at...
How the actor used their skills.
If we liked the performance or not.