Wednesday, March 18th Agenda

Wednesday, March 18th: 

4th Period:

See the final three scenes: 

"A Fine Line Between Love and Hate" 

"When We Grow Up'

"Who Cares?"

Hollywood Murder Mystery: 

Create a short play that tells a story in 7 scenes.

Each scene must have a clear beginning, a middle and an end. You can separate the scene by using a "Blackout/Lights Up" or you can use other transitions, like a narrator, or a written sign, or singing, for example. 

Each actor may play either multiple roles or play one character that appears throughout the play. 

Each actor MUST appear in every scene, even if s/he does not say anything. For example, sometimes an actor can play an animal, furniture, a potted plant or any other scenic element. 

Your scene must include: 

Settings, scenery, location or modes of transportation created by the actors' bodies (cars, horses, camels, elephants, boats, etc.)

Sound effects created by the actors' voices

Music or singing

Dancing or some kind of choreography

A death 

A romantic relationship

A surprise 

A character who gets what s/he wants

A character who doesn't get what s/he wants

A wedding or a funeral 

At least one animal played by an actor

A murderer

A victim

A detective

A chase

A conflict

A climax

A resolution 

1. Shawn, Kyla, Jess, Precious, George, 

Shawn and Jess set George up for the murder of his wife, Jess. George gets sent to prison and Shawn and Jess run off to be married. Her friends, Kyla and Precious, are left to mourn their friend whom they think is dead. 

2. Millenia, Cheyenne, Esteban, Sabrina, Michelle, Ashley, Amy, Doug

Ashley is the corpse at a funeral. Her friends are there for her funeral but seem pretty indifferent to her death. After everyone leaves, Ashley wakes up and finds out she is a zombie. However, things don't seem to go her way in zombie land for Doug and Esteban, who are zombie guys,  are not interested in her. 

Period 5:

Carnival!

Statues:

Four actors are on stage. One of the actors becomes the sculptor and begins to sculpt the actors into poses like sculptures. Once the “sculptor” is finished, the actors then begin an improv based on their poses.

Class breaks into their scenes. Each scene has a student director who helps block the scenes.

At end of class, the students show their work.

6^th Period:

Warm-ups:

Cat and Mouse

Students pair up

Students decide which is the cat and which is the mouse.

The cat chases the mouse. If the cat eats the mouse then the cat becomes the mouse. The mouse can avoid the cat if s/he links up with another pair. The person furthest away from the mouse becomes a dog and chases the cat.

Statues:

Four actors are on stage. One of the actors becomes the sculptor and begins to sculpt the actors into poses like sculptures. Once the “sculptor” is finished, the actors then begin an improv based on their poses.

No one’s scene partner is here.

Class is divided into two groups

Each group creates an improv composition:

The improv composition must contain:

The way things look in this world

The way things sound in this world

The way people are in this world.

There must be a:

30 seconds of simultaneous action

Revelation of an object (for example: a box is opened and a knife is revealed.)

A scenery

A mode of transportation

An animal

Sound effects from any source

Music

A funeral or a wedding

A surprise

One word or phrase which must be repeated as many times as possible.

First Group: Amber, Tigran, Katia, Chynna, Roger
The Way the World Should be: Two couples are on stage; soft music playing. 
The Way the World Is: Chynna and Roger are fighting 
The Way the World Is: Tigran proposes to Katia who accepts. 

Second Group: Jeriah, Aaron, Erick, Jayna, Katia, Karla