Silent Movie!
Your local movie theatre is having its annual silent movie film festival. Since you are a prominent actor in your school both the owner of the movie theatre and your theatre teacher have asked you to create a totally silent pantomime with a story to be presented prior to the opening of an evening of silent movies.
This pantomime should be in the Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau, Buster Keaton, or Red Skelton style of silent storytelling. Your pantomime should have a clear beginning that establishes character and setting, a middle that develops the conflict or obstacle; and an ending that resolves the conflict. You will be able to present your pantomime for your teacher assigned partner for feedback and revision. Your final performance will be recorded.
The movie theatre owner requires that you write out your pantomime describing the storyline including the central conflict. It must be turned in prior to your performance.
Finally, you will prepare a response about the process you used to develop and improve your pantomime.
You will need to meet the following task requirements when you create your pantomime:
• Create a pantomime that introduces you character and setting; establishes and develops your conflict and shows its resolution:
• develop a storyline with a clear beginning, a conflict that builds to a climax, a resolution of that conflict and an ending to the storyline,
• begin with an introduction of your character, setting, and conflict,
• clearly show your conflict and how the conflict builds to a climax,
• show how the conflict will be solved, and
• end with the resolution of the conflict and the storyline.
No vocal or sound effects and no props or costumes maybe used. A chair may be used for a “sitting device” ONLY.
Use appropriate movements that portray character, emotion and meaning:
• hand gestures,
• body movements,
• facial expressions, and
• blocking (movement in space).
Write out your pantomime fully: describing your actions and include the beginning, middle and end. Especially describe the conflict completely and how it is resolved. Turn this paper in prior to your performance.
You must begin and end your performance with a three-second “neutral” pause to indicate a “clear beginning” and a “clear ending.” You may end “off stage” or “off camera.”
Your teacher and the movie theatre owner explain that you will need to respond at the end of the performance of your pantomime.
You will create and rehearse your pantomime. You will perform for your partner and receive feedback. You will refine and rehearse the pantomime based on the feedback. You final performance will be recorded. Finally, you will have time to prepare your response.
Your local movie theatre is having its annual silent movie film festival. Since you are a prominent actor in your school both the owner of the movie theatre and your theatre teacher have asked you to create a totally silent pantomime with a story to be presented prior to the opening of an evening of silent movies.
This pantomime should be in the Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau, Buster Keaton, or Red Skelton style of silent storytelling. Your pantomime should have a clear beginning that establishes character and setting, a middle that develops the conflict or obstacle; and an ending that resolves the conflict. You will be able to present your pantomime for your teacher assigned partner for feedback and revision. Your final performance will be recorded.
The movie theatre owner requires that you write out your pantomime describing the storyline including the central conflict. It must be turned in prior to your performance.
Finally, you will prepare a response about the process you used to develop and improve your pantomime.
You will need to meet the following task requirements when you create your pantomime:
• Create a pantomime that introduces you character and setting; establishes and develops your conflict and shows its resolution:
• develop a storyline with a clear beginning, a conflict that builds to a climax, a resolution of that conflict and an ending to the storyline,
• begin with an introduction of your character, setting, and conflict,
• clearly show your conflict and how the conflict builds to a climax,
• show how the conflict will be solved, and
• end with the resolution of the conflict and the storyline.
No vocal or sound effects and no props or costumes maybe used. A chair may be used for a “sitting device” ONLY.
Use appropriate movements that portray character, emotion and meaning:
• hand gestures,
• body movements,
• facial expressions, and
• blocking (movement in space).
Write out your pantomime fully: describing your actions and include the beginning, middle and end. Especially describe the conflict completely and how it is resolved. Turn this paper in prior to your performance.
You must begin and end your performance with a three-second “neutral” pause to indicate a “clear beginning” and a “clear ending.” You may end “off stage” or “off camera.”
Your teacher and the movie theatre owner explain that you will need to respond at the end of the performance of your pantomime.
You will create and rehearse your pantomime. You will perform for your partner and receive feedback. You will refine and rehearse the pantomime based on the feedback. You final performance will be recorded. Finally, you will have time to prepare your response.