Year 8
Pace, pause and tone
The objective for this lesson to is understand how, as actors, we can use pause, pace, and tone to bring a character from a script to life and successfully communicate their character to an audience. Students will have the opportunity to add more terminology to their growing 'toolbox' of physical and vocal skills.
Year 8
Pace, pause and tone
The objective for this lesson to is understand how, as actors, we can use pause, pace, and tone to bring a character from a script to life and successfully communicate their character to an audience. Students will have the opportunity to add more terminology to their growing 'toolbox' of physical and vocal skills.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Read monologue / scene and explore the given circumstance, interpretation and motivation of the character in the scene. Demonstrate a few lines for annotation for eye contact, proxemics and movement. Act monologue / scene out focusing on use of movement to communicate meaning to the audience.
Content guidance
- Physical activity required.
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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4 Questions
Q1.
What is characterisation?
The process of creating a play.
The process of rehearsing a play.
Q2.
What key word refers to the basic information about a character?
Interpretation
Motivation
Q3.
What does the key word motivation mean?
The term we use to describe a characters costume.
The term we use to describe all the basic facts about a character.
Q4.
What are vocal skills?
How you use lights to communicate a character.
How you use your body to communicate a character.
6 Questions
Q1.
When you change your voice to sound more angry, would you be changing the tone of your voice or the pace of your voice?
Pace
Q2.
What key term refers to the speed of your voice when you talk?
Pause
Projection
Q3.
What is characterisation?
The process of creating a play
The process of rehearsing a play
Q4.
What does the key word pause mean?
Helping your voice be heard over a long distance.
The speed of your voice.
Q5.
What key word refers to the basic information about a character?
Interpretation
Motivation
Q6.
What key word do we use to describe why a character does something on stage?
Costume
Given circumstances