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Pantomime

Pantomime. art of acting without words, uses facial expressions and gestures (expressive body movements). Importance to Acting. the audience will notice your body movement on stage before you speak it is the basis to acting, you must do more than speak words on stage

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Pantomime

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  1. Pantomime art of acting without words, uses facial expressions and gestures (expressive body movements)

  2. Importance to Acting • the audience will notice your body movement on stage before you speak • it is the basis to acting, you must do more than speak words on stage • characters are portrayed and identified by movement, facial expression, gestures

  3. Actions and Personality • strong-willing confident personality • stands tall, broad gestures, definite movements, actions away from the body • shy personality • drawn in, small gestures, slower movements, actions down and towards body

  4. Facial movement and emotion • Surprise: wide eyes, brows lift, mouth in a O • Happy: eyes squint, brows lift, mouth curves up

  5. Sad: narrow eyes with lids dropped, outer brow turns down, mouth turns down • Anger: eyes narrow, brows furrowed, mouth twisted down, lips curl out and down into a sneer, jaw drops and sets firmly

  6. Body Language Basics • Chest is the key • Wrists lead most hand gestures • Elbows away from body and arms not above head or below waist (some exceptions) • Opposite action will emphasize a physical movement (pulling back before a stage punch) • arms and hands in curves, unless deliberate for a particular character (straight lines will portray awkwardness, force, uneasiness, or strength)

  7. Body Language continued… • high chest and head with free movements, and broad gestures can be evidence of love, honor, courage, sympathy • contract and twist of the body and a shrunken chest, tense movements, restricted gestures can be evidence of hate, greed , fear, suffering • make gestures with your upstage arm • all actions must be clearly motivated (plan them out)

  8. Activity! • Practice pantomiming different people in different situations • Don’t just stand or sit, use your facial expression too • Make us think you really are that person

  9. Objects • Practice with a real object first • You must portray the size, shape, weight, resistance, texture, placement, and condition (temp., senses, motion) of the object (s) • Use your hands, whole body, head movements

  10. Preparation • Be Observant: pay attention to how people walk and what that says about their personality • Practice with the real object and notice the size, shape, resistance, texture, placement, and condition; memorize how you handle the object • Have a detailed mental image of the objects and the setting • Think before you move, thought occurs before an action

  11. Be simple and clear • Keep open and visible to the audience • Every movement should make sense with your character, everything must be justified • Plan! Practice!

  12. Mime vs. Pantomime • Pantomime: imitation of real life/based on reality, exact, imaginary objects used, no sound • Mime: abstract and stylized, a greater meaning is conveyed, the action conveys the theme, a part of the body can become an object, nonverbal sounds can be used (telephone busy signal, horn honking, screech of tires), beyond reality

  13. ObjectivesTicket out the door: Write each in your own words • Students will understand and demonstrate the basics of pantomime, such as, facial expression, body movement, personality, and observation. • Students will use a range of emotional, psychological, and physical characteristics and behaviors to portray believable characters through improvisation and pantomime. • Students will act in an ensemble to create and sustain characters that communicate with an audience. • Students will create scripts based on personal heritage, imagination, and literature through improvisation and pantomime.

  14. Homework • Pantomime an everyday activity • Examples: making a sandwich, curling your hair, making dinner • Practice at home with the real objects • Performance needs to be at least 1 minute long • Make us believe that the object is really there

  15. Sources • The Stage and The School • Theatre: Art in Action • http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/Judith/Thesis/Pix/ThesisPix/eisner.1.100.small.gif • http://www.topnews.in/files/facial-expressions.jpg • http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rma/lowres/rman815l.jpg

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