Final Blog Post

For your final Blog Post, you should reflect on the course as a whole, what you learned, how you progressed, and what you hope to do after this class with your newly acquired and practiced skills.

A first step to writing this would be to go back to your very first blog post where I asked you to write about why you are taking the course and what you hope to get out of it.

Then think through all the various projects and activities you did -- games, monologues, movement, facial expression work, actor prep activities, silent movies, mask work, scene work, etc.

Think also about the following questions -- What progress did you make? How have you stretched yourself? What was easy for you and what was hard? What was your favorite project and why? What did you learn about yourself as an actor and performer? What might you work on more if you were to take this class again or participate in theater in the afternoon program?

Be sure to 1) have a creative title, 2) break your ideas into separate paragraphs, and 3) include 2 images in your post somewhere. Required: 500-600 words.

2 Devised Projects

1. https://youtu.be/Q5o5vijCvqw

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79D-xaC4hI&app=desktop

Devising Resources

from Frantic Assembly --

Creating Choreography:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7R_V2iCZoY&feature=youtu.be

Building Blocks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC9uJrY9Bh8

other --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QhuLMLDL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-_QItaSa4I

Devising Prompt Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-a8dAHDQoo&index=94&list=LLq3WLxwTCaYvS-xi8tv9cng

Poetry Performance

D period:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcj4Dcnp4s

H period:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1HwL6pDtgI&feature=share

Play Review Guidelines and Rubric

Play Review Guidelines and Rubric

A review is more formal than a blog post but is still posted on your blog. It needs to have a title, multiple paragraphs, an introduction, body, and conclusion, and be 650-900 words in length.

Be sure to include the title of the play, the author, the date on which you viewed it, and the location. If you have a program, please also include the director and names of the major actors.

The review should begin with a short summary of the plot of the play and discussion of the major themes. Sometimes, one theme is more prominent than others because the director/actors decided to highlight that, so pay attention to the overall plot points that seem most important. Sometimes, in the program, there is a director’s note that explains the particular approach taken – be sure to read this and look for the examples in the play.

The bulk of the play should discuss the staging. For example, consider the following questions: What choices did the production make regarding staging/set, color schemes, costumes, sound, lighting, etc.? What characters were highlighted as most important and how was this done? What characters were positioned as being similar to one another or opposite to one another and how was that effect achieved?

Next, choose one actor who was the best on your opinion or your favorite and explain why. Who was the character created and how did the actor work to make this character so successful? Be specific and use examples from the play to back up your points.

Finally, discuss your opinion of the play. Did you like it or not and why? What did you learn about theater from watching this?

Grading Criteria (see descriptions above for more details)

Structure of Essay (including title, paragraphs, etc.)

Clarity of Writing and Accurate Proofreading

Word Count

Short Summary of Plot and Major Themes

Review of Staging Choices

Review of One Actor

Overall Opinion

Specific Examples and Lots of Details

Welcome to the CA Acting Class, Spring 2018!

Blog Post 1: Who are you and why are you taking this course?

In this post, simply introduce yourself, but be sure to follow the following guidelines.

Split the post into 5 sections or paragraphs:

1) General introduction

2) One important or interesting thing about you (be specific and include a photo or image that represents this thing)

3)One important or interesting thing about you (be specific and include a photo or image that represents this thing)

4)One important or interesting thing about you (be specific and include a photo or image that represents this thing)

5) Why are you taking this course? what do you hope to get out of it?

This post must be 500-600 words and must include 3 photos or images.