Students will demonstrate their understanding of Uta Hagen\u2019s Immediacy exercise by performing immediacy in a 1-minute rehearsed search for a personal valuable.<\/p>\n
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\u00b7 Candy bar
\u00b7 Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
\u00b7 Random object per student (e.g. lip gloss, cell phone, necklace, etc.)\u2014have students provide this item<\/p>\n
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Ask for a volunteer to wait in the hallway where they cannot hear\/see in the classroom. Once he has left, have students hide the candy bar in a place where it\u2019s not impossible to find but will require effort to locate. Before having the volunteer return, tell the students to observe his process, mannerisms, patterns, train-of-thought etc., in detail. Also demand absolute silence during the search.
When the volunteer returns, give him the instructions:
1. A candy bar has been hidden (if in a difficult spot, give him a general location)
2. If he can find it in 1 minute, he can have the candy bar
Once the minute is up, discuss both the observations of the viewers and the experience of the volunteer. Specifically look for observations regarding his process, mannerisms, patterns, train-of-thoughts, etc. (If helpful, record responses on the board.)
Placing the candy bar in the exact same place, repeat the activity once again (the actor seeing where it\u2019s hidden). This time however, have the volunteer focus on recreating the same process he experienced the first time. Encourage him to try and make it as genuine as possible, not prematurely giving away the moment of discovery.
After his second attempt, compare observations both from the volunteer and the viewer.<\/p>\n
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Step 1:
\u00b7 As a class, read Uta Hagen\u2019s Respect for Acting, pages 102-105.
\u00b7 Throughout the reading, periodically asks students
o to summarize what they\u2019ve read
o for examples from their observations of the hook
o for examples from productions they\u2019ve seen
o for personal experiences they\u2019ve had<\/p>\n
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GOAL: Students will have an understanding of
1. the importance of immediacy
2. important elements to the exercise
Emphasize: giving oneself high stake\u2014hence the time constraints and REALLY \u201cdoing things\u201d (i.e. really looking through the drawer, or really looking at the shelf)<\/p>\n
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Step 2:
\u00b7 Once students are paired up, assign one of them as partner-A and the other partner-B
\u00b7 Partner-A will then hide the valuable of partner-B and give them 1 minute to try and find the item
\u00b7 After the minute, have partner-B hide and time the search for partner-A\u2019s valuable
NOTE: Encourage students to really pay attention to their process as they look for the valuable
\u00b7 When both partners have had a chance to search for their item, on their own, put the valuable in the exact same spot and have them try to recreate their search process
NOTE: Encourage students to really experience their search; reemphasize points from the reading<\/p>\n
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Step 3:
\u00b7 Once students have had sufficient time to practice the exercise and scene, begin performing.
\u00b7 To performers: emphasize focus on really experiencing the search; not anticipating or planning ahead
\u00b7 To viewers: look for moments when you forgot the actor knew exactly where the item was; look for moments when you could tell the actor knew where the item was<\/p>\n
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GOAL: Students will
1. improve their ability to avoid mechanical actions and give themselves \u201cwith innocence and trust to the moment\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00b7 Once everyone has performed, discuss their process in doing this exercise (Possible questions: what did this exercise do for you? How did it help you? How do you think it can help the performance overall?, etc.)
Conclude by restating the quote from page 105: \u201c\u2019A fine actor forgets what\u2019s coming.\u2019 He forgets even the next line he has learned until he needs it!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Participation: 10pts
Implementation of Exercise: 5pts
Total possible points: 15pts<\/p>\n
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Implementation of Exercise POINT VALUE
Description of Qualifying Standard Points
Barely understands the exercise and its application to improving one\u2019s acting ability 1
Sufficiently understands the exercise and its application to improving one\u2019s acting ability 3
Understands the exercise and successfully applies it to improve one\u2019s acting ability 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Objective Students will demonstrate their understanding of Uta Hagen\u2019s Immediacy exercise by performing immediacy in a 1-minute rehearsed search for a personal valuable. Materials Needed \u00b7 Candy bar \u00b7 Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen \u00b7 Random object per student (e.g. lip gloss, cell phone, necklace, etc.)\u2014have students provide this item Lesson Directions …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2874,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1886\/revisions\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}