Students will demonstrate their understanding of Uta Hagen\u2019s Endowment exercise by rehearsing and performing the exercise.<\/p>\n
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\u00b7 Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
\u00b7 Random objects
\u00b7 A medium-size piece of cloth per student<\/p>\n
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Play the game This is a What?
How to play: Stand in a circle. Whoever goes first will manipulate a random object into something it is not. As they are performing this task, they will say \u201cThis is a (recreated object)\u201d. The rest of the group will respond with \u201ca what?\u201d. The originator will repeat the object\u2019s name, with the same response from the group: \u201ca what?\u201d. The originator will identify the object\u2019s name once more and the group will response with an \u201cohhh, a (recreated object)\u201d. Repeat this process, allowing someone else to change the object into something else, etc.
For example:
A: (while rocking a piece of cloth) This is a baby.
B-Z: a what?
A: (still rocking the cloth) A baby.
B-Z: a what?
A: (rocking) A baby.
B-Z: Ooohhh, a baby.
(Next person)
B: (while rubbing the same piece of cloth on his face) This is a face towel.
A, C-Z: a what?
B: (continuing action) A face towel.
A, C-Z: a what?
B: A face towel.
A, C-Z: Ohhhh, a face towel.
ETC.<\/p>\n
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Step 1:
\u00b7 As a class, read Uta Hagen\u2019s Respect for Acting, pages 112-117.
\u00b7 Throughout the reading, refer back to the hook and periodically asks students
o to summarize what they\u2019ve read
o for examples from productions they\u2019ve seen
o for personal experiences they\u2019ve had<\/p>\n
GOAL: Students will have an understanding of
1. the exercise
2. important elements to successfully executing the exercise (e.g. avoid pantomiming, being specific in choices, etc.)<\/p>\n
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Step 2:
\u00b7 Pass out a cloth to each student
\u00b7 Inform them that they are going to reenact their nightly chores (for about 90 secs); however, they must manipulate the piece of cloth into 3 different props they would use during this routine (For example, the cloth becomes a toothbrush, face towel, and blanket)
\u00b7 Give them 10-15 minutes to decide and rehearse the exercise
NOTE: Encourage students to be detailed in their interactions with the cloth so viewers know exactly what the prop is<\/p>\n
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Step 3:
\u00b7 Once students have had sufficient time to practice, begin performing.<\/p>\n
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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.)<\/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 Endowment exercise by rehearsing and performing the exercise. Materials Needed \u00b7 Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen \u00b7 Random objects \u00b7 A medium-size piece of cloth per student Lesson Directions Anticipatory Set\/Hook Play the game This is a What? How to play: Stand …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"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\/1890"}],"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=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}