{"id":5545,"date":"2018-05-16T18:41:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5545"},"modified":"2018-05-16T18:41:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:41:42","slug":"creating-the-scene-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5545","title":{"rendered":"Creating the Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 2, Creating the Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lesson Objective: <\/strong>Students will create a new musical theatre scene by cutting\/adapting their scene and selected song to fit together and beginning memorization.<\/p>\n

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Materials: <\/strong>Segment of a contemporary scene (I used The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged<\/em>), Segment of a Broadway Song (I used Brush Up Your Shakespeare<\/em>)\u00a0 Lesson 2.Scene and Song for Cutting Activity<\/a>, Memorization Tips & Tricks Handout\u00a0\u00a0Lesson 2.Memorization Tips<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hook:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Announce that song choices are due! Have students bring up their song choices. Partnerships will be given 10 points if they have their song choice and 15 points if they brought their music (either a minus track or sheet music). \u00a0Make note of what song each partnership is doing with their scene (list both song title & title of the show it\u2019s from).<\/p>\n

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Transition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explain that learning to cut a script is an invaluable skill for a theatre practitioner to have (actors use it to shape audition monologues, directors use it, etc\u2026)\u2014this skill is particularly necessary when piecing together a scene like they\u2019ll be doing this unit. \u00a0We\u2019re going to practice this first as a group and then each of you will get to apply this work in your partnerships.<\/p>\n

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Activity: Cutting a Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have students take out a pencil. Give everyone (or at least every partnership) a copy of the Complete Works scene and the segment from \u201cBrush Up Your Shakespeare\u201d. \u00a0Project the scene at the same time on the projector. Assign 3 students to read a role from the scene–read through the scene as class.\u00a0 Ask students what\u2019s happening in this scene? \u00a0What are the main conflicts? How do you know?<\/p>\n