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Marcel Marceau French mime “art of silence” During WWII, he lived with the French Resistance, gave his 1 st performance to 3000 troops after the Paris liberation in August 1944 Emmy Award winner Friends with Michael Jackson
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AgendaGrab your drama llamas and a pencil and take your seats.
1. LOW2. Notes3. Practice
Mimingthe use of bodily movements without speech to communicate emotions and
actions or to tell a story
Marcel Marceau French mime “art of silence” During WWII, he lived with
the French Resistance, gave his 1st performance to 3000 troops after the Paris liberation in August 1944
Emmy Award winner Friends with Michael
Jackson
Basic Pantomime MovementsOur daily communication is mostly
nonverbal
We use facial expressions, gestures, and body language constantly
Actors want to rely on voices though while onstage; in pantomime, they need to rely on gestures and expressions
How Does One Pantomime?
OBSERVATION
Main Objectives:
1. To be believable
2. To be understandable to your audience
Personalities vs. Actions
STRONG-WILLED SHY stands tall uses broad gestures moves with authority and
self-assurance makes quick, defined
movements directs actions away from the
body
stands timidly, drawn is as if for protection
uses small, weak gestures moves slowly, with limited
motion direction actions down and
towards the body
Pantomimes Must…
Stay Simple
Tell a Story
Use Exaggeration and Consistency
1. Stay Simple
Must be simple if the audience is to understand
A well-executed pantomime is better than
a complicated plot
2. Tell A Story
Initial Situation (beginning)
Complications and problems arising
from that situation (middle)
A solution to those problems (end)
Good pantomime stories have a
clear beginning, middle, and end
3. Use Exaggeration and Consistency
Exaggeration
• To magnify
• Larger than life
Consistency
• Stick to the same thing each time
• Return to the same situation
PRINCIPLES OF PANTOMIME
Shape1. must be seen, definite2. must be consistent3. How to hold them – width,
length
Weight1. everything has weight, must
show that2. has tension in body, establish
size with hands3. box- empty4. box – full of books
Resistance1. Firmness of item2. Creates tension3. Squeezing basketball, pillow4. Push a chair, table, car
Texture1. everything has texture –
rough/smooth, bumpy, sandy2. must really feel it as you touch
it3. If you feel it, then your
reaction will be there4. cactus/velvet cushion
Placement1. one of the most important in
acting2. must stay consistent3. table, door- changes4. use body – waist high, eye
level, etc.
GOALS OF PANTOMIME
Goals of Pantomime
1. Make what you are doing clear to the audience.
2. Enable the audience to identify each object you use.
3. Strive for exactness and detail.
Class ExerciseLine up as two teams facing each
other for a rope pull. There will be a team A and B. I will call out when each teams
pulls.
Individual PracticeObjective: Individually, perform an action as
a thirty-second story. Don’t just perform the action itself, but create a story. You must set up each activity. Sticks will choose order. You will come up to the desk to receive your activity.
Hint: Don’t just swing a golf club for “playing golf”, but take the golf clubs out of the cart, set them on the ground, sort through them until you find the one you want, take it out, set up your tee, swing, watch, mark your score, and then clean up.