Welcome to Theater Arts! (Week of September 9)

(For Theater II, III, or IV information, please click on the appropriate button near the top of this page.)

Theater I students should make a habit of visiting this page to:

1. Find PowerPoints/notes from class sessions they have missed.
2. Discover additional information about class topics they are interested in.
3. Find the plan for the week and any handouts/examples needed for class.

This week in class (September 9 through September 13):

Monday 9/9: 

• Story Maps DUE.  (They will be accepted LATE until Wednesday.)
• Topic: Storytelling.
• Story Map Presentations in front of class.

Tuesday 9/10:

• Story Maps will still be accepted (count for no more than 70%).
• Topic: Pantomime and Tableau.
• Vocabulary: pantomime, tableau, blocking.
• Group work: Create and present a short series of three tableaus in class.

Wednesday 9/11:

• Final day Story Maps will be accepted (count for no more than 70%).
• Topic: Primitive Theater (Rituals)
• Vocabulary: ritual, shaman
• Notes on Primitive Theater
• Review on improvisation skills

Thursday 9/12:

• Improvisation Skills Review
• Topic: Primitive Theater (Storytelling and Dance)
• Vocabulary: myth, Homer, dance
• Notes on Primitive Theater

Friday 9/13:

• Improvisation Skills Quiz
• Review primitive theater vocabulary/terms
• Improvisation

ELLISON DRAMA INFO:
Auditions for "Guys and Dolls" 9/10, 9/11, and 9/12 after school
Sign up at the Black Box.

Theater I Final Exam

Part One:
   Monologue or scene performance AND poster/publicity AND Character Analysis worksheet


Part Two:
   Multiple-choice exam on Friday, May 31

(Both parts average together for FINAL EXAM grade.  They also stand alone as two separate summative grades for final nine weeks.)

Stage Makeup Notes (& Photos)

Theatrical Makeup

Major Categories 

•Straight/realistic (Has nothing to do with sexual orientation – don’t get worked up!)

•Old Age/ Illness

•Special Effects…often bruises, scars, burns & blood

•Facial Hair: beards, moustaches, eyebrows, etc..

•Fantasy

•Prosthetics

–Noses, ears, large wounds, warts, etc….

 Common Application Materials

•Makeup wedges

•Q-tips/cotton

•Brushes (usually mop, round, and flat)

•Stipple sponges

•Airbrush

The makeup itself – the essentials…

•Cosmetics (stage versions)

•Creme foundations, colors – including wheels-f/x (yes, that’s how creme is spelled for this)

•Adhesives – spirit gum, prosthetics, etc.

•Liquid latex 

•Powders

Bruises, scars, burns, and blood 

REMEMBER:

•Always consider point of impact and how the injury happened

•Randomness is good, uniform is bad!

•Fresh looks different than old.

•Blood is always LAST - it doesn’t dry!

•The stipple sponge is your friend