Topic Three

General Information

Class Work
We will explore the following concepts Introduced in text book ALAB:

Dramatic Structure
Units, Beats
Tactics
Objective
Super Objective
Endowment
Moment Before
Subtext
Stage Directions
Body Positions

Project Work:
You will be assigned a Contentless Scene and a partner. You will take the concepts that we have explored and use those in the creation of the scene.

Contentless Scenes

Assessment:
You will receive verbal, in the moment assessment from the instructor and peers.

Reading Assignment:
By the end of the week, Friday beginning of class, please read pg. 35-43 ALAB and 93-117 of GAT. Since the reading of ALAB is a review please focus on answering one of the following prompts from the GAT for a class presentation:

Who is Lee Strasberg- his background, his history.
Identify three of his techniques such as Sense Memory, Animal Work, Affective Memory, etc., and give an opinion on why they are or are not important.
Why is concentration and relaxation important in his method?

Oral Report Assessment
Your presentation will be in the manner of an oral report. We will discuss the style that it can be presented in. Also, you will need to present three additional sources for your research. Please review the Oral Report Rubric to understand what you will be assessed on. Your report can be no longer then five minutes.

Oral Report

Quiz
You will take a quiz via OnCampus on Thursday on pg 18 - 35 ALAB

Home work over the weekend:
Review all info to date.