Rehearsal techniques Flashcards
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Alter ego
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- ‘Devil and angel’
- As someone acts out a character, another person speaks their thought aloud
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Freeze frame/thought tracking (2p)
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- When a character ‘steps out’ of a scene and reveals something to the audience - whilst the rest of the action freezes
3
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Hot seating
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- A person sits in a chair and the rest of the group ask relevant questions about their feelings, thoughts and actions
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Improvisation (3p)
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- Acting without previous planning
- Spontaneous improvisation= making roles up as ypou going along
- Planned improvisation= working within a structure of ideas
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Role reversal/ role transfer (2p)
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- when during a scene, actors swap roles they are portraying
- to gain a different view or understanding of their own role
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Role-On-The-Wall (2p)
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- a life-size outline of a figure is drawn on the wall to represent a character or a role
- members of the group write facts/information about the character
7
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Writing in role
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- when a letter, diary, letter, journal etc. is written as if by the character
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Still image/ tableau (2p)
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- Creating a picture to represent a frozen moment or to sum up what is happening
- used to understand the effects of positioning characters in relation to one another
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Action narration
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- when a narrative is read out and performers react to the actions being described
10
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Conscience corridor/ thought channel (3p)
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- To straight lines are formed with individuals facing one another
- A person in a role walks through and hears thoughts and questions from every person
- Useful for character building
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Ranking (3p)
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- Used to explore the status of characters
- Characters rank their role with defined term(eg, social status) throughout the play
- used to determine changes in character
12
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transporting a character
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- used to determine how a character/role will react to different situations, locations or time
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