Year 9 A Beginning with the Voice
Lesson 1
Intro
The use of
voice in an acoustic environment for the purpose of theatre is, in many ways,
simular to singing.
In ancient
times poets and or actors were also referred to as singers.
Ancient
Greek actors would project to audiences of up to 5000.
Gregorian
chant was developed as a way of communicating with a large congregation in
cathedrals.
Basic theory
draw diagram.
Warm Up and the Basics.
Lying on the
floor, feeling the lower back connect with the ground when a breath is taken.
Exercises: Performed lying on the ground then
standing.
Sirens, The
Big Russian Bear, Ape, Combinations.
Line Delivery – If any students feel
dizzy they are hyperventilating & should sit down until the sensation
passes.
Using the
hall the class lines up facing the teacher.
They are
asked the deliver a line, just loud enough for the teacher to hear it.
The line
then moves back 5 paces and repeats the line, then back another 5 paces etc… until
they are at the end of the hall.
As the
students get further away give tips on pronunciation and projection.
Lesson 2
Intro
Reiterate the work covered in the
previous lesson.
Warm Up – It is important to repeat
the exact same combination.
Warm Up and the Basics.
Lying on the
floor, feeling the lower back connect with the ground when a breath is taken.
Exercises: Performed lying on the ground then
standing.
Sirens, the
Big Russian Bear, Ape, Combinations.
Task – Crazy Scripts.
1 Fill in the word field question
page.
2 Add the responses to the script.
3 Give a cold reading of the scripts
in the hall.
As a group is performing the rest of
the class is at the other end of the hall. The class listening raises their
hand when they can’t hear or understand the lines.
If this is too frequent then the
class will move closer.
The group who maintains their
audience the furthest away win.
Script Suggestions
Night at the Library
Little Red Riding Hood
Prince and the Blank
The Stock Market Crash Of 1929
The Three Little Pigs