Grade 5 : Ancient Greek Tragedy and main stock characters

The main rules of Ancient Greek Tragedy:

1. Violence and death are always off stage

2. All the action takes place in one single place

3. The stories are based on myths or historical events

4. Late point of attack

5. Continuous time of action

6. 3 actors rule

7. Actors were paid by the State

8. Facial expression not important - they were wearing masks

9. Men played all parts

10. The chorus was important - push forward the action

11. Music: Probably one single flute

12. Costumes: Adapted from everyday Greek Life

Grade 6: Crew and Actors list

Directors:  

Zoe and Jonathan

Camera:  

Jack

Storyboard Artist:  

Kevin

Lights:                    

Lawrence

Clacket:                  

Bryan Y.

Costumes:              

Sally, Haruka, Eileen

Make Up and Hair:               

Eileen

Overdubbing:        

 Zoe

Editing:                  

Jonathan

Music and Titles:  

 Bryan Kang

Cast:

Alkmini

Amanda

Bryan K

Jonathan

Michael

Elijah

Mitchell

Wilson

How to Create a Storyboard for Your Video Shoot

Grade 6 : "Filming" Chapter 2_ Framing and Composition

A great tutorial for full, medium and close shots.

Grade 6 : "Filming" Chapter 1_ Shooting basics

Please check again this small tutorial. The shooting crew needs to have in mind everything we mentioned in class. If you don't have the printed check list please let me know.

Harold the Great : The performance

Congratulations Grade 5s for this successful performance! We all enjoyed your play very much!!

...or click the link to see the video :  Harold the Great by HIS Grade 5

Grade 5 and Grade 6 : Musicals

A musical is the ultimate form of the theater, including all 3 performing arts in a play.

As we get to know famous musicals and famous songs, your work during the Chinese New Year will be the following:

For each of the below musicals ( please see the given worksheet) find who wrote the book, the music and if there is a movie, what year and who was the director.

At the end write down which musical you would like to watch. The one that will get the most votes will win.

• Annie
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Wicked
• Evita
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Matilda
• Grease
• Hairspray
• Cats
• Starlight Express
• Bye Bue Birdy
• West Side Story
• My Fair Lady
• Les Miserables
• Mama mia!
• Oliver!
• Fiddler on the Roof
• The Pajama Game
• High School Musical
• Phantom of the Opera
• Mary Poppins

Grade 1 and Grade 2 : Working on Fairy Tales; The Snow White Project

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?

In this Character Mapping project which will last up to February 8, 2013 

the Drama Class students from Grade 1 and Grade 2 will familiarize themselves with this 

famous story and will work on the following activities:

    

• Learn how to make a basic character maps.
• Describe the plot and predict endings
• Create simple props.  (magic mirror)
• Answer questions such as : " why did the dwarfs warn Snow White not to let anyone in the house"  to comprehend the cause and effect  in the story.
• Dramatize the story learning basic acting.

Grade 1: working all together Drama Exercises.

Learning how to work together with a partner, a friend or colleague  in the theatrical world is an advantage not only in Drama but in our social life as well.

 With these exercises, our little ones learn how to work their balance and body strength with their partner.

Happy New Year ! Welcome all back!

Inspired from the 200th anniversary for the Grimm's Fairy Tales, our Drama Class will have with each Grade a special project.

From Kiindergarten to Grade 5, we are going to meet the characters of famous stories such as "Hansel and Grettel", "The Frog Prince", "The White Snake" "Snow White" etc and play specially designed for the occasion Drama Games.

We will dare with the higher grades, starting from Grade 3 to combine the characters of different stories into a large Grimm Soup play  and create short scripts.

Stay tuned - for updates, news on the project and, of course pictures!