fandomhigh | Drama, Monday, Period 2 [6/1]

"Memorization! This is the thing that frightens off so many people from acting. It's really not as difficult as people make it out to be. The thing to remember is that memorizing a script is sequential; you have cues and reminders that lead you on from line to line. Things to do, especially for those of you in the play this summer." Sophie held up a color-coded script.

"Outline your lines. Colors help trigger memory. Say them aloud. Most actor's memories work on both visual and audio cues-- and you remember your own voice best. Reciting the lines will help you memorize them. Some people also remember if they copy them over in their own handwriting. Do that if it helps. Memory is helped by physical movement; read the script and walk out the cues." Sophie smiled at them all. "Now! Scenes! Break into the pairs I've designated, and rehearse one of the three scenes I've given you. Switch halfway through, and see how different your performance in one character's role is from your partner's, yes?"

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Match-ups:

Parker & Gabrielle
Shilo & Sam Winchester
K-Mart & Savannah
Harper & Eric
Rachel & Emma
Robin & Serena
Jill & Parker

"Your possible scripts are here (http://magdaofslovenia.livejournal.com/3936.html). Pick a scene with your partner, read it over, then perform it for the class." *

*Switch parts if you want to keep going.

Edited 2009-06-01 04:39 (UTC)

It didn't take long for Harper to find a scene (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/asyoulikeit/asyoulikeit.5.2.html) she wanted to do. Now, she was just gazing adoringly at Eric ~~once he pings in~~.

"... Hi, Harper," Eric said, sounding nothing so much as vaguely defeated.

Someone, he swore, was laughing at him. Someone, somewhere.

"Hi Eric," said Harper, grinning. "How'd you like to do this scene from As You Like It? I could be Rosalind and you could be Orlando."

Eric contemplated suggesting that he'd rather stick knitting needles in his eyes, but decided that that would likely be a little bit too harsh.

"Sure," he said, instead. "If you want to."

"Oh yes! I definitely want to," said Harper, delighted.

Shilo decided on a scene from The Tempest (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/tempest/tempest.3.1.html), which her father had once mentioned being a favorite of her mother's. She then waited for Sam ~~to ping in~~ to approach her.

Sam smiled at Shilo as he sat down next to her. "Hey. How's it going?" he asked in greeting.

"It... goes," Shilo replied, deciding that telling someone you were resisting the urge to clean yourself wasn't something normal people did. Yes, even in Fandom. "How about you?"

"Pretty good," Sam said, "even if it is Monday. Have you done theatre stuff like this before?"

"Not really," Shilo admitted, "outside of the usual little kid playing pretend. Have you?"

Sam shook his head. "No, but it's always seemed like fun. Is that the scene you want to do?" he asked, pointing to the script she had."

"Yeah," Shilo said, while handing the script to him so he could look it over. "I recognized the title. The Tempest was one of my mother's favorites."

"Really?" Sam said, taking note of the way she said was. "That seems like a good choice then. I, uh, suppose I should let you be the girl, huh?"

"Unless you really want to be Miranda," Shilo replied with a small smile. "We may have to do some editing, since there's a third person in this scene."

Raven looked through the scripts, thinking perhaps the one with the sisters would make the most sense to try with Emma.

"Do you have any preference?" Emma asked as she wandered over. "I'd rather not do Sir John's Downfall, but other than that, I'm open to suggestions."

Raven showed Emma the script she had. "This one is sisters talking about a suitor, I believe. Is it acceptable?"

Emma looked over it quickly, nodding before pulling the matching one out of her bag. "Sounds good," she answered. "It's nice and short, too, which should make the memorizing easier."

"Do you have a preference for which character you would like to start with?" Raven asked.

"Mind if I take Bianca?" Emma asked. It wasn't often she got to be the cute and innocent one, after all.

"Certainly," Raven said. "I believe you must start then."

Savannah was reading over Katharina's (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/taming_shrew/taming_shrew.4.3.html) lines as she waited for K-Mart.

Robin flipped through the scripts and wondered if Serena had any preferences.

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