1. Body Language & Movement Lesson 3 – Year 7

2. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 2 Learning Outcomes: By the end of this lesson you will be able to: –Content – Understand why body language, gesture and posture are so important as a dramatic skill. –Process – Through sculpting activities, team work, walking exercises and reflection we will be able to see how these skills help to create characters. –Benefits – What could be the benefits of these skills?

3. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 3 Warm – up games What happened to Maria? Physical warm-up – Who’s that Chick?

4. A) -What happened to Maria? B) - I don't know. (hand gesture) A) - Rat-ta-ta-ta-ta-tat (knuckles on floor) B)- Boom boom boom (hands on floor) A) - Nothing B) - Nothing Nothing (normal voice) A) - Nothing nothing (whisper) B) - No. (stage shout)

5. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 5 Body Sculpt Now we are going to start to understand how we can use our bodies to reflect a certain personality or characteristic about a person. You are going to walk around the drama space and I will call out a name of a person, animal or object and I want you to position yourself in a still image, in a position that reflects them best. For instance: As the prime minister I may stand like this… What is it about my body tells you I am a prime minister?

6. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 6 Body Sculpt continued… Mother Burglar Cat Soldier Teenager

7. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 7 Select roles – Class shaping Half room are going to be… Half room are going to be another role How are you different? How we can tell that?

8. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 8 Space and Levels You have unknowingly learnt about space and levels. The use of space and levels can reflect to the audience how important and confident a character is, as well as their personality. Your teenager image was very different to your soldier image, one stood slouched, one tall and strong. This indicates to the audience the type of character this is.

9. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 9 Facial expression and gesture Facial expression and gesture are both as essential to character building as body language is. What gesture do we associate with the queen? What about soldiers? How about the way models place their hands!

10. Why do you think facial expression is important? 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 10

11. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 11 Paired Pulling faces With a partner sit crossed leg facing them, label yourselves A & B. You need to have NO expression on your face…Completely bland! I will now call out some emotions and I want you to pull that face at your team mate. Team mate, how effective are they being? What made their expression successful?

12. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 12 Emotions list: Happiness Anger Sadness Frustration Stroppy Concerned/worried Confused

13. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 13 Team Sculpt In groups of 4 you will now sculpt a single team member into a character that I call out. Remember to think about their body posture, gesture and facial expression: –The character of Harry Potter –The president of the USA –A sad, lonely teenager at school –A bold, confident and intimidating thug.

14. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 14 Team Sculpt Continued… Now you are going to do one of these images again but this time the rest of the group are going to position themselves around the sculpted person. I will give you more details as we go along, but ensure you apply your new knowledge about the use of space, levels, facial expression, body language and gesture.

15. 02/03/2016 Free Template from www.brainybetty.com 15 Character Creation Review You now have 5 minutes to come up with a still image of a character of your choice from this lesson. Freeze after 5 to 1 Be prepared as I will pick an individual to tell me 1 thing they have learnt today!