Wednesday 27 March 2013

Vocal Presentations

We have been using our 'articulators' to shape meaningful sounds in the drama room.  Our articulators are:  tongue, teeth, lips, hard and soft palates.  We use them to shape our words as we phonate. 

On Thursday, you will each do an individual presentation consisting of a memorized limerick (one mark for memorizing, one mark for saying it on one breath), three tongue twisters each spoken three times (for a total of 9 marks) and for reading a poem with meaning.  See below for a copy of the evaluation sheet.

In the meantime, if you are serious about improving your skills, check out these sites:

Vocal Exercises from the website Amateur Dramatic

Vocal Warm-ups and Diction Exercises for Actors and Singers



ADA 10                                                                                                Name:                                    

Vocal Presentation

Evaluation:          A & B Application    /11;  C App   /50;  Com    /100;  K/U    /10

A.     Breath Control  and Preparation - Application     /2

           

            spoke limerick on one breath                         yes       no        /1

            memorized                                                       yes        no        /1

 

B.      Enunciation – Application    /9

                        spoke tongue twister    1    2    3   times without error                      /3 

                        spoke tongue twister    1    2    3   times without error                      /3

                        spoke tongue twister    1    2    3   times without error                      /3

C.      Poem      Title: 

Criteria
Level 4
Level 3
To improve to meet provincial standard
Prepared
(App)
 
projection, confident stance and clear view of speaker’s face provide the audience with an superior experience
Projected voice; audience didn’t have to strain to hear
 
Posture/stance enhanced performance; audience wasn’t distracted by random and or thoughtless movement(s)
 
Clear view of face;  neither paper nor hairstyle impeded audience sightline
 
Use of vocal elements
(Com)
Superior use of vocal elements breathes life into the poem for the audience
Used rate of speech, volume, pitch, and emphasis appropriately to convey meaning of poem to audience
               
Enunciated words so they were clearly articulated for the audience and not misunderstood
 
 

 

Pronunciation:   10 marks to begin, subtraction of one mark per mispronunciation/stutter/false start

(K/U)