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Take the Stage®: Filmmaking and Acting residency teaches students the skills of acting and filmmaking which includes brainstorming initial concepts, outlining, scriptwriting, storyboarding, and final production. Students are active participants in every aspect of the creation process including being actors in the short films they create. With media accessible at every student's fingertip in this tech-driven age, this Take the Stage residency will provide a fun, thoughtful, and practical approach for children who want their creative vision to come to life. RESIDENCY SUMMARY 1. Scriptwriting through improvisation • Students work together in groups using acting improvisation to develop original scenes based on a common theme for the class. • Students explore how characters use varying strategies to achieve their objective in an improvisation scene. These fun and witty improvised pieces will include clear objectives and character types. • The acting improvisations will be the foundations for the brainstorming sessions during the scriptwriting process. 2. Filmmaking • Students will learn the building blocks of filmmaking from outlining, scriptwriting, and storyboarding. • Students will learn about and take turns being the primary roles on a film set. (Director, Script Supervisor, Camera Operator, etc.) • Students will learn the basics of camera operation and film editing. 3. Vocal and Physical • Students work on vocal and articulation exercises to help them communicate publicly more comfortably and speak more clearly for their films. These exercises will be repeated at the beginning of each class in order for the students to gain proficiency. • Students work on physical exercises that help them be more aware, in control, and comfortable. These physical warm-up exercises are repeated at the beginning of each class as well. https://www.takethestage.tv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7BJ0JJ7rs
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