Performance Elements

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Performance Elements
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Acting

• Using the face, body and voice to convey a
  character

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Speaking Style

• How lines are delivered
• Two ways to deliver your lines
• Vocal Expression
• how an actor or actress uses his or her voice to
  convey character
• In Other Words saying things with
  expressionsounding mad, glad, scared, timid,
  etc.
• Diction
• Definition selection and pronunciation of words
• In Other Words speak slowly and clearly

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Nonverbal Expression

• Expressing ideas and emotions without words
• Four ways to use nonverbal communication
• Body Alignment
• Definition using correct posture to speak and
  move while acting
• In Other Words use the same posture your
  character would usehunch over like an old man or
  stand tall like an athlete
• Gestures
• Definition using parts of your body to convey
  your character
• In Other Words talk with your handsact out
  what the character feelsbe the characterfor
  example, hands on your hips if you are a bossy
  character or fidget like a nervous person

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• Facial expressions
• Moving your face to represent an emotion
• In Other Words frowning, smiling, squinting,
  scowling, etc.
• Movement
• Movements of the actor onstage during a
  performance
• Locomotor moves
• In Other Words crossing the stage, turning your
  back to the audience, etc.