Black Hearted Villain

Pick a partner

• Rehearse and perform the first page of the script.
• Use a range of emotions to bring the scene to life.
• Try and use moments of contrast to make comedy.

Pick a different partner

• Rehearse and perform the second scene of the script.
• Make your Villain and sidekick exaggerated..
• Try to show a difference in STATUS (accent, body language, volume etc...)

Remember- BE MELODRAMATIC, GO 'OVER' OVER THE TOP!!

Lord,

As we travel together in faith,

we thank you for our school,

and all who are part of it.

We pray that we

grow, love and learn

to be more like you

in our thoughts, words

and actions.

Amen

Black Hearted Villain

SUCCESS CRITERIA

A limited performance: basic characterisation skills; the performance doesn't flow well; exaggerated emotions are not easily identifiable.

A good standard of performance; movement; exaggerated characters with emerging use of emotions.

A good standard of performance with interesting movement; exaggerated characters and clear identifiable emotions in the style of melodrama.

An excellent performance: well defined and exaggerated characters; movement and gestures; excellent use of voice & projection; great flow & continuity; emotions are used in a precise manner

SUCCESS CRITERIA

SNEAKING

GRIEF...

Shoulders hunched over, arm raised to cover nose, eyes free to shift around the room quickly. Legs bent as they cross the stage.

Head down, shoulders rounded, hands cupping face. Raising shoulders up and down. (optional sobbing noise)

OVERWHELMED

Chin and face upwards, one arm dropped limp to the side. The other hand is open on top of your forehead, palm facing out.

HORROR

Eyes wide, mouth wide open, both hands to the cheeks with fingers extended.

EXAGGERATED EMOTIONS

EVIL PLANNING

One eyebrow up, the other down. Grimace on face and hands rubbing together.

ANGER

If it is a really good plan, then twiddle fingers

Both hands shoulder high, eyebrows pushed towards each other, face tense (GRIMACE) hands in tight fists

LOVE

FEMALE: Chest high, head to side, kick leg up, hands under chin, smile

MALE: Chest high, right hand across chest with hand on heart, other hand open, pointing towards his love.

FEAR

PRIDE

Face turned to right, right hand to mouth with fingers curled under touching top of palm.

Chest up, hands in fists on both hips, legs shoulder width apart, balanced. Head titled upwards.

Some common MELODRAMATIC themes

• Doomed love affairs
• Death defying escapes
• Crime doesn't pay
• Good always triumphs over evil
• Bad guys finish last

Make them 'over the top'

Some modern day Melodramatic characters

1. Get into pairs

2. Label yourselves A and B

3. You must both become melodramatic characters

4. A and B must have an over exaggerated conversation- use voice, body, face

5. YOU CAN ONLY SAY 4 WORDS AT A TIME!

GO OVER OVER THE TOP!MAKE IT DRAMATIC!

Melodrama is....

When was it popular?

A type of drama where the emotions of the characters are EXAGGERATED and simplified and are centred around good and evil.

Popular in the 1800s

Actors were trained in a classical style which meant that they were often given a set of movements to express certain emotions

The audience could easily understand these movements/ emotions

Melodrama

What do you know about Melodrama?

What do you think it is?

Pair share

Learning Objective

What style or genre of drama do you think that this shows?

• To explore the exaggerated emotions of melodrama with improvisation.
• To develop characters within the script in the given style- MELODRAMA.

Characters

There are often 4 different types of character in melodrama, and they each have 'lines of business...'

Can you remember the types of character?

“I shall go and inform my parents. I shan’t be long. I’ll meet you in the sunny flowered glade where oft we have walked alone together. Adieu”.

“He will not meet you in fair fight I know it. He has some evil plan up his sleeve. For my sake, Henry, I beg you, let us go to my father’s house”.

“You’ll see! If I can’t have what I want I usually take it anyway. Who knows what sort of accident might befall him between now and the wedding”.

“We tie her to the railway tracks with her neck on the line and then when the train comes it will cut off her pretty little head”.