Callum Martin drama homework key words


Exaggeration = Making things look or sound bigger than they would normally be.

Comedy = Drama which is meant to make us laugh

Title card = A card which gives the audience information or shows what a character is saying in a movie.

Mine = Showing things that aren’t there with our bodies: “Making the invisible visible”

Gesture = The movements we make with our hands.

Character = A person an actor is pretending to be or a person in the world of the drama.

Pace = How fast the action and movement is.

Slapstick = Comedy in which people get hurt.

Placard = A card which is held up to give information or show what a character is saying in the theatre.

Callum Martin Charlie Chaplin

• Sir Charles spencer "Charlie" Chaplin was an English silent film star. His career lasted 75 years, he was born in 1889 and died in 1977. He became a known name when he created his alter ego "the tramp" and he is now considered one of the most good people in the movie industry. As he grew up poor in the Victorian era he was sent to the workhouse twice at just nine years of age and just when you would think his life couldn't get any worse his mother was committed to a mental asylum, a rough life but luckily by 1914 he was working with keystone studios producing silent films. He later received an honorary academy award in 1972 fo "the very big effect he has had in making moving pictures the art form of this century".

Callum Martin assessment feedback

I did not Stay fully in role, even if there are mistakes or distractions
We did Project voice audibly, regardless of character and emotion but not as well as we could have
We did Articulate lines clearly, regardless of character and emotion
We did Control pitch to show understanding of my character or role
We did Remember planned blocking and move in the space with purpose but we could have done better
We did Consider the audience’s sightlines and ensure they can see