Areas of the Stage Backstage: area behind scenery not visible to audience. Center stage: area in the center of the stage. Downstage: area closest to the audience. Stage left/right: area to actor’s left or right as he/she faces the audience. Upstage: area furthest away from the audience. Backdrop: painted curtain without fullness. Flats: canvas-covered wooden frames used for scenery. Set: all sets and props that help define the action. B A C K S T A G E Upstage Stage Right Center Stage Down Stage
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breathing grew quick and ragged. My heart pounded. I placed foot in front of foot as the voices on stage signaled that my time was near. I saw the light. The burning‚ intense‚ yellow light of the stage. Standing in the wings‚ I could see a group of kids leaving the stage the opposite way. I gave Omara a little push‚ her dress ruffling. She walked on stage. She said her line of “__________”. I walked on stage‚ saw the audience of faces‚ and thought‚ It’s time. The moment I’ve been waiting for is here.
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Tuckman Team Development Model – 5 stages Bruce Tuckman’s was a respected educational psychologist who recognized there were stages that small groups go through‚ and he suggested that all of them be fully experienced to achieved success. Initially he defined the 4 stages in 1965. Later in 1977 a 5th stage was added. 1. Forming: The newness of the project can cause excitement‚ and/or anxiety. This can vary and is dependent on the team’s inclusion in the member selection process. If it’s
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Development of child and young person from birth to 19 years of age. 0-3 months Physical Ÿ Head circumference increases approximately 2cm per month‚ then will increases 1.5 cm per month until four months. Ÿ Increases are important as they indicate brain growth. Ÿ Skin remains sensitive and easily irritated. Ÿ Cries with tears. Ÿ Eyes begin moving together in unison. Ÿ Gums are red. Motor development Ÿ Swallowing reflex and tongue movements are immature‚ inability to move to the back of the mouth
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To enable a character to change so much‚ her flaws have to be evident and abundant before the metamorphosis occurs. Priestly obliges in the stage directions offering Sheila as a ‘girl’ showing her immaturity even though she is in her twenties and that she is ‘pleased with life’‚ which is rather damning as we soon realise all she has accomplished is being her father’s daughter and gotten engaged. In giving her such a start in the audience’s eyes‚ we see how trapped Sheila is‚ not only through her
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Monologue model Year 11 Katniss Everdeen volunteering in Prim’s place as tribute and deciding to fight against the injustice of the Games Katniss enters slowly‚ stunned‚ and then as the realisation of the words set in‚ she races towards the front of the stage to face the panel. And the girl tribute for District 12 is … Primrose Everdeen! Not Prim! Not my little duck! There must be some mistake! This can’t be happening! Stop! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute in her place! I am Katniss and I wish
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Roxie has several press conferences which make her famous‚ at least in Chicago that is‚ and Velma is desperate to get back on top. She asks Roxie if she will play her sister’s old part in her show and Roxie’s declines wanting no one but herself on stage. Then‚ a woman with a wealthy father kills her cheating husband and as she is about to become Chicago’s new headliner‚ Roxie tells the press that she’s pregnant and she’s back on the front page. As Roxie’s court date approaches‚ she gets tips from
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INTRODUCTION Oral Communication The word Communication is a process whereby meaning is defined and shared between living organisms. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication
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Tuckman believes there are five main stages of communication within group development‚ as they come together and start to operate. Stage 1: Stage 1 is known as forming. The behaviour of each individual is driven by a desire to be accepted by the other group members. Conflict and controversial topics are avoided and team members focus on tasks at hand. Individuals are also gathering information and impressions about eachother. Although this is a comfortable stage to be in‚ the avoidance of conflict
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In context of relationships‚ the stages of Knapp’s Theory are associated with their respective indications of verbal and nonverbal messages. Obviously‚ the initiation stage would involve the first encounters between one another (Foundations of Relationships). In this stage‚ nonverbal interactions would be establishing perceptions of the other through factors like physical appearance‚ dress‚ and others (Knapp’s Relational Development Model). In addition‚ verbal interactions would occur to “initiate”
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