Assignment, Resources & Rubric 1. Get together with the other people who are in the same color group. 2. Discuss what you've learned: limit your discussion to 5 minutes. 3. You'll be creating a commedia-type skit (5 min. at most) set in a high school. You need to have at least 5 characters and they all need to be stereotypes of people in today's society. The skit will be silent (all big, "body" humor - prat falls, tripping, silliness) except for sound effects and music. You need to perform this and you need to write up all the action that will happen. 4. Design the costumes (describe them if no one in the group is good at art/sketching) and the masks (for characters that wear them). Write up why you've chosen the designs you have - what stereotypes are you trying to bring attention to? (examples - use of make-up, always wearing shorts, suit/tie for principal/vice-principal) 5. Each group will video/film their scene.
Resources: Costume books in the library, magazines in the library, mask making books in the library on-line resources (must be listed in your write-up) Rubric
Outstanding (4)
Very Good (3 or 2)
Satisfactory (2 or 1)
Not Completed
Videotaped Skit
Funny, uses style of commedia dell'arte,
safely performed, less than 5 minutes
Humorous, but some gags didn't work, safely performed, less than 5 minutes, uses style of commedia dell'arte, but not consistently
Humorous, but many gags didn't work, a little short or a little long in time, used some commedia elements, but not consistent, unsafe stunts attempted or someone targeted in a mean way
Did not videotape skit or didn't finish.
Skit Write-up
Clearly described, stunts described, characters roles and what they were to do laid out clearly
Good description, some elements missing (some stunts left out, character roles unclear at times)
Described action generally, but left out many specific details, including gags and what characters were supposed to do at certain times
Incomplete or missing many details.
Sketches of costumes/masks
Complete and well done (details, color?)
Complete, but missing details
Mostly completed, missing details
Incomplete or missing many details.
Minimum hand in: Write-up of the skit's action & costumes/masks for characters Full marks:A= skit videotaped (funny & safe), really awesome write-up, even some attempt at costume B= skit videotaped (safe, good attempt @ humor), good write-up. C=Write-up complete with action, costumes & masks. N/C = not completed
1. Get together with the other people who are in the same color group.
2. Discuss what you've learned: limit your discussion to 5 minutes.
3. You'll be creating a commedia-type skit (5 min. at most) set in a high school. You need to have at least 5 characters and they all need to be stereotypes of people in today's society. The skit will be silent (all big, "body" humor - prat falls, tripping, silliness) except for sound effects and music. You need to perform this and you need to write up all the action that will happen.
4. Design the costumes (describe them if no one in the group is good at art/sketching) and the masks (for characters that wear them). Write up why you've chosen the designs you have - what stereotypes are you trying to bring attention to? (examples - use of make-up, always wearing shorts, suit/tie for principal/vice-principal)
5. Each group will video/film their scene.
Resources: Costume books in the library, magazines in the library, mask making books in the library on-line resources (must be listed in your write-up)
Rubric
safely performed, less than 5 minutes
Minimum hand in: Write-up of the skit's action & costumes/masks for characters
Full marks:A= skit videotaped (funny & safe), really awesome write-up, even some attempt at costume
B= skit videotaped (safe, good attempt @ humor), good write-up.
C=Write-up complete with action, costumes & masks.
N/C = not completed