Miric

Okay, Mir. So, um, you did a really good job, man, up there and everything. I think you've been coming along really awesome this semester. So, kudos.

Um, so today, what we're going to be doing is we're going to, um, practice explaining how acting choices communicate a character's objective, okay? And motivation, how we show that to the audience, right? And so earlier in the lesson sequence, you were able to identify the character's objective um really, really well. But now we want to work on expanding your explanations using evidence and academic language. So the academic language was objective, motivation, all those things. You remember going over all that, right? Okay, great.

Uh so basically, I'm going to model an example first. So, we're going to use some sentence frames and all that kind of stuff. Um, we're going to use some sentence frames from here on this worksheet right here. Um, I'll model an example first. So, we did the scene about the slice of pizza. So, if I were to want the last slice of pizza and I'm like, that slice of pizza is mine. It's mine. I'm not going to share it with anybody. Okay? Do you understand? Do you understand that I got to share this piece of pizza with you? Okay, cool.

So, my character's objective is to get the last slice of pizza because he's really hungry. So, I showed this through vocal tone, right? Whenever I'm going like this, through physical movement, whenever I'm pulling it in, and by being loud a little bit, shouting at everybody that I want the last slice of pizza, right? So this helps the audience understand that my character is desperate, right?

>> So yes sir. So notice how I explained the objective. What was my objective?

>> Objective was to get the last slice.

>> Boom. Right there. The motivation.

>> The motivation because you were very desperate.

>> Cuz I was desperate. Right. The acting choices.

>> The acting choices were to um and like

>> Yes. Perfect.

>> So, how does that help the audience understand that I'm desperate?

>> Helps the audience understand because I'm not really good with words like this, but me how that helped me understand it. Um, it helped me understand because you were very like like it was kind of like your children away from every 100% 100%.

So basically, um, I want you to perform a short version, okay? So, we're just going to act like the camera is not here, so it's the last slice of pizza. And don't worry, everybody's working on their own thing, so it's just you and I. So, I got a slice of pizza here, and we'll explain your performance right after. So, hey, Mir, I got a slice of pizza here, man. Um, there's only one left.

>> Only one left.

>> That's great. That's great. That's great. What do you mean?

>> Good, good, good, good job. Good job.

Okay, so let's explain your performance uh using the sentence frame. So, we got our worksheet right here. So, here we go. So, my character's objective is to take the last slice of pizza because he really wanted it. I showed this by

>> because

>> because well because it was once less

>> because he was

>> because he was

>> because he was greedy.

>> Yeah. Greedy.

>> Good. Good. And I showed this

>> by snatching this last slice of pizza and hiding it behind my back.

>> Yes. You hid it behind your back.

>> Right. And to me that shows greediness. You know what I mean? Because you're being deceptive, right? You're being sneaky. You're putting the last slice of pizza behind your back. Good stuff.

Um, all right. So, your character's objective was, let's just go over this one more time,

>> to get the last slice of pizza.

>> All right. And your character's motivation

>> was

>> My character's motivation was greediness.

>> Greediness. Good. acting choices.

>> Um, snatching in the hiding behind.

>> Yes. Very good. Very good.

Okay. All right. Now, with the evidence, I want us to put it all in one sentence. So, first off, one last time, we're going to go over this, but we're going to add a sentence frame with evidence in it. So say it in the complete sentence.

>> My character's objective is to get the last slice of pizza because he is greedy. And I showed this by snatching the last slice of pizza.

>> And the evidence was

>> the evidence was the evidence is

>> what you show to the audience.

>> So how did you show it to the audience?

>> I I snatched it and I hit it.

>> Yep. snatched it and hit it. Good.

Um, I think that's it. Hang on. Let me just make sure that that's all that I had to Okay. Okay. Good. So, you improved your ability to explain how your acting choices communicate objective. Um, you clearly know what evidence is. Clearly using academic language now. Um, and basically what this does is it just helps to strengthen your choices. And it sounds so simple and I know we're kind of beating a dead horse saying the same thing over and over, you know, but it's like once you know your objective in every scene, what it is that you want, your motivation, why you want it, and the evidence, those three things, once you can identify that in every single scene, which you can now, um, is just going to keep bringing you to the next level. So, good job, man.

>> Thank you, sir.