1st and 2nd Class: Drama - Eyes, Body, Imagination

Eyes, Body, Imagination

Today's drama class focused on using your body, eyes, and imagination.

Eye say, Eye say, Eye say

Actors should be able to express emotions through their eyes, telling stories with just a look.

Can you tell what these people are doing or feeling by just looking at their eyes?

Send us pictures or videos of what you have done. Ask your parents to help you send them to rte.ie/learn

Ray's Wiggly Warm Up

If possible, have someone read this out as you do it, so you know what's coming next.

Begin to wiggle your fingers.
Then your fingers and wrists.
Then your fingers, wrists, and forearms.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, and elbows.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, and shoulders.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, and rib cage.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, rib cage, and hips.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, rib cage, hips, and knees.
Then your fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders, rib cage, hips, knees, and head.
Go wiggling crazy!!

Wacky Walking

See can you use your body to act out any of these walks to a family member

Walk like…

You have heavy weights strapped to your shoes
You have just got an A in a test
You are a famous movie star on the red carpet.
You are a busy businessperson.
The path is made of glass and you are barefoot.
There is chewing gum stuck all over the bottom of your shoes.
You are passing a pride of sleeping man-eating lions.
You are 120 years old
You have to get home for a wee and can't run.

Prop me Up

You've practised miming using your body, now we are going to add in some props. The only thing is that these props are invisible, and you will have to use your imagination and miming skills to see and feel it. Don’t forget to use your eyes to let your audience know how your character is feeling.