You’re going to give a 2 -5 minute dramatic presentation. This can be in the form of a scene from a play or movie, poetry or any other verbal kind of drama

COM125 Effective Speaking

Module 4 Assignment  

Dramatic Presentation

You’re going to give a 2 -5 minute dramatic presentation.  This can be in the form of a scene from a play or movie, poetry or any other verbal kind of drama.  It will be an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the techniques of the dramatic arts.  And believe me, drama plays a large part in effective oral communication.

You’re going to memorize your presentation.  This will be the only time you have to memorize the whole entire thing, but it’ll be good practice. Yes, you can have your lines printed up and visible off camera somewhere, but you may NOT read your presentation. It has to at least look like you memorized it.

You will be allowed to have another person in your presentation, if you so desire.  But YOUR part should be at least 2 minutes.

Try to avoid curse words or too much graphic content.  This is only because you need to develop your skills in other areas, not shock value.

You can dress up if you want to, and use simple props.  This is optional but if it helps you, you might as well use it.  Important here will be voice modulation, tones, pitch, body movements and gestures, especially facial expressions.  This is one assignment where most of you will not even be able to reach “over the top”.

You may be asking, how can I “be myself” in a dramatic presentation when I’m supposed to be somebody else?  Glad you asked.  One of the basic principles of acting is, develop the emotion you are supposed to be expressing so that it appears on your face, in your body movements.  This will resonate with the audience because they’ll know the emotion is real.  It’s called method acting and is just a way of really putting yourself into the role.  This is going to teach you how to express the emotions you already have about your future speech topics.

I would like this presentation to have some kind of Point.  Moral.  Focus.  I’m open to anything, but please make it clear to the audience what direction you want us to be going.

Check out the rubric below.  It’s ALL voice and body language-oriented.  Vocal changes, pitch (high/low), volume (loud/soft), and rate (fast/slow).  Gestures, facial expressions.  THIS is what you’ll be graded on here.

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