Drama – The Role of an Actor
This page will be about the Role of an Actor. Unless otherwise stated, all of this
research comes from Jeremy’s power point during class.
There are three things you need to be an actor: a voice, a
body and a mind.
THE
ACTOR’S VOICE
- Develop vocal relaxation and warm-up
techniques.
- Apply proper breathing techniques.
- Recognize the affect of good posture on
voice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the parts of the
body that are associated with voice production.
- Communicate mood and emotion through voice.
THE
ACTOR’S BODY
- Recognize the power of stillness
- Understand basic anatomy
- Perform physical warm-up
- Demonstrate proper body alignment
- Perform physical warm-up
- Demonstrate proper body alignment
- Extend flexibility
- Increase balance
THE
ACTOR’S MIND
- To analyze a script for character clues
- Create physical details of the character
- Demonstrate understanding that a character’s
behavior is motivated by experiences, past, present and future
- Memorize required text
- Critique self work and work of others
- Critique self work and work of others
THE
ACTOR’S ROLE
- Demonstrate understanding of theatre as
collaborative art form.
- To work positively and constructively with
the cast and crew.
- To actively work towards fulfilling the director’s
vision for the text.
- To apply your training, experience and
professionalism in your comportment on and off the stage.
- To continually reflect on how all of life’s
experiences enrich you as a person and as an artist.
Research Coming
- how actor’s become the characters? Maybe?
