Year 8

Use of Pace, Pause and Tone in performance

The Objective for this lesson is analyse and evaluate how we, and professional actors, use Pace, Pause and Tone to communicate their character to an audience. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to present a range of characters, with a growing 'toolbox' of physical and vocal skills.

Year 8

Use of Pace, Pause and Tone in performance

The Objective for this lesson is analyse and evaluate how we, and professional actors, use Pace, Pause and Tone to communicate their character to an audience. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to present a range of characters, with a growing 'toolbox' of physical and vocal skills.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, students will watch a theatre clip to analyse how it is used in a real performance. Read a monologue / scene. Demonstrate a few lines for annotation for pace, pause and tone. Act monologue / scene out focusing on use of voice to communicate meaning to the audience.

Content guidance

  • Physical activity required.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended.

Licence

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5 Questions

Q1.
What key word do we use to describe the use of stage space around the actors
Proxemics.
Use of set.
Correct answer: Use of space.
Q2.
What are vocal skills?
How you use lights to communicate a character.
How you use your body to communicate a character.
Correct answer: How you use your voice to communicate a character.
Q3.
What does the key word proxemics describe?
Correct answer: The distance between two characters.
The person who designs the set.
The set on the stage.
The stage space around the actors.
Q4.
What key word do we use to describe position of a person's back and upper body when sitting or standing.
Head
Correct answer: Posture
Stance
Q5.
What does the key word posture describe?
Raising your voice as loud as possible.
The ability to get your voice heard across the space.
Correct answer: The position of a person's back and upper body when sitting or standing.
The position of a person’s head when sitting or standing.

5 Questions

Q1.
When you change your voice to sound more angry, would you be changing the tone of your voice or the pace of your voice?
Pace
Correct answer: Tone
Q2.
What key term refers to the speed of your voice when you talk?
Correct answer: Pace
Pause
Projection
Q3.
What does the key word pause mean?
Correct answer: A break or a deliberate moment of silence in your speech.
Helping your voice be heard over a long distance.
The speed of your voice.
Q4.
True or false: Pitch describes how high or low your voice is.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
What key word do we use to describe how loud your voice is.
Projection
Shouting
Correct answer: Volume