Chapters 5-6, 8
 What’s
your favorite story from childhood?
What makes it you favorite?
 Answer
these questions in your notebook,
give details so that it’s at least a paragraph
in length.
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Types of movement:
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Entering
Walking
Standing
Turning
Sitting
Rising
Gesturing
exiting
 Notice
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the 5 Ws:
WHO moves
WHAT moves
WHEN there is movement
WHERE movement occurs
WHY movements occurs
6
Rules of Stage Movement
1. Movement should always happen for a reason.
2. Movement should be simple.
3. Movement should be exaggerated.
4. Movement should help develop a character.
5. Movement should be towards the audience.
See facial expressions, direct audience
toward who is talking, so you can be heard
6. Movement should be balanced between actors.
 Never
upstage another actor!
 Sound
clip
 Sound clip
 Sound clip
 Sound clip
#1
#2
#3
#4
 Video
#1
#2
#3
#4
clip
 Video clip
 Video clip
 Video clip
Come up with a
mnemonic device to help
you remember the 6
rules for movement.
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Important terms: (define on worksheet)
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“Raked”- angled downward from back to front
“Sightlines”- lines in the wings that shield you from
the audience
“Upstage”- away from the audience
“Downstage”- close to the audience
“Stage Right”- right side of the stage from the actor’s
perspective
“Stage Left”“Quarter Turn”“Profile”“Three-Quarter Turn”“Full Front”“Full Back”“Cross”- crossing the stage from one side to the other
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Important terms:
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“Interplay”- interacting with other characters
“stepping on”
“Ensemble Ethic”- being part of the cast,
paying attention to all aspects of the
scene/production
“falling out of character”
•“emoting”