Exercise #1

Objectives: (In addition to the first two classes.)

1)  Working with larger themes.

2)  Create small stories within a unifying theme.

Divide the class in half and assign or have elected two group leaders/directors for each group.  Give them the entire class time to create a 10 minute piece which they will perform the next day.  Give one group the theme of a main street of a big city and the second the main street of a small town.  With this piece the students can have up to five 'real' people visible at a time.  The rest must be Graphic images.  However they do not have to be the same five people.  The students will work with transitioning from object to person/person to object as well as object to object.  Again the sound effects become very important in creating the atmosphere. 

Notes:  

1)  The five people can talk if they want.

2)  The transitions must be smooth and allow the audience to watch what the creators want them to see.  

3)  The students must rely on simplicity and not get bogged down into cumbersome graphic images.  They should ask themselves what the essential images are that 'say' small town or big city.