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Film it! Screenwriting

  • TLF-IDA002447

Screenwriting is the act of writing what's known as a script or screenplay for film, television and web series. It involves a special set of rules that makes it different from a book or play. This module of Film It covers formatting, scene writing, script structure, themes, and character. Writing the script is part of ...

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Developing script ideas with Hannie Rayson

  • TLF-IDM019983

How do you come up with ideas to write about? Watch this clip to find out how Australian playwright and screenwriter Hannie Rayson begins her writing process. She begins with a "big question" - if you were writing a play, what big question would you ask?

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How to be funny

  • TLF-IDM020220

What is the key to being funny? As Tim Ferguson explains, if you can laugh, you can write comedy. Has something funny happened to you lately? Or is there something in particular that you find puzzling or amusing about the world around you? Put your thoughts on paper and experiment with telling your story in different ways. ...

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Train adventures

  • TLF-IDM025945

Discover and create different characters from a train ride through movement and voice. Use imagination to go on a train ride and draw the images you see.

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Lip sync challenge

  • TLF-IDM025925

Students will develop expressive movement skills to perform a Lip Sync Challenge. They will explore character, rhythm, movement, sound and tension and reflect on their own performance skills.

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Make ‘em laugh

  • TLF-IDM025935

See how effective comedy is in communicating ideas and engaging an audience. Good performances will have moments of humour and seriousness in order to provide variety and interest in the stories being told.

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Drop the mic – hip hop and Shakespeare

  • TLF-IDM025941

A fresh and fun approach to Hip Hop theatre exploring, words, rhythm, movement, voice and creative writing. Drop The Mic Hip Hop Theatre class aims to develop voice, rhythm, physicality and character skills.

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Melodrama characterisation

  • TLF-IDM025940

Discover the dramatic form and acting styles of melodrama through the exploration of stock characters and how to act in a melodrama style with large emotions and gestures. Perform various characters through a scripted performance.

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Characterisation – status and movement

  • TLF-IDM025909

Explore characterisation through observation, status and movement to communicate meaning. Students will create a character through performance.

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Let's act out

  • TLF-IDM025839

Develop skills in preparing and performing a character monologue.

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Mime and machines

  • TLF-IDM025967

Students develop their mime and physical skills through drama.

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Going on an adventure

  • TLF-IDM025955

Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

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I like to move it, move it!

  • TLF-IDM025930

Engage the body to tell stories and entertain audiences. Explore the techniques of expressive physical movement to communicate ideas and create dramatic meaning. Students devise a story using mime, movement and gesture.

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Characterisation stereotypes

  • TLF-IDM025911

Develop and build engaging characters through stereotypes and using through role play and improvisation using voice, body and dialogue. Perform a devised character scenario to engage an audience.

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Monologues

  • TLF-IDM025939

Develop skills in characterisation through personal storytelling through monologues.

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Stories in the dark

  • TLF-IDM025937

This resource is designed to support Stage 4 drama students in understanding the characteristics of good radio plays and learning to use vocal expression to create clear and engaging characters. They will rehearse, perform and record a short radio play that can be shared with an audience.

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Lights, camera, action!

  • TLF-IDM025952

Students explore screenwriting for video drama.

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Tune in and tune up

  • TLF-IDM025928

Tune in and tune up your acting skills with these fun drama warm up games that will strengthen you vocally, physically and imaginatively.

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Hannie Rayson on writing complex roles for women

  • TLF-IDM020009

Watch as Hannie Rayson describes her early desire to write multidimensional, complex roles for women in her plays. What was this in response to?  Why is it important for audiences to see female characters as well as male characters driving drama in plays? 

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Beats and rhymes

  • TLF-IDM025938

This class develops your vocal skills for performance. Write a Slam Poem or a Rap and then perform them for an audience.

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