Drama and Visual Arts: Unit Review

Pace, volume, pitch and enunciation.

Example: prop: a wool shawl, a wooden bowl, a bucket. Body: rubbing hands near the fire, stamping snow off boots, carrying heavy firewood.

To keep being your character (voice, body and thoughts) the whole time, even if something unexpected happens.

Example: "...because the bus was crowded and noisy, so I held the pole, swayed when it stopped, and spoke loudly to my friend." Look for the setting and what it changed.

A theme is the big idea (like fairness). An issue is a problem people may disagree about.

Example: dark storm clouds roll in and the canoe has floated away (a problem and a time limit). Look for something that makes the audience wonder what will happen.

In a tableau, when someone taps an actor's shoulder, the actor says the character's thoughts out loud.

Example: "Yes, and we hear a kitten meowing on the roof!"

Example: audio: recorded birdsong or crunchy leaves (crinkled paper). Visual: a green blanket as moss, branches, a picture of trees on a screen.

Example: "Your shaky voice and the way you kept looking at the door showed me your character was nervous."

Example: "Next time I will speak clearly (good enunciation) and face the audience."

Mime.

Large puppets, each moved by three puppeteers who stay in view.

Examples: Anansi (Akan people of Ghana), Nanabush (Anishinaabe).

Because the audience can't see anything. Sounds help them imagine the scenes.

Wavy.

Symmetrical (if both sides match).

Illusory (visual) texture.

Colour with bright crayons, cover with black, then scratch a picture through the black.

Cool.

A tint (sky blue). A shade (navy blue).

Warm colours (red, orange, yellow), because they feel lively, happy and energetic.

Mint (tint), green, forest green (shade).

The foreground.

Any two: draw it smaller, place it higher on the page, overlap it with closer things, use less detail and paler colours.

Foreground: big rocks. Middle ground: the lake and canoe. Background: the tiny hills.

Variety: using differences in line, shape, colour, size and texture to make art interesting.

Use a theme (one big idea) or repeat a colour or material.

Example: make the birds different sizes, colours and patterns; one flying away; add a zigzag feather, dotted chests. Look for at least two kinds of differences.

It explains what the symbols on a map mean.

Remembering the children who were sent to residential schools and honouring survivors (Orange Shirt Day, September 30).

Examples: rangoli (India), Chinese paper cutting, papel picado (Mexico), stained glass (Europe); Inuit prints from Kinngait, the Métis sash, Haida carved poles, Woodland art.

Because crests belong to families and clans and carry their history. We admire and learn, and make our own symbols.

2D.

The paper is pressed face-down on the plate, so the picture is a mirror image.

Answers will vary. Look for honest, specific statements, e.g. "I mix tints carefully" and "I want to add more detail in my foregrounds."

To quickly try out ideas before making the real art work.