Chapter 2: Pantomime and Mime

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Chapter 2 Pantomime and Mime

• Vocabulary Words

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Pantomime

• The art of acting without words.

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Nonverbal Communication

• Communicating without words, using facial
  expressions, gestures, and body language.

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Cross

• To move from one position to another onstage.

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Gesture

• A movement of any part of the body to help
  express an idea.

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Kinesthesis

• Sometimes called muscle memory the
  neuromuscular sense the body has in a particular
  physical condition.

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Mime

• An offspring of pantomime that often conveys
  abstract ideas.

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Inclination

• The bending of the body to the front, the side,
  or the rear.

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Rotation

• Turning or pivoting a body part in smooth circles.

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Isolation

• The process of separating parts of the body for
  individual development and expression.

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7 Elements to Keep Consistent

• Size
• Shape
• Weight
• Resistance
• Texture
• Placement
• And Condition!

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Marcel Marceau

• The most famous mime
• of all mime history
• French
• Bip
• Died September 22nd 2007
• age 84
• Still toured performing
• until last year!
• 15,000 performances world wide!

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Plan your Pantomime

• Beginning Establish where you are and what you
  are doing. Begin the story.
• Middle Develop the story. Introduce the
  conflict and struggle with it.
• Ending Bring it to a close. Show us what
  happens about the conflict.
• You must interact with imaginary objects and keep
  7 conditions consistent
• No talking or sounds or mouthing words

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Important Anatomy in Chapter 2

• Eyes
• Mouth
• Chest
• Wrist
• Fingertips

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5 Universal Facial Expressions

• Surprise
• Happiness
• Fear
• Anger
• Sadness

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Falling on Stage

• Divide the body into segments
• head, torso and arms, hips, thighs, and legs-
  and lower each segment to the floor
• Control your body, you should be very close to
  the floor before you fall
• Absorb the fall with the soft parts of the body
  the forearms, thighs, legs rather than the
  projections elbows, hipbones, knees (the key is
  to not get hurt!)

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Walking on Stage

• Good posture
• Shoulders square, chest high
• Axis of body directly over feet (think tall)
• Weight on balls of feet
• Easy, poised and rhythmical
• Walk in a straight line
• Let body swing easily from the hips
• Do not look at the ground as you walk

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Sitting on stage

• Locate chair/seat out of corner of eye
• Plan route to get there (direct if possible)
• Touch back of calf to chair to locate it without
  looking at it
• Sit
• Keep spine at 90 degree angle to seat
• Sit at front of chair
• Rest arms in lap or on chair
• Usually Do not cross legs! (some exceptions
  exist)

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Rising from the seated position

• Lead with the chest not the head
• Keep weight balanced on the balls of the feet
• Keep one foot slightly in front of the other
• Use rear foot to push up
• Keep axis of body straight
• Never hold arms of chair or push off chair
  (except when old, weak or pregnant)