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1. See or read three full-length plays. These can be from the stage, movies, television, or video. Write a review of each. Comment on the story, acting, and staging. 2. Write a one-act play. It must take 8 minutes or more to put on. It must have a main character, conflict, and climax. 3. Do THREE of the following: |
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a. Act a major part in a full-length play; or, act a part in three one-act plays. b. Direct a play. Cast, rehearse, and stage it. The play must be at least 10 minutes long. c. Design the set for a play. Make a model of it. d. Design the costumes for 5 characters in one play set in a time before 1900. e. Show skill in stage makeup. Make up yourself or a friend as an old man, a clown, an extraterrestrial, or a monster as directed. f. Help with the building of scenery for one full-length play or two one-act plays. g. Design the lighting for a play; or, under guidance, handle the lighting for a play. |
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4. Mime or pantomime any ONE of the following chosen by you and your counselor: |
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a. You have come into a large room. It is full of pictures, furniture, and other things of interest. b. As you are getting on a bus, you books fall into a puddle. But the time you pick them up, the bus has driven off. c. You have failed a school test. You are talking with your teacher. He does not buy your story. d. You are at camp with a new Scout. You try to help him pass a cooking test. He learns very slowly. e. You are at a banquet. The met is good. You don't like the vegetable. The dessert is ice cream. |
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5. Explain the following: |
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a. Proscenium arch b. Central or arena staging c. Spotlight d. Floodlight e. Flies f. Center stage, stage right, stage left g. Stage crew h. Stage brace i. Batten |
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6. Do two short entertainment features that you could present either alone or with others for a troop meeting or campfire. |
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From the Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge Series, Boy Scouts of America, Irving, Texas |
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