STAGE DRAMA TECHNIQUES by: Evang. Olujide Adedeji

LAGOS ANCEDRAM 20^th ANNIVERSARY & 13^th STATE CONGRESS

STAGE DRAMA TECHNIQUES

Facilitator: Evang. Olujide Adedeji

Things you must work on Stage Drama

*Your body

*The movement

*Space

*Voice

*Thought/Mind

1. BODY

FACIAL EXPRESSION: You must be able to wear any facial expression (sad, happy, angry, etc.) What to do:

i.                   Massage your body

ii.                 Stand in front of the mirror.

POSTURE: Your posture gives different meanings.

GESTURE: Your gesture has a lot of meaning to reaction.

EYE CONTACT: Looking at each other communicate a lot.

2. MOVEMENT

TIMING: Either slow movements or fast movement.

ENERGY: The energy put in the action, it also helps to hasten, quicken, gets you to the climax.

DANCE

3. VOICE

VOLUIME: As a dramatist, you must train your voice

PACING: Either you talk very fast or slowly at intervals.

PROJECTION: Comes from within, comes with energy, every of your pronunciation comes out clearly with meaning and interpretation.

ACCENT: You must train on your accent on every language.

*Acting is getting in sub-consciousness,

*EVERYBODY can ACT, it is only ACTORS that can PERFORM.