Any ideas for movies to teach Drama with?

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  1. TeacherMom

    TeacherMom New Member

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    Hello, I am showing movies that help to portray good values but at the same time facial expressions. Tomorrow we are viewing Shakespeare either As You Like It, or Romeo and Juliet.. I may let them pick.
    But I want to do a movie class once a month and am wondering what other movies will show good expression for learning how to make faces that portray your part?
    Any ideas?
    Dramatic movies, Comedy types either one is good!

    Also what is your favorite "highschool musical/pray" not the actual movie with that name... kwim? thanks!
    Oh I have a small class of 14-15 peoples
     
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  3. LucyRicardo

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    I would think anything with Bette Davis. Maybe "All About Eve", or even "Jezebel". She could completely steal a scene without saying a word.

    Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" granted not the most critically acclaimed actress, but she worked pure genius with her facial expressions.

    Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady".

    Also early Martin and Lewis comedies, Jerry Lewis was not only a master at pratfall but also mugging(facial expressions)

    Maybe a silent movie with Charlie Chaplin or Gloria Swanson? They relied on facial expressions.


    Musicals, Westside Story, Singing in The Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Beach Blanket Bingo(LOL),
     
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    http://www.pioneerdrama.com/

    This is the web site where the theatre got the play my ds was just in over the weekend. They have an online catalog available.
     
  5. TeacherMom

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    Thanks , I really liked the sound of some of those plays on the one you sent MAMA bear! cool!
    ALso Ds was glad to hear the suggested West Side Story, and I had down on my list Bing movies... White Christmas is down because it shows putting a show together... kinda of inspiriing...
     
  6. Shelley

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    Our Town is a good choice. The Crucible, depending on student ages, is also a good choice.

    To examine facial expressions, Twelve Angry Men is an outstanding choice. I had a communications professor who would stop the video before the next juror would change their vote. We were broken up into small groups. We had to guess, as a group, who would change their mind and then guess as individuals who would change their mind. We shared why we thought as we did and why, if it was the case, some voted against the group choice.
     
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    Mel Gibson's version of Hamlet was very good ( that was a drama class field trip to the theater my senior year).

    Rebecca ( Joan Fontaine and Sir Laurence Olivier)
    Rear Window
    Dial M for Murder

    Really any Alfred Hitchcock film is good because he had the actor use facial expressions and body language a lot , plus the close ups of those actions are great.

    Phantom of the Opera


    Rebel without a Cause ( James Dean at his best)
    East of Eden ( the facial expressions that Dean gives to his characters is great)


    The Three Faces of Eve ( Joanne Woodward) plays a woman with multiple personalities, great film, I would watch it first because I think there might be some mature stuff in it though.
     
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    OUr Town is a required reading for 11th grade at thsi school so I think that is possible...
    I will check twelve angry men out myself.
     
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    Since it sounds like you're working with 11th grade level kids, I'd really recommend The Crucible. I showed it in the private school I used to teach at to my juniors after we read the play. I chose the more recent version [we did have to skip a very small part at the beginning --- no loss, really]. The ending was very powerfully done. The actor had to rely heavily on physical cues to show the internal struggle he faced with selling out his name and living or sticking to the truth and dying. The students really did like it.

    You might also watch The Miracle Worker. My students responded really well to that one as well. Of course, I think it was in part because Helen would periodically smack the snot out of her teacher - LOL - , but I think it was just also a movie that was very well acted, especially when one actor has to rely solely on physical action to make the point.
     
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    My ds was just in the play, Golden Fleeing.
     
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    I think every movie I would suggest has been listed already. lol.

    I would also check out the AMA's 100 best movies of all times. You'll likely get great ideas (though not all 100 are age appropriate, there are enough that it would be worth looking into). Then you can go a step further in discussing what it is about a particular film that the students think earned it a place on the list.
     
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    Anything with Jim Carey (i.e. Liar, Liar) hillarious! A real contortionist. I would also say anything with Jimmy Stewart (It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window (or is it Bedroom Window, Alfred Hitchcock show).

    I am teaching Drama at our cover school this year and have found the following site very helpful - www.childdrama.com - it has more than 40 lessons that you can print off for free. We did our first lesson week before last and all of the students loved it. Even their parents came up to me later and told me how much their kids had already told them that they like the activities that we did. Can't wait til the next meeting.
     
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    Rear Window, James Stewart and Grace Kelley. Great movie.

    Sorry, Wrong Number with Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster another great drama and what BS does with through expression is amazing!

    Also, A Lion In Winter, with Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole....wonderful. I believe it was originally a Broadway play.
     
  14. TeacherMom

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    thats thats awesome! I picked a couple of ideas out already! I will be back !
    We are shifting to Emotions this coming week so I am going to play the Mirror games,
     
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    Brilliant answer!
     
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    i AM LOOKING for a Charlie one, but couldnt seem to find any, do you have any actual names? I can't think of any off hand and we have watched so many through the years. I have like this week then the next so I could NEtFLIX IT!
     
  17. Crunchy

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    If you have the ability to let them watch a youtube clip...
    I'm not allowed to post a link but you can do a search on youtube and come up with a ton of them.

    We can view online games/videos with our Wii on the tv. I'm not sure if there is another way, except by laptop.
     
  18. TeacherMom

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    working on getting permission for he online link at the school but that is a good idea! I was going touse some to teach a few games for our Christian Comedy night I am planning too..
    fund raiser for the school /youth
     
  19. scottiegazelle

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    Okay, I can't remember the facial expressions, but the actors did an *excellent* job, PLUS I love the movie (I love all of George Bernard Shaw): "The Importance of Being Ernest", with Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. You should watch it just to see what you think about the expressions. We used to own it but it got lost in our last move <boo> or I'd have to watch it again just to check it myself.
     
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    I'd suggest the BBC Pride & Prejudice miniseries with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Both are very expressive!
     
  21. TeacherMom

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    I actually have Pride and predudice here annd was wondering about tht.. its the new seriese though so?
     

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