Day 1 Pantomime notes refresh

True or False: When mimes pantomime an object, tension in the arms, hands, and body will show the wieght of the object.

• True

• False

Telling a story without words.

• Pantomime

• Mime (noun)

• Mime (verb)

• Gesture

• Tableau/Tableaux

white makeup often used by mimes and clowns

• Clown White

• Slate

• Pancake Makeup

• Mimos

• Body Language

An overstated or abnormal performance; usually used for comic effect.

• Pantomime/Pantomima (noun)

• Mime/Mímica (noun)

• Nonverbal Communication/Comunicación no verbal (noun)

• Non Realistic Characteristics

Why is pantomime important to acting?

• It's so cool
• The audience will notice your body movement on stage before you speak
• It prepares you to be a scientist
• The audience will be able to tell if you forgot your lines.

What is Pantomime?

• Acting without talking
• Acting without walking
• Acting without seeing
• Acting without feeling

Who is the most famous pantomime performer?

• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Charlie Chaplin
• Marcel Marceau
• Buster Keaton

What are some of the 5 basic needs for mime (not all are listed)

• Performer

• Audience

• Chairs

• Makeup

• Space

___________ is the use of mime techniques, acting without words, to tell a story

• Mime

• Mimisus

• Pantomime

• Pantomimus

What are the 3 most expressive parts of the face? (They are painted black on a mime.)