Oral+Interpretation

ORAL INTERPRETATION ASSIGNMENT TIPS

1. Performance should be between 3-5 minutes in length. 2. Selection should be placed in a folder you can hold easily with one hand. This leaves the other hand free for gestures. 3. As you practice your selection, mark your script for pauses, emphasis, character voices and anything else that will help you have a good performance. 4. Work on different and appropriate voices for all characters, including the narrator. 5. Work on different body language for each character, including the narrator. However, don’t move around too much during your performance. 6. Practice in front of a mirror, with an audio recorder or videorecorder. 7. Learn your selection so you can look at the audience as much as possible. Remember: The eyes are the windows to the soul. 8. Feel free to cut character identifications as well as any long narrative portions that do not advance the plot. 9. If you are doing poetry, write or type it out in paragraph form so that you have a better chance of not creating a sing-song pattern. 10. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. 11. Use eye movements to “see” objects, surroundings and characters in your story. 12. THE TRUE TEST OF A GOOD INTERPRETATION IS TO TAKE YOUR AUDIENCE AWAY TO THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE STORY UNFOLDING.


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