2.1 What is Mime - Notes

What is mime?
Mime is when a performance that communicates entirely by gesture and facial expressions. Mime is a form of Drama. To make mime work you need to have 4 main points, which are: Facial Expressions, Exaggeration, Body Language, and Timing.

How did mime start?



Notes.

Mime
How drama started
Drama started from Mime
Mime need to be exaggerated to be clear to see
Mime is one form of a drama
Commedia dell‘ Arte
Greek has a festival every year to honour their god Dionysus-wine festival celebration
Ancient Greek and roman

Carnival is a festival of the flesh
In a festival they will have a competition of the best drama best dancers…
They will have two masks
The sad mask means tragedy
The happy mash means comedy
Mask is now a symbol of drama
Marcel Marceau-greatest performer ever

Drama developed over the years when writers like Shakespeare uses the idea of mime to make a story

4 things to make mime work

1. Facial expressions
2. Exaggerations
3. Body language
4. Timing



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