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Fighting The Elements: Determining The Best Scenes For Skills Proficiency Tests, T. Fulton Burns
Fighting The Elements: Determining The Best Scenes For Skills Proficiency Tests, T. Fulton Burns
Theatre Faculty Research
In the last edition of The Cutting Edge I provided tips for locating fight-specific scenes. Now let’s narrow our search from the vast quantity of scenes to a playing field of only the best quality. For a Skills Proficiency Test (SPT), choreography comes first to ensure that the proper techniques are included within the fight. Following these lessons in technique and choreography, the scene selection process begins. In a traditional acting class, the scene selection occurs first and is followed by the explored action. So even though the cart may be before the horse, as it were, with an SPT, …
...And Scene: A Guide To Locating Fight Scenes, T. Fulton Burns
...And Scene: A Guide To Locating Fight Scenes, T. Fulton Burns
Theatre Faculty Research
It is one of the most daunting tasks: trying to find a strong fight scene for a Skills Proficiency Test or even a class project. The truth of the matter is that your main focus is to pass your skills test while hopefully leaving an impression on your peers(especially the adjudicator!). Passing, and hopefully receiving an Examiner’s Award for Excellence, is the best result; or if you are at a National Stage Combat Workshop, you could possibly receive a Certificate for Best Actress or Actor. At the very heart of the issue, you need a scene that will work for …