MIME SKILLS
Year 7 Drama
Learning Focus
KNOW: Students will learn to use different
ways to communicate to an audience by
using the expressive skills such as Facial
Expression, Movement & Gesture (Mime).
DO: The mime activities
BE: Creative, use you imagination to
create the illusion of objects.
What is Mime?
 NO
SPEAKING
 USING
THE EXPRESSIVE SKILLS OF
VOICE,BODY, GESTURE AND POSTURE TO
COMMUNICATE A CHARACTER TO AN
AUDIENCE
 THE
USE OF EXAGGERATTED MOVEMENT
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Mime involves acting out a story through
using your expressive skills (movement,
gesture and facial expressions) without
words (dialogue) and sound. Actors have to
exaggerate their emotion and expression
for the story to make sense.
History
Mime was considered one of the earliest
performance technique of self expression.
Before there was spoken language mime
was used to communicate what primitive
people needed or wanted.
Before we look at Mime we
must look at this…
MIRRORING
Mirroring- What is it?
 When
 Why
 We
we copy another persons actions.
do we do this?
do this to improve our expressive skills
before we mime a performance.
Activities
 Mirroring
 Mirror
activity
game
MIME WORKSHOP SKILLS
 Before
you learn Mime you will need to do
some basic knowledge and grasp onto
some handy tips.
WORKSHOP
- Pulling a rope
- Lifting a box
- Leaning
ROLE PLAY
 Role
play a scenario of moving houses
using all 3 Mime tricks that you’ve just
learnt.
ASSESSMENT:
-using expressive skills confidently
-Following the mime skills procedures
correctly
-Focus and entertaining.
Feedback
 Constructive
 What
 It’s
feedback
is it?
when we say a positive thing to the
performer and then give an area of
improvement.
GAMES
 What
Are You Doing
 Mime
Whispers