Night in the Waxworks

1. Night in the Waxworks Lesson 1

2. Learning Objectives Year 7 – H O R R O R

3. HOMEWORK A FRONT COVER FOR YOUR FOLDER WHICH SHOWS THE SUBJECT OF HORROR!! PLUS 5 DESCRIPTIVE WORDS OF HORROR

4. PAIRS ACTIVITY • SCULPTING • Create a statue of a monster • How does he STAND? • Think about his HEAD. • What are his LEGS doing? • FACIAL EXPRESSION!

5. 10 minutes In groups of 4/5 Create a freeze frame showing: Scene 1 The Waxworks Monsters are being arranged and displayed by the staff. Scene 2 The children look at the Waxworks Monster display. They pull faces at the monsters.

6. 10 minutes Now Create a MIME showing: Scene 1 The Waxworks Monsters are being arranged and displayed by the staff. Scene 2 The children look at the Waxworks Monster display. They pull faces at the monsters. ADD NARRATION to scene 1 and 2

7. REMEMBER TO STAY IN CHARACTER • Next …. Think about the noise your monster may create • Slowly bring him to life with sound and movement

8. Night in the Waxworks Lesson 2

9. Horror? 5 mins • What is horror? • What makes you scared? Music/ camera shots/ make up/ setting

10. HorrorDefinition An overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear

11. Starter Activity HOWL!!! • Walking around the room…. • Stop • Go • Clap • Jump • Horror noises SCREAM Spooky laugh

12. 5 minutes Recap your MIME and NARRATION showing: Scene 1 The Waxworks Monsters are being arranged and displayed by the staff. Scene 2 The children look at the Waxworks Monster display. They pull faces at the monsters.

13. 10 minutes Create a freeze frame showing: Scene 3 It is closing time. Mr Dane the caretaker enters to lock up so the teenagers pretend to be monsters and become like statues. Scene 4 Mr Dane dusts all the monsters unaware of the teenagers. He leaves and locks the door. Put your 4 freeze frames together!

14. 10 minutes Create a MOVEMENT and DIALOGUE to your freeze frames : Scene 3 It is closing time. Mr Dane the caretaker enters to lock up so the teenagers pretend to be monsters and become like statues. Scene 4 Mr Dane dusts all the monsters unaware of the teenagers. He leaves and locks the door.

15. 10 minutes Scene 1 The Waxworks Monsters are being arranged and displayed by the staff. Scene 2 The children look at the monster display. They pull faces at the monsters. Scene 3 It is closing time. MrDane enters to lock up so the teenagers pretend to be monsters and become like statues. Scene 4 Mr Dane dusts all the monsters unaware of the teenagers. He leaves and locks the door. ADDA THOUGHT TRACK FOR EACH SCENE

16. Lesson 3 Night in the Waxworks By the end of the lesson you will: Be able to use narration and mime to tell the story of A NIGHT AT THE WAXWORKS!

17. Imagine you are…… 10 mins Snake Spider Ghost Zombie Alien Now in Groups!

18. 5minutes RECAP……. Scene 1 The Waxworks Monsters are being arranged and displayed by the staff. Scene 2 The children look at the monster display. They pull faces at the monsters. Scene 3 It is closing time. MrDane enters to lock up so the teenagers pretend to be monsters and become like statues. Scene 4 Mr Dane dusts all the monsters unaware of the teenagers. He leaves and locks the door.

19. 10 minutes Add NARRATION AND MIME……. Scene 5 It is late and dark…the teenagers try to leave but they find the door is locked. Scene 6 In the shadows they think they see the monsters move.

20. 10 minutes Use SLOW MOTION and NARRATION to show……. Scene 7 Slowly the Monsters come to life and move towards the trapped teenagers… … … … … … Create your own scene 8

21. Night in the Waxworks… 20 mins Preform the set scenes using narration and mime to showa storyline

22. Night in the Waxworks Lesson 4 By the end of the lesson you will: Use music as a stimulus to create a piece of drama.

23. Music… 10 mins Close your eyes…. • Feelings? How does the music make you feel? • Imagery? What does the music make you think of?

24. Your Horror Scene… 5mins Create a characterusing your thoughts and feelings evoked from the music.

25. Your Horror Scene… 15mins In Groups Create a piece of drama to show what is happening while the music plays…. How are you going to create your drama?

26. Night in the Waxworks Lesson 5 and 6 By the end of the lesson you will: Be able to work as a group successfully to achieve an assessment grade

27. In your groups: Create a piece of drama showing what is happening in Scene 1 of the Woman in Black! Should include dialogue and characterisation! SCENE 1 At the funeral he spots a woman dressed in black and with a pale, wasted face, who is watched in silence by a group of children.

28. In your groups: Create a piece of drama showing what is happening in Scene 2 of the Woman in Black! Should include dialogue and characterisation! SCENE 2 Over the course of several days, while sorting through Mrs Drablow's papers at Eel Marsh House, he endures an increasingly terrifying sequence of unexplained noises, chilling events and hauntings by the Woman in Black

29. Rehearse your full performance of ‘The Woman In Black’ Complete: Scene 1 – the graveyard Scene 2 – Mrs drablow’s House Scene 3 – your own Facial Expression Body Language Focus Control Characterisation

30. Scene 1 At the funeral he spots a woman dressed in black and with a pale, wasted face, who is watched in silence by a group of children. Over the course of several days, while sorting through Mrs Drablow's papers at Eel Marsh House, he endures an increasingly terrifying sequence of unexplained noises, chilling events and hauntings by the Woman in Black Scene 2