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Open Up The Mic
Open Up The Mic
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This playlist supports young people to explore stand-up comedy as an art form—writing jokes, performing, analysing comedians, and sharing comedy skills with others and forms a part of Open Up The Mic training courses for young people and delivered by BlackLiver with the support of ShowTown Museum, Think Forward and funding from Arts Council England. The playlist and learning and reflection action activities allow young people to provide evidence that can go towards a Bronze Arts Award.
You’ll build:
● Confidence performing in front of others
● Comedy writing skills (jokes, timing, storytelling)
● Critical thinking (reviewing comedy)
● Understanding of professional comedians
Activities to complete
Finish all activities to earn the playlist badge
Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updatedContent
This is your chance to research Stand-Up and share your interests into comedians and jokes and what learning and insights can be gained from some of your favourite comedians.
Share your responses to the following tasks highlighting the learning and how you will apply it.
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Activity 2) - Comedy Research Get this badge
The owner of this badge has completed the required 4 tasks required for ‘Comedy Research’ activity which forms a part of the learning playlist ‘Open Up The Mic’. The skills, knowledge and attitudes gained and demonstrated through completing these tasks include:
Researched, identified and shared the essential ingredients for Stand-Up Comedy
Explored different Stand-Up Comedians and shared their differences and why they still make them laugh
Explored and reflected on what they can learn from them about:stage presence and use, audience engagement, microphone technique and use, delivery and content
Researched and shared what makes jokes work and land
Completing these four tasks means they have successfully provided evidence to gain the ‘Comedy Ambition and Me’ badge and are now working their way towards achieving the overall ‘Open Up The Mic’ badge.
You have to finish all tasks to get the badge
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: აქტივობის ერთი ორგანიზატორი
What are the essential ingredients for stand-up comedy, share what you discover and find.
Task no.2
Evidence verified by: აქტივობის ერთი ორგანიზატორი
Share two very different video links to two stand-up comedians and explain their differences and what it is you like about them both.
Task no.3
Evidence verified by: აქტივობის ერთი ორგანიზატორი
What can you learn from them both about:stage presence and use, audience engagement, microphone technique and use, delivery and content?
Task no.4
Evidence verified by: აქტივობის ერთი ორგანიზატორი
What is it that makes a joke work and land? Research and share your findings here.
Skills
ETS-TR
#Encourages observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, and communication among learners
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#deliver comedy
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#show ambition
#Ability to research and access relevant information
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#assess stages of the creative process
ETS-TR
#Encourages learners’ self-reflection through role-modeling
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#accept feedback regarding artistic performance
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#analyse own performance
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#assist documenting artistic work at all stages
#Demonstrating skills in report writing and presentations geared towards a variety of audiences
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#practising humour
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#analyse the comments of select audiences
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#interact with an audiences
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#review artistic work
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#Dares to share emotions and insights honestly and respectfully
#Ability to research and access relevant information
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#deliver comedy
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#share research findings
Activities: 5
Started: 9
Completed playlist: 1
Time to complete: 4 day 8 hour
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Organisers
Think Forward
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