We are getting hyped for the National Speech and Debate Tournament on Speech Love! If you are looking for some last minute ideas to spruce up your recorded supplemental events or some ways to improve your live virtual performance for the National Speech and Debate Tournament this summer - look no further! Today on the podcast, Cheyenne East Assistant Coach Ashley Schulz and Cheyenne East standout sophomore performer Dani Schulz shared some really smart and useful tips to push your interpretative presentation skills to the next level for Nats.
Ashley is a good friend of the podcast who is an invaluable colleague with many years of coaching experience at Cheyenne East. She has coached National Champions and consistently helps her students find success on the stage and the screen during our virtual speech run. Dani is a competitor who is one of those Cheyenne East students who is experiencing consistent success in Speech and Debate competition. Among her many impressive Speech and Debate accolades, Dani staged and placed in third at James Logan this season - the accomplishment she is most proud of and excited about.
Ashley Schulz - Interpretative Supplemental Skills Outline and Overview
Check out the Podcast episode for more details.
Recording Interpretative Supplementals
Make the most of your five minutes
Importance of audio/sound
Background and framing
Creative use of screen
Breathing in Performance
Word currency
Conscious of breathing
Warm up properly
Black Folder in Prose/Poetry
Usually should fade into background
Page turn
Aid performance (not hinder it)
Especially important on screen
Cutting a Prose Piece
Don’t have to recreate
Focus on climax
Build backwards
Don’t be afraid to cut your facorite parts to serve the story
Selection of Prose Pieces
Recycle
Look anywhere - more options online fair game now
Short stories
Dani Schulz - Poetry Supplemental Skills Outline and Overview
Check out the Podcast episode for more details.
Creative Movement and Blocking in Poetry
Use Others - watch, discuss, collab
Realistic blocking and Contemporary/Rhythmic blocking
Exploration/Play
Book Work
Play/Exploration
Writing Killer Intros
Find your Universal Humanity
Use the outline
Boil it down
Hook/Analogy
Name the problem/argument
Explain the problem/argument
Prove the problem/argument
Conclude the problem/argument
Bring in yourself
Name your piece
A strong “because” statement
Cutting a Powerful Poetry
Balance Entertainment Value and Educational Value
Get some help - emotional distance
Be willing to cut what you might love for your thesis (Universal Humanity)
Consider creation of a story archCreative Movement and Blocking in Poetry
Use Others - watch, discuss, collab
Realistic blocking and Contemporary/Rhythmic blocking
Exploration/Play
Book Work
Play/Exploration
Writing Killer Intros
Find your Universal Humanity
Use the outline
Boil it down
Hook/Analogy
Name the problem/argument
Explain the problem/argument
Prove the problem/argument
Conclude the problem/argument
Bring in yourself
Name your piece
A strong “because” statement
Cutting a Powerful Poetry
Balance Entertainment Value and Educational Value
Get some help - emotional distance
Be willing to cut what you might love for your thesis (Universal Humanity)
Consider creation of a story arch
Thanks so much to Ashley and Dani for their time and for sharing their interpretive genius with us on the One Clap Podcast.
If you have an idea or a request for One Clap Speech and Debate, shoot me an email at lylewiley@gmail.com or reach out on the website.
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Good luck to all the students and coaches out there preparing for Nationals!
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