This might be way too labor-intensive, but if you had some students--even in another program (which could be a cool collab)--who were good at editing, you could have students each record their scenes (maybe having the other person's lines piped in or read from off-camera like they were doing a self-tape) and then edit it together. It would be more of a film, and backgrounds might be a bit of a mishmash, but it could be something. Obviously, for less work, a reading on Zoom could work. I do understand, however, that not every student has the technology at home to carry this off.
I've heard that sometimes--and it probably depends on your connectivity--picture/sound quality can be an issue on Zoom, but it can be improved if people who aren't in any given scene turn off their video (and obviously mute their mics).
Personally, I'd be OK with anyone trying that with my work, and on the YouthPLAYS side, we'd be happy to work with people to figure something out as well.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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Jonathan Dorf
Playwright/ Co-founder of YouthPLAYS/ Chair of The Alliance Of Los Angeles Playwrights
Los Angeles CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-20-2020 15:00
From: Rebecca Reisert
Subject: Doing a play or scenes completely online
There's a good chance my schhol might be doing distance learning the rest of the year. I teach three performance-based Acting classes. Any suggestions for online distance ensemble work? Monologues would be easy to do, but I'm wondering if there's a creative way to put on an online play. Someone suggested Google Hangout, and I haven't investigated that app yet, but I'm hoping some of you creative colleagues have pioneered something that would let a whole group act--and interact--at once.
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Rebecca Reisert
St. Xavier High School
Louisville KY
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