Last week we had our 2nd annual skit performance contest at Chukyo University.
It’s a contest where all of the 2nd year students in the BACS Dept. Oral Communications VI classes get together and perform skits they wrote themselves. The performances take place in front of the combined 3 classes for each of the 3rd and 4th period groups.
Each class is divided into teams of from 3 to 5 members each and they choose a movie to dramatize in a summary fashion.
The students write scripts to tell the stories in their own words and actions. Since the players are limited, the stories have to be adapted to fit the available actors. Some actors have to play multiple parts with each performance lasting from 5 to 7 minutes.
The stories are told through dialog and action as much as possible with very little narration.
This usually makes for some very interesting takes on some well-known, and some not so well-known stories.
This year performances ranged from retellings of Toy Story to Gokusen to Heidi.
Students voted on the best performances and awards were given to the top 3 groups in each class period. Awards were also given to the top two individual performers from each time period as well.
Here are some photos of the winners:
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- 1st Place 3rd Period – Gokusen
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- 2nd Place 3rd period My Friend Totoro
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- 3rd Place 3rd Period – Toy Story
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- 3rd Period Best Actors Awards
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- 4th Period 1st Place – Heidi
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- 4th Period 2nd Place – Little Red Riding Hood
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- 4th period 3rd Place – Wizard of Oz
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- 4th Period – Best Actors Awards