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Once you have found your piece…it’s time to get your ducks in a row!

The Cutting Edge: How to Produce the Perfect Cut! - Bryan Hagg & Laura Keimig 2010 Gustavus Adolphus College Summer Speech Institute. Once you have found your piece…it’s time to get your ducks in a row!. Getting Started: Having an EDGE on your competition.

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Once you have found your piece…it’s time to get your ducks in a row!

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  1. The Cutting Edge:How to Produce the Perfect Cut!- Bryan Hagg & Laura Keimig2010 Gustavus Adolphus College Summer Speech Institute

  2. Once you have found your piece…it’s time to get your ducks in a row!

  3. Getting Started: Having an EDGE on your competition. • Contrary to popular belief there is no such thing as THE PERFECT CUTTING for contest. • However, there are a variety of approaches to help aid you to shape your selection to become the PERFECT CONTEST PIECE for YOU!

  4. Cutting Goals • Maintain author’s integrity and language • Create an understandable story • Displays dramatic appeal • Give it an EDGE by making it your own!

  5. The Dramatic Edge:What did Aristotle Say? • In 5th century B.C., Aristotle developed a method of plot construction that is still the most widely used and traditional method used today! • He found that storytelling through dramatics could be “cathartic” for everyone. • So, Aristotle created a “formula” for good storytelling. • Two forces collide: the PROTAGONIST and the ANTAGONIST. • Over the course of a story, they engage in direct CONFLICT that reaches a peak or “point of no return.” The conflict ends, and we are left with a new state of being.

  6. Dramatic Structure PART I: Exposition PART II: Initial Conflict PART III: Rising Action PART IV: CLIMAX PART V: Falling Action PART VI: Resolution

  7. Cutting Styles • Single Scene:One environment without time changes. Monologue or scene. • Multiple Scenes:Usually varied environments. Can include time changes. • Segmented:Short scenes on a common theme. • Narrative Frame:A narrator connects scenes together with setup and descriptions delivered to the audience. Can include time changes. NOTE: Dramatic Structure must be evident in any cutting style…including Segmented Cuttings.

  8. The “Cha Cha Cha” Method STEP 1: CHOOSE • The Climax • The Build • The Resolution • The Teaser • The Introduction Step 2: CHUM – your audience needs to relate, identify, and even like your character. Step 3: CHUNK, CHOP, and CHUCK – collect the parts your love, cut those down, and toss the unnecessary aspects that don’t further the storyline you want to tell. Step 4: CHIP – specific lines and words. This is often the most difficult part of trimming your piece down. Step 5: CHECK – for time, shape, and balance.

  9. Good Luck! And remember…the “CHA, CHA, CHA!”

  10. Information compiled from the following sources: Cox, Martin R. (ed). “Guidebook for Interpretation Events.” The University of Texas National Institute in Forensics. Austin: University of Texas, 6/24/2006. Gibron, Bill. “The Cutting in Interpretation: The 3 Step Method.” Rostrum. Ripon, WI: Jan. 2000: 7-8. Lee, Charlotte I. and Timothy Gura. Oral Interpretation (10th edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2001. Pober, Peter, et. al. GMIF Interpretation. Washington, D.C.: George Mason University, Summer 2009.

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