JR/JV Open (Interpretative) Dramatic Or Humorous

Description: In Open Interpretation, an individual student creates an original rendition from a single selection of literature, which can be either dramatic or humorous. The student's original rendition should captivate, move, and/or entertain the audience.

Goal: To select and analyze literature, then bring it to life through the creative use of voice, movement, and facial expression.

Preparation Rules:
1. You may use traditionally published literature, literature published on the internet, or your own original writing. Examples include prose, poetry, short stories, plays, historical speeches, and children's books.
2. Media transcription from movies, television, or tape recordings are not allowed.
3. The literature must be cut to fit within the time limit.
4. Students may use up to 150 of their own words anywhere in the presentation.
5. Changes to pronouns and verb tenses are allowed and not counted as added words.
6. The selection may be entered in only one category per tournament.
7. The student may enter only one interpretive selection per category.

Presentation Rules:
1.The speaker must identify the title and author near the beginning of the piece.
2.The speaker must compete in tournament attire.
3.No audio or visual aids or props may be used.
4.Only feet are permitted to touch the floor at any time.
5.Gratuitous vulgarity, while completely unlikely, is strictly prohibited.
6.This is primarily a speech event but some singing and dancing are permitted as appropriate to the piece.
7.The script must be memorized. No written scripts or notes may be referred to in competition rounds. However, if they are, the competitor can be given a lower ranking within the round.
8.The timekeeper will start the timepiece when the speaker begins and will stop the timepiece when the speaker finishes. No hand signals will be given.

Speaking time limit – five (5) minutes. No minimum time. No penalty for exceeding time limit.

Ballot:
junior-individual-interp-3.pdf