Rapunzel:

Using one or two sentences, answer the following questions:

1. List all of the characters in the fairy tale.

2. Who are the ‘good’ characters and what kind of emotional tones in their voices, facial expression
and gesture help to achieve this?

3. Who are the ‘evil’ characters and what kind of emotional tones in their voices, facial expression and
gesture help to achieve this?

4. Choose one character and describe how the voice skill of tone is used to bring this character to life.
(Tone: the feeling/emotion in the voice).

5. Choose one character and describe how an accent is used to bring this character to life. (Accent:
particular to a country/society/culture)

6. (a) Choose one part of the story where Rik Mayall uses fast paced dialogue to highlight a particular
situation that the characters are going through. (Pace: the rate at which words are spoken i.e. fast or
slow).
(b) How does this fast paced dialogue make the story telling much more effective for the viewer?

7. Choose one character and describe how the expressive skill of facial expression is used to bring
this character to life.

8. Choose a part in the story where Rik Mayall uses hand gestures to highlight a certain action or
deed.

9. Do you like Rik Mayall’s story telling of Rapunzel? Why? Why Not?

10. What aspects of Rik Mayall’s story telling would you like to use yourself if you were to tell the story
of a fairy tale? List at least 3 aspects.