2012-2013/1.1 - Kentucky High School Speech League

KHSSL Handbook 31 2012-2013/1.1DUO INTERPRETATIONSenior Division OnlyRules1. In this event, two students perform a scene or cutting from a published play, novel, short story, ormovie script.2. The maximum time for Duo Interpretation is ten minutes, including a requiredintroduction. There is a thirty second grace period, after which the student must be dropped inrank/rating. No violation of the grace period in Regional/State Semifinal or Final rounds mayresult in disqualification. No performance violating the grace period may receive ‘1’ in the round.3. The selection may be from a published play, novel, short story, or movie script, and the twocompetitors must have equal share of dialogue. Any decision to edit literature from a differentvenue, potentially defying the author’s intent, to fit within this venue you do at your own risk.Students will not be disqualified for doing so.4. Offstage focus must be employed when one character speaks to another character; however, ifthe speaker is supposed to address the audience, he/she may make eye contact with the audience.5. Limited movement is permissible in the introduction and during the selection. Limitedmovement is defined as movement within an area of three feet in diameter per performer. Thecombined area may be used for actions including bending, stooping, turning, pivoting, as well asswitching positions.6. One or both students may participate in the introduction.7. Competitors in Duo Interpretation may portray one or more characters as needed. Dialogueshould be equally shared between the performers.8. Coaches should strive to use scripts with an ISBN, ISSN, or IFFN. If the script does not havean ISBN, ISSN, or IFFN, the coach or supervising adult should be able to prove the script waspurchased or obtained commercially, i.e. from a literary agent or publisher or bill of sale, or ispublicly available by internet URL and retrieval date. A selection is considered published if it hasbeen presented for public consumption in the following places:a. on the commercial printed page.b. on the internet (at publicly available sites).c. read on the radio.d. read/recorded on the internet (e.g. YouTube).e. read in an open reading where the reading has been recorded.f. read/recorded in TV or movie scripts.The guiding principle of this rule is equality of access to all members of the League.PROCEDURESNo special procedures or facilities are needed for this event. A simple classroom with space in the frontfor the students to stand and perform is sufficient. Before a pair of students performs, they should