Throughout the unit of Blogaloques, we were put into three separate groups, with each group having a director who chose the theme for the group. Our theme was love and marriage. In our final performance, I personally think that we did a good job because we worked very hard on it. Something that I'm happy about my group's performance is that it went as planned, and we didn't get confused on what we had to do next because we had planned out the entire run through before hand. Something that I'm so not happy about the performance is that the crew upstairs kind of messed up the montage for the members in the group by delaying the montage and sound entry for the performers in my group. The overall performance in my own opinion was good and I think that the opening of the performance was also very cute as we had two of the performers who was acting to be in love and danced to a song called love and marriage, which I found quite cute and enjoyable. Some things that we can try to improve next time is to make sure that whoever is handling the lights and sound from upstairs does the job properly and well so that the performance run's smoothly. A critique of my own performance in my personal opinion is that I did okay, but i could have down better. Because i was away for an entire week i did not get enough time to actually perform with my group which is why my own performance was not as good as it could have been. As a critique for other people's performance in my group, I personally think that they also did a very good job because they were here while i was gone to practice as a group, and they knew their lines and everything (not that I didn't know mine). The member who's performance i chose to evaluate was for Shubham. I personally think that Shubham did a great job because in his performance, he played two roles (of a wife, and of a husband) which is why I think that it was good considering the fact that he did not stutter or mess up at all, and he was also funny because his performance made the audience have a good laugh out of it. Something that Shubham could do to improve in his performance, is to maybe use some sort of a prop item to show that he's playing the wife's role, and a different prop item such as a hat or a stick on moustache to show that he was playing the tole of the husband. Overall i think that Shubham and my group as itself did a very good job in the performance.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Unit 4: Blogologues - Reflection & Evaluation of Run Throughs (Self and Peers)
Through out our run throughs for our blogalues unit i personally think that we could have worked harder as a group. Although i was not here an entire week, my group still managed to practice the run through's without me. I personally think that in the beginning of the unit if we worked a bit harder with the run through's then our performance would have been perfect but because we slacked off at times, it wasn't as good as we wanted it to be. For my personally evaluation of my contribution to the performance, and the group, and the run throughs itself I personally think that the fact that i was gone for an entire week had a HUGE affect on my performance because I did not get the time to practice the run throughs with my group itself which is why i missed out on a lot of things which I had to pick up on last minute, so in that way my own contribution for the run through's was not as good as it could have been. But for the other member's in my group, I personally think that they did a better job than I did when it came to getting involved and contributing the most in the run throughs. The person who's contributions I chose to evaluate was Shubham. I personally think that Shubham contributed the most throughout the run through's and he put in the most amount of effort and practiced the most. I think that that is why his final performance was really good because he had used his time wisely to memorize his lines and to actually get his work done. In order to improve our contributions for the run throughs i personally think that the group should practice in an area where the teacher is around so that they could remain concentrated and on task and if they slacked off then the teacher would have told them to get back to work.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 7 - Acting Script
Scene 1: Int. Ayrton’s house
Reon, Travis, Michael and Ayrton are sitting at the dinner table. Reon is trying to cut his sausage on a plate, but can’t. Everyone is just staring at Reon trying to cut the sausage.
Ayrton: Um… Reon, do you need some help?
Reon: NO! I’m okay. This is just one tough sausage.
Reon looks at the sausage and gives the death stare.
Reon (in low voice): You’re probably wondering, have I cut you 6 times or 5? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this a knife, one of the only types of knives in the world, and would cut you in half, you gotta ask yourself… Do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?
The camera view changes to stare at the sausage. It doesn’t move. Reon screams and starts cutting the sausage again.
Camera view changes to see Michael, Travis and Ayrton staring at each other.
Camera view changes back to Reon, who is still screaming, on the ground, still trying to cut the sausage. He then stops, sighs, and starts eating it by hand. He gets back up on the table again.
Reon: Anyway Ayrton, what were you saying?
Ayrton: Well, there is this one girl.
Travis: Who’s not a chimp?
Ayrton: That was a mistake! I should’ve never gotten involved with her!
Reon: Or who’s not a dog?
Ayrton: I haven’t gone out with a dog.
Reon’s eyes widen.
Reon: I thought we were talking about our old relationships.
Michael: No dickhead, we were talking about Ayrton’s new secret girlfriend!
Reon stops eating the sausage.
Reon: I think I should go.
Reon gets up and walks away. Can hear Reon punching the wall
Reon (OOV): God damn it! Why’d you tell them that one! You should’ve told them the one about the duck! Jesus!
Ayrton: Anyway… She isn’t a chimp, or a dog.
Michael: Then what is she? A horse?
Ayrton: NO! She’s a normal human being! Why does everyone think I’m dating chimps and horses? I’m not a retard anymore!
Michael: I wouldn’t count on that.
Travis: Anyway… Just tell us who this secret girl is of yours.
Ayrton: No. Why should I?
Michael: I’ll let you play on my World of Warcraft account?
Everyone stares at Michael.
Michael: What did I say?
Travis: Could you get any gayer?
Michael: But Reon was talking about fucking a dog… It’s just… I’ll be quiet.
Travis: Good. Now Ayrton, you know the extreme damage I can do if a little someone doesn’t tell a big someone.
Ayrton: You’re gonna rape them?
Travis reaches across the table and smashes Ayrton’s head into the table.
Travis: You should’ve learned by now to keep your mouth shut.
Ayrton: Maybe you should learn to keep your mouth shut and you might loose a few kilos.
Travis jumps across the table. Ayrton ducks and runs off. Travis gets off the ground and follows Ayrton. Michael is still there, confused.
Michael: What’s so wrong with saying World of Warcraft?
Camera cuts to Ayrton being chased by Travis down the hallway. They then smash into a room.
Camera view changes to show Reon on the bed, in the Rocky Horror costume worn by Frank’N’Furter, singing along to the Rocky Horror song ‘Sweet Transvsestite. They are both staring at Reon. Reon sees them and stops singing.
Reon: You’d think by now I’d have learned to get drunk back at my place… When I’m alone.
Camera cuts to Ayrton and Travis, nodding there heads. They walk out of the room and back down the hallway.
Ayrton: That’s not gonna go away for a while.
Travis whimpers.
Camera view changes back to Michael at the table.
Michael (talking to himself): I mean, Reon’s allowed to go around saying he humped a bloody dog! And he gets off! Meanwhile, I just mention World of Warcraft, and everyone is out to get me! What the hell!
Travis and Ayrton sit down.
Travis: I can’t even remember what we were fighting about before.
Ayrton: Probably a good thing.
Michael: I mean, World of Warcraft is awesome! How could people not like it?
Travis: Michael. Just shut up will ya?
Michael: NO! I’m standing up for myself!
Michael smashes his fist on the table.
Michael: Ow…
Michael holds his fist. Reon then comes back and sits down.
Reon: So who’s this dream girl, Ayrton?
Ayrton: Jodie.
Travis: What the fuck? You tell Reon, but not us? Reon’s a crazy alcoholic fused dickhead, and you tell him!
Ayrton: Oh my god! I told REON about Jodie! Holy shit!
Reon: Who’s Jodie?
Ayrton takes out a picture of Jodie and shows Reon.
Ayrton (Triumphtly): That is Jodie.
Reon: Okay… Who’s Jodie?
Travis: The girl Ayrton is in love with.
Reon: Okay… Interesting… And who’s this a picture of?
Ayrton: Jodie.
Reon: Okay… And who’s Jodie?
Ayrton: The girl I’m in love with!
Reon: Ahhh! I get it! But wait… Who’s this a picture of?
Ayrton: Jo-die.
Reon: Okay… I’m still confused. Who’s Jodie?
Ayrton: God dam it Reon! This is a picture of Jodie and Jodie is the girl I am in love with! You understand!!!!!
Reon: Jeez Ayrton. You don’t have to yell. You could’ve just told me. Jesus.
Ayrton sighs and falls back in his chair.
Reon: And you like her?
Ayrton: YES!
Reon starts laughing.
Ayrton: What’s so funny?
Reon stops laughing.
Ayrton: What’s so funny?
Reon: It’s just… Michael’s in the corner of the photo, playing World of Warcraft!!
Reon and Travis start laughing.
Ayrton: Wait! Michael! You know Jodie?
Michael: Yeah… We kinda went out…
Ayrton’s face is getting redder.
Michael: And I think I’m gonna shut up. Um… I gotta doctor’s appointment soon, so… I’ll just be going now.
Michael gets up. Ayrton picks up Reon’s plate that held the sausage and throws it at Michael’s head. Michael turns around. Ayrton runs away. There is a knock at the door. Michael answers it. Jodie is there.
Michael: Hey Jodie!
Jodie: Hey Michael! Ready to go to the concert?
Michael: Yeah. Let me just get the guys
Michael turns around.
Michael (yelling): I wonder if we want to buy any prostitutes!
Reon, Travis and Ayrton appear next to Michael.
Reon: Is that the prostitute?
Michael: No, she’s…
Michael stops.
Michael: Where’d Reon and Jodie go?
Hear Jodie scream. Michael, Travis and Ayrton look out the front door.
Camera cuts to Reon chasing Jodie across the front lawn.
Camera then cuts back to Michael, Travis and Ayrton.
Ayrton: This is my chance to do a good impression for Jodie! I’ll save you!
Ayrton runs out the door.
Camera cuts to Ayrton running over to Jodie.
Ayrton: Hey! Where’s Reon?
Hear revving of a car.
Camera cuts to Reon, who is in a car, revving the engine. Reon pokes his head out the window.
Reon: I want my prostitute!
Michael runs in front of the car while its revving the engine.
Michael: Listen here! Jodie is not a prostitute!
Reon: Hey! Jodie sounds familiar!
Michael: Yes! So don’t hurt her!
Reon: Yeah! I think I’ve had a prostitute called Jodie already!
Michael: What!
Reon starts driving the car at Michael. The car smashes at Michael, and Michael is unharmed. Reon crawls out of the car.
Reon: Bloody Michael. No fun at all.
Jodie runs over to Michael.
Jodie: Thanks for saving my life!
Michael: You know the real hero was Ayrton.
Michael winks at Ayrton. Ayrton walks over proudly.
Jodie: What! He didn’t do anything! He just stood there holding me!
Michael: No seriously! If it wasn’t for him, I’d be dead!
Jodie: Stop trying to make Ayrton look awesome so I’d date him! We’ve still got an hour left of the movie!
Michael: Fair enough! Piss of Ayrton!
Scene 2: Concert
Michael, Travis, Reon and Jodie are all at the concert. The concert hasn’t started yet, and they are just talking.
Ayrton: Michael, why are you such a dickhead?
Michael: You heard what Jodie said! I can’t compete against her!
Travis: Ayrton’s just upset because Jodie doesn’t like him.
Ayrton: She never said that!
Travis: Everyone can see it.
Michael: I’m scared.
Ayrton: What’s wrong poor Michael? Past your bed time?
Michael: No! It’s just I haven’t heard from Reon for a long time.
Ayrton: Oh shit!
Ayrton gets up. Jodie and Reon’s seats are empty. Ayrton runs down the stairs.
Camera cuts to the canteen. Ayrton stops when he sees Reon and Jodie holding a bucket of food.
Ayrton: What have you done with Jodie?
Reon: Relax. We went to get some food!
Ayrton: Why didn’t you tell us?
Jodie: We did! But Michael had brought World of Warcraft with him, Travis was doing a streak across the stage, and you were fantasizing about me.
Ayrton: I was not.
Jodie: You were asleep and saying my name and your hand was down your pants.
Ayrton: I was… A bit itchy.
Deanna then comes in and gives Ayrton a big hug.
Deanna: Hello Ayrton! Hello Jodie! Hello strange person who I’ve never seen before but have actually known all my life but the script writers accidentally made me not know you are until it was too late to fix.
Reon: Um… Hello?
They start to set off. Ayrton grabs Deanna and takes her in a different direction.
Ayrton: Deanna. I need your help.
Deanna: What is it?
Ayrton: I… I… I love… Jodie.
Deanna: What about Jodie?
Ayrton: I love her!
Deanna: Cool.
Ayrton: And I need your help.
Deanna: With what?
Ayrton: making Jodie like me.
Deanna: Well, what you do is you gotta impress her. So you gotta…
Camera cuts to Reon and Jodie sitting next to Michael and Travis. Michael is on a laptop, playing World of Warcraft.
Michael: Cool! I’m level 72! Now no one will defeat me with this awesome spell.
Travis: If I hear ANYTHING remotely sounding like World of Warcraft, I will…
Travis stops and his eyes widen.
Camera cuts to see Ayrton running across the stage, stripping whilst running. Police men grab him while he tries to take his T-shirt off.
Camera cuts back to the seats. Deanna has joined them.
Jodie: God I hate people who think they are cool because they streak across the stage!
Deanna: I thought you like men who did that?
Jodie: Not anymore! I hate them! I. Hate. Them.
Deanna: Oh shit…
Camera cuts to Ayrton talking to a police man on stage.
Policeman: What’s your name?
Ayrton: Reon?
Policeman: Reon who?
Ayrton: Reon Robinson?
Policeman: That’s funny.
Ayrton: Why?
Policeman: Because me and Reon are best friends.
Ayrton: Oh shit
Source: http://www.icomedytv.com/Comedy-Scripts/Funny/View/Script/165/Love-Is-in-My-Pants.aspx
Reon, Travis, Michael and Ayrton are sitting at the dinner table. Reon is trying to cut his sausage on a plate, but can’t. Everyone is just staring at Reon trying to cut the sausage.
Ayrton: Um… Reon, do you need some help?
Reon: NO! I’m okay. This is just one tough sausage.
Reon looks at the sausage and gives the death stare.
Reon (in low voice): You’re probably wondering, have I cut you 6 times or 5? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this a knife, one of the only types of knives in the world, and would cut you in half, you gotta ask yourself… Do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?
The camera view changes to stare at the sausage. It doesn’t move. Reon screams and starts cutting the sausage again.
Camera view changes to see Michael, Travis and Ayrton staring at each other.
Camera view changes back to Reon, who is still screaming, on the ground, still trying to cut the sausage. He then stops, sighs, and starts eating it by hand. He gets back up on the table again.
Reon: Anyway Ayrton, what were you saying?
Ayrton: Well, there is this one girl.
Travis: Who’s not a chimp?
Ayrton: That was a mistake! I should’ve never gotten involved with her!
Reon: Or who’s not a dog?
Ayrton: I haven’t gone out with a dog.
Reon’s eyes widen.
Reon: I thought we were talking about our old relationships.
Michael: No dickhead, we were talking about Ayrton’s new secret girlfriend!
Reon stops eating the sausage.
Reon: I think I should go.
Reon gets up and walks away. Can hear Reon punching the wall
Reon (OOV): God damn it! Why’d you tell them that one! You should’ve told them the one about the duck! Jesus!
Ayrton: Anyway… She isn’t a chimp, or a dog.
Michael: Then what is she? A horse?
Ayrton: NO! She’s a normal human being! Why does everyone think I’m dating chimps and horses? I’m not a retard anymore!
Michael: I wouldn’t count on that.
Travis: Anyway… Just tell us who this secret girl is of yours.
Ayrton: No. Why should I?
Michael: I’ll let you play on my World of Warcraft account?
Everyone stares at Michael.
Michael: What did I say?
Travis: Could you get any gayer?
Michael: But Reon was talking about fucking a dog… It’s just… I’ll be quiet.
Travis: Good. Now Ayrton, you know the extreme damage I can do if a little someone doesn’t tell a big someone.
Ayrton: You’re gonna rape them?
Travis reaches across the table and smashes Ayrton’s head into the table.
Travis: You should’ve learned by now to keep your mouth shut.
Ayrton: Maybe you should learn to keep your mouth shut and you might loose a few kilos.
Travis jumps across the table. Ayrton ducks and runs off. Travis gets off the ground and follows Ayrton. Michael is still there, confused.
Michael: What’s so wrong with saying World of Warcraft?
Camera cuts to Ayrton being chased by Travis down the hallway. They then smash into a room.
Camera view changes to show Reon on the bed, in the Rocky Horror costume worn by Frank’N’Furter, singing along to the Rocky Horror song ‘Sweet Transvsestite. They are both staring at Reon. Reon sees them and stops singing.
Reon: You’d think by now I’d have learned to get drunk back at my place… When I’m alone.
Camera cuts to Ayrton and Travis, nodding there heads. They walk out of the room and back down the hallway.
Ayrton: That’s not gonna go away for a while.
Travis whimpers.
Camera view changes back to Michael at the table.
Michael (talking to himself): I mean, Reon’s allowed to go around saying he humped a bloody dog! And he gets off! Meanwhile, I just mention World of Warcraft, and everyone is out to get me! What the hell!
Travis and Ayrton sit down.
Travis: I can’t even remember what we were fighting about before.
Ayrton: Probably a good thing.
Michael: I mean, World of Warcraft is awesome! How could people not like it?
Travis: Michael. Just shut up will ya?
Michael: NO! I’m standing up for myself!
Michael smashes his fist on the table.
Michael: Ow…
Michael holds his fist. Reon then comes back and sits down.
Reon: So who’s this dream girl, Ayrton?
Ayrton: Jodie.
Travis: What the fuck? You tell Reon, but not us? Reon’s a crazy alcoholic fused dickhead, and you tell him!
Ayrton: Oh my god! I told REON about Jodie! Holy shit!
Reon: Who’s Jodie?
Ayrton takes out a picture of Jodie and shows Reon.
Ayrton (Triumphtly): That is Jodie.
Reon: Okay… Who’s Jodie?
Travis: The girl Ayrton is in love with.
Reon: Okay… Interesting… And who’s this a picture of?
Ayrton: Jodie.
Reon: Okay… And who’s Jodie?
Ayrton: The girl I’m in love with!
Reon: Ahhh! I get it! But wait… Who’s this a picture of?
Ayrton: Jo-die.
Reon: Okay… I’m still confused. Who’s Jodie?
Ayrton: God dam it Reon! This is a picture of Jodie and Jodie is the girl I am in love with! You understand!!!!!
Reon: Jeez Ayrton. You don’t have to yell. You could’ve just told me. Jesus.
Ayrton sighs and falls back in his chair.
Reon: And you like her?
Ayrton: YES!
Reon starts laughing.
Ayrton: What’s so funny?
Reon stops laughing.
Ayrton: What’s so funny?
Reon: It’s just… Michael’s in the corner of the photo, playing World of Warcraft!!
Reon and Travis start laughing.
Ayrton: Wait! Michael! You know Jodie?
Michael: Yeah… We kinda went out…
Ayrton’s face is getting redder.
Michael: And I think I’m gonna shut up. Um… I gotta doctor’s appointment soon, so… I’ll just be going now.
Michael gets up. Ayrton picks up Reon’s plate that held the sausage and throws it at Michael’s head. Michael turns around. Ayrton runs away. There is a knock at the door. Michael answers it. Jodie is there.
Michael: Hey Jodie!
Jodie: Hey Michael! Ready to go to the concert?
Michael: Yeah. Let me just get the guys
Michael turns around.
Michael (yelling): I wonder if we want to buy any prostitutes!
Reon, Travis and Ayrton appear next to Michael.
Reon: Is that the prostitute?
Michael: No, she’s…
Michael stops.
Michael: Where’d Reon and Jodie go?
Hear Jodie scream. Michael, Travis and Ayrton look out the front door.
Camera cuts to Reon chasing Jodie across the front lawn.
Camera then cuts back to Michael, Travis and Ayrton.
Ayrton: This is my chance to do a good impression for Jodie! I’ll save you!
Ayrton runs out the door.
Camera cuts to Ayrton running over to Jodie.
Ayrton: Hey! Where’s Reon?
Hear revving of a car.
Camera cuts to Reon, who is in a car, revving the engine. Reon pokes his head out the window.
Reon: I want my prostitute!
Michael runs in front of the car while its revving the engine.
Michael: Listen here! Jodie is not a prostitute!
Reon: Hey! Jodie sounds familiar!
Michael: Yes! So don’t hurt her!
Reon: Yeah! I think I’ve had a prostitute called Jodie already!
Michael: What!
Reon starts driving the car at Michael. The car smashes at Michael, and Michael is unharmed. Reon crawls out of the car.
Reon: Bloody Michael. No fun at all.
Jodie runs over to Michael.
Jodie: Thanks for saving my life!
Michael: You know the real hero was Ayrton.
Michael winks at Ayrton. Ayrton walks over proudly.
Jodie: What! He didn’t do anything! He just stood there holding me!
Michael: No seriously! If it wasn’t for him, I’d be dead!
Jodie: Stop trying to make Ayrton look awesome so I’d date him! We’ve still got an hour left of the movie!
Michael: Fair enough! Piss of Ayrton!
Scene 2: Concert
Michael, Travis, Reon and Jodie are all at the concert. The concert hasn’t started yet, and they are just talking.
Ayrton: Michael, why are you such a dickhead?
Michael: You heard what Jodie said! I can’t compete against her!
Travis: Ayrton’s just upset because Jodie doesn’t like him.
Ayrton: She never said that!
Travis: Everyone can see it.
Michael: I’m scared.
Ayrton: What’s wrong poor Michael? Past your bed time?
Michael: No! It’s just I haven’t heard from Reon for a long time.
Ayrton: Oh shit!
Ayrton gets up. Jodie and Reon’s seats are empty. Ayrton runs down the stairs.
Camera cuts to the canteen. Ayrton stops when he sees Reon and Jodie holding a bucket of food.
Ayrton: What have you done with Jodie?
Reon: Relax. We went to get some food!
Ayrton: Why didn’t you tell us?
Jodie: We did! But Michael had brought World of Warcraft with him, Travis was doing a streak across the stage, and you were fantasizing about me.
Ayrton: I was not.
Jodie: You were asleep and saying my name and your hand was down your pants.
Ayrton: I was… A bit itchy.
Deanna then comes in and gives Ayrton a big hug.
Deanna: Hello Ayrton! Hello Jodie! Hello strange person who I’ve never seen before but have actually known all my life but the script writers accidentally made me not know you are until it was too late to fix.
Reon: Um… Hello?
They start to set off. Ayrton grabs Deanna and takes her in a different direction.
Ayrton: Deanna. I need your help.
Deanna: What is it?
Ayrton: I… I… I love… Jodie.
Deanna: What about Jodie?
Ayrton: I love her!
Deanna: Cool.
Ayrton: And I need your help.
Deanna: With what?
Ayrton: making Jodie like me.
Deanna: Well, what you do is you gotta impress her. So you gotta…
Camera cuts to Reon and Jodie sitting next to Michael and Travis. Michael is on a laptop, playing World of Warcraft.
Michael: Cool! I’m level 72! Now no one will defeat me with this awesome spell.
Travis: If I hear ANYTHING remotely sounding like World of Warcraft, I will…
Travis stops and his eyes widen.
Camera cuts to see Ayrton running across the stage, stripping whilst running. Police men grab him while he tries to take his T-shirt off.
Camera cuts back to the seats. Deanna has joined them.
Jodie: God I hate people who think they are cool because they streak across the stage!
Deanna: I thought you like men who did that?
Jodie: Not anymore! I hate them! I. Hate. Them.
Deanna: Oh shit…
Camera cuts to Ayrton talking to a police man on stage.
Policeman: What’s your name?
Ayrton: Reon?
Policeman: Reon who?
Ayrton: Reon Robinson?
Policeman: That’s funny.
Ayrton: Why?
Policeman: Because me and Reon are best friends.
Ayrton: Oh shit
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 6 - Production Roles
My production role for my group is publishing. After doing the research, i found out that i have the responsibilities of taking care of any items such as posters, and publishing the performance, making sure that there is a audience to watch the performance, and to make sure that people are interested in the performance itself. Real life performance roles for publishing is; press officers, Online sales and marketing manager, editor, account manager, and many more. Publishing is important to the world of theatre because in theatre there has to be someone who will make sure that there is a group of audience members to watch the performance or else there is no point of performing if no one is going to watch it. My specific understanding for my role tells me that i need to create posters, and put it around everywhere so that there is an audience to watch my group's performance. I am also responsible for making sure that the group does the performance right and doesn't mess up as it will be a public performance. I personally do think that i am prepared for this particular role as i think that i am good at distributing things and publishing is basically distributing and advertising. Which is definitely something that i think i am good at. Some goals and initial idea's that i need to start prioritizing is that i need to start preparing posters for my group. For example blogalogues is a group that does public performance and they're a well known group in New York because they have been publicized a lot, so i really need to start putting together posters, and start spreading the word about the performance of my group.
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 5 - The Transition Bits
For the transition bits in our performance, our group decided to say love quotes in each transition. As our director chose love/marriage for our performance theme, each one of the group members got a topic about love/marriage, such as arranged marriage, love marriage, marriage in general, and comedic love. We decided to say quotes about love and marriage in each transition. So for example, if we begin with a scene of a boy meeting a girl for the first time and falling in love, our transition for the scene that will be performed after the first scene would be of love at first site.
Sources for Transition Quotes:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/love-at-first-sight
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/marriage
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/arranged-marriage
http://www.yourtango.com/2013185716/31-funny-love-quotes-comedians-who-totally-get-you
http://www.pinterest.com/martisp/love-marriage-advice-quotes-inspirations/
Sources for Transition Quotes:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/love-at-first-sight
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/marriage
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/arranged-marriage
http://www.yourtango.com/2013185716/31-funny-love-quotes-comedians-who-totally-get-you
http://www.pinterest.com/martisp/love-marriage-advice-quotes-inspirations/
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 4 - Find Your Own Material, Part 2
The theme for our group is love and marriage. The thing's that i like about this theme is that i think that our group will be able to come up with something creative related to the theme, also i like things related to love and i personally feel that this topic is something that can be taken to an extend because with this one theme we can come up with many idea's. The perspetives that interests me the most from this theme is the whole idea of love and marriage itself, because there's so much to just love and to marriage as well. I believe that this theme is the perfect theme to me. I also think that marriage is an interesting topic because in bangladesh the way that marriage ceremonies are held are very big and exciting, so i personally think that if i were to make a scene with the theme and topic of love and marriage i would do something related to the traditional way of a bangladeshi love story or marriage and the way people get married here in Bangladesh.
Source One: http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/02/18/true-love-story/5571667/
I personally find this blog quite appealing because i think that it's pretty cute and also because it's a true love story. I think that as a drama student myself, i can use all my performance and theatre skills in order to elaborate more upon this blog so that the performance itself turns out good. Since the theme of our group is love and marriage i thought that maybe if i research on a true love story and find a blog that is good enough to fit the theme, then i can extend upong it and make a good script out of it that out group can do a good performance on.
Source Two: http://teenadvice.about.com/u/sty/datinglove/teenage_love_stories/I-Quit-My-Job-Because-of-Him.htm
The second blog that i found appealing was a bit more emotional, but overall i think that in our groups final performance if we contrast emotion, love, and all the pro's and con's of love and marriage together then our performance in general will turn out good. I find this blog appealing because of the story it tells, and also because it's a bit emotional which is why i picked this blog so that there's different scenarios throughout our group's performance. And also because if the performance overall has different scene's and emotions then, the performance itself will leave a mark on the audience.
Source Three: http://www.icomedytv.com/Comedy-Scripts/Funny/View/Script/165/Love-Is-in-My-Pants.aspx
I personally feel like this blog is perfect for the theme that i was assigned in my group which is love in general. And as this particular script has a lot to do with love, it's also pretty cute and funny at the same time. I don't think that i need to make any major changes to this script as it is already made, except i might have to cut out a lot of lines as the script itself is very big. Other then that i think that this is a really good script and it would fit perfectly with our theme.
Source One: http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/02/18/true-love-story/5571667/
I personally find this blog quite appealing because i think that it's pretty cute and also because it's a true love story. I think that as a drama student myself, i can use all my performance and theatre skills in order to elaborate more upon this blog so that the performance itself turns out good. Since the theme of our group is love and marriage i thought that maybe if i research on a true love story and find a blog that is good enough to fit the theme, then i can extend upong it and make a good script out of it that out group can do a good performance on.
Source Two: http://teenadvice.about.com/u/sty/datinglove/teenage_love_stories/I-Quit-My-Job-Because-of-Him.htm
The second blog that i found appealing was a bit more emotional, but overall i think that in our groups final performance if we contrast emotion, love, and all the pro's and con's of love and marriage together then our performance in general will turn out good. I find this blog appealing because of the story it tells, and also because it's a bit emotional which is why i picked this blog so that there's different scenarios throughout our group's performance. And also because if the performance overall has different scene's and emotions then, the performance itself will leave a mark on the audience.
Source Three: http://www.icomedytv.com/Comedy-Scripts/Funny/View/Script/165/Love-Is-in-My-Pants.aspx
I personally feel like this blog is perfect for the theme that i was assigned in my group which is love in general. And as this particular script has a lot to do with love, it's also pretty cute and funny at the same time. I don't think that i need to make any major changes to this script as it is already made, except i might have to cut out a lot of lines as the script itself is very big. Other then that i think that this is a really good script and it would fit perfectly with our theme.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 3 - Find Your Own Material
Source One: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-stories
For the first source, i think that this is a good source of material for myself as it's a short funny story. I believe that with my theatrical strengths i can extend this story and make it into something comedic by using a few specific production elements. As this short blog is amount a man who broke into another person's apartment, and stole the TV remote instead of the TV itself, and changes the channel every time he drive's by, and after reading this blog, I personally think that this is something that can be turned into something funny.
Source Two: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-story
This is another source that i found on the internet, which i think i could use for myself to perform to my class members. Although it's a bit short, i still personally think that this is something that could be turned into a longer skit where production elements such as props and such things would be in use. I also think that by extending this short blog i could make a great performance out of it by getting a few actors, staging elements, and more theatrical stuff.
Source Three: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-story
The third source that i chose is the one that i think would be perfect for me to perform because it's really funny and i think that if i could just get a few more people to perform along with me, the performance would be really funny. If i were to stage this performance i would make sure that there were at least 5 people to represent the characters sitting in the bus. I would also make sure that there are costumes because one of the main characters from the blog had specific clothing on which i would want to show in the performance so that it's more clear to the audience for and about what the performance is based on and what the blog/performance is about.
For the first source, i think that this is a good source of material for myself as it's a short funny story. I believe that with my theatrical strengths i can extend this story and make it into something comedic by using a few specific production elements. As this short blog is amount a man who broke into another person's apartment, and stole the TV remote instead of the TV itself, and changes the channel every time he drive's by, and after reading this blog, I personally think that this is something that can be turned into something funny.
Source Two: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-story
This is another source that i found on the internet, which i think i could use for myself to perform to my class members. Although it's a bit short, i still personally think that this is something that could be turned into a longer skit where production elements such as props and such things would be in use. I also think that by extending this short blog i could make a great performance out of it by getting a few actors, staging elements, and more theatrical stuff.
Source Three: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/funny-story
The third source that i chose is the one that i think would be perfect for me to perform because it's really funny and i think that if i could just get a few more people to perform along with me, the performance would be really funny. If i were to stage this performance i would make sure that there were at least 5 people to represent the characters sitting in the bus. I would also make sure that there are costumes because one of the main characters from the blog had specific clothing on which i would want to show in the performance so that it's more clear to the audience for and about what the performance is based on and what the blog/performance is about.
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 2 - Review a Sketch
The video that i watched was "Queens of New York" by the blogalogues, and basically this short scene is where the bloagalogues have news paper in their hands that they list a bunch of things related to "the times." The way the blogalgues staged the production was that they basically came in one by one where each of the members said something related to the times and at the end of the production all the members did a small funny dance to end it off. The production elements that they added onto their performance is that each of the members played a character. For example, two of the girl's played a guy's role and i can tell that because they had hats on their heads and they also spoke like guys while performing. Another production element that i noticed that the group had in their performance was the way they projected their voices. It was very loud and clear. They also did a little dance at the end to end of the performance which is also a production element that i noticed in the video. The elements that i enjoyed the most from the performance was when each of the members of the group came in and said their lines about the times and they way they said it by projecting their voice's very loud and clear. They also had an accent on which made the performance more fun and interesting. Another element that i enjoyed from the performance was the little dance at the end, i personally think that it was a good way to end of the performance because their was a bit of music and it was also funny which gave the audience a good laugh. After watching the sample that i have watched "Queens of new york" i personally do think that the review's of the performance were valid because it was funny and also because the group did a good job performing, so i think that the review;s and the comments were valid for the performance.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU0OsaXutbw
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU0OsaXutbw
Monday, May 5, 2014
Unit 4: Blogologues - Task 1 - Research
"Blogologues" was first invented in the spring of April 2011. Two girls from New York city named Alll and Jen were the first performers of Blogologues who performed their first show in May, after that they were invited to a 6-month development residency at USM, so that they could present their own versions of Blogologues every month. And ever since then they have been coming up with new blogologues that they would perform every month.
The 5W's:
Who are they: Two girls from New York City.
What: They perform new blogologues every month
When: blogologues was first invented in April 2011, till they were told to join the development residency at USM to perform their own blogologues every month.
Where: They perform live in New York
Why: They are doing this because they want to encourage more theatre people to start thinking about taking action and putting their theatre skills into use and for business.
The group's performance concept/philosophy is comedic theatre.
After doing my research i personally think that blogologues is a theatrical group who likes to incorporate comedic information from the internet in their own theatrical areas.
The positives of the Blogologues performances are that, they're very funny whenever they perform. Whether it's a video they put up on youtube, or whether they perform live, it's always very funny which gives the audience a good laugh and let's them enjoy the performance which is one positive element about the Blogologues. Another positive element about the blogologues is that they use the internet and they do research, which they later on turn into their own piece of work and they manage to make into a great show and a performance.
Sources:
http://blogologues.org/
http://livelyproductions.org/home/what-is-blogologues/
The 5W's:
Who are they: Two girls from New York City.
What: They perform new blogologues every month
When: blogologues was first invented in April 2011, till they were told to join the development residency at USM to perform their own blogologues every month.
Where: They perform live in New York
Why: They are doing this because they want to encourage more theatre people to start thinking about taking action and putting their theatre skills into use and for business.
The group's performance concept/philosophy is comedic theatre.
After doing my research i personally think that blogologues is a theatrical group who likes to incorporate comedic information from the internet in their own theatrical areas.
The positives of the Blogologues performances are that, they're very funny whenever they perform. Whether it's a video they put up on youtube, or whether they perform live, it's always very funny which gives the audience a good laugh and let's them enjoy the performance which is one positive element about the Blogologues. Another positive element about the blogologues is that they use the internet and they do research, which they later on turn into their own piece of work and they manage to make into a great show and a performance.
Sources:
http://blogologues.org/
http://livelyproductions.org/home/what-is-blogologues/
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Unit 3: Epic Theatre (Bertolt Brecht) Study: Final Performance Evaluation
Part 1: Discuss the challenges you faced individually and as an overall group in performing a piece of Epic Theatre. How was it different from other performances you have participated in?
Part 2: How would you grade yourself in terms of Personal Engagement throughout this task? What were your contributions to the performance? What would you score yourself and each of your group members using the Personal Engagement (Crit D) descriptors? Be specific and use clear evidence to justify your assertions.
In terms of personal engagement throughout this task, i would give myself a 4 because there were times during the practice sessions where i would go off task and not focus on what i am and was supposed to be working and focussing on. As per for my group members i would give Ayat a 6 as she was the most dedicated and focussed member in the group, and since she was the one who kept on pushing the other members to concentrate on what they were supposed to be focussing on. I would give Hamza a 5 because he was also very focussed and dedicated to what he was doing and he was also acting and saying his lines without having any sort of flaws in them, I would give Mushanna a 5 because she had the biggest and longest lines to memorize and she memorized is very well, so when she went on stage for the final performance she said her lines without messing up. I would give Ulughbek a 4 because i think that him and I were on the same stage when it came to staying focussed and determined in class, when we were really supposed to be working and practicing our parts and lines.
Part 3: Evaluate YOUR group's final performance using Crit B descriptors for "Application." What worked well during your performance? What needed improvement? Do you think your audience understood your "big issue?" How do you know? Do you think you effectively created a piece of Epic Theatre? Why or why not?
During the final performance i think that my group did an 'okay' job, whereas we could have done a better job if members such as myself had memorized their lines properly and well enough so that while performing there would not be any flaws. I personally think that our performance needed improvement because of the mess up's that we have made such as the entrance time for the wife of the fat prince. There should have been a cue for her to enter so that the performance went a bit more smooth. I don't think that the audience understood our "big issue" as they all seemed very confused by the looks on their faces. I think that we did create a piece of epic theatre but it was not as effective as it could have been because of the lines from the script. I could not really understand the play myself, whereas i thought how would the audience understand it if i can't understand it. I thought that overall it was just very confusing.
Part 4: Evaluate the work of another group using Crit B descriptors in relation to Epic Theatre elements and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" text. Did the group meet your expectations for the scene? You will receive a Crit A grade for this part of the task, so be sure to use the language of the descriptors and provide sufficient evidence to support your evaluation.
The group that i chose to evaluate was noshin, shubham, and mifra's performance. I personally think that the group met up to my expectations for the scene. The grade that i want to five this group for their performance is a 6 because i think that they met the expectations and the levels of the criteria level. Overall, i personally think that this group had the right elements and the performer's knew their line's very well and they had their script/lines memorized perfectly. So they didn't mess up during the final performance which is something that my group was lacking.
The challenges that i face as an individual during the final performance was when i was up on stage, there was a moment where i could not remember what i was supposed to say as i forgot my line. So during my part, one of the group member (Hamza) covered up for me by extending his lines and improvising, so it didn't really seem like I really messed up as i had a straight face on, throughout the entire performance. This performance of mine was different performances that i have participated in because theme of the play and script was completely different as i had to play a different character. This performance was also a bit challenging for me as there was a lot of line memorizing to do and, myself as an individual am not fairly good at memorizing lines.
Part 2: How would you grade yourself in terms of Personal Engagement throughout this task? What were your contributions to the performance? What would you score yourself and each of your group members using the Personal Engagement (Crit D) descriptors? Be specific and use clear evidence to justify your assertions.
In terms of personal engagement throughout this task, i would give myself a 4 because there were times during the practice sessions where i would go off task and not focus on what i am and was supposed to be working and focussing on. As per for my group members i would give Ayat a 6 as she was the most dedicated and focussed member in the group, and since she was the one who kept on pushing the other members to concentrate on what they were supposed to be focussing on. I would give Hamza a 5 because he was also very focussed and dedicated to what he was doing and he was also acting and saying his lines without having any sort of flaws in them, I would give Mushanna a 5 because she had the biggest and longest lines to memorize and she memorized is very well, so when she went on stage for the final performance she said her lines without messing up. I would give Ulughbek a 4 because i think that him and I were on the same stage when it came to staying focussed and determined in class, when we were really supposed to be working and practicing our parts and lines.
Part 3: Evaluate YOUR group's final performance using Crit B descriptors for "Application." What worked well during your performance? What needed improvement? Do you think your audience understood your "big issue?" How do you know? Do you think you effectively created a piece of Epic Theatre? Why or why not?
During the final performance i think that my group did an 'okay' job, whereas we could have done a better job if members such as myself had memorized their lines properly and well enough so that while performing there would not be any flaws. I personally think that our performance needed improvement because of the mess up's that we have made such as the entrance time for the wife of the fat prince. There should have been a cue for her to enter so that the performance went a bit more smooth. I don't think that the audience understood our "big issue" as they all seemed very confused by the looks on their faces. I think that we did create a piece of epic theatre but it was not as effective as it could have been because of the lines from the script. I could not really understand the play myself, whereas i thought how would the audience understand it if i can't understand it. I thought that overall it was just very confusing.
Part 4: Evaluate the work of another group using Crit B descriptors in relation to Epic Theatre elements and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" text. Did the group meet your expectations for the scene? You will receive a Crit A grade for this part of the task, so be sure to use the language of the descriptors and provide sufficient evidence to support your evaluation.
The group that i chose to evaluate was noshin, shubham, and mifra's performance. I personally think that the group met up to my expectations for the scene. The grade that i want to five this group for their performance is a 6 because i think that they met the expectations and the levels of the criteria level. Overall, i personally think that this group had the right elements and the performer's knew their line's very well and they had their script/lines memorized perfectly. So they didn't mess up during the final performance which is something that my group was lacking.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Personal and Group Reflection on rough Performance.
I personally think that as a group we could have done better in our performance as the line's were not memorized properly and the things that were meant to be the in the act were not included in it. As per in for my own performance i think that i could have done a better job if i had my lines memorized properly, so that in the performance i wouldn't have had to stutter or look at the script because it makes the performance itself look unprofessional. In order to fix the mistakes that we have made as a group and as an actor myself, i think that we should have better practice, and involve the things that were meant to be involved in the play overall. I also think that in the rough performance we were disengaged which is something that we as a group need to work on and fix, so that in the final performance it looks absolutely flawless.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
FUNNY Unit: End of Unit Reflection
For the FUNNY Unit, we were put into separate groups to come up with a funny piece that we could present to the entire drama class. In my group I had, Noshin, Sunaira, Saniya, and Ankita as group members. In our small group, we decided to recreate an episode from the show "New Girl". During the practice sessions that we had to practice our scene, I personally think that our group itself did a better job during that time, but when we went up in front of the entire class to perform our scene, we got a bit nervous and kind of messed up. Since the script from that particular episode from New Girl was very long, we decided to make it a bit short and take the main scenes from the script. I had the role of playing the main character "Jess". However, afterwards when we went on stage to perform to the class we used our skills of improvisation to finish the scene as we were unable to remember all the lines from the script as there were too many. We used props to give the audience an idea about what objects we were carrying; for example, in one part of the scene, i had to carry a TV out, but as it was quite impossible for me to actually bring a TV to school as a prop, we (as a group) decided to use a big screen prop which was close to looking like an actual television as a prop for our scene. I personally think that even though we kind of messed up in our final performance, we still did a good job, as we used our time wisely when it came to practicing. However, i think that we could have done a better job in our final performance by revising the lines from the actual script from new girl, well enough so that we did not have to stutter on stage (which we did do). But overall i think that throughout the entire FUNNY unit, my group did a good job with the performance even though we had our flaws, and made a few mistakes.
Improv Evaluation: DW 6
Improv Evaluation: DW 6
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Unit 3: Epic Theatre (Bertolt Brecht) Study: Task 3--Reflection of G12 IPP Brecht performance
Global Issues: The women of Bangladesh sacrifice a lot for men, and they put in a lot of effort when the men don't really seem to care, and they mind their own business. While the women try so hard to satisfy the men and to make them happy by doing what the men want the women to do.
Theme: Self Sacrifice
Scene from Link:
Theme: Self Sacrifice
Scene from Link:
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Design Emphasis--"A Memory of Lizzie" Set/Costume Research Task
COSTUME Reference from Script
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Page #
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Research Task
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1
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“small American schoolyard – Massachusetts in about 1871/2.”
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9
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Find pictures and descriptions of what kids would wear to school in
this period.
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2
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"The day they were killed i had on a blue dress" (Lizzie Borden)
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10
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Find pictures of a blue dress from the 1870's.
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3
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"C'mon let's play ball."
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14
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Find pictures of outfits back from the 1870's that are easy to move in
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4
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"Lizzie borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. Then she stood behind the door and gave her father forty more"
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22
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Find a picture of a white dress as you want there to be a shocking reaction for the audience. (White dress will be covered in blood)
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5
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"Cos we don't have boys playing sipping games"
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22
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Find outfits of what boys would wear during the 1880's, that would go well with this particular scene.
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6
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'Y'have flowers at 'em both, i reckon. i seen 'em at weddings"
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25
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Find wedding attire pictures from back in the 1880's.
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7
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"Dearly beloved, we are here today to bid farewell to the remains of our friend."
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28
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Find a picture of a black dress that lizzie borden would wear from back in the 1880's |
Costume Reference from Script:
1.Kids school attire:
Design One:
Source: http://maggiemayfashions.com/sewingblog/1870s-school-dress/
I personally think that this costume is appropriate for what kids would wear to school during the 1880's period, which is why after doing some research i thought that this costume would be the right costume for the girls to wear to school.
Character: Alice
2. Lizzie Borden "blue dress"-
Design Two:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/melanieharris/1880s/
On page 10 it said "The day they were killed i had on a blue dress", which is why i researched on blue 1880's dress that would be appropriate for Lizzie Borden to wear since the quote is based on the action that she had made that day.
Character: Barbara
3. Easy to move in outfits
Design Three:
Source: http://www.pem.org/collections/2-american_art
The fashion during the 1880's mainly consisted of big corset dresses which is what most women wore at all times. After doing a lot of research i have not found any outfit that would be easy to move in while playing, so i figured that even back in the days, children would move around in the attire that they are already in, which is why i chose this design.
Character: Dorothy
4. White dress
Design Four:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/thefaerie/late-19th-century-sportswear/
After doing some research, I came across this dress. As i mentioned above, during the 1880's the attire and fashion for the girls/women would be big skirts with folds, drapes, and pleats which would give the outfit a unique look. So after doing research i came across this white dress which i think would go perfectly with this particular scene as i had the thought of giving it a dramatic effect so that after Lizzie Borden kills her parents, there would be blood all over her outfit to give the audience a terrifying and shocking feeling.
Character: Ann
5. Boys outfit "playing skipping games":
Design five:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/238690848974155693/
During the 1880's boys would wear dress pants, a shirt with a tie, and a blazer/suit over it. Compared to the types of suits that men tend to wear these days, the attire for the men back in the 1880's was different as it consisted of different designs/patterns/ and texture as well.
6. 1880 Wedding attire with flowers:
Design Six:
Source: http://pinsndls.com/2010/09/02/875/
During the 1880's the wedding attire is a bit similar to the wedding attire we have today, except back then the dresses would have more frills and on them to make them look a bit more victorian.
7. 1880 black funeral dress for Lizzie Borden:
Design seven:
Source: http://historiful.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/fashion-from-the-1880s/
Since this particular scene has a funeral in it, i thought that, since Lizzie Borden is the main character, she should be the one wearing a black dress. Also as she is the one who is putting her friend in the coffin it would give the audience a scary feeling as well.
Character: Lizzie Borden
Friday, January 17, 2014
"A Memory of Lizzie" Evaluation of Design Work
Self Evaluation
After completing all my work on the
play of “A memory of Lizzie”, I personally think that my overall work was good.
Although my set design and costume design could be better, I still think that
the annotated work was still good and descriptive. My strengths for this
particular work and unit was that I was able to come up with many annotative
ideas and I think I went into descriptive details when it came to annotating the
two page part of the script. My main weakness for this unit and work was not
being able to draw the set design and costume design properly, as I am not an
art student and because I am not really good with drawing. To stop this from
happening next time, and to improve my design stage, I think that before doing
the design work I though research a bit more about set design and costume
design to draw the set and costume designs properly. Other than that I think
that my overall work was done and completed properly.
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