Gesture 1 This gesture involves me repeatedly waving my finger at a crowd (audience). This represents Creon's ideology of power and dictatorship. It also demonstrates Creon's attitude as a leader. | Gesture 2 This gesture is basically a facepalm. This gesture mainly represents Creon's impatience and intolerance. | Gesture 3 This gesture involves me fixing my tie. This gesture demonstrates creon's arrogance as it shows him being full of himself. |
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Answer) Repetition is used in story-telling to set up patterns in different genres such as comedy. For characters repetition of a certain movement creates habits and personality. As I said before repetition is used un different genres drama is one good example because repetition allows there to be more suspense. During drama while repeating something it doesn't have to be the same way it could be a similar variation of it, this is called internal repetition. We also have external repetition which is basically repeating the shape, tempo, gesture, etc of something outside the body. For example it could be a character repeating something that someone else did. External repetition could also me copying something instead of a someone. For example you could be copying or repeating the movement of a vehicle.
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'Viewpoints' is a technique of composition that incorporates two aspects of stage acting; movement and gesture. The six viewpoints of Overlie were a method of examining, analyzing, and creating dances. Overlie's six viewpoints are Space, story, time, emotion, movement, and shape) WHO and why? The 'viewpoints' technique was developed by mary overlie as a method of movement improvisation. It was later adapted for stage acting by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau. Overlie's six viewpoints were considered as a logical way to examine, analyze, and create dances. Bogart's Viewpoints were considered practical in creating staging with actors. Where and when? The viewpoints were originally developed in the 1970s by Mary Overlie, but were later adapted by Bogart and LandaU in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The setting associated with the viewpoints is in stage acting. Source https://theviewpointsproject.wordpress.com/a-brief-history-of-viewpoints/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewpoints Aristotle’s Tragic Hero
Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero Aristotle defines a tragic hero as the character the stimulates a sense of fear or pity for the audience. The character is flawed which is the cause of what occurs, the character is meant to be relatable to the audience hence the flaws and loss of fortune. The tragic hero is meant to stimulate this in the audience through undeserved misfortune, due to their errors of judgment and mistakes which is what causes the misfortune to be undeserved. Importance of the Chorus The chorus is of lot of importance in greek tragedy because it explains the story of the providing a clearer more dramatic approach and explanation of the play.The chorus provides structure to the play helping the play make sense and helps the intention of the playwrite more evident. Aristotle said: "The chorus too should be regarded as one of the actors; it should be an integral part of the whole, and share in the action, not in the manner of Euripides but of Sophocles". Major Themes
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By Zafir and Abrar Our chosen stimulus was a word stimulus. We chose the word "equality" as our theme and concept of the performance. We are currently brainstorming possible aspects of the performance, such as props, lights, sound, etc..
What is the historical context (general) and development of the industry?
Sound design in theatre began in 1979. Sound was first implemented into theatre when Francis Ford Coppola created the film "Apocalypse Now". As the years progressed, the technology associated with sound design improved and developed into the modern, high-tech movie sound effects we have today. What is the industry name of the theatre professional(s) associated with your tech area? The title of sound designer is not controlled by any industry. The most famous sound design company is 'Richmond Sound Design'. The company manufactures theatre sound consoles and is a leader in digital audio. What is their basic job description and responsibilities of their role in a production? A sound designer's job is to plan and provide the sound effects in a production. They must study the production and the script and gather as much information necessary for the production. What tools are required/most common in the particular field? The sound design's field main tool is the sound board. Other than that: "Planning tools of sound designers and composers
- (Sound Designer, AACT) The main necessary and important skill for adequately fulfilling the sound designer role in a student production is collaboration. Collaborative skills are essential for a sound designer because they must work well with other sound designers as well as the rest of the cast team. Sources "A Brief History of Sound Design." Advertising Week Social Club. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2014. <http://www.theawsc.com/2014/01/31/a-brief-history-of-sound-design/>. "Richmond Sound Design." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 12 Sept. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Sound_Design>. How comfortable are you in "thinking physically" through your body. How "in tune" are you with your own "instrument?"
I think that I am sort of comfortable in thinking physically through my body. I am not entirely in tune with my own "instrument". The main reason for these is that often times I feel awkward doing abstract movements. I think that opening up more to physical theatre is my goal for this unit. What are your strengths in using your body to communicate? What are your weaknesses? What specific obstacles or challenges do you have? I think my main strength in using my body to communicate is exaggerated movements. This is a great strength for physical theatre as exaggerated movements are essential for communication through one's body. My main weakness are basically varied movements. I tend not to do things that feel awkward or uncomfortable, which can be a huge obstacle for my progression throughout this unit. As mentioned before, this is my challenge and goal for the unit. Using the indicators of Crit B regarding the "acquisition of skills" related to movement/physicality, grade yourself in your contributions to class. I would grade myself a 5 or 6. This is because although I had a good exaggeration of movements which I developed during the past two weeks or so, I think that the let down would be the lack of variety of movement/physicality during the music activity in class. What kinds of specific things can you do to improve your "physical thinking" skills?
-Did you discuss your roles/responsibilities/process in advance?
Yes, my partner and I both discussed our roles and responsibilities to ensure that the presentation was done well and successfully. Initially, we already discussed how much work each of us would do, and we each did 50% of the total work meaning that both of us put in an equal amount of time and effort. After the powerpoint was completed, we decided on which slides each of us would do, so that there would be no confusion and hesitation during the presentation. I think that our planning was done well as we successfully discussed our roles and responsibilities for this group task. -How would you evaluate your communication & collaboration? I think that my partner and I effectively communicated and collaborated for this task. This is evident as we both understood what we were doing and neither of us complained about dividing the work unfairly. I think that this is a good display of team work, communication, collaboration, and also maturity. -What particular elements/responsibilities did each of you have? What individual contributions did you make to the final outcome?
-What type of role did you play in the actual presentation? Were the roles balanced or was one person more vocal? I believe that the roles were quite balanced as we had a simple pattern of speaking, which was alternating every other slide. We both knew a good deal of information about contact improvisation and we both contributed to answering questions from the audience. Self Evaluation Criterion A (knowledge and Understanding) Grade: 7 (seven) I think I was I did very well in criterion A as I was the one who did the main research. I possessed a much better understanding of the topic including theatre related terminology. Criterion B (Developing Skills) Grade: 5 (five) I think I did good in the developing skills criterion. I presented the topic and most of the information, but I did not find the exemplars or the demo. Criterion C (Thinking Creatively) Grade: 5 (five) I think I did good more or less in this criterion, mainly due to including some interesting information on the presentation and also relating it to other forms of theatre. This criterion was mainly let down due to lacking a demo. Partner Evaluation (Farhan) Criterion A (knowledge and Understanding) Grade: 5 (five) I think my partner did well in this criterion as he added some interesting information, although he did not do much of the main research. Criterion B (Developing Skills) Grade: 6 (six) My partner did well in this as he viewed various exemplars and had a better understanding of the practical aspect of contact improvisation. Criterion C (Thinking Creatively) Grade: 5 (five) I think my partner did good in this criterion due to the fact that he viewed and included an interesting exemplar. This criterion was mainly let down due to lacking a demo. What is it?
Contact improvisation is a type of dance which requires two people working together as partners. Contact improvisation focuses on the physical principles of touch, momentum, shared weight, and following a shared point of contact. Who uses it?
Why is it important? Contact improvisation explores and enhances one's physical movement abilities/skills, such as falling, rolling, reacting, and responsiveness. It also improves collaborative skills, particularly non-vocal; as partners must understand when to lead/follow, when to go up, when to go down, when to slow down, and when to be still. "In this form one learns to stay in integrity with each choice, never forcing, never rushing. When Body, Mind, and Spirit are united in their instinctive wisdom one finds ones-self at home in every moment expressing ones true nature." (What is contact Improvisation?, contactimprov.com) How is it applicable to this unit? Contact improvisation is highly relevant to our current unit, which is physical theatre. It is applicable to the unit through because physical theatre explores one's body and their performance skills in regard to their physical control and awareness. This concept is also featured in contact Improvisation. Also, contact improvisation is an example of one of the possible answers to the unit question, which is "How can actions speak louder than words?" Source "What Is Contact Improvisation?" ContactImprov. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2014. <http://www.contactimprov.com/whatiscontactimprov.html>. |
Abrar Abtahee
Grade 9A
ISD
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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