As the Dramatic Arts class ended I reflected on how I did this past semester. From the first project to the final performance I think that I have improved within this course. Although I wouldn't call myself a top notch actor (yet) I do think that I am better at performing then I was back at the start of the semester back in the fall. My first project was a monologue about a kid who was upset that his dad is working so much that he isn't spending enough time with the family. My first draft of that didn't go so well as it was hard to take it seriously and I ended up laughing about it (looking back the lines seemed kinda stupid being said out loud). However I was able to work on it and get it through the skit again without laughing. Afterwards i did a songologue to "Wake Me Up" by Avicii which I personally thought was much better than the original project because it was serious and I was able to take it seriously and apply emotion to it. After wards I had a group project with Jess, Jeff and Jordan which was about a kid and his friend fighting over whether or not they wanted to play video games or ride skateboards. I directed instead of acted. It was a little harder directing people as you have to take control and make sure everything gets done, but it worked in the end. My favorite project in this class was the parody of the office that we did when we replicated a clip famous scene from the show entitled "The Quiet Game" with Kylie, Jess (as the director), Jeff, Jordan, Lili and Brooklyn. I portrayed the character Dwight. There was little to no lines however in this skit so in order to carry the scene along we had to use facial expressions and body language for the scene to make sense. It was hard because we had to make sure to use our faces and our bodies correctly. But in the end it was very fun (and helped for the next project) and was funny to watch after it was done. After thanksgiving break we had a silent film project. My project was with Jeff, Mao and Lili. It was meant to be a mystery about a detective who killed three people in his way from getting a box of pearls. It was challenging because all sound was taken out so we had to use a lot of facial expressions and body language to make the story flow easily. The final project was anything we wanted to do. I partnered up with Brooklyn and Kylie to create a dance scene composed of three solos and one big dance all together. My solo or variation was the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy which is very light and happy. Each dance showed an emotion, Brooklyn was sadness and Kylie was anger. So we had to keep of facial expressions and the choreography matching the emotion of our dance.
Overall I think that I saw improvements in my self when it came to showing emotion and using body language and overall performance quality. I think that this class was very fun and helpful and I'm definitely going to miss it and the people of the class. It was a very interesting course and I think it helped me a lot.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Friday, December 7, 2018
Final Proposal
Final Proposal:
For my final project of this class I would like to do a dance performance with Brooklyn and Kylie. It will be set up as my dancing a more happy dance (the sugar plum variation) then Kylie comes out to do the dance of anger (the fire bird variation). Finally Brooklyn comes out doing the sad variation (swan lake variation) then we all come out. This is showcasing my strengths because I am a ballet dancer and the dance I'm dancing to dance I'm familiar with. This is challenging because I will be alone dancing not around people and we are not doing the traditional acting skits we are used to in this class. It will be set up as one little dance after another until we all come out together. We also can have lights spotlighting us as we dance.
For my final project of this class I would like to do a dance performance with Brooklyn and Kylie. It will be set up as my dancing a more happy dance (the sugar plum variation) then Kylie comes out to do the dance of anger (the fire bird variation). Finally Brooklyn comes out doing the sad variation (swan lake variation) then we all come out. This is showcasing my strengths because I am a ballet dancer and the dance I'm dancing to dance I'm familiar with. This is challenging because I will be alone dancing not around people and we are not doing the traditional acting skits we are used to in this class. It will be set up as one little dance after another until we all come out together. We also can have lights spotlighting us as we dance.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
The Quiet Game Skit
For this skit we had to remake a scene from a movie, tv show, play/musical etc. For our group we remade the scene from The Office a scene called "The Quiet Game" when the whole office has to stay silent Kevin ruins it by saying "Oh yeah" when eating a candy bar.
When remaking this their were a few adaptations we had to make. First, since there were more people in this specific scene then in the group we had to cut it to only the main people of the scene which were Kevin, played by Jordan, Jim, played by Brooklyn, Andy played by Jeff, The raccoon, played by Lili (it went in with Andy's role in the scene) and Dwight, played by me. The other significant change we made was taking the scene and taking it from an office setting, The Dundler Mifflin office in the original, to a classroom setting our version. To make it make more sense we had to add on some lines in the beginning explaining it as a test that no one can talk in, or else they lose half the points. And we added a teacher character, played by Kylie. And we also changed Lili from a raccoon to a person out side of the room eating a sandwich
After looking over our skit I think that we did a very good job. Our skit was very funny and very connected to the original but also had its own spin on it. I think everyone did an amazing job in this performance and I thought Jess did a very good job writing and directing this skit. I liked that there wasn't that many lines so we had to use or facial expressions and our body language to move the scene along. The one thing I would suggest is that we practice being more serious so we don't laugh every to seconds which was a slight problem
When remaking this their were a few adaptations we had to make. First, since there were more people in this specific scene then in the group we had to cut it to only the main people of the scene which were Kevin, played by Jordan, Jim, played by Brooklyn, Andy played by Jeff, The raccoon, played by Lili (it went in with Andy's role in the scene) and Dwight, played by me. The other significant change we made was taking the scene and taking it from an office setting, The Dundler Mifflin office in the original, to a classroom setting our version. To make it make more sense we had to add on some lines in the beginning explaining it as a test that no one can talk in, or else they lose half the points. And we added a teacher character, played by Kylie. And we also changed Lili from a raccoon to a person out side of the room eating a sandwich
After looking over our skit I think that we did a very good job. Our skit was very funny and very connected to the original but also had its own spin on it. I think everyone did an amazing job in this performance and I thought Jess did a very good job writing and directing this skit. I liked that there wasn't that many lines so we had to use or facial expressions and our body language to move the scene along. The one thing I would suggest is that we practice being more serious so we don't laugh every to seconds which was a slight problem
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
I saw my school's production of the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" last Thursday. I thought that overall the production was very well done. It was a very funny production and was enjoyable. I liked how the actors had good blocking. I thought that it was very natural and wasn't overdone acting. I thought that the actors spoke very clearly and were very easy to understand. I think that all the actors did a very good job in this production
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Dance Moms Fight
Set the scene,
it is good for acting and a good comedy
Three characters required
My vision is unique because i'm rewriting a reality scene and making it my own
Aldc group is sitting in a room and cathy walks in screaming “HII” everyone gets angry. Abby and cathy argue over whose dance was better abby saying “My dance had much better turns” and cathy screaming “My dance had style and yours was boring”the abby telling her to shut up triggers cathy and she storms over then abby throws water at her saying she thought the witch would melt than cathy hits her with her bag. Cathy yells that kendall was terrible in her solo than jill screams at her and says more water at her telling her to “Get lost”
It will be a good choice because it helps with better emotion and will be fun to make
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
City of Stars Staging
If I was directing this scene I would stage it to look like it was on a bench in a city at night with the actor walking down the street when it is raining.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Reviews
My part: I think that I did a good doing the lights and controlling the production. I think I can improve on working out differences
My skit group: I think that overall our group did well acting and blocking, the video came out well in performance quality and how the skit flowed, I like that Jess turned her character from the mom to a sister figure because it worked better with the comedic flow of the scene. However there were problems ,forming the skit was difficult because there were disagreements from some cast members and some would interrupt in the middle of a rehearsal because of confusion. Next time we work in groups I think that we need to be ore clear with each other.
City of Stars: City of stars; performed by Brooklyn had a very pretty feel and look to it from the video I liked Brooklyn's emotion within the skit and how it ended with her sitting with the lights fading out. Her blocking was very good and fitted the dialogue well. I also liked the use of a rain sound. I think they should have made the lights softer to be able to see her face better.
Whats wrong me: Whats wrong with me performed by Mao which is from mean girls was a very good skit. I liked that they used a dressing room instead of the stage because it fit the scene better. I liked that they made it look like a makeup desk and that they had the phone get a call from "Regina George". Mao had very good emotion and had a cool guitar intro and outro. One thing I would suggest is that she looked in the mirror more to add more emotion and to have the camera not shake away at the end.
My skit group: I think that overall our group did well acting and blocking, the video came out well in performance quality and how the skit flowed, I like that Jess turned her character from the mom to a sister figure because it worked better with the comedic flow of the scene. However there were problems ,forming the skit was difficult because there were disagreements from some cast members and some would interrupt in the middle of a rehearsal because of confusion. Next time we work in groups I think that we need to be ore clear with each other.
City of Stars: City of stars; performed by Brooklyn had a very pretty feel and look to it from the video I liked Brooklyn's emotion within the skit and how it ended with her sitting with the lights fading out. Her blocking was very good and fitted the dialogue well. I also liked the use of a rain sound. I think they should have made the lights softer to be able to see her face better.
Whats wrong me: Whats wrong with me performed by Mao which is from mean girls was a very good skit. I liked that they used a dressing room instead of the stage because it fit the scene better. I liked that they made it look like a makeup desk and that they had the phone get a call from "Regina George". Mao had very good emotion and had a cool guitar intro and outro. One thing I would suggest is that she looked in the mirror more to add more emotion and to have the camera not shake away at the end.
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