Renaissance presentation

Theatrical conventions in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear 

• Romeo and Juliet's famous literary tradition 
• love is the most dominant theme ( first sight love)
• love overpowers all emotions 

-Juliet asks "Deny thy father and refuse thy name"

- Romeo abandons his friends Mercutio and Benvolio

-Romeo returning to Verona

• Shakespear capturing love through hate
• Love cannot be a metaphor
• R&J always connected to passion Love&hate
• juxtaposition life/death
• Power structure in Renaissance families 
• Lovers uphold their traditions for christianity 

Juliet" The God of my idolatry" 

• poison as a symbol (societies tendency to poison good things and make them deadly) - their love

Charlie and the chocolate factory

In and out of the class i have heard amazing things about the musical that took place in the ais-r theatre which made me regret not going to the performance even more. I really liked the setting in the theatre it was very creative and artistic. It was well organised, produced, and directed. I've heard the actors singing during choir class and i was impressed with their singing.

Alias presentation

i liked the way she introduced her topic by wearing a japanese mask and also by linking it back to where she comes from and how she is exposed to the art and theatre that is performed there The revitalization of german theatre art. I also liked how she was confident and her voice was clear and she was not speeding up. The video is clear and she was dressed professionally which enhanced her presentation presence. It was very organised and creative which gives me ideas for our presentation. I like how she used posters and quotes to further explain her points.

presentation

A) Theatre in context. the history- (Mika) 1 minute 

B) Theatre process- Theatre conventions (Tala) 4 minutes 

C) Presenting theatre - Mika Tala and Feras - 4 minutes

D) Presenting theatre - conclusion and the effects used explanation of the conventions etc. Feras.

A Theatre in Context Theorist, the theory and the context

B Theatre Processes - Practical explorations of theory and development of solo theatre piece

C Presenting Theatre: theory in practice - Theatre theory in practice

D Presenting Theatre: evaluation of the solo theatre piece and reflections

summative a dolls house

A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen.

Realism and naturalism were used throughout the play. It shows the social issues that people were going through in the 19th century. Women did not usually have the choice of leaving their homes and families they were usually controlled by their parents or husbands, but in A Dolls House, Nora, the wife decides to leave her home after being treated like one of the kids. In the scene we performed, we created TEAM which is tension, emotion, atmosphere, and meaning to reach the "Uhh" moment. We used symbolism by using macaroons that symbolise Nora as a child as she throws them inside Mrs. Linde and Dr.Ranks mouths. I really enjoyed acting the scene and playing the part even though understanding the old language and putting into our own context was hard it was interesting.

moodle day

Presentation

strengths: he looks confident and is not fiddling around. He's not dependent on the slides. He touched on some really good points.
weakness: Talks fast should slow down and speak clearer.

1) CRITERIA – Director’s Notebook.  Evidence: notebook
A) Theatre in context: 7
B)Theatre processes:8
C) Presenting theatre- director’s vision and intended impact:6
D) Presenting theatre- staging of two moments of the play: 6

2) CRITERIA – Research Presentation. Evidence: video recording, list of sources and resources

A) Theatre in context: 7
B)Theatre processes:7
C) Presenting theatre- the presentation (video recording): 7
D) Presenting theatre-the learner. (video recording):7 

3)CRITERIA – Collaborative Project (internal assessment)  Evidence: process portfolio, video recording

A) Theatre in context:
B)Theatre processes:
C) Presenting theatre-  reflection on development of piece and specific explorations led by student:
D) Presenting theatre-evaluation of student’s contribution to 13-15mins performance and artistic choices: 8 13:28 minutes

TEAM

From what I understood, In any act there should be 4 things I should focus on. TEAM stands for

• Tension
• Emotion
• Atmosphere
• Meaning (subtext)

Tension in the act should be created, weather it is positive or negative. It could be created through eye contact, through exaggerated physical movement, or through verbal language.

Emotion should also be present in an act and could be shown through facial expressions and physical movements. as well as the aspects that were said before like eye contact, exaggerated physical movement, or verbal language and the tone.

Atmosphere is basically having a setting. creating the mood that the audience should feel while watching the act. This could be done by using props and having a background or using sounds (like thunder or rain to create a gloomy atmosphere).

Meaning is basically looking for the goal set. It is what the audience should understand from the text. A subtext comes along with the meaning which is basically like the underlying meaning of something. The deeper meaning of story or a situation. What the characters want the audience to understand and think about. It is the message behind the act.

research

for our research, we chose to be working on the renaissance, more deeply, shakespear Rome&Juliet. We found many Theatrical techniques in Romeo and Juliet.for our research that we could discuss and analyse. Even though Romeo and Juliet is a cliche play to choose, it is still one of our favourites. In addition its perfect for the setting were looking for SETTINGS (TIME)  · Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century) some of the literary techniques that we have found are the following: 
 TONES  · Passionate, romantic, intense, rhapsodic, violent, prone to extremes of emotion (ecstasy, rage, misery, etc.)

THEMES  · The forcefulness of love; love as a cause of violence; the individual versus society; the inevitability of fate

MOTIFS · Light/dark imagery; opposite points of view

SYMBOLS  · Poison; thumb-biting; Queen Mab

Its the forbidden love that inspired me to research about this, since we live here, in Saudi Arabia we could all relate to it since we cannot show that kind of love. Its forbidden by the law and is looked down upon by the elders.

realism vs naturalism

we got introduced to Naturalism and Realism. Naturalism is the art of  creating an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic strategies while realism is basically discussing a social issue or threat. We practiced each of them which helped me better understand them. I never knew that each of these theatrical categories had a background and a time period to why it was so interesting for people to watch back then. The exercises we did in class made me think more about these time periods and what factors mostly influenced the theatrical work back then. 

tableaux

I learnt what a tableaux was by doing an activity that allowed us to show the audience a story but in a picture. In other words a picture that the audience could know the story from. This helped me emphasize my actions like facial expressions and physical posture to further convey the story we were acting while frozen. We give out a theme to the audience with our physical appearance. Its a good imporvization skill when there are many characters because it helps us bring the plot of the story from creating still images. I was also introduced to realism in acting which allowed me to better understand it since i was put in a group and had to research about it, then create a mini skit based on realism.

summative devising

for the summative, I was very overwhelmed and was under alot of pressure since we made last minute changes and had a missing actress. It was hard managing the lighting and music right and to cope with having a large audience specially when I am not used to it. It was a very fun experience, I learnt a lot and the feedback that the audience and classmates and ofcourse Mrs.Morris gave back was very helpful. We had some issues during our play but we managed to continue and go with the flow and improvise since the audience really does not know what our original plans were. I think we did better or our formative than our summative but I really think we did a great job and i'm proud of all my group members and for the class for support. Every single one of us put effort and ideas into this devising act which made it what it is. I really enjoyed it.

formative devising

during our devising formative act, we had finished all our planning and had everything ready for our formative. We had the music set to create a mood, we had the lighting ready to create an insidious atmosphere and costumes to add imagery and a reality affect to our act. I experienced having an audience which added more pressure and stress and made it harder for me to stay in character and remember my lines and timings. I kept wondering weather or not they liked the act or maybe thought it was boring. Im glad we gave the audience a lesson about the outcome of rape drugs and i hope the audience left with strong understanding of what happened. Reflecting on myself, I have learnt what music lighting and costumes could add to an act and how to use specific objects to symbolise or foreshadow the events.

theatre

In theatre today, we had to create a theme for our skit. I loved how we couldn't speak which made us think more about movement and eye contact. We had to use a specific amount of space, so we had to work with the space we had which helped us build up new ideas and use space in different levels. Although there were some hard times where we couldnt all fit in the little square, we took advantage of all the space we could use. As i said earlier, we couldnt use dialog so we had to emphasize our movements and eye contact to convey our theme and our story. It was not easy, but it was fun!

ted talk

Watching the ted talk made me realise many things about storytelling which helped me make a connection to devising. Acting with no dialog using lights, eye contact and creating the mood using different background music emphasises our movements x10 more, making it more obvious to the audience about how we feel, what were doing, and set the setting. It makes the audience want to know more, makes them curious. All stories have a moral and the art of story telling is what leaves the audience with the moral. story telling helps us, break the ice, be more collaborative and more confident. with devising, its basically stories combined together creating a built up devised work. We could add music, movement, and also, a dance to create a greater mood and emphasise the climax in the devise work. With devising,  I need to effect the audience, maybe relate the story to them so they could put themselves in my shoes and feel for the moral of the devised work.

acting sunday

At the begining of class we had meditation which was really nice because it helps us focus and forget all our worries and problems. It helps us release all our stress and anxiety. I met many people that I didn't know. I started feeling more comfortable around class and talking to new people. I love how we all work together to makeup the story line of our 5 minute skit. We did many activities that helped me better understand movement and the power of eyes and how one look can tell your feeling and can foreshadow what you're about to do next. I find this class very helpful for my own life with being not socially awkward and more outgoing.

theater september 1

In the past class we learnt some new techniques and got into groups of 2 and created a "dance" at first when i saw the video it didn't seem fun but later while actually trying it it was actually really fun i enjoyed it and took risks with doing a lifting flip that i didnt think i could do it but i did so i learnt that about myself and also i learnt how important eye contact is and how it could make meaning to anything.