This friday we had a class of physical work, but this time it was different, or should i say harder, as we started working with a more advanced kind of physical work and trust exercises. We tried some more difficult lifting, which i didn't see so hard, but still... we had to do it perfect ( which we couldn't ).
To do this exercises we need coordination, control of our body, especially our centre of energy, and, of course trust, as we could hurt each other.
One of the exercises consisted of someone standing on his hands and being puled by someone else standing on his feet, to reach the other side standing, or to stay on top of the other one. That one i found easy, but the next one, in which we had to balance someone on top of us with out feet, i couldn't achieve.
The day before doing this exercises we saw a video about an actress that told her experience in physical training and revealed some her "her professional secrets", which we were supposed to take and put in practice, and i actually did found it useful for our physical training.
Is there a BEST way of doing physicall work or it depends on the actor and his body?
domingo, 27 de marzo de 2011
lunes, 21 de marzo de 2011
Drama IB year 1 blog summary
I entered drama a little bit late, but luckily i got accepted back in, and i wont regret the big mistake of changing. I have seen nicole's and matias' blogs to see more or less what we have done and now im going to do my own blog, sumarising what i hae done in the year.
ELIZABETHAN PRESENTATION:
I think that my presentation wasn't bad, but i do think i could had done it better, i reckon i didn't go deep enough with my research, and my pictures weren't as carefully selected as they should had been, but it wasn't easy to get really good pictures to go with my explanations, and i, will admit, was tired of looking for better pictures as i spent 20 to 30 minutes looking for them.
I could had used more sources, although 5 websites and 1 book was enough for me. I actually do think i could teach my subject and make other people learn what i researched about, im pretty confident about my information. But i AM DEFINITELY NOT the most brilliant in this subject.
I could had used more sources, although 5 websites and 1 book was enough for me. I actually do think i could teach my subject and make other people learn what i researched about, im pretty confident about my information. But i AM DEFINITELY NOT the most brilliant in this subject.
PHYSICAL WORK:
Las friday i had my best physical work in class, at first i had many doubts about what is was for, but then i started to realise that it was acually useful to prepare for an actor. They act of Breathing and concentrating on a center of energy is something i will have to work a lot in, as i have noticed i find it more difficult as my friends in class. But i think that with enough effort i will be able to achieve this.
When we worked on our bodies and trust exercises, we changed groups to work with everyone. I found it really easy to work with my friends bodies as my strength allows me to avoid trouble in that part, but i can't say that about all my friends.
Trust exercises are really important as they are a key factor when performing on stage. Because you are supposed to trust your body to the other actors, so there must be trust for it to work well.
SCHOOL PLAY:
The rehearsals for the school play have started. I'm really looking forward to it, and being in the first year of IB i will have an important roll on stage. I will really have to work hard this year to do my best.
Although the last week we didn't work much on the play, we are going from this week, as until last week we were still waiting for new people that wanted to come to the play.
I hope we manage to make a better play than next year, because there is no point in getting worse, we have got to get better each year.
domingo, 20 de marzo de 2011
"Sin titulo" from Yuyachkani
Today, March 20, we went to see the play "Sin titulo" from the peruvian theatre group Yuyachkani.
The play was about Peru's history, from the war with chile until nowadays.
This play was a really original one. It had a really innovative idea about having the public standing in middle of the stage while the actors performed on moving tables and changing costumes and spaces during the whole play. What made this type of play interesting was how they made you feel like you were inside the play, inside the time they wer representing and not just pat of the audience watching a play. Even as i think about it, i cant see anything that i disliked of this play. Maybe because they have changed it a bit over the years and made it nearly perfect. Could you do an adaptation of another play in this unique form of theatre or is that what makes this play so special?
The lights were very important in this play and very well used as they were used in every way to show important parts of the stage, where to focus on scenes, and also to drag away attention from actors that were changing. The lights are a big factor in this play, as also, apart from pointing to the main scene, they also blacken out the audience, so you dont get distracted by everyone else in the stage.
The costumes in the play were very real, they were really planned and convincing, and they varied a lot. I really felt like it had taken them a enourmous effort to get those costumes. The costumes were easy to define and i liked a lot how they could change of character by changing their clothes, they managed a lot of different characters and scenes with few actors, which i found admiring. But would it be better if actors and actresses had only 1 character and do it better, o they can get to the same level with all the characters they were representing?
What i liked most about the play was the fact that actors didn't speak much, actually they nearly didn't speak at all. But their body movements were extremely clear, and you didnt misunderstood anything, and this allowed you to be able to concentrate more on the details of the play instead of trying to listen to what they were saying. Another bit i really liked was how they started in a still picture around the room and ended the same way.
The scenery, staging and use of space was my favourite in this play. they didnt leave ONE SPOT empty. from the walls all around, to the flag in the roof and the guy int he typewriter on the window. they moved around during the whole play with moving tables and changing in scenes, and it was really, really a well used space in a whole new way of doing it. as they even interacted with the audience. How did they got to decide to use this idea? I dont really know how but we are lucky they did.
They also had a funny part, and a parody of peruvian politics. I found it really entertaining how they showed their hate for political big powers in a real fun way. Although i personally didn't know all the politic powers they were representing, the idea they were trying to transmit got to me really fast.
The play was about Peru's history, from the war with chile until nowadays.
This play was a really original one. It had a really innovative idea about having the public standing in middle of the stage while the actors performed on moving tables and changing costumes and spaces during the whole play. What made this type of play interesting was how they made you feel like you were inside the play, inside the time they wer representing and not just pat of the audience watching a play. Even as i think about it, i cant see anything that i disliked of this play. Maybe because they have changed it a bit over the years and made it nearly perfect. Could you do an adaptation of another play in this unique form of theatre or is that what makes this play so special?
The lights were very important in this play and very well used as they were used in every way to show important parts of the stage, where to focus on scenes, and also to drag away attention from actors that were changing. The lights are a big factor in this play, as also, apart from pointing to the main scene, they also blacken out the audience, so you dont get distracted by everyone else in the stage.
The costumes in the play were very real, they were really planned and convincing, and they varied a lot. I really felt like it had taken them a enourmous effort to get those costumes. The costumes were easy to define and i liked a lot how they could change of character by changing their clothes, they managed a lot of different characters and scenes with few actors, which i found admiring. But would it be better if actors and actresses had only 1 character and do it better, o they can get to the same level with all the characters they were representing?
What i liked most about the play was the fact that actors didn't speak much, actually they nearly didn't speak at all. But their body movements were extremely clear, and you didnt misunderstood anything, and this allowed you to be able to concentrate more on the details of the play instead of trying to listen to what they were saying. Another bit i really liked was how they started in a still picture around the room and ended the same way.
The scenery, staging and use of space was my favourite in this play. they didnt leave ONE SPOT empty. from the walls all around, to the flag in the roof and the guy int he typewriter on the window. they moved around during the whole play with moving tables and changing in scenes, and it was really, really a well used space in a whole new way of doing it. as they even interacted with the audience. How did they got to decide to use this idea? I dont really know how but we are lucky they did.
They also had a funny part, and a parody of peruvian politics. I found it really entertaining how they showed their hate for political big powers in a real fun way. Although i personally didn't know all the politic powers they were representing, the idea they were trying to transmit got to me really fast.
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