Saturday, October 30, 2010

Post #16 October 30, 2010

ADA 1O

"The Real Inspector Hound"

for a closer look at some of the characters in this play, check out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGu7xknjsI&feature=related 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRKYF90BmM&feature=related

this video is a promo created for a recent performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-u4YJz1P_Q&feature=related 

this final video has a slow beginning, but shows blocking of the stage  for a final performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zBVTycfvA

Sarah and Beth practicing stage combat.


Take a few minutes to watch these videos.  They will give you ideas about how to put your script together.

Veronica, Liam, Brook and Rachel on the bus to Stratford last Wednesday.






Brooke, Robyn and Kait.



Jaci, Emily, Marina, Oliver, Brian, Dylan and MacKenzie.



Ali, Christie, Jannah, Sarah, and Kayley.



Rebecca, Nolan, Colton, Ayla and Alicia.



Lilli, Airi, Emma, Steph, Sarah and Beth.



Nevan, Sara, Ashley, Holly, Rebecca and Ayla.



Landon and Mrs. Warder.


Everybody in the Avon Theatre lobby waiting to meet Rich Lee and TJay for our stage combat workshop.


Robyn, Megan, Jessica, Brooke, Steph and Miranda practicing stage combat.


Kait, Sarah, Veronica, Beth, and Liam.



Our fight instructors Rich and TJay showAshley how to fake a punch. 



Jannah, Ayla, Sarah, Colton, Jaci and TJay practicing  1 eye contact, 2. range, 3. target, and 4. intention. 




Marina and Kait.





Friday, October 29, 2010

Post #15 October 29, 2010

Any drama students looking for a wonderful opportunity for a future career in the circus....



2)  National Circus School:  Canadian Pre-Selection Tour

From October 31 to November 13, the National Circus School embarks on a pre-selection tour of some 20 cities, a cross-Canada quest for talented young people between the ages of 9 and 17.        

Today, we said good-bye to our Japanese students,  Airi and Ayaki.  Airi was able to attend the show, "Peter Pan" in Stratford with us on Wednesday :).  Ayaki gave me a wonderful good-bye gift and card.  I really appreciated having them both in class with us for the past 6 weeks.  All the best of luck to both of them as they travel back home.

ADA 3M:  rehearsals are going well for our Remembrance Day Assembly. People are getting along really well professionally.  Monologues have been memorable.  Jeff performed some final words of the leader of "The Doors" with great believability.  Karlene's "Fight Club" monologue was so suitable for her personal character.  Carlie and Courtney both performed heart-wrenching rants about boys; although they were quite different.

ADA 2O:  rehearsals have begun for parody performances of "The Three Little Pigs", "The Pied Piper of Hamlin", and "Cinderella".  I'm sure they will be wonderful.  They will take place next Thursday, Nov. 4 and Friday, Nov. 5.

ADA 1O:  the first work of getting into scripts for "The Real Inspector Hound" took place yesterday, with the dividing up of parts and people's early ideas about how these characters will operate on stage.  It should be a lot of fun.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Post #14 October 25, 2010

Wow! is it really the last week of October already?  Two more days until the field trip to Stratford!

Everyone must be at Park STreet in front of the main office ( near the flagpole) before 7:00 a.m. 

Please Bring:
  • snacks for on busride
  • ipods
  • cameras
  • $ for lunch and dinner ( likely $20 - $25)
  • your enthusiasm :)
we hope to be back in Orillia by 7:30 p.m.

People interested in attending Ryerson should read the following:

5)  Discover RYERSON on November 4 OR 18
 
At our full-day Discover Ryerson, students will meet professors and students from all of our full-time undergraduate programs, as well as representatives from Undergraduate Admissions and Student Services. Students attend an information session about the academic program that is of interest to them, speak one-on-one with Ryerson faculty, staff and students, and have an opportunity to take a general tour of the campus as well as the residences and athletic facilities. Group registrations are welcome!


ADA 3M:
Monologue performances last Friday were a treat!
Brian Webb's heart-wrenching show about bullying brought a tear to the eye.
Mike Moughton's personal monologue was sad and really kept the audience's attention.
Amanda Powell really took the highway to heros to the next level.
Oliver Nelson had us all convince he was a valley girl.
And Kait Osborne's rant about the false face of the music industry really rang true.  I think we all just wanted Kait to keep on talking.

Great job everyone!  I am really looking forward to more monologues this afternoon.

ADA 1O: 
Terry Fox Performances were amazing and definitely above average.  What a lot of team work!

ADA 2O:
I'm looking forward to stellar Fairy Tale Parody performances by the later part of this week.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Post #12 Friday, Oct. 15, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2xtoTgd-GE

This is just too funny.

Drama class has been amazing these last few days.

  • ADA 1O  Students in two groups did their first performances  of "The Terry Fox Story" on stage and under the lights for their fellow students.  Congratulations to all of you for taking the risk to be the  first to perform a fairly serious script.  I am really looking forward to more presentations on Monday.
  • ADA 2O Students are writing Fairy Tale Parody scripts that are getting funnier and more entertaining every day.  The next several days would be a good time to collect props and costumes you will need for your performances.  It will help to have all your "stuff" there when you practice.
  • ADA 3M Students in class were very professional by putting aside personal differences in order to make our Remembrance Day Assembly plans.  I can only say that I was impressed by all of you with your mature attitudes and the amount of work you already completed.  Wow!  The assembly is taking shape nicely thanks to everyone's hard work.  Yesterday, I dropped by the Orillia Legion and spoke to several veterens about coming out to Park Street to say a few words at our assembly.  More on that later.
Yesterday, we all got a treat when Oliver and Dylan played their accoustic guitars and sang for us in class.  After that, Mike M did a passionate performance of his slam poetry with the accompanyment of Oliver.  Brian put down some great beats and words which stopped everyone in their tracks.  His suggestion afterwards that we organize a talent show or coffee house was a good one.  Most people in class really picked up on that and if we do the time, space and permission homework, it looks like a few people will get involved!  Great stuff.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

post #11 Thursday, Oct. 07 2010

Yesterday's grade nine drama class (ADA 1O) was just amazing.  William MacKenzie Atwell did such a convincing stage performance of a sad, sad scene that he made some girls in our audience cry.  I think everyone was surprised by this event, and we are looking forward to more authentic acting from Will and his stage partner, Ali White.

If you are getting into the Halloween mood, here is a website for your make-up instruction...

Classical Theatre Project <boxoffice@classicaltheatreproject.ca>

The workshop for doing scarey make-up is detailed on this site.

ADA 2O:  people are writing their parody scripts this week.

ADA 3M:  class yesterday was an excellent day of collaboration and team- work as we all  got the Remembrance Day Assembly organized.  Thanks to:

* Carlie Archer for her practical ideas

* Dylan Taylor for being a  non-partisan director and finding a fair way to audition actors for lead roles

*  Beth Shaw and Emma Hutchison for recording things on the board

* to Emily Sharpe and Amanda Powell for their music video suggestions

Here is the list of cast and roles:
WWII scene i
                                 
soldier/ husband:         Brian W.
wife:                           Emma H
general:                       Jeff M
son:                            Mike M
soldiers:                     Nick, Emily, Courtney, Holly, Kate, Dylan, Amanda, Jerry

Afganistan  scene ii

older son:                  Mike M
younger son:              Jeremiah
soldiers:                    same

singing in a group song:
Emma, Holly, Ashley, Steph, Beth, Brian, Mike, Jerry, Jeff, Amanda, Nick,

Director:  Karlene S
Sound Tech:  Kate O
Music:    Oliver, Kate, Holly , Dylan
Lighting:   Puneet
Script writing:  Carlie A.                                

Monday, October 4, 2010

#10, Monday, October 04, 2010

PSCI   Drama:

ADA 1O

Class comments on "Juve" performances:

Park Street Collegiate  ADA 1O
“JUVE”  Comments
October, 2010

I think if we had more time or another chance we would add  more actions when we have nothing to do.

I wish had the opportunity to perform this script.  I really enjoyed it.  It would have been very fun and a great experience.

I enjoyed everyone’s skits and I would prefer if we all did different groups.  We enjoyed working together as a team and I really think it helped put the play together.

The last group to perform “Juve” did a very good job.  It was funny and they had used very good expression.  I liked the way they used expression and the way they acted it out.  It was a very good performance.

I loved how Robyn’s group came up through the aisles, they worked well together and projected their voices so you could hear them.  They were very organized and well put together; it flowed better than the others.

If I could do our performance again, I would add more sound FX.

Some groups in the other people’s plays were able to use the boxes on the stage and they spoke very clearly.

I liked Megan’s group because they really choreographed the play.

If I could do the play again, I would add more awkwardness between Michael and his dad, since his dad is in jail, I guess it would’ve been more interesting to watch.

I think we should have acted out the hockey scene.

If I could do this again, I would have some action in the opening song and in the report on hockey.

If we were to do it over, I think we should have acted out the hockey scene.

I liked “Juve”.  I liked it because it brought everyone together as a group.  I liked how Christie’s group used the actions in the song and the hockey speech.  I liked how the script was open-ended so we could interpret how we thought the skit should be.

I liked how Coleton’s group re-enacted the hockey scene.  This made the scene more interesting.

The thing I did like was that it had humour and in a way it was really fun, mostly because I love to act or sing, and just generally be on stage.

What I liked about our play was that we all said the cheer together and we ran up at the start like we were running around the audience and we were pretending to play basketball and then we did pushups.

My favourite part was the hockey part and when we were all playing stuff at the beginning.

Michael and his group were creative though, I thought their play was the best.  It was humourous and comedic.

I liked how Robyn’s group entered doing the theme song.  They used the audience and had enthusiasm when they did the theme song.  This play was really fun, and I can’t wait to do more.

I really liked how Sarah’s group acted out the things really well… like when the hockey speech was being read and at the beginning when the song was being said.

I liked how Jaci’s group sorta sung a couple of lines.  That made it seem creepy but cool.


ADA 2O
Today group members created at least 8 scenes for their parodies by storyboarding their most important moments.  Storyboards were a collaborative assignment and were handed at the end of class.  Tomorrow we start to write scripts with funny dialogue.

ADA 3M
Drama work:  last week we reviewed the use of the voice.  This week, we incorporate more warm-up activities for vocal as well as physicalization.  We also will work on basic script components for our Remembrance Day assembly.