Thurs. Nov.29 2012

ADA 1O

here's a sample of what we did in class today:

 <a href=http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/6080574/2012_Darma    

Wordle

and

 

Prezi

are the software programs we worked with today to prepare for our presentations this coming Tuesday.

Thurs. Nov. 29 2012

ADA 2O

Comedy ?  :

Day 1:  Risk  - what is it?  who takes risks?
What does risk have to do with comedy?

Movie Review Notes

Screenplay

Title:_______________­­­­_________________________________________

Genre:_________________________________________________

Audience:________________________________________________

Interest:_____________________________________________

Length:___________________________________________________

Production:

Producer:_________________________________

Director:__________________________________________

Actors: (how well they portrayed the characters they were playing)

Lead Male(s):_________________________________________

Lead female(s):_______________________________________

Supporting male:_______________________________________

Supporting female:____________________________________________________

Camera Work:

Shots:________________________________

Angles:_____________________________________________________________

Movement:__________________________________________________________

Editing:

Transitions between scenes:_________________________________________________

How passage of time was handled:_______early morning scenes / late night scenes  _____

Sound:

Sound Effects:________________________________________________________________

Music:_______________________________________________________

Other technical aspects:_________________________________________

review film "Liar Liar" with Jim Carey, a great Canadian comic artist.

watch for:  types of comedy embedded in this film

think about:  what jobs would you like to do if you could help create this kind of entertainment?

Thursday, November 29, 2012

ADA 1O

mini research assignment:

research in library:  Wed. and Fri November 28 and 30
learn to use 'wordle' and 'prezi' :  Thursday November 29

presentations are due:  Tuesday, Dec. 04

here's the assignment:

ADA 1O1

UNIT six:  Theatre History

Mini Research Assignment

To complete this assignment, you will choose one topic from the list provided and spend two days in the library collecting information.  Then you will talk about your topic to the class for about 2-4 minutes.

 Your marks will be earned with the way you use your time, the research you do, and your

                                                splendid  brief   presentation.

Work Schedule:

Friday:  *choose a topic ( one topic will be covered by  no more than three people)

                                * pairs/groups of people who like to work together will get individual marks

                         

Tuesday:          Prepare for Research:  complete green sheet telling what you already

                        know about your topic

Wednesday:   * use book and internet resources in the school library to find out more about your topic.

·         record your sources of information on the yellow sheet.

·         You must have a minimum of four different sources ( at least one must be from a book or encyclopoedia)

·         You are welcome to begin with an encyclopedia and then move on to Wikipedia

·         Your topic may be changed if you are unable to find enough sources, but you must check with me.  This is the final day that you can change your topic for this assignment.

Friday:        * use the school library for any other research that you require

·         complete a brief one-page summary of information about your topic covering:

·         Who / What  / When / Where / Why / and How

·         IF you require a light projector to present your work on Monday, please let me know about that on Friday, so that I can make sure to have it set up in our classroom, or book the SmartBoard in the library.

·         Anyone creating a powerpoint presentation must bring in their project on a memory stick or save it in their student drive at school.

Tuesday:      presentationsJ!!

Evaluation:         pre-research complete (knowledge)               /8

                        List of sources (thinking)                                            /6

                        Use of time (application)                                            /6

                        Presentation (communication)                                    /10

                        Total                                                                            /30

  

Topics

1. Shamanism                                                      45. Neil Simon
2. Dance                                                              46. Hispanic American Theatre
3. Ritual                                                              47. Ntozke Shange
4. The Storytelling Tradition                               48. August Wilson
5. Origin of Greek Theatre                                  49. Caryl Churchill
6. Golden Age of Greek Theatre                                    50. Kenneth Branagh
7. Roman Theatre                                                51. Julie Taymor
8. Sanskrit Drama                                               52. Wendy Wasserstein
9. Theatre in China
10. Peking Opera
11. Hroswitha and Hildegard
12. Origin and types of Medieval Theatre
13. Noh Drama
14. Renaissance Set Design
15. Rise of English Drama
16. Shakespeare
17. Commedia dell’arte   / Goldini vs. Gozzi
18. Kabuki
19. French Neoclassical Theatre
20. Moliere
21. Spain’s Golden Age of Theatre
22. Masques
23. Restoration Drama
24. Theatre in America 1752 – 1800
25.  Bernard Shaw
26. Ballad Opera
27. Laughing Comedy 1770’s
28. Melodrama
29. German Romantic Drama     / Georg Buchner  / The Meiningen Troupe
30. Hendrik Ibsen
31. Sarah Bernhardt
32. Emile Zola
33. Edmond Rostand
34. History of Special Effects in Theatre 1700  to today
35. Anton Chekhov    / Moskow Art Theatre
36. the Arrival of Cinema
37. Constructivism in Russia  /  Expressionism in the early 1900’s
38. Rabindranath Tagore
39. The Abbey Theatre and   Gordon Craig
40. Laurence Olivier
41. Epic Theatre
42. Samuel Beckett  / Tennessee Williams  / Arthur Miller  / Thornton Wilder
43. Broadway Musicals

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Monday, November 26, 2012

ADA 1O:

" A Midsummer Night's Dream"  --great  work with your performances on Friday and today.  Congratulations on a fine job with a challenging script.


ADA 2O:

I'm looking forward to your performances tomorrow of " The Real Inspector Hound" complete with sound effects, costumes, props and memorized lines.


People wrote in their recent journals about the importance of memorization.

Why memorize?

• better eye contact
• better facial expressions
• you can put a lot more emotion into it
• you can focus
• you say your lines accurately
• you can remember your actions too
• it makes the production believeable
• it makes the production run smoothly
• it holds the scene together
• you don't look like an idiot

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Real Inspector Hound

ADA 20  grade 10 Drama students at ODCVI – this is your next mission –

Check out these youtube versions of the murder mystery parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdoYFF8idg 

This version uses set pieces and props, along with full costumes to create a mood of British mystery.  Note the dead body laying partially concealed by the chesterfield/couch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZvKp5ZZwj0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GxRKYF90BmM&NR=1

Check this article:  a theatre critic’s review of a stage production of “The Real Inspector Hound”    http://www.inkpot.com/theatre/05reviews/0721,realinsphoun,fl.html

A fact-filled report about the play, and the playwright, Tom Stoppard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Inspector_Hound

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

ADA 1O

get ready for your performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'  - Pyramus and Thisbe. Performances will take place Wed. and Thurs. Nov. 14 and 15 -- 


ADA 2O

Congratulations on your excellent performance of our school Remembrance Day Assembly.  Good job, Bonnie, Tia and (Brayden) singing along with Jesse playing guitar.  Great job, Ashton and Sunny for getting the questions out there.  Thanks to Sage, Chris, Robert, Cassidy, Jon, Jojo, Tabbie for doing a wonderful job with their speaking parts.  Special thanks to Austin, Robert and Riley for standing solemnly at attention during the entire assembly.  And thanks to Justine, Jaslyn and Holly for finishing up really well.  Outstanding singing by Abby and Cassi along with the vocal  ensemble.  Good job everybody.

Today we begin work on scenes from "The Real Inspector Hound.

Thursday, November 08, 2012

ADA 2O:  Grade 10 Drama


Remembrance Day Assembly tomorrow morning at ODCVI during period 1 and 2.  Come wearing black and meet in the large gym.  Do not go to your home room classes.  Be prepared to focus and present a respectful assembly .

Mrs. S.