Thursday, Oct. 04, 2012

Some recent pictures from grade nine drama students at ODCVI performing``Juve`

Tuesday, Oct. 02, 2012 part B

one other link you might find useful:  the Terry Fox Story

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086427/

the news coverage for CBC ran something like this:


www.cbc.ca/news/background/fox_terry/

Tuesday, Oct. 02. 2012

Grade 9  ADA 1O

Getting ready to perform our first scene on stage is great fun... but takes way more time than you might think.

check out this youtube clip of a high school performance of "Juve".

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

Grade 10 ADA 2O

Terry Fox run was last week; this week, we put together our stage performances of "The Terry Fox Story" from the documentary movie.  Some people are probably going to cry, because this is such a sad story.

Jesse will bring his guitar to class on Friday, so look forward to some tunes.

possible field trips:

Oct 24 -- Stratford trip to see Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing"

Dec. 18 or 19  "Les Miserables"

Monday September 24, 2012

FYI:

ADA 1O  - great work on your quiz today.
ADA 2O - study tonight for your Actor's Voice Quiz tomorrow

ADA 1O:  we start our choral speaking unit tomorrow.  Alex and Sarah video taped some great footage of our puppet stories today.

ADA 2O:  Quiz and then, start work on scripts.

TECH      TECH      TECH     TECH

Anyone interested in a great tech training opportunity, check out Theatre Collingwood's new lighting course coming up in October.  Here's some basic information about it:

The course location is in Collingwood at Theatre Collingwood’s production centre at 65 Simcoe Street.

We would be happy to provide students with a Certificate of Completion signed by the instructor.

FYI, the course is being taught by Stephen Nixon, a lighting specialist with considerable experience.

Check the website at www.theatrecollingwood.com , you can download information and Stephen Nixon’s bio from the home page or, if you prefer, we can email it to you.

The class will be small so teacher/student ratio is excellent.

For registration, please  contact either Marian or Monica in our office.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any other questions.

Steven Thomas

Artistic Director

Theatre Collingwood

Classes run on Saturdays and Sundays.

September 20 2012

ADA 2O

work on the Actor's Voice assignment is due tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012

here's the assignment:

ADA 2O

Actor’s Voice Assignment

1.       Watch at least one of the following videos about actor’s voices.

a)      Voice actors from the “Simpsons”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5PafoEcTf8

b)      Voice actors from “Sponge Bob Squarepants”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV6dxaXcRA&feature=related

c)       Voice actors behind the scenes from “Transformers”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJKGAZO4beI&feature=related

d)      Jim Carey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EffPnse4WQs&feature=related

e)      A very famous actor impersonating another very famous actor:

Jim Carey does his Clint Eastwood impression.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaa28xicJDE&feature=related

f)       Mr. Bean in a speaking role:

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

g)      Scenes from “Whose Line is it Anyway?”  with Drew Carey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J1j4lgb0E&feature=related

2.       Choose one voice actor from any of the videos and check out other work done by that actor by going to www.wikipedia.org .

3.       After researching your voice actor, write two paragraphs about your actor.

In Paragraph One:  Tell:  Which video your actor was in. Describe the story or premise for the video.

In Paragraph Two:  Tell:   What appeals to you about this actor’s use of voice:  it could be that they

-          Are versatile,

-          -they can do great impressions of others,

-          -they are believeable,

-          -they have other talents beside just using their voice.

You should include at least three reasons that tell why this actor appeals to you.  Give details to explain what exactly you admire about this actor’s voice.

Create a Word file, where you will type your two paragraphs with an original title.  Include your name in the file.  Print and hand it in before the end of class.

Back to School, September 2012

Welcome to Drama class at ODCVI.

ADA 1O  grade 9 Drama
We covered Tableau this week.
Your Portfolio Covers are due tomorrow, Sept 07.  I'm looking forward to seeing them.  Some people  were already done today!  Caylee and James, congratulations on getting a head start on the semester.


ADA 2O  grade 10 Drama

• We welcomed new people and covered tableau, theatre terms and some fun games.

• Warm-ups included deep breathing, stretches and vocal warm-ups.
• Your presentation, "My Life In a Box" is due on Monday, Sept. 10.

June 16, 2012

Banting Memorial grade 9 drama students created masks for their commedia dell 'arte performances.

Later, we created a performance of "The Real Inspector Hound", using props and costumes.

This past week we staged our final performance, "Wrecked" on the cafeteria stage with lighting expertly done by Donovan Proulx.  Actors included:

• Quintyn Farrar and Donovan Proulx as  'Lyle'
• Caylin Frankland, Elizah McFarland, Marco Mupangulay, Roger Desjarlais, Cooper Braud, Brittany Lansi as 'Teens'
• Alli Doucet  as 'Buddy'
• Danielle Phekoo as 'Sharon'
• Ryan March as 'the Bartender'
• Dania Terry and 'Suzy'

with Hunter Hanselman as co-director

and  Susan Abu Middin and Kayla Brown doing backstage props and set design.

Congratulations on a wonderful performance.  An extra big thank you to all friends and family who came to watch our show.