Class 3

Well today was a warm up much like last class. Physical activity, stretching, ABC's and 123's, and captain on deck. We didn't do any vocalization today but we did try something new called stage direction. Which as you can guess, is learning stage directions. Because stages were once tilted the actors had to walk upstage to get to the back. Which is why the back is upstage and the front is downstage. The point of view is from the actors as he/she is the center of attention. Rules 1, 2 and 3: LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME.

Moving on...

We played the name game again *BANG. Now this might seem silly that I hadn't thought of this until half way through the game but uh, a little preparation never hurts. If you look to your left and right and have their names ready, you don't have to overly think on the spot. Now, to apply to next class. Next game: Throwing the ball and passing the number. These were based soley on eye communication. Probably to emphasize the 1,2,3 look at me rule but also how much you can say without saying anything at all. Finally the last game we played was alien invasion, or something of the sort. This game made you act out a certain emotion you were feeling such as sadness, happiness or anger. One person was a human and by a handshake could make another replica human but if caught.. okay blah blah this is kind of hard to explain. Moral of the story you got to be sneaky, act and make loud annoying yelling noises. Fun game!! Lets play this again!!

Wow, we played a lot of games today. Granted there was a purpose behind most/all the games it was still a blast to play them. We did however do a little bit of history in the classroom, note to self: add to theatre history. We ran out of time and couldn't preform our amazing picturization piece, so hopefully we can do that next class. I suppose that sums it up.

suzy out

Second class

What a class! I remember hating my drama in high school because 80% of the class was theory, which meant minimal time for acting. This class is 20% theory and 80% being involved and learning through action. With that said, I actually found the theory today pretty neat. I've spent a few months in europe, 3 weeks focusing on Greece. Touring around Athens I learnt a little about the history and early theatre. Listening to Jeremy talk more detailed about the types of theatre made me feel intrigued.
Okay, moving on to the days breakdown.
What did I do? What did I experience? How did I feel? And my reflection on the class...
The class started with again the weirdest warm-up ever, shaking all body parts and letting loose. I now see that this is a purpose, which is basically to leave your attitude at the door and enter a new "world" where you can be silly. We moved on to play a mixture of ABC's (essentially forming groups of 2-4 to create different lettters through your body form) and captain on deck, which was played last class. Side note: I got 2end place. The new game was driving the bus. The driver was to guide the bus (who was a person with their eyes closed) by simply tapping the person infront. Now this game taught the class that communication can get all mixed up and sometimes our bus can crash into someone else :). As a guide this was pretty fun
Classroom time! Talking about the origin of theatre and how it has evolved over the years, very slowly I might add. The different types of theatre, with a focus on greeks. All of this will be covered later in my theatre page, so I'm not going into detail on that. Side note again: I now have pages figured out.
And lastly, back in the theatre to create a still picture play. As a group we created 5 still images that tell a story. In this case it was of myself falling when recieving an award... we didn't get to preform it, so sorry if I gave it away. Each still scene last a couple seconds and the lights go black temporarily and come back on again for another still picture. I belive this is called "picturization". Anyway, our group was awesome and we had loads of fun creating it. Now next class we will present it and I can officially call myself an actor, can't I?

My first class

Well setting up this blog has been interesting. I'm still trying to figure out how to add pages but I think I'll figure it out.

Day one was pretty cruisey. There was a kind of uncomfortable vibe and everyone was trying not to look like an idiot at the beginning. By the end of the class everyone was relaxed and having fun. We started off doing some stretches and a little physical activity. I think I pulled a muscle it was so intense ;). The class also did a little vocal work, trying to say a bunch of riddles. We took a break and moved things into the classroom to do a little "house keeping". The class sounds interesting and I was feeling a little excited to see how it will all unfold. From there it was games to get to know and become comfortable with everyone in the class. The goal was to associate names with actions, ie: starfish suzy, kicking kasey. I thought this was pretty fun and helped me learn and remember many names. After that we played captain on deck. I wasn't the greatest at this game but I wasn't the worst either. Overall the class was pretty fun and we got dismissed early. I guess today my biggest worry was, I cant have a coffee until 9 30 am! Haha I guess good ol' fashion activity will help wake me up.

testing 1-2

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