review responses

In consideration to the responses that i managed to read and see I noticed that of all things we left an impression on the audience. For the most part, people got that we intended to get a theme across to them and that we managed to make them think about the problems that are proposed in the script. further more the design elements that we were in control of all seem to have positive reviews, however the style of Brecht may have been lost on some of the people. I personally am not sure about the reviews that we got on paper, as most of them were lax to none in regards to constructive criticism or of what we did well. not to say we got none, but that there could have been more. The responses to lighting were quite positive with the most memorable criticism was that the lighting was not fully brecht, but they did not know that, that was intentional.

nancy kim

                Theatre is not just acting it is everything if acting doesn’t work out backstage can. There are many faucets of theatre and many aspect people can focus on. One way to learn the play and create the play is to go scene by scene and perfect a scene before moving on to the next. Takes a long time and regardless if in the scene one must still be present. It is good know all aspects of theatre regardless of your profession in theatre.  Brechtian theatre cannot be done anymore we can only take in elements of brechtian theatre.

Our production had less cohesion in the elements. We need to exceed what we consider high school and aim for professional. Reca out of smoke, fly us out? Reason for everything, try not hide as much.

Robereo  La pashe- big cheese in theatre, take a lot of different media aspects and extend the possibilities of the performance

Robert Wilson-abstract weirdness , stillness and focusing on moments suspended in time that can be observed. He saw a difference between useless hands as I call them to standing with a purposeful stance.

Second god

Second god is a very bitter god in a way, he is one of the gods who still believe that if they look they can find goodness but is more easily down-heartened and plays devils advocate, he will always doubt and look for cause for doubt as seen when he noticed wang's false bottom, but this works with the group in contrast with meek third and optimist first. a way to look at him is like a grandfather who is tough but fair, he loves you but wants you to grow strong and as such he is tough on everyone in a strict way. he himself is tough as seen with the whole more spiders fewer flies, he doesn't like excuses either made by him or others, and he expects the best from a good soul and will not tolerate lax on shen te's part, as he was very upset with shen te's lack  of paying the carpenter and how the cousin is causing her to stray away from her goodness. he is also very practical as seen when he talked about the floods and how it was the humans lack of action rather than their lack of faith in the gods.

The second gods relationship with the first god is that the first god is wiser and the leader and the second god knows this and accepts/ respects this but when something he feels must be done he will voice his opinion and swing the conversation to his way of thinking, and keep the group on track on to the rules of godliness. he honors rules a lot but the fact that he is willing to forsake the rules in favor for the decision of giving money shows how much he respects the first god.

the second gods relationship with the third is a bit more abraisive, for the third is much more milder and timid and is more open to breaking the rules set forth  by the divines. this would put these two gods at ends and be more like two vastly contrasting ideals of the strong orderly second and more fun more chaotic third with neutral first.

his relationship with wang is one of a more non existant one he actively chooses to ignore him but that is not to say he is not listening and watching wang, for the 2nd god does not trust wang. he pities wang and his attempts to persuade the gods in that there is a good person in sechzuan.

plays acted in
last days of judas iscariot

plays watched
the odyssey
gullivers travels
black watch

set elements helped in
Artifacts- helped build set and paint props

IB Y2 play arty facts artifacts

I was very interested in this particular ib, play due to the fact it was written by the students, how they did with their small amount of people who were actually taking the class. I enjoyed and admired their use of colourful lights and hiding some elements of the stage before revealing the art underneath. the play also did a good job in transitioning into the dream and dystopian elements. the use of children was a brave and worthwhile as it supplemented the play and yet did not take away from it. the story was  very cleverly thought out and had a clear message they included to convey their opinions about art and our own individuality. I think that they did a terrific job and managed to successfully create a play from scratch that deserves more recognition around this school.

btb

ground plan- visual representation of what will be done
concept statement- the vision of the designer in a sentence to a page- what do you want to convey what feeling do you want the audience to enjoy

pitch plan

for lighting we plan tohave the people do the following as our focus:
Sabrina - 
1.Research of the time period or concept:
- magazine clippings 
- pictures from books
- written description

Kevin -
2.List of all changes of day and other signified lighting changes within the script
6.Description of the mood and tone of the play as a whole and in each scene or section that will be used to create the lighting scape

Peter -
3.Simple plan of where lights will go, lighting areas and what type will be used ( use the scenery designers ground plan for reference)
5.At least 5 special light areas besides those needed for general wash and front

Justin -
7.Description of why all decisions were made/ Explain vision

Gel and gobos will be covered by everyone here and there.
(taken from facebook)

also what we aim is to supplement our powerpoint presentation with maybe an idea collage and any other physical and visual representation of our vision and any solutions to problems we may face in the placements of light