What is Theatre?
Jan-Feb 2001 What is Theatre? At the beginning of the unit I didn't really know what theatre was, I suppose I had never really thought about it before, and had just assumed that by theatre people just meant the plays they performed or went to see. Throughout this topic though, I have learnt that its not just being on stage and playing your part, it how you play your part and the work and effort that goes into a performance and the exploration of the character you are playing. As we progress through the unit my perception of the word theatre changed greatly as I realised how much work it really was. The areas we worked on during this topic were, concentration, to do this we interrogated a member of our group. We looked at stage fighting and created a piece of drama involving this, we studied body language and character this is important so that the audience knows exactly what is going on and who you are. We also looked at movement, voice and ritual, which we explored in the form of a funeral. When we worked on the interrogation I was in a group with, Hannah Gess, Jennifer Routledge, and Sam Gore. We inqusitioned Sam, I thought this was quite a successful piece of drama because we all managed to keep straight faces throughout, even though the questions we were asking were completely unrelated and made no sense whatsoever. We weren't quite aggressive enough when doing this but
evaluation on stolen generation
GCSE Drama Year 10 Coursework- Evaluation: Stolen Generation For this last workshop our stimulus was to right a speech that Mr Neville presents to his officers about the plan of 'Biological Absorption'. We had to write a speech by him, but present it using the whole group. Part of the stimulus was looking at the themes of power, freedom and control. We used a range of strategies appropriate to the developing process of our work. In this piece of writing I am going to evaluate my group's devised work in as much detail as I can. The audience reaction to our piece was shock. The way we used the whole group in Mr Neville's speech was very effective. The officers were in a meeting with Mr Neville and everything Mr Neville said the officers would react on, however they way that the officers were linked into the speech was by Mr Neville controlling the characters movements as if they were puppets, that links to the stimulus of control. We knew this would have a big impact on the audience because it was an original idea and was performed very powerfully. The language that was used in our performance was very formal which was appropriate to the setting. The stimulus was a speech by Mr Neville so it had to be serious. It showed elements of power and control, Mr Neville would use his authority when asking the officers questions. The initial idea that the group came up with was
Brechtian Performance- Requirement
My group did the 'increase in obesity' .Our group used all of the listed requirements which created a 'Brechtian' play. However I think some of the techniques we used could of been used in a better way and could of been pushed. I think our group used the techniques well. However, tehre wasn't taht much thought on how offensive ours could be especially if we actually performed infront of someone who was obese, it could portray its self to be very offensive. I do believe that our group hadd a personal engagement with the audience as we used cards saying 'clap' and all speech was directed to the audience unless talking to the other actors, as we were acting 'America's next top model' the reality TV show. Some targets i've set myself are; think more on the audiences approach, who might my audience be, I think my character could of been pushed more, so i would work on my character and her approaches would be, like 'Tyra Banks' in the reality TV show. I thought my character was actually going to be quite comical aswell as the two contestants in 'America's next top model'. I thought the small comments i was going to make toward Tanisha playing 'the obese contestant; Tanya', however because of tanisha's character and Oliver's character being funny it wasn't such an issue. I think i need to think about what the audiences response will be towards what i will say and do. How i said
How to interview
How to interview Interviewing is an art form of intricate discipline that combines preparation and spontaneity in a potent mix. Like any art form, it's practiced so many different levels, depending on the innate talent, hard work, and creativity of its performers. At its best, what really takes place is an "inter-view"- a mutual process of looking inward( inter means " between" ). The success depends on first understanding your own internal views. The more self-awareness you cultivate, the greater the ease and skill you'll bring to the interview process. The word interview is derived from the French entrevue/entrevoir, meaning " to see one another". The tremendous opportunity available to find out about yourself through discovering other people, their ideas , and your responses to them can come from interviewing. Successful interviewing requires a basic foundation, advanced research, negotiating a interview, preparation, and recording. The basic foundation for any interviewer is to be able to communicate and listen. Communication is a learned process that never really stops once we initiate it. Communication is also a complex process among differently programmed individuals using an infinite variety of symbols-language being only one kind of symbol. To communicate successfully in the interview setting, both parties must be in a state of readiness, able to
Pure Evil: Humanly Impossible.
Pure Evil: Humanly Impossible In confidently stating that no human being, under any circumstances, would choose evil over goodness, Socrates believed that we are our souls. If a person is identified by their soul, then all actions he or she willingly performs are done so after carefully examining ones soul. Unless you look into your psyche, where lies the conscious self, you are not reflectively thinking. Socrates believed such a thing since he felt it was against human nature to desire what is ultimately harmful or evil for the soul. In other words, if a person acquired the knowledge to distinguish between good and evil, he or she would only perform acts of goodness voluntarily. Socrates makes such a bold statement by holding a strong belief against the human beings weakness of will. He did not accept the idea that people gave in to the evil side, but rather that they lacked sufficient knowledge, therefore the acts of evil committed were caused through ignorance. This assumption regarding the absence of a weak will makes it possible for Socrates to believe that no man voluntarily does evil. When someone appears to be doing evil or claims to be evil, this person is really doing what they truly believe is the better way to conduct. Since this false belief is due to the lack of proper knowledge ignorance can be put to blame, contrary to what some would view as
Influences on Montag in “Farenheight 451”.
Influences on Montag in "Farenheight 451". In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the main character Guy Montag makes a complete metamorphosis. He goes from hating books to loving them. He changes from a stolid character, incognizant of the activities in his surroundings, to a person conscious of everything, so enlightened by the new world he is exposed to. There are many stimuli in Montag's society that help him change. A major reason is the people in his life. The people who influence him to change are Montag's wife Mildred, his next-door neighbour Clarisse, and his boss, the chief of police, Beatty. The first personal influence on Montag is Clarisse. She is a very positive influence on him. Clarisse is the young, teenage girl, who moves next door, with her uncle, to Montag. Clarisse is classified as an odd person, but she is a very friendly girl. She loves to talk to Montag, ask him questions about himself, and she loves to talk about the world and its wonderful sites. She is also very perceptive which is shown in this excerpt from the novel: "...I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them, I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going...Or I listen at soda fountains...People talk about nothing..." (32-33). Clarisse teaches Montag to look around him, look at the people for who they
Analysis of newspaper article
Rebecca Kennils English Coursework Analysis of Connie Fisher article The article describing a day in the life of Connie Fisher has many purposes. One of the main purposes of the article is to give an insight into Connie Fisher's life and help us to learn more about her as a person. From the article we are able to learn about her daily routine and what a typical day is like for the competition winner, Connie Fisher. We are also able to see what type of person Connie Fisher is as her personality is shown through many aspects of the article. I think that the article is aimed at quite an intelligent audience as it comes from The Sunday Times magazine. I think that she expects her audience to be reasonably knowledgeable about the topics she is discussing as she makes allusions to musicals e.g. 'Mamma Mia' and expects her audience to know about them without an explanation. When the reader first looks at the article there are two main things that stand out Graphologically. One of these is the large speech marks. The use of the speech marks help to make Connie's story seem more alive and they back up the fact that it is Connie who has said this and this is really her. The other graphological feature is the picture at the top of the article. The image shows Connie Fisher lying across a piano. Connie is laying down in a relaxed way and it suggests to the reader that she is quite a
Her big chance
Her big chance Lesley is a young actress, who as other actors is trying her very best to make big time. Lesley tries to come across as being a caring, sensitive, and witty but professional individual. However as we discover in the monologue, she is actually a very insecure lonely person, who has created a false persona about her in order to succeed. The monologue is an extended dramatic speech, narrated from a single view point. The writer has written the monologue in this was so as to give Lesley the control over what readers envisage of her. As a result the audience are given an extremely subjective view of Lesley. The writer is able to manipulate the readers so as to force a image of Lesley on to them, yet also inviting the readers to form their own opinion of Lesley, from what is implied through the language used rather than basing our opinion on what we are unambiguously told. Lesley is quite apparently convinced that she is a socialist and someone who can explicitly talk to anyone she may meet. She says "Now my hobby is people. I collect people". She takes it upon her self to introduce her self to people who she considers to be "interesting". "So when is saw this interesting-looking man in the corner, next thing is I find myself talking to him". She sees her self as being someone who is genuinely interested in individuals, however in reality she is usually just
What do I know about HIV/AIDS and how it affects me!
What do I know about HIV/AIDS and how it affects me! 'What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs at night?', the lynx told this riddle. What does it speak of? This is the life cycle of a human being. If you think about it, a human is the only creature on earth that relates to this. Unfortunately, some humans don't even live that long, they are born to the world to die sooner than others. The question I ask myself is, 'why?' The answer to this question is simple; it is because of a virus called 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus' (HIV). The keyword is 'sex.' This is because HIV is primarily sexually transmitted. However, it can also be passed on through mother to child during pregnancy, medical personnel and even sharing needles. It is both sad and depressing to see the number of innocent men, women and children in this world who have been chosen to hold this ticket to death's door. It is not a punishment sent by God, but largely due to carelessness that these people have received HIV. Miraculously, a few people have been given a chance, to protect their lives as well as many others. Indeed, HIV leads to AIDS. A person who acquires HIV is in serious danger of not living long. The cells in their body can no longer fight sicknesses, even those as simple as the common flu. If an uninfected person has the common flu, it is just a matter of days or
According to psychologists, playing hard-to-get can be an effective technique for gaining and keeping
Information about the Literature-review Section The idea of "playing hard to get", which I interpret as a style of flirting meant to increase the significance of the individual by increasing the effort in the "chase", has been only presented in a few studies. One study which was quite interesting and provided many new insights on this subject was conducted by Walster, Walster, Piliavin and Schmidt (1973), in their study they conducted five experiments, all of which failed! They had the same hypothesis as I proposed, that a woman who is hard to get to go out on a date would be more valued by a man, rather than a woman who is easy to get. This was not true due to the fact that men simply get frustrated with these types of women, and do not want to waste their time on a woman who does not show the same interest that they have in them. What they found instead was that men were highly attracted to a woman who was hard to get for other men, but easy to get for them. What I interpreted from their results was that when a woman shows interest in a particular man, he will reciprocate those feelings for her if he knows that she has other options, in terms of other potential romantic partners. This makes her more desirable for the man. Walster, Walster, and Berscheid (1971) showed in their results that the act of playing hard to get was not an effective strategy for increasing one's