Noh(Gender)-Project #3

I just finished fixing up my rough draft, adding pictures, and citing all my work. I really hope i did a good job on it. From doing this project I learned a lot of things about Noh. Even though I'm not Japanese  I really enjoying learned about Noh. One of the things that i really enjoyed about Noh is that there is a big increase in number of girl performers than in the past. It just shows that the community is more welcoming of female actors now. What also was pretty amazing is that some of the girls were able to mimic the voices of male actors while they are singing, which is probably the hardest thing for a female actors to do. What got me into Noh was that it was mostly about warrior heroes, if i was to see a Noh performance i will like to see one with demons and heroes and stuff, that would be very cool. Hopefully in the future i will be able to see a Noh performance.

What is Hip-Hop Theatre?

Hip-Hop theatre is the retelling of a story. It keep the important parts and with those parts they will make a whole different thing. Will Power said that there really isn't any new stories because it is always the same issue that have been around. I agree with this because even today, most of the movies and shows are based on the same thing, but are delivered differently. Hip-Hop theatre is very important about language. There is a lot of things you have to do while performing like: rhyme, dance, and even sing. When i saw that they use tracks of well-known artists that many young people will know, like Jay-Z or Ciara, in their plays i think that is cool. The audience will be able to relate to the music in the play. This seem like a very cool type of theatre. I find it pretty cool that they are able to take out the important parts of some stories and use them to create a whole different thing. I also liked how they try to use well-known artists tracks in there plays, it give me something to relate to when i hear the track playing.

What is Theatre To Me Now?

At the beginning of the course, I wasn't really into theatre. I thought it was boring, but after watching some of the plays like Emma, Proof, and the one with the dinosaur I'm really enjoying it now. I never thought that theatre can be this good. At first i thought it was like boring stuff that i like and nothing really weird about it, but i was wrong theatre can almost be anything. The three plays that i watched were all so different, one is about a love story, another about a female math genius, and the third one just got me confused because i didn't know what was going on. I think my favorite one is probably Proof, because it just shows that women are able to achieve things themselves. I really wanted to a see improv performance, there is one today, but i will be unable to make it because i have to study for finals. But next year i will totally look out for a improv performance, so i can watch it. At the beginning of the course, i was not into theatre, but at the end of it I really enjoy it and will probably watch more even after the course is over!

Noh-Gender(Women)-Rough Draft blog #2

I found a lot of new information about women Noh performers. Like i said in the first blog, i said it was pretty hard to find information about some Noh performers, but i was able to find some. It wasn't easy, it took some time, but what made it even worse, was that sometimes the information would be in Japanese so when it was translated it was kind of hard to understand. But i was able to figure it out. While writing the rough draft, it was hard putting everything together, but overall in the end i feel like it is pretty good. I still have to put some more information in, but I'll do it in my final draft. I also need to find some pictures for my paper, but i have a idea of what I'm gonna put.

Noh Theatre-Blog 1

Noh Theatre was a good choice. There were some parts where it was easier to find like basically information, women role in it, what the mask represent, and etc. But of course there was some information that was like impossible to find. It was like impossible to find any information about the women actors that i found. I tried looking them up, like the first professional women actor in Noh, but all i could found was a book. I tried looking up others, but once again i couldn't find anything about it. I will keep on looking and hope i can find something about a women noh actor, it will really make my paper a lot better.

Noh(Gender Role)~ Paper Subject

Noh is a Japanese theatre that took place in the 11th to 19th century. Most of the plays were focused around warrior heroes. Even though it took place back then you are still able to watch Noh plays today. The gender in most of those plays back then were men because women were not allowed to act in these plays. But recently more women have been trained in Noh and are able to act in Noh now. When acting in Noh the actors perform either as a male or female. They usually wear mask that represent them, which can be either a male or female.

Project

I think the most interesting piece of information learned from the videos today, was that the Blue Man Group was once street performers. I would never believe that a group that use to perform on the streets made it this big in Las Vegas. The group that did the Blue Man Group I think did the most creative way to teach us aboue them. They even colored themseleves blue and even shaved there heads for the project, that is dedication. What I also liked about their project was that they did not only do the project in the school area, but also went out into the streets, where the Blue Man Group orignated. What I learned about my project is that you do not need a script to start something, but all you really need is a subject. Also that not all theatre/movies need actors, but can make a movie from this facts and interviews.

Nonscripted Theatre

Reading about Nonscripted Theatre in Chapter 11 of the book really caught my attention. When i saw that improv was in Who Line Is It Anyways? it caught my attention because i use to always watch that shown when i was a kid, it was so funny. What i really like about improv is that nothing is prepared before and everything they are doing are just popping up in their heads at that time. I also like it because all the performances they do will be different and you will usually never see the same thing twice. Nothing is predictable in improv, you will always be wondering what will happen next. What i also like about Nonscripted theatre is the playback theatre part of it. I find it pretty cool, that they are able to recreate the past experience of a audience member only with a basic outline of it. Nonscripted Theatre seem very cool because you are always at the edge of your seat while watching it and it will never be the same twice.

Group Project #3

Today, me and my group did our scenes. I was very nervous about the my scene. I knew that my actors will do good, but I was scared of how the audience will like it. But overall the actors did really well, a lot better than i expect. It also seemed like the audience really enjoyed the scene. In the other scene that my group had, i felt like my other director also did a very good job. Her scene was very emotional and kept the audience attention. Everyone was very quiet during the scene, which really showed that everyone felt what was happening in the scene. One thing that i liked was one of my actors(the nervous one) played really well, he looked like he really was worried and just wanted to get out of there, which really made the scene. Overall they both did good in both scenes. I really liked this project because it got the class to use their imagination on the scripts and was very interesting to watch. I think my favorite scene was the one with the soldiers because they built up to the climax and really caught my attention during the whole scene. But everyone did really good on their projects and wish we can do it again in the future!

Group Project #2

After seeing all the other groups go, it had really made me think about my script and what i had earlier. I changed some stuff in my scene. I changed the robbery scene from being angry at each other from one being more worried, while the other is more relaxed and i think that will be better. The other director changed a small part of the scene, where instead of one of the character talking to a doctor, the doctor would be a friend who is crying. I feel like that made both scenes better and more believable. Even with these last minute changes, the actors really did the scene well during rehearsal. I hope the audience will really like these changes.

Group Project

On Thursday, me and my group members practiced our scenes. Jared and Ish really did there parts good at the end of the day. At first, they couldn't stop laughing, but after awhile they started to get more into character. They were to remember most of their lines. I also liked the way they acted out our scenes, they really did it well. I think they did the robbery scene better than the father and son one, but both were good. I know for sure they will just get better more they practice.

Favorite Actor

My favorite actor is Robert Downey Jr. I really like him because he stared in one of my favorite movie, Iron Man. He went to Stagedoor Manor, which is a theatrical training camp for ages 8 to 17. I don't believe that he did any theatre before, but i may be wrong. He grew up in front of the camera. At the age 5 he stared in a film, "Puppy", which was directed by his father.

6 words

Shy, Love Sleep, Kid at heart

Flash Mob

I have never done a flash mob before, but it was pretty fun. There wasn't much people at that time, but the people that were there was looking around wondering what everyone was doing. Some people didn't really care much. It was fun, but was kind of weird because people were looking at you weird. It also felt pretty weird just looking at my phone, while the alarm went off. Most of the people just looked for a few second and just kept walking. What probably made the flash mob more entertaining was all the people that did it, it seemed more normal. But if one person just did it, it would be more weird. I really enjoyed the flash mob and wish to do one again in the future!

Slamnation

SlamNation fulfills all four of the functions of theatre by:
Actors: While the poets are giving their poems, they were acting out what they were saying, was expressing themselves, and acted like a person that would fit into the story. They would not normally act like this in their regular lives. An good example of this would be Beau Sia, when he reads his poetry he express the story so much, he yells and acts out his poetry. But when he was just talking to the camera, he wasn't yelling and was just acting like a normal person.
Audience: The poets are giving their poems to a group of people/the audience who came to watch the poets. At the first part of the film, the audience of the New York judges were much easier in scoring, but at Portland the judges were more tough.
Space: The place where the contest was held was in Portland in a theatre i believe.
Story: Each of the poets tell a story about themselves or stories about the world it is now. Beau Sia, also tells a story about him at the gym and what he hears and sees at the gym.

Even though i only really talked about one person, everyone that participated in the competition did all of these. They each had different ways they wanted to act and different stories they wanted to tell. The only same things that each poet really had the same were the space they performed at and the audience that they gave their poetry too. I think Slam is very cool because when they are acting out what they are saying it is a lot more entertaining than just watching someone read poetry. I also like how much energy they put into there act.