Commedia Dell'arte reflection.

Today on class we were interpreting the different characters that compose a commedia dell'arte. First we started interpreting Il Zani which is a stupid character is very curious about everything and as you said it has a strange pose and everything is guided by his nose, his entire body is guided by the nose. It was very fun to interpret this character, it can be dum but it is not easy at all to interpreter him because it has to be very close to the people and needs to have a very strong sense of humor.
After we interpreted the lovers which are characters whit a strong sense for love and passions, they are characterized because they wear fashionable clothes are young, graceful and attractive they are also in love with themselves and are sincere characters. We as a class try to develop them in a good way but it wasnt easy because people werent comfortable with the concept but at the end it was all good and in my concept it was better than the zanni, i didnt like the zanni because it was a complete mess and no one was able to interpret it in a good way

Presentation for GIN.

As we were practicing today, chatting and commenting on different ideas we came with solid opinions for the presentation. This presentation will not be long but considering this fact we really have to make an effort to plan a good presentation and show people that theatre can be represented in many ways no matter the lenght or the topic of the presentation if is solid and has a strong message in our case will be the issue of human rights. in class we came with good ideas we were also applying the technique of freezing while acting.
at last we choose the best monologues in class to develop them in GIN connecting some of them to get a more precise and concise idea so we can show the message in a clear way. Finally we hope people get the message of our class, but we have to accept that present in ten minutes and get into people mind is not easy at all. they have been extraordinary films that have been forgotten so a presentation of ten minutes is hard, hopefully we get into people mind and leave them a message.

Journal reflection on monologues.

This time in class we were able to see our classmates present thier monologues. This was a very special class because we understood our classmates characters and what and why were their inspiration to do them.
it was a very powerful class. i learned a lot about my classmates and i was a able to see their point of view and opinion in the principal topic of this monologues human rights.they were a lot of creative monologues but i have to tell that in some of them we have to improve counting myself how to expose it and get to people in a stronger way. i have come with this idea that while you were abscent we dindt know exactly what to do and we dindt have a guide or someone supporting us. im expecting to develop my monologue on a better way with your help so i can act and give the strong message that i have to people and as well have a good grade but my main point is to go into people mind with a strong idea.

Global issue monologue. Freedom

I want FREEDOM, a freedom which I can use in this lonely island that they have left us, me and other seven every day we are trying to survive in a different way, something to eat and every basics that we the human race need to survive even though we don’t look like humans anymore we have turned into a weird but special group of people. Once I thought about killing my partner because I haven’t found anything to eat. Every single thing in my heart grows dark and cold, hate is everything now for me, I’ve forget about everything my life here is only looking for everyday survival. I feel locked up as an assassin who I’m not. There’s been night that I haven’t sleep not because I don’t want to but ,because I can’t my heart and my mind are not able to rest in this period of darkness. Is depressive that I already thought of suicide in my mind at this point I want to slit my wrist and end this bullshit.  I’m so miserable right now that even death is not calling me anymore, no one wants me. The light of the sun gets stronger everyday and water is almost over I’m suffering here while this people play with my soul, my heart and my freedom . I’ve become into an animal and as fact I will not talk anymore. I’m sick of everything right now but I hope no more people are being sent to this island because they are expressing their ideas in a free way.

Great monologue

Great monologue by Al Pacino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmp3Ve2cuUM&feature=related

Dramatic monologue

Dramatic monologues play a very importnat role in theatre and other arts what ive researched the main priciple controlling the poets choice of what te speaker says so the reader can be interested in what the monologue is about and what the speaker is saying. The romantic poets are characterized to be one of the most importants in this genre, they play with psychology of the people and goes int people mind that they really have to think and try to understand  in a way how do this artists work with people mind. dramatic monologues are a great way to see poets point of view the y really come into you and make you feel bad when  the character is feeling bad it is as you feeling bad, people really go into it and it can become a serious problem. So it is a very strong way to come into people mind and a great way to show different points of view.

Impro in class

Since the begginig because i am a very quiet and shy person i was not happy at all, but then as the impro games went on i was enjoying as no one else i was really into it, i know that my attitude at first was not the best but is because the reason i mentioned first, this is my first time in a drama and theatre class but as the class goes thru the year i will for sure get the flow and leave some of my quiet and shy aspects behind, hopefully those changes come early so i can be more participative in class and attentive as well, because there are so many important and interesting topics in the class that i would love to learn in the better way possible, because i am an active reader who consider art a very important aspect in life.

Reflecting on Lysistrata presentations.

When i first heard that we were going to do some presentations about the play i thought everythings was already cleared and that we already knew the play in all their perspectives, but then i start reading and searching for different points of view of how differetnly the people can see a single play and how many meanings it has. Then i understood how important was to present because you see other people point of view and  how different we see things, so when you said to present or act in a modern old or anyway we as a class saw hoy many point of view there is in people of the same school, with the same education....very intersting, at last the presentation came really well.