Millie's Marvelous Theater Thoughts

  In Growotowski’s piece, the emotion of the character is very embraced. The focus is mainly on how the character is processing the fact that her father was killed by her boyfriend. The shaking of the table was showing frustrated she is. Also, she was tearing. Screaming and shaking the table was her way of processing her grief. Growotoski wanted the audience to feel the emotions of the actor. The actor used slow movements to show her emotions. She drops down from the desk out of exhaustion and I also believe the relief of releasing her feeling. The tension of the piece is very harsh on the audience because they are understanding this awful feeling of grief and how she is coping through it. It can be seen as uncomfortable as well. The meaning is very powerful because the grief of losing someone important is very terrible to experience and she is expressing this through her screams and movements. She is transporting her emotion to the audience just by shaking a table. The atmosphere ...

  Jerry Grotowski believed that the actor should communicate throughout sounds and movements. The movement and sounds can truly express the actor’s emotions. He wants to break free from limitations and have actors have their full potential. The silence is also very effective. Especially at the beginning of every scene so audiences can contrast between no movement to very intense movements. He also believed our bodies truly express us without words. He liked to use a strong voice. In a scene actors should be one with each other. They should listen and understand one other. He also thinks they should transform an empty space to the setting of a scene. Also embrace the actor's memory. Peter brooks believed that the audience should feel the emotions of the actors. They should be sympathetic towards them. Also human connection is essential for theater. He also let actors explore their character by letting them decide who would feel in the moment. 

Brecht's version has more natural light and she is more serious and with no emotion. In the scene, she puts on makeup for the transition on stage instead of back stage. She takes her father’s money and ring which is the class and society aspects. The music in Brecht’s version is more upbeat than Stanislavski. In Stanislavski’s version the light is dark and her face is more emotional. Stanislavski’s version is progressing slowly while Brecht’s version is more sharp. In Brecht the actor talks as a narrator and then back into character. In Brecht’s version she is staring at us and in Stanislavski’s version she is more emotional and looks at the ground. The tension is present in both versions. In Brecht, the tense is more uncomfortable and weird because the actor shows no emotion. In Stanislavski, the tense is more sadness and calm. She is in sorrow and shows. The emotion is more shown in Stanislavski. The emotion is very sad and grief in Stanislavski. In Brecht, the emotion is more co...

  Brecht’s technique focuses on breaking the fourth wall. He talks about the little things you can add to a play. How the narrator changes the relationship between the play in the audience. Other one is the use of songs and music. Songs and music affect the mood and view of the moment. Also the importance of signs and technology for the audience’s aspect. Signs can focus the audience's attention on them. Using technology could help cause a scene to be more thought out. freeze frames can also add to the scene. Being frozen in time can really bring the audience to notice an unnatural moment in time. Artaud forces on the visual poetry. Visual poetry such as dance, movement, gestures, technology aspects and music. He believes his plays should be like a dream. he likes symbolic items, traditional interesting costumes, ritual masks with technology. Also he thinks shocking the audience can really pull the audience into the show mentally. He believes the play should be happening around the...

  The Stanislavski method is a technique to add creativity to the character in a play. The first thing you complete is going through your play and find all the information you are given thorough out of the play. This step is called Given Circumstances. The second step is understanding the new information about your character. Then to think about the possibilities the character encounters and how the character may react. This step is called Magic If. Then you should try to discover what your character’s goal is and what they want to complete through the play. This step is called Tasks and Objectives. Using these techniques can truly unlock the unknown about your character.

  Midterm Self-Reflection Name: Millie Class: IB Theater  Overall, how would you describe your experience in this class? I love this class because I get to explore my theater ideas and get to experience new theater aspects. I get to have fun and use my creativity to make new things.   What aspects have been easy for you?  I have done a better job of using my creativity. I also think the academic assignments I have completed I have done well.   What aspects have been challenging?  It was hard to really express my true ideas and thoughts. I need to be louder and try to be heard more by my peers.   What is one thing you have learned about your own theater-making so far? I learned that levels, lights, location and sounds can truly affect overall performance. It adds aspects that I did realize before.   What connections do you see between the things that you have explored in the course so far? Are there any overarching patterns or themes you have notic...

     Our final piece was interesting. I personally imagined our piece in a different way. I liked the meaning we were trying to portray. As a person with a few mental health differences, it was nice to do a skit about something I have experienced. Since I could really imagine our skit myself,  I tend to be bossy and stubborn to a point that I don’t like it when my idea is not heard. I thought that it would be interesting to actually be circling the person in the middle and either at the same time or individually ask “are you ok?” while still being in the circle. I personally believe that going on the platforms made no sense. If we did go on the platform to show that the person in the middle feels that they are small in the world, they should also be tiny. I thought as the shortest person in the group it made more sense that it was me in the middle. I truly think that way the thought that they are a small part of the world can truly come to life. Also when we circle t...