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Mobile Notes

  Messages The lines between social classes are blurry Everything and everyone has a class background Having to prove our worth Make parents proud Notes Mobile is stage Writing on the wall before objects speak  Fast talking Photos to show thoughts of character Sounds from memories overlapping her speaking When lights went out for photos to appear behind character fast movement and sharp movement When light come back up and end of photos normal movement Objects lights up when talking The objects are talking about their background Maybe character’s imagination Windows are videos of the outdoor and shows the mobile moving Objects have their stories Character reads magazine when objects talk Objects from childhood Houses in cabinets symbolize the mobile is house even if it is on wheels When light are off and photos in the background character acts out each word Discusses the hardships of childhood Video of moments on tv Characters acting with the audience I believe that Mobile ach...

The Paper Birds

 The paper birds are theater company made in 2003. The company exercises on direct meanings, motion, personality, the tale, and revealing method. They focus on social and political aspects. They wanted cause difference and development. The exercises for direct meaning is realism and exploring another parts of the story. For movement they think about the physical action causing another physical action. For character they think about time significance. For revealing method, the practice being in and out of character. What is new to me is thinking directly about being in and out of character. I think it is interesting how they think about direct meaning of the words. I think that the thinking of realism and focusing on other parts of the show can impact my work in the show.

Movement Performance

  This project we did theater caused me to have a lot of emotions. After watching The Things I Know be True, we got to find song lyrics that connected to the emotions in the play. I just liked this because I love music and instead of finding random quotes I felt passionate about finding the right song. The big theme was about change in the play. When I thought about songs about change one song came to my head, Change by Jayden Bartels. Jaden Bartels has been my inspiration for a while now. I love this song because I get to hear her talk about how change is different and hard to deal with, I truly felt not alone in the same situation. She also expresses that change is ok in the end, which is meaningful for me. I knew to give off the same theme as the play so I chose the perfect part to do my movements performance to. Kamden was the first one to direct his lyrics and movement. We got to explore our own movements and thoughts to his skit. When it was my turn I was nervous to be too st...