Telephone- Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce.

Saturday 13th March.

So today we went to watch four puppet shows and only one word can describe my feelings towards it. BORING. jeje.... out of the four only 1 could be .. decent, (in a paralel world were digimons rule over humans... but yeah...decent).

As the puppet show was aimed at children it was a very interesting "PLAY" to watch and see how the children reacted to it so we could learn stuff for our play. My observations:

1) The audience's seats were divided into two sections, at the back (chairs) for parents and in front puffs and a carpet for children. Before starting girls walked around the children talking with them making them comfortable and all as creating the bonb needed for a play to start.

2) Laughter is the main purpose of a childrens play I think. Well, children laugh about anything but mostly of the bad things that happened. SO, CALAMITY AND BAD LUCK (golpes, caidas, planes frustrados) = laughs= attention of audience. gotit.

3)As my seat was in between the children I could feel how the felt. First i notice that watching at the same thing opened conversation between them. (proving that theatre has a social purpose) as well as i noticed that if someone says something the next kid will do the same. so, if one laughed everybody else did.

4) Effects, i liked the visual effects like for example the smoke as well as when the fox jumped the actual puppeteer also jumped making the floor tremble (good).

5) You could clearly see the difference between a show for kids and one for adults (1st and second) the jokes, tone everything was different.

6)Interaction with audience. the children could scream shout laugh and the puppets will have to react with the childrens reaction! so improvisation was needed.

7) It was funny how the first show had barely no dialague but was the most attention catcher, while the third one had no voice but it was boring as hell.why was this? would it be different if the third play was first instead?

NOW, the show became borinng and boring each minute that passed, so i wonder was it because of attention spam? or ... was it because of the play. I'm sure if a kid could stay focus 30 mins per chapter on a tv series it could stay for a play....right? I wonder, how can we make a children prefer to watch our super heroes play instead of tv? will costume, scenery and props make it more appealing for children than actors intention? do they reaaly understand plays (because dthey don't understand eglish) or are they the prob look the play as pictures? AND A VERY IMPORTANT IDEA THAT WE MUST KEEP IN MIND: "CHILDREN MIGHT BE YOUNG, BUT THEY ARE NOT STUPID".

Fireflies - Owl City

Today we presented a very short scene during assembly period. It was a serious thing and it required a lot of concentration..... BUT the public laughed. Before the thing i was not nervous, during and after not at all (it was the first time in front of people and not nervous... funny huh?) but i was angry. What went wrong? they laugh. maybe because they were children that laugh. so that mean that we need to make the same thing in the School play in order to capture the attention of children? laughter is the key? well my sister got the idea that we were shadows of rosaura or something like that so I know that she was fully concentrated on watching us perform. ... i think overall the white costumes were good against vale so. good.

Is the intention of the play lost because of the audience laughing? how much do you keep to yourself when your suppose to make them reflect and they laugh (i mean ...you want to stop so you do less obvious the thing that you are doing so they don't laugh?) ...matame.

Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

Hello Hello AMIGOUS!

I’m kinda sad because this entry, as the title suggest is my “last First Hello” of the year, thus it is considered as a Hello Goodbye right? Anyway! Today (wed 3^rd march) was my first IB year two theatre class and it was something that I missed … a lot. The sad thing is (as you can notice to you right) Sandra, Claudia and Meli are no longer Fieles… they are always gonna be in our hearts as Sexylia Gonshalesh and I’m sure they’ll come to watch our play en June. (btw… e los oblige a venir, sino ya vayan ahorrando para la pizza de diciembre, asi de simple) However we have five more smart people that chose Ib theatre and they are form fivers, but for the sake of peace we are not going to call them our CHULIS…but the “NEXTel” people (since they are going to be the next people to suffer) and they are Carlos, Ari, Mauricio, Spetz and LD, they are also going to be doing production and acting in our play…. Ah! (I’m stanDARK level this year, I hope I’ll do good in the end)speaking about the devil, THE PLAY.

During the holidays (even this sounds the fakest thing ever) we got together and we decided more or less what the play is going to be about but we were not sure if Rupert would like it or not… and … dun dun dun… HE DID. ..(fiuf) .. and we are glad. Yeah, so, then we decided our production tasks! I AM NOT DOING SCENERY (at first I was shocked to, but know I’m happy since I wont be stressed about anything production later ((I mean… not as much as it would be if I was encharge of scenery, I know its team work and you have my support!)) and now… IM WRITING THE PLAY. FML? ….(if you don’t know what fml is you should enter to: www.fmylife.com , its my drug) but its fun and I like it. Now so far I’m thinking about the characters, just as a reminder this is the ideas we agreed today in class:

1) SUPERHEROES

a. Masters (IBers since we must be main characters) so far we are, Sebas, Di and Ari

b. Pupils (which includes the teacherspet and the squids)

c. Sidequicks

2) HUMANS

3) VILLIANs

a. Masters (IBers since we must be main characters) Felipe and Rodrigo.

b. Pupils (which includes the teacherspet and the squids)

c. Sidequicks

4) HEROE VITAGE (I’m not sue about this ones but) they are

a. Wonderwoman – vale

b. Batman- Felipe

c. Superman – Rodrigo.

AAAAH! COMO QUEDARA ESTOY NERVIOSO. EN QUE NOS EMOS METIDO MIE*DA! FE CHICOS FE! (in spanish so you wont understand Rupert, its for your good)

Ttyl peeps, we’ll talk (jajja “hablamos” manyas? Que Buena)

Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

Friday 2nd

Today we went to watch a play that was somewhat an Opera. It was a obra colombiana and it was WAAAAY tor creepy. My comment about this play is: TIM BURTUN's PLAY and there was something there, something that really was praying to be seen however, it was boring. So let's analyze this play:
1) Face expression: there were TWO actresses that were amazing at this. First it was the fatty one, she made faces that you couldn't recist to laugh. However, whenever she did it when she was not important it distracted me from the main action. The other was POLI, her face was amazing, her eyes were open and she even viroleaba un pooco and her mouth was closed like a tiny bird's beak.
2) Posture: again, the postures were tim burton some how. the two that i liked the most were: 1) the dad's posture, that whenever he listened to the other he turned his face like upside down and he bent hiw back backwards. the other was Poli's: her posture was SOOOO difficult that i was impressed she could keep it forr a loong time. Her walking was amazing too.
3) Scenery: The part that i liked the most was the wedding part, that was amazin, like the scnery + the costumes fit perfectly and it was like gorgeous to watch, and it reminded me to the "ultima cena" and the levels were good also. NOW, the house scenry well it was ...ok, i like the idea of a tall deks where the dad could write, however whenerver he came off it it will move like a freak and that distracted me all the time. I think that for a scenery to work it must not distract the audience from the action but it must be noticed too.
4)Costumes & Make up: i think that this why the play looked so gloomy and tim burtonish, however i liked it a lot. It helpped to distinguish from characters and even when the actor changed character, you knew it was the same actor but you also knew that is was another character isntead of a GREAT CONFUSION. the make up was great also, i mean great if it's idea was an ODD one, i liked it.
5)MUSIC: music was used as the transition form one scene to the other, but it was not a short one, it was a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong musical part sung by the actors and so at first it was cool, but thenn it started to become a heavy play to follow, and i think this shows that if you put too much music (or dance) you will bore the audience. However, i liked the music (well the first songs) they were great, and the voices were also funny.
6) I HAVE TO SAY MY "WTF" OF THE DAY BECAUSE THEY USED A VIDEO!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH! I HATED IT!! why tell me! why use it?!?...i think it was a low blow for the play...it was...URG! and the worst part is when they saaid about going to bed and SHOWED A PICTURE OF A BED...that was pathetic really.

I think that is all i have to say about this play,..and so this was a freaky play to watch and too long. So, let's see...the thing that i could rescue is make up and POLI. however, i'm thinking why did all the other people at the play stood up to clap, and as i went out the theatre i heard them say WHAT A GOOD PLAY. ...maybe is because..i really don't know. So how to rank a play? good? bad? and on what it depends?...is it a good play when 50% or more of the audience likes the play?

Fly Fly Fly TO THE SKY!! -peter pan's song.

Thursday 1st

Peter pan kinder's play.

This is just a plus for the blog. As prefects we had to help tonight in the Kinder's Play. This year it was Peter Pan. And as i watched it I kept thinking about the play for next year, and this lead to several ideas.
1) There is a difference between a CHILDREN's PLAY and a PLAY FOR CHILDREN. there are many aspects about this:

• Mistakes: since the Peter Pan was a children's play and the actors were childs then it was reasonable for them to make mistakes, however, US doing a play for children it is not acceptable to make anymistakes, because they are not stupid, the audice (grown ups and kids) will notice if we make mistakes.
• Relationship with audience: how far can we go there? i mean, if there is a relationship with the children then how much of a Theatrical play will it be? will they still consider it a play? or a show (like the ones at Bembos) and if so...if that is a play to? AND also, if we treat the audience as stupid like "LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN!+ point at the mountain +"do you see it?" sort of a Dora la exploradora thing, will they like it? personally, i wouldn't, i'm not stupid see? soo why treat me like one.
• Music & Dance: I still think it MUST be there,however later on i will talk about a play that we are going to see tomorrow so, let's see how does music affects the play. We need to learn to put the right amount of music to not bore the audience with too little but also with too much. I think that Disney movies will teach us HOW and WHEN to put music.
• Scenery: in Peter Pan it was just a telon painted but very COLORFUL. however, will that is a convention that we will follow?. I think it should be a real scnery and maybe not that "complex" in the sence of metaphoric or so, but still be a real/solid scnery.
• Effects: ok so the special effects to make them fly were awesome for a childrens play, but if we make it that way will they understand? or will they think that they were holding on to a rope. THIS IS THE TROUBLE WITH CINE, it shows what they want to show and it reduces the imagination of the audience, however...I really don't think this might be a problem (I'm trusting on the audience!!).

Abusadora - Wisin & Yandel

Thursday 24th

Today in class we read a script of the play we went to watch at 8 pm. I imagined it with my own touch and like this: in a garden made of leafs full of it but in BLACK, and GREYS. the characters of Monica I personally pictured it as an emo girl and like with a mixture of tarzan, (hair n face and stuff) also, the girl i pictured her as LULU (from la pequeña lulu) aaaand the boy as the principito.

BUT

we went to watch the play "en el jardin de monica" to miraflores (where i went to watch HSIII remember? well my family goes to that theatre to watch plays for children) and it was the opposite as i pictured it. and It was a clear example of HOW NO TO DO A PLAY, why? because:
costumes: they were so NOT appropiate, the girl flashed me 3 tmes (yes i counted them) and it was an stereotype of a girl (but wth a P*ta style). The boy had a costume that i boy now a days could use, it was normal. AND MONICA?! well nothing to say, she looked lke a nanny ora nurse, she was SO not good.
Characterizaton: rehearse people! at least once before presenting it! Let's keep that n mind. Now, I realized that the actors chose to do the performance more of a graphic and "designing" the characters, however they didn't accomplished it ...not even close to bad. When the play strated rodrigo told me "she acts like.." and I have to agree, she does. The same exact way as the other person, breathing, face...everything. So no good. Now the other thing, LEARN THE LNES! please, i read it once before the play and i could tell all the mistakes, and the ones who didn't read it as well, so then ...THAT's NOT GOOD. so, so far we've got: lines, rehearse and at least try to act! or pretend that you can...
Scenery:well, that was the aspect that was OK, not good but OK. it was not as I imagned as i said with blacks and grey..not brown and bottles. And, a box wth a sort of "TREE" ...personally i would have used a BIG somehow "real" tree, not a ...really thin one.I didn't lke the bottles think, i thought that was not ...not. And the wall?! I liked the wall (on the script!) i want my wall.
Lghting:well, i really lked the lght that was strong from the center, but not the other at the back. I thnk that the idea was good but not well used. THe intese light gave a dramatic light, but the others blew the effect away.
Music: NO MUSIC!! please stop it...wtf! it was not a children play not a funny one, so why that type of music. THey also used live music, uhm ok..........we'll see if we used it for next time.


so, I think that that overall the play sucked, really sucked PLUS! i don't like reading the script before watching the play, it persoanlly ruins it. I really don't like it because i imagine things as me, not as what the director of the play thought. meeeh, I ratther don't read it...or read it afterwards..or atleast express all the ideas we had first in a breif summery and then watch the play, uuuhm..i don't know, maybe i have a very "cinematographic" mind. Is this good? will this affect the way of percieving a play? and how this helps for production!?!?!?!

answers:What i mean a a cinematographic is that, i PICTURE the imagine i want to do as a movie and like photos inside my mnd. Like extract of the MOVIE i'm "reading". I think that well, a cinematographic can be a plus. first you can tell when i'm thinking as cine when pongo ojos chinitos...why? becuase i imagine the thing, i picture it in my mind as a creator and then a audience. and then like really quickly ask: will i like it, will they like, can we make it, how wll it look made, and colors ...and so i think that helps me a lot wiht the scenery, and so i have ot be able to portray the idea i have in my mind in a paper (and i can do it) but for example, i don't like to watch another proposal than mine ...i don't. say it, but still don't show it to me, why? because i need to imagine it!! it has to be like that..that's how i work. what i mean is like propose an idea (a drawing and stuff) but not make it. And I think that (above all factors of the play) that is why i didn't like the play, because it doesn't full fill my imagination.

Kingdom Hearts Theme - KH

well people, we've returned from Gamarra. YES, we survived... however not with too much success. First of all, a representative from Scenery, the two costume-rs and our director went, so we really couldnt make that much of an advance.....so, we didn't know for sure if we had a budget for costumes so our main goal was scenery with claudia. ok, we asked all over the place, my mom and the Junior Achievement people and they all told us that the best place was..."LAS MALVINAS", we went and it was closed....yup, (however we know it is on Cuadra 6). so next, we walked gamarra 3 times looking for something that we might use....for example we asked for vest or pullovers..and they were 20 soles each, however we found one gallery that could give us the vest for 18 soles (felipe's got the card) and we also asked for gloves (mitones) but ...Felipe had a very good idea, why don't we use "football" gloves, that will make it more of a newton ish, our world more than a paucartambo, however, we couldn't find it. Then, we went to a place where they sell wigs, for 20 soles each. and that was as far as we could do for today!.

Successes of the day:
1) Diego bought 2 great t-shirts.
2)Sandri bought 2 earings.
3) we bought black socks!
4) we've got the special places to go one day and do it fast.
5) we found a GAMARRA version of paucartambo, yes....it follows us!!! we couldn't asked them where they got their costumes, but we saw how they were..more or less imitating the idea of paucartambo, and felipe said "I've seen this the real version, this can't be better". and it kept me thinking, will people think the same of us??? why can we make to make it more interesting!?!?! ...sucks huh?.

So we have a problem, NO BUDGET. and as we talked in the taxi, we kept on thinking what to do.....and we concluded in the following:
a) NOT TO PAY FOR SCENERY because we think costumes is more important.
or
b) buy fabric that can pass as scnery and make our own vests. Just make the outline and cut them and make them
How to solve this problem!?!?! budget...I was forgetting about that little detail. To make a play we need to have a budget, and if the budget doesn't cover all then..what to do?! this is a problem i've never thought of, how does pro solve this?...and how are we going to solve this!??!?! problems..problems.