Jess's Dramatic Arts Blog

I think I grew a lot in my confidence since the start of this semester. In the beginning, I was kinda shy and wasn’t that fond of preforming in front of people. But now, I gained a lot of preforming confidence and am ablw to act or direct without being a little hesitant. I think this is partly because I made friends with the people in our class and felt more comfortable around them. I also think it’s because I grew as an actor and a director and I learned more about those topics and what goes into them. Though this class, I learned that I liked to direct. The first thing I directed was “the Office” scene parody. At first when people chose for me to direct this scene, I was a little hesitant because I’ve never directed before. But I soon realized I really liked it because I like writing the stories, and I like to put scenes together and help actors understand the vision. The second thing I really directed was the final project called, “impossible”, with Lily, Jordan, and Jeff as actor...

Outline of what’s going to happen: Main person- lily Person who is ignored by Lily- Jeff Person who is from Lily’s past and who she texts a lot- Jordan Depressed, sad, lonely Whenever i get home i text someone who i miss you etc Hung up on this person who is never there You text them all the time and they give really vague answers You always walk with your head down and don't really acknowledge the people you care about All of this time, there is a person who is trying to talk to you, but you keep saying no because you still think the other person cares You ask the person that you are hung up on that they should come to your music rehearsal They say ok and you get really happy But when the show starts, you notice they don't come So you perform like a really emotional piece and everybody stands up and claps and you look out and threw person who has been trying to ask you out is in the audience And you finally smile And the next day the...

Strengths and weaknesses One strength would be the `colors of the scene. It makes it more dramatic and sad looking. Another strength would be our storyline and plot, which we think are clear for the audience. One weakness of us might be that some of our scenes are a bit confusing. However, we have been figuring that out. We are thinking we could re-do a couple of scenes to make it less confusing, and zooming in on pictures closer so people can see them.

Medgar, Jess, Kylie Song: Station By Lapsley First, scene： one friend tells the other they got an acceptance letter of their dream uni. ( color scene ), one of them doesn’t get accepted Second: A month later, friend gets on the d train to her dream uni in the  train station with sadness to say goodbye and the person who doesn't get accepted waves them off Third(Black and white scene): While Kylie has been studying the uni, she fell lonely and miss each other. Kylie walking on the football field(looking sad) and start a flashback. Flashback 1s t(color scene) : Kylie and jess laughing together, watching a movie, Kylie is listening to a lecture and recalling the days she plays with Jess(Black and White) Flashback 2ed (color scene ): Jess and Kylie sit next to eachother in school, they call eachother on the phone, 4th scenes: 5 years later, they have jobs and they are running to the place they work. Jess hits Kylie while she is running(Jess doesn’t know it’s ...

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I think that one of our group's strengths was our use of props. We used pencils, paper, a notebook(for Lily's sign), and some of us even used our own shoes(Jordan). Even though they are small, these props, I think, helped to set the scene well. The pencils and paper helped the scene to have a classroom-type vibe. Also, Hannah used one of the pencils to break it and throw it, which I think contributed to the comedy theme and her character's personality. Lily's sign and Jordan using his shoes really just made the scene a lot more funny. I also think they all did a really great job of improvising. I think this because an example is how Jordan used his shoes, and Hannah broke the pencil. They both improvised this, and by doing that, they made it seem a little more natural. But it wasn't just them; everybody helped to make the scene be more natural. As the director I couldn't tell them the exact movements and what to do with their parts, and they did a great job of i...