I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Monday, November 30, 2020
Fleas and rats
Point: The black death
Evidence: The timeline
Explain: When, where, how
Link: To Add more information to Back up the point
The black death
Evidence, Timeline: 1330: The black death phase of the 2nd pandemic begins in central Asia: 1347: Bubonic plague arrives in Italy on trade ships: 1348: Maritime quarantine used in Venice: 1350: End of the black death phase of the second pandemic: 1351: Boccaccio writes the decameron.
Friday, November 6, 2020
Drama plan
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Today in hurumanu 3 we have been working on our independent tasks, on my independent task i chose to add to my to my knowledge of 9/11 by doing some research about it. What i found out was that it was called 9/11 because it was on the 11th of September and was attacked by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
30 - 35 second film
Friday, August 21, 2020
melodrama
- Remember in Victorian Melodrama, all emotion is externalised. There is no such thing as inner psychological depth!
- Slower clearer delivery of lines with huge projection. Remember Victorian Theatres were huge and there were no microphones.
- Play everything to the audience, even if you are supposed to be talking to another character on stage! Indicate whom you are talking to by looking sideways at them and holding your hand out towards.
- Address the audience directly whenever the script will allow you to do so.
- •
- The Pose: Invent poses of shock, horror, love, evil, intent, cruelty, desire, dilemma, forgiveness, begging forgiveness etc. A pose should last at least three seconds and should be clearly visible from fifty metres.
- The working yourself up to the pose: lasts two to three seconds --let's see you getting there!
- •
- The Gasp - very loud expressing a range of emotions. Often accompanied by a pose.
- The Swoon - often preceded by lines such as "Alas! I can hardly bear it." The swoon should be graceful and provision should be made for someone to catch you._
- The long walk downstage/upstage/across stage when hatching a plan or in a dilemma.
- The Pacing- to and fro across the stage when hatching a plan or in a dilemma. Move before you speak so that the audience can track who is speaking.
- The Tableau (freeze frame)- the still picture made up of a number of characters to freeze the moment, eg: The Happy Ending/ The Secret Lovers. The tableaux should be very explicit.
- The Sigh/The Groan/The Tubercular Cough
- First Entrances are important - may even bow, this is related to the cult of “The Actor” – the Star system.