Fleas and rats

Point: The black death

Evidence: The timeline

Explain: When, where, how

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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.

 

Drama plan

Drama project: Theme? Group: Peni, Hope, Richard, Jack Equipment: Muppet theatre, Finger muppets

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.

30 - 35 second film

Theme - Comedy/sinister

Lighting/colouring - Bright, yellow, dull, grey, cold

Location - Playground, field, lane ways

In hurumanu 2 for the past few weeks we have been studying film like for e.g  studying lighting, camera angles, soundtracks, theme and location these are all very important points that you need to know about film. We have now learned all these points of film now we have moved onto a more advanced step in learning about film we are now making our own film, our film is has three characters staring in it one is a bully the other one is an innocent and scared person and the last person is a kidnapper. So i will be the innocent person just casually playing on the playground then ibrahim the bully will come along and start pushing me around he will then throw me off the top of the playground then i will get up and run and ibrahim will jump down and chase me, we will then proceed to keep running around at school until we reach the field and Tyler the kidnapper will then pull ibrahim into the bush as he is chasing me i will then turn around looking all confused at to where he had gone then i will run back and see a shoe and i will pick it up and investigate then as i am investigating Tyler will choke me and bang ending.

melodrama

The Melodramatic Acting                                      Style 

• Remember in Victorian Melodrama, all emotion is externalised. There is no such thing as inner psychological depth! 

Generally this means “Over the Top” in every way. Here are some techniques which help create this affect. 

• 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. 

30 - 35 second film

In hurumanu two for the past couple of weeks we have been planning on making a 30 to 35 second long film, at the moment we have just been working on our plan and our setup like the characters the location and the theme. Now we have finished planning our storyboard and we are onto filming now so what is going to happen is i am an innocent person playing on the playground when a stranger comes along and starts pushing & throwing me around then he will throw me off the top of the playground and i will start running he will then chase me through the lane way all the way to the field then suddenly as he is chasing me i look back and he is still chasing me then i look forward and look back again and he is gone, i then go back to take a look to see what happened while im confused i then find a shoe on the ground which i though belonged to the guy chasing me then all of a sudden as i am investigating the shoe i get pulled into the bush by a paedophile aka Tyler and he will kill me and that will be the end, there also must be not talking in our films and no subtitles either.

Melodrama

Theme - Victorian melodrama

Drama during the Victorian age: in the 19th century in England a new theatrical genre developed, the melodrama.

In the 19th century in England a new theatrical genre developed: the melodrama, that was an extremely simple and short play with superficial and stereotypical characters and in which good always won over evil. In this period also developed the music hall, that was a variety entertainment with songs, jokes, acrobats and belly dancers. 

This theatrical genre used taboo subjects such as sex through the employment of double meaning and it tendered towards slapstick (comicitagrossalana). The people usually went to the theatre to enjoy something carefree, exciting and funny.  Much space was given to music and and sound effects in order to create emotion and sensations, while the characters were stiff and flat. Were built small theatres, that presented modern innovations like gas lighting, which replaced candles and sophisticated machinery, like the ''box-set''. Oscar Wilde was certainly the most outstanding representative of the poetry of the aesthetic movement, but he is better known for his activity as a playwright. he gave fantasy, vivacity and a breathe of a new life to drama. His comedies, full of humour, intrigued and fascinated the audience.

What is the Victorian age? Victorian era, in British history,  the period between approximately 1820 - 1914, corresponding roughly but not exactly to the period of queen Victoria's reign (1837 - 1901) characterised by a class- based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain's statues as the most.