Marking my script

// = change/shift in tone

> = significant words

_ = emphasized words/phrases

O = unknown pronunciation 

      = my lines 

 

Creating a Monologue as a character from Othello

Iago

What exactly did Othello do that has upset you? 

Othello promoted Cassio to lieutenant, which I was supposed to be, everyone knows I would’ve fit that promotion a lot better than that non-experienced geek Cassio, and I don’t know why I wasn’t chosen over him, I know that I’m just too good and that Othello is just an arrogant fool.

How has Othello made you feel? (Jealous, angry, frustrated etc.) 

Othello has ruined everything for me since the moment he promoted Cassio, he left me with a burning rage inside of me and I feel jealousy of what he possesses, I’m not insulting him I’m just describing him.

What is your reaction? 

I am annoyed, angry and I’m running out of places to hide the bodies.   

What are you going to do about it?

I will do everything possible to strip away every inch of happiness out of Othello’s pathetic life, my anger against Othello may not solve anything but it sure as hell will destroy everything he ever touched, owned and loved. He will end up in a nice bag of nothing and no one by his side his marriage will be ruined and so will his so-called lieutenant.

Othello - the musical?

Rolling in the deep by Adele is a song which I believe fits into the musical Othello. I think this as there is a verse in the song which states: "There's a fire starting in my heart.
Reaching a fever pitch, its bringing me out the dark."
This verse can be related to the scene where Othello is first informed about the rumor of Desdemona's unfaithfulness. It is then when he begins to feel furious and filled with anger as he thinks he has been cheated on.

The second song is by Ed Sheeran and it is called "Runaway". The verse goes as "I know what I wanna do, wanna run away, run away with you. Gonna grab clothes, six in the morning go." This is for when Desdemona makes her final choice of leaving her family behind to runaway with Othello. They elope to get married and live on their own.

The third song is "You give love a bad name" by Bon Jovi. This can be seen as when Desdemona and Othello tell her father they are in love, and Barbantio thinks that if they are in love then it is wrong, therefore their love for each other gives love a bad name. It can however also been known for the scene when Othello suspects that his wife is cheating on him, telling her that she is unfaithful and therefore giving love a bad name.

The fourth and final song is "Dont rain on my parade" by Barbara Streisand. This can be related to the scene when Cassio gets promoted ahead of Iago. Iago gets jealous of Cassio and is mad that he gets the promotion when he believes that it is in his right to be promoted, not Cassio. Iago therefore indirectly tells Cassio to back off and not to take the promotion and not to rain on his parade.

Othello in my own words

The story starts in venice Italy where we meet Iago and Roderigo, Iago took money from Roderigo as arrangement and is upset at "the moor"  which is othello the hero in the army. Iago vows to get revenge, Rodrigo tells desdemonas father that his daughter is marrying othello, her dad confronts othello, othello and desdemona end up having permission to travel together from the duke. Iago makes Cassio make him drink and gets Roderigo to put him in a street fight. Iago gets revenge on Cassio, then makes othello believe his wife is unfaithful, Iago tell othello that desdemona is Cassios lover, othello promotes Iago and asks him to kill Cassio and desdemona. Othello believes the handkerchief is proof that desdemona and Cassio are lovers. He verbally abuses her in front of others, and are shocked at the noble man. Iago manipulated Roderigo into killing Cassio, but goes wrong and Cassio wounds Roderigo, Iago stabs him in the led. Others hear Cassio cry and thinks Iago killed him, he goes home ready to kill desdemona. Iago kills Roderigo and Emilia to Desdemona. Othello reaches desdemona first, kisses her then wakes her and acuses her again, she protests that's she loves him and he smothers her. Iago and others enter, Emilia defends desdemonas innocence, realized Iago is behind it. Othello finds out and tries to kill Iago. Iago kills Emily and leaves, then othello kills himself and Iago is seized and taken away.

Peer assessment othelo

Gustavs group: scene 2:
Excellent 7, because they used voice projection, good stage usage, levels and expression.

Rami's group: scene 3:
Substantial 5, because they used good stage usage and levels, but no voice projection.

I am director

Superglue:

Walk in from middle stage left stuck together towards center stage where the dialogue occurs when they are stuck together, then go from center stage right to left when trying to get unstuck and run out towards downstage right at the end.

They could have read the script better, with more expression and some props to show that they are in school. 

Dress code violation:

Walk in from center stage left to center stage where the dialogue occurs and kalani walking around in circles all around the stage when he is arguing about the school, back to center stage and lights go out.

While they are talking they should try to look up rather than just looking down at the script, and give their voices and face some more expression. 

Handwriting:

Alberto is in center stage while Pranav walks in from upstage left towards the center where the dialogue occurs and walk out center stage left.

They could have looked at the audience to connect with the audience and improve the expression in their voice.

Not the next cheerleader:

Kat is in center stage while prerna walks in from center stage right and dialogue occurs in center stage and when she is cheerleading she should go upstage center and back to center stage and walk out upstage right.

Kat could project her voice more and they should Move around the stage some more.

Drama class:

Ulan is center stage and Gabor comes from upstage right and the dialogue occurs from where each of them came in, when Gabor shows his how to act he should go toward center stage and ulan walks out center stage left and Gabor stays as the lights go off.

They should show more expression to their character and project their voices more effectively. 

I.O.U:

Moody is upstage right and Omar walks in from upstage left and dialogue occurs in upstage right and Omar walk out upstage left.

They should try to look up more rather than just down at their script.

Vote for me:

Mariam walks in from center stage right and Marcia from center stage left and dialogue in center stage and walk up and down the stage as if they're walking through a hall and Marcia walks out center stage left.

They should project their voices more effectively and walk around the stage more. 

Tardy:

Frederick walks in from center stage right while Gustav is in center stage and dialogue occurs center stage and Frederick walks out upstage right.

They should project their voices louder and more effectively and use more expression.

  

Narration

The definition of narration is the act of telling a story or describing what is happening in a part of a movie, show etc. to describe what's being seen.

In our play we used narration in the beginning of the play to show what is happening in the play and also in some parts of the play we would all stop talking while the narrator would describe what is happening.

The effect I waned the narration to have on the audience was to make them have an insight to what is happening in the story and why, so they understand what exactly is going on and the reason behind it.

How the narration worked in the performance and if it was successful or not will be posted once the performance is shown.

Thought tracking and cross cutting

Thought tracking is when a character is speaking out load on their inner thoughts at a particular moment, to inform the audience about the character. 

In our performance we used thought tracking when Marcia would start talking about how she felt about the bully.

Cross cutting  is an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations. 

In our play we used cross cutting when Gabor, ulan and I would talk about how he is innocent and how he isn't the bully but he actually is and then freezing while Marcia talked about her feelings and so on.

Breathing exercising for vocals

Take a deep breath
Hold your breath and relax
Exhale slowly


- Lie on your back, knees bent, feet on the floor. One hand on your chest, the other on your stomach 
- Breathe slowly in and out. You want the hand on your stomach to move much more than the hand on your chest.

In voice acting, knowing how to breathe properly is very crucial. 
Breathing properly allows the actor to be able to change their voice in different ways and project their voice. This will allow you to be flexible and versatile which gives you a higher chance of giving a more effective performance.

http://www.directvoices.com/plaza/the-importance-of-breathing-in-every-voice-actor/

Feelings of people affected from lost Malaysian airline

Search team member

Family member of pilot 

Journalist covering story 

Family member of one of passengers

Search team members may be feeling eager to find the missing flight but starting to feel hopeless at the same time.

The family members of the pilot are feeling depressed but also may be feeling overwhelmed as the pilot is blamed for the missing flight.

The journalist covering the story may feel lost on what to write about the missing flight as there isn't much information.

The family of one of the passengers may feel depressed and grieving but at the same time have little hope that they will be found.

Reflection on monologues

A: Knowing and understanding

B: Developing skills 

C: Thinking creatively 

Kalani: 

A: 1/8 kalani didn't know his script and was reading off it 

B: 2/8 he mumbled while talking but showed very minimal expression 

C: 3/8 didn't try to act into his character and change 

Mariam:

A: 7/8 she knows what she's saying and memorizes the script 

B: 7/8 she uses a lot of facial expression and good hand gestures 

C: 7/8 she put herself in the character very well 

Gustav:

A: 6/8 he knew his script but forgot some parts 

B: 4/8 he didn't show that much expression and hand gestures 

C: 5/8 he got into character but kept touching his chest 

Moody:

A: 6/8 he knew his lines but sometimes hesitated a bit 

B: 4/8 he didn't really show much expression and gestures 

C: 4/8 he sort of got into character but not as much that was expected 

Alberto:

A: 4/8 Alberto sort of knew his script but still had to read it 

B: 5/8 he didn't show much hand gestures but did show some expression towards his character 

C: 6/8 Alberto got into character well but not that well 

In my monologue I think I should've got 6/8, 6/8, 6/8 and that is also what I think the teacher will give me as I didn't know my script fully memorized but I didn't have to read off everything, I used expressions and embraced the character but I didn't use much hand gesture, I got into character well and did what the character would've done. 

Devising from stimuli

MYP: Devising from stimuli

Key concept: Creativity and perspective

Related concept: Arts, audience, structure

Global context: Personal and cultural expression (giving a voice: through articles, images, blogs, music, videos, and poems we can discover the voices of many and learn about the differing perspectives of people's situations and experiences across the world. Drama can be used to portray these voices in a powerful way to communicate the greater meaning.)

Statement of inquiry: Drama can help a community and individuals to find a voice and communicate in a powerful way.

Inquiry question: Can we use drama to communicate across cultures?

Reflection on plays of other groups

My group:
The acting by some of us in the group was done well and stayed in character, it was sort of realistic but not that realistic as when the criminal was inside the bus the cop went on talking with the reporter leaving the hostages with the criminal, the rest was pretty realistic.

Adils group:
The acting was pretty realistic as the construction workers tried to get the rainforest freaks off the trees by persuasion but then they called the police, the unrealistic part of it was that the police just showed up in a second after the call, apart from that there group was pretty realistic.

Ramis group:
The acting in Ramis group was very realistic as they showed a perfect surrounding of an office and how people interact in an office, also the characters stayed in their roles well as the character they're supposed to be, the play wasn't as entertaining as adils groups play

Script for play

Script For Drama: 

Characters: 

Frederik: Sandro 

Pranav: Police officer 

Poya: Reporter

Grace: Bus Driver 

Prerna: Hostage (passenger 1) 

Marcia: Hostage (passenger 2) 

The scene begins with civilians boarding bus 174. Sandro (antagonist) enters subtly but nervously. Before the bus leaves the station, the bus driver (Grace) demands tickets fro all passengers. Suddenly, Sandro pulls out a gun, points it at the driver’s chest and declares the bus hijacked. Nascimento at first assured the passengers; the police, the television crews and their viewers that he did not intend to kill anyone. Nascimento held these hostages for a ransom of weapons. Since, his demands weren’t met, he threatened to kill a hostage at six o'clock.

Bus 174

Bus Driver: ticket please? 

Sandro: (pulls out gun) (whispers) one word and you’re dead 

Passengers on bus are impatient

Passenger 1: (annoyed) What’s taking so long?

Passenger 2: I don’t have time for this!

Sandro pulls the bus driver to his feet and declares that he is taking everyone on the bus hostage.

Passengers are terrified, some cry. Yet they stream this on their phones to raise awareness. Therefore, reporters and police officers arrive at the scene in no time.

Sandro: Yeah, tell everyone to come! I want an audience!

Police officer arrives

Police officer: (worried) what do you think your doing?

Sandro: (frantically) S-stay back! (Points gun) STAY AWAY FROM MY BUS!

Police officer: (calmly) what is it that you want? Why are you doing this?

Sandro: I want guns… rr-riffles. Lots of them. And you! (Points at driver) you

will drive us away once they get my things.

Police officer is speechless

Reporter: (to the police officer) Sir, what is going on here? Does he intend on

killing these people? What are the police doing about this?

Sandro: I’m not a killer. Meet my demands and no one gets hurt.

Police officer: Listen son, we can’t just give you weapons. Come outside-

Sandro: -Oh really? You have until six o’clock! (Grabs hostage and points gun

at her head) or I kill her!

Hostage 1: P-please… I didn’t d-do anything. P-please! (Starts crying)

Hostage 2: You lied! You said you wouldn’t do this!

Reporter is interviewing the police officer

Sandro: (quietly, only to hostages) I don’t want to kill anyone

Hostage 2: Then don’t!

Bus driver: Listen sir… leave the passengers…

Sandro releases the hostage from his grasp and turns around irritated.

Bus driver tackles Sandro. 

Police officer rushes onto the bus, disarms and handcuffs Sandro. Next he thanks the driver for his services and bravery and the hostages applaud.

Props: 

3 guns (pistols and riffles) 

Scarfs

Handcuffs 

train surfing play

in our group our concept was that there was a train surfer (prerna) teaching a new train surfer (marcia) how to surf and when they got to a stop two cops saw them, there was one good cop (pranav) and one bad cop (me), the good cop tried to convince the surfer to get off nicely while the bad cop was yelling at the surfer. the surfer wouldn't get on to the train so the bad cop had enough of this happening so she jumped on the train and was forcing the surfer to get off. then the train started moving and the surfer got scared and jumped off the train as one of her friends helped he down (frederik) while the bad cop was trying to grab her, instead she grabbed the wire by accident and got electrocuted. this part of the act is where the picture was taken.  

group grading

Adils group: they showed very realistic scene of Brazil, with good sound affects, because it was simple but realistic
7/8

Gabors group: they gave good sound affect atmosphere but not very realistic as they just randomly switched characters and it wasn't that clear
6/8

Karims group: they didn't show that much of good atmosphere and it wasn't very realistic as they didn't do much
5/8

My group: I wanted us to get an 8 but realistically I think we deserve a 6/8 because we weren't very realistic and we weren't very clear with what we wanted to show
6/8

work

What does rural mean?
Means the countryside out the outer areas

What does urban mean?
It means the city where it's overpopulated

What is migration?
Moving from one place to another

Push factors: when people don't like something in the city and want to leave.





















Pull factor: when people find something they like in a country and it attracts them to go

My findings

In June 2000 Sandro rosa took a bus hostage and threatened to kill everyone but didn't intend to kill or hurt anyone, there were police on the case but they gave up and just left, he only said that to scare the people on the bus to protect himself from getting arrested and he told his hostage to pretend he shot her. He pretended to kill a woman he asked her to pretend to die and she did it willingly  and threatened to murder  another one and left the bus with the hostage and the police men that had given up to work I the case earlier waited outside and attempted to shoot him but shot the woman and he shot her 2 more times out of fear, and then she actually passed away.

What Sandro did was wrong, but he was driven to do this because when he was only 6 years old his mom was stabbed to death and killed right in front of him leaving him traumatized for the rest of his life. What I think is that Sandro felt he had to do the same to someone like they did to his mother as when you are traumatized, sometimes your brain can take over without realizing  you will do anything to get revenge.

Sandro should have not even went on the bus in the first place and he shouldn't have tried to kill anyone as justice is always better than revenge, even if his brain was taking over he could have asked for help or went to the police to help him sort out his problems but I don't think killing anyone was the right thing to do because it can all go wrong and get others killed. I think what he should have done was totally ignore what his mind was telling him to do and go the right way not trying to kill anyone.

Train surfing

MYP: Train surfing

Key concept: Creativity, culture and perspective

Related concept: Arts, narrative, presentation, role

Global context: Identities and relationships (exploration to develop: human nature and human dignity, moral reasoning and ethical judgment, consequences and mind)

Statement of inquiry: Through understanding a theme deeply, we can use drama as a tool to represent those marginalized by society.

Inquiry question: How can drama be used to right the wrongs of society?

Introduction to my blog page

My name is grace and this is my MYP Arts Process Journal. On this blog you will find documented evidence of my learning in Drama. I chose this specialism because I like to perform and I enjoy acting. Durning the MYP course I hope to gain good marks and achieve high expectations from my teacher with a lot of experience.