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.