Mon 15th- We discussed our "Container" reviews. Everyone got a four or five which is pretty good considering half of us have never taken a theatre class before and this was our first review. It was very nice to have Mr. Fearnehough go over each one with us individually. It helped to find out what I did good and what I did bad on my review.
We also were assigned a project to find a piece of art that showed us after TaPS. I chose Mike Bertino's piece from the Joyful Bewilderment gallery.
Wed 17th- Mr. Fearnehough had to supervise the students taking PSATs so we sat and wrote our reviews for "One Man Two Guvnors". It was a little bit difficult writing about the play after having seen it a week before and three other plays really close around it, but Mr. Fearnehough's notes on my "Container" review and my notes on the play helped me to write the review.
Thurs 18th- We talked about using plays and other peoples work. There are three ways to do this- I could imitate something, be influenced by something, or be inspired by something.
Imitation is copying exactly something I have seen or heard. Imitation is used in Asian drama. All of the actors try to move in a very specific ways that they have been taught through imitation.
Influencing is letting something that I have seen or heard affect my ideas and concepts. When something is influenced by something else the two things are similar, but not the same.
Inspiration is when my idea starts from something I have seen or heard but ends up being totally different. The thing that inspired me may not be visible in the final product.
Each of these methods are useful in different areas of theatre, but there is still the matter of academic integrity. This means I need to make sure I don't try to take credit for something that I actually copied from someone else (sort of like citing things in a paper). Talking about this stuff kind of gets me excited about making my own piece.
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