Giovanni freeze frames

Today we continued discussing the poem  of Giovanni the clown.Our task today was to turn the poem into three freeze frames.In our first freeze frame we showed Giovanni walking through the the jungle and roughing the trees.Our second freeze frame showed Giovanni looking at is reflection in the river.Our third freeze frame was Giovanni reaches to his reflection but his reflection faded away.In this freeze frame we put some diologue to make it better.

Giovanni

Today we got a poem called Giovanni.We then had a discussion about the features and the feelings in the poem.We then created a performance  using the poem Giovanni.We showed Giovanni walking through the forest.Ward:tree,Rania:Giovanni,Kiyara:reflection,Me:tree.
Here is a picture of our performance.

Physical Theatre (time)

Last week we continued studying physical theatre.In the lesson miss gave us a poem called time she then put us in groups of three.Our job was to turn the poem into a physical theatre performance

One moment in the performance where we used physical theatre skills was when we turned and turned around the box that Bassel was in to emphasise time and how it is easily wasted  

Here are some pictures of my performance:

Physical theatre

Last week we studied physical theatre we then got into groups of four and created a physical theatre performance we included different types of movements like:balancing,jumping,falling,slipping,rolling,carrying etc.

Here are some pictures of our performance:

Drama Reflection

In drama we just ended our unit on Greek theatre by presenting our short play on Oedipus and the Sphinx.Through this unit we mainly focused on using chorus work and different emotions and using masks. In my group there was one scene where we used chorus work strongly and effectively which was in the oracle scene.In the oracle scene there were three spirits which were me (Monica), Akshansh and Ward and Rania was the Oracle.We all  said the same lines and did the same movements to describe our character we all said as a chorus ''Kill your father,marry your mother'' repetitively and moved our hands to the sides slowly in the same time to emphasize the character which was the spirit.We all moved in the same direction circling Oedipus and repeating the line as a chorus.

Personally I think that the most scene where I used my voice to emphasize the character i was playing was the Sphinx scene where i changed the tone of my voice from high to low every now and again to emphasize the emotion and the personality of the character. The part where I  most projected my voice and changed the tone of my voice was when I said the riddle to oedipus because I was trying to frighten him.My line was "This is a creature that walks on 4 legs in the morning! 2 legs in the evening! and 3 legs at night! What is this creature?!'' as I  spoke my group said it with me so it could sound like it is one person speaking but with different voices.

One scene where I  used body language to show my character was in the first scene when  I was a tree.As I stood on the block to look tall I moved by entire body side to side and swung my arms side to side and whistled  to emphasize the weather and to show how it was very windy and to also emphasize the environment of the setting which was a hillside.

In conclusion we have learnt a lot in this unit and have really improved our drama skills to the better. Another thing I might change next time is to make my movements more exaggerated because exaggerated movement is a very important element of greek theatre.

Greek Theatre Masks

This is the mask that I have made for our unit Greek Theatre.

This one is a picture of our class showing the emotion of sadness using their masks and hand gestures.

Here is our whole class wearing their masks and showing the emotion of love.

This is another group photo that expresses the emotion of happiness and excitement.

Last but not least, this is a picture that shows all our class masks.

Oedipus and the Sphinx Scenes

This is the scene of when Oedipus grows up and is now a small baby. Rania;Queen, Akshansh: King, Arthur:Oedipus, Ward: Guard, Monica:Guard.The king and Queen are delighted to have Oedipus and are so happy he  has grown up and now they start his journey of his happy childhood.

This is the scene of when Oedipus has grown up and is  now a man. Rania: Queen, Akshansh: King, Arthur: Oedipus, Ward:Guard, Monica: Guard.The Queen is devastated and depressed that her dear son is a grown man and is not a little kid anymore. In addition to that his childhood is now ever and it's time for him to lead his Ken life.

This is the Oracle scene where Oedipus when to find out about the prophecy that he was going to kill his father and marry his mother. Rania:Oracle, Arthur:Oedipus, Akshansh:Spirit,Ward:Spirit,Monica:Spirit.After that he decided not to stay with his parents that he thought were his real ones and run away so he does not make the prophecy come true.

Oedipus and the Sphinx Images

Oedipus and the Sphinx Images

This is the picture of scene 1 from the story Oedipus and the sphinx.Ward: sheep, Akshansh: sheep, Rania: sheep, Arthur: shepherd, Monica: tree. This is the time where the Shepherd finds the baby in the middle of the grass.

This is the picture of scene 2 from the story of Oedipus and the sphinx. Ward: Guard, Monica: Guard, Akshansh: King, Rania: Queen, Arthur: Shepherd.This is the time where the shepherd presents the baby to the king and queen.