Art reflections

Week 1: 

Today our class entered the next class in the rotation which was art, in this class, we then gathered with the music class.We first listened to the teachers while they introduced themselves to us and told us a head start on what was going to happen in the coming term as our work.Our first lesson we were firstly introduced to the interdisciplinary unit that we were going to have with music, they introduced out unit which was phantasmagoria.In the beginning, the teachers explained the general meaning of the unit and the full definition if it in simple language.After that, we watched a video that gives a brief example of what phantasmagoria was and what is it through images.The video also showed us some examples of things people created for phantasmagoria.Another thing the video showed us was that it described what phantasmagoria play should artistically and physically be like and all the different parts of it and their descriptions. To conclude in this lesson  I think that we were `bale to successfully understand the full definition if this unit and have understood the explanation well. in this lesson we also decided that  had to take lead of this or Presha as the rest of them decided that they didn't care about the grade of the project and didn't really bother to take lead and also, we decided to use my story for the performance or Presha's as they said that either they got a bad grade other story or they didn't even complete the story.Lastly, I felt quite stressed and pressurized at that time as I felt that of anything went wrong the blame would go on me and it would all be my fault.

Week 2&3:

After were introduced to the unit in the first week of arts the next thing we did was the teachers introduced our project if the term to us, what they did was they first gave a brief explanation if what the project was going to be and what the process was going to be like and what will it be like  through the process and other details like that which we discussed for some time with the class with the teachers.After we finished the explanation and the discussing we started discussing the due dates and what our tasks were going to be throughout the process of the project, we also discussed what our tasks going to be like and what we were going to be asked to do through this term.After the full discussion about everything in they then introduced us to the groups we were going to have and how they decided to divide the students in the class, they then put us in our teams to start working on the project within our groups.To conclude in the second week we were bale to start and be introduced to the unit and the project and also we were able to start work within our teams on the same day.

After the teacher has introduced the unit in our first week and we were then introduced to the full project and the groups that we will be working on throughout the term we then finally started to work together properly as a group. The first thing we did was that we gathered in our groups in the class and sat in different places to be separated we then started working.We first planned briefly what our performance was going to be like and the different parts of the performance, later on, I then started to delegate assignments. After that, we started working our first step to start planning our performance which was to create a timeline with all the different parts and descriptions for the performance. What we were able to do in the lesson was that we created a timeline with the artistic choreography the music choreography etc.To conclude I believe that we were able to create our timelines successfully in this lesson and that we were able to delegate well.

Week 4:

After being introduced to the project and the full unit we finally got divided into our teams. After that, we finally got a chance to actually work with our groups and cooperate to delegate our assignments and finish them.This week in our lesson we then split into the art and music groups and each of us went to their class.As I was in the art class I went with three people from my group that also came with me to the art class,  we then were introduced to what was going to be work in the art class.The way we started was that we sat in our group and we also discussed the different artistic tasks we had to complete for our performance. Second of all in the lesson, me and another person from the team created an action plan for the upcoming weeks we have until the production so that we would be organized and easily able to delegate our work and tasks until we perform the production we are creating.To conclude I believe that we have done well in terms of planning and carrying an action plan but also plan our artistic tasks and discuss lastly, also the way we cooperated ti be bale to delegate our work and discuss in terms for our art group.This was the week where we decided we were going to start physical work the week after. During that lesson when we created the action plan the only people that were actually working were me and Presha as the rest of them were sitting together and not working with us, however, Bassel and Sigurd sometimes came and helped us, however, Mao, Hyenhoe, and Nicolai did not work at all whatsoever.

Week 5&6:

During week five we finally divided into our classes to actually start work on our puppets and backgrounds for our performance.For the lesson, we decided to discuss the storyline and we also drew the storyline and divided the whole line into different scenes which we then drew into small squares where we drew the scene with the characters tat were going to be involved in it.WE then decided on the type of puppets we were going to create which was colored puppets.We then listed the characters we were going to have according to our storyline and according to our drawn scenes that we had. M and Presha were mainly the ones working while Bassel was working on researching for some background ideas and other puppet ideas but, at certain times he would wander off and look at other people's projects instead of working however when he would come back he would work however did not always take it very seriously.For Presha, we were able to work well together and we were able to communicate with each other well, I was also able to rely on her with tasks which allowed me to be bale to divided my work with her and then we would show each other our work and take feedback from each other.Meanwhile, Hyenhoe didn't work whatsoever he would just sit at the table however he never offered her, he never asked what he should do and when we tried communicating we always ended up arguing with each other with no result at the end.To conclude, we were able to draw our storyline during the lesson however we were not able to cooperate or communicate very well ( I wasn't able to mainly with Hyenhoe) but we were able to start on thinking of ideas for our puppets and backgrounds. IN that week we also received an individual powerpoint assessment that we had to complete for the week after that talked about the Phantasmagoria magic lantern performances and the different elements and features included in the topic.

During week 6 we were also in our art class and were split from our music group.When we first came me and Presha went into work. Bassel then went onto his computer and then continued researching ideas for backgrounds.I and Presha the decided to draw our puppets onto paper.We then divided the different puppets on the both of us, we delegated the different characters for each of us to draw.The both of us then tried drawing them first on white paper, I drew my puppets and I drew each of them the size about an A3 paper as miss said that, that was the average size for the puppet.I then drew the main character while Presha drew the character that she thought of which was the grudge girl.Meanwhile, Bassel downloaded and editing app for him ti be able to edit backgrounds so that he may get background ideas and then search them in the internet to be able to edit them using the app on his computer.However, sometimes he would not focus on his work and go on his phone which would cause me to be annoyed with him and then we would argue.For Hyenhoe he did not do a single thing during the lesson and didn't work at all and didn't event think if creating a puppet or helping me, Presha or Bassel, I tried to tell him to work on something, however, he didn't.By the end of the lesson, we were able to stick around 3 puppets which were: the main character ( Anne), the grudge girl and the horror doll. Also, Bassel was able to create some of the backgrounds that were needed.

Week 7:

During week 7, I and my art group started to draw the rest of our final puppets.In the lessons me and Presha cutout out the puppets that we stuck the week before that we already had on cardboard.I and Presha then divide the pieces of cardboard so we can save time.Immediately we started cutting, we mainly send the cutter to cut out the details also so our puppets would be as detailed and neat as possible.I and Presha were also able to cooperate together well without arguing a without having to deal with problems.Then Bassel was also continuing his backgrounds and creating more backgrounds for the different scenes, I then also had to support him throughout the process as sometimes he needed to ask me for advice and help in terms of the editing needed and also the choice of backgrounds. Bassel was able to focus this lesson better than before and was also able to accomplish his task for the lesson.After me and Presha cut out the puppets we drew 2 other puppets which were the friend and the scout captain.Also, we then decided to ask Hyenhoe to complete a task for homework as he spent the rest of the lessons before he never worked.He then started drawing his puppet which was the bus, however, while he worked sometimes he would drift to other tables however, he was still able to draw his puppet but anytime we tried to cooperate or communicate we would end up arguing and shouting at each other.Next, I then decided ti go check on the music students.When I went to them I found them both on their computers and they didn't have anything to give me but some random sound effects, when I saw that I was astonished as I expected a little more as we basically had nothing proper.For homework, I then colored the puppets and told Hyenhoe to finish his puppet and cut it.To conclude for art, we were able to finish many things and are almost ready to finalize all our things.

Week 8: 

During this week we tried to finalize all our puppets and backgrounds.In the art lesson, we tried to finalize everything. I worked with Bassel to finalize all the backgrounds and make sure that we had all the ones that we needed to perform with and that we needed for the performance.I and Presha finalized all the cutting of the details of the puppets and cutting out all the clothes and the body parts.I also then helped Hyenhoe to help him finalize his bus puppet and in coloring it and sticking to cardboard and cutting out the details for the bus for it to be the right the shape.Next, we finished by getting sticks and sticking them to the puppets for us to be bale to hold them up in the performance.After finalizing all our art materials we went up to the music room.And then we saw that they weren't doing anything and all they had were the random sound effects that they gave us the week before.That was when we decided that I and Presha had to overtake the music department as the music was in 2 weeks and we didn't have any music to present.Me and Presha then started taking pieces of music and using percussion instruments to complete pieces of music that we could use in the performance for this Mao helped us, however, Nicolai just went on his phone him Bassel and Hyenhoe and were no use so we just left them outside at the desk and we sat inside ad completed the music.As Sigurd was extremely good at drawing we asked him f he could make us the last puppet for our performance.To conclude me and Presha had to do the music as our group hardly did anything and when we did for them Nicolai, Bassel and Hyenhoe didn't even bother helping us doing music.

Week 9:

During this week I was extremely pressurized as out music was not that good and I was panicking as we hardly practiced and most of the group said they couldn't  come in lunch times as they didn't want to waste their breaks on the project and disagreed to meet during any breaks or u chose to practice.By this week we had everything finalized all our puppets, backgrounds and music. It was not finalized but we knew we didn't have any more time at all to fix anything or do anything.In that week I then planned an after school where we would have to practice performing the show.When we came after school, we first startedpracticing and we out the backgrounds, however, Nicolai, Bassel, and Hyenhoe went and left during the practice to go buy things and they would tell me they would be seeing their parents.When we tried practicing we then found n that colored puppets would not work, so after all the work I spent on coloring all the puppets it ended up as that we were obliged to do shadow puppets for us to be able to perform.Next, we then put all the backgrounds in a slideshow so then it should be easier to transition between the event and the different scenes during the performance.We kept on trying to practice however every time we tried the boys in my group would joke around and whenever I tried to tell them something to do they would not listen to me or they would not take it seriously and take it as a joke.By the end of the session we didn't practice at all and that was when I felt even more pressurized.To conclude when we tried to practice we were unable to and colored puppets didn't work which forced us to do shadow puppets. Also, I gave Bassel the responsibility of creating the promo to give it to me the coming week

Week 10:

This week we didn't have any lessons as we had the holiday.During this holiday I called my group to come to school.However, the only ones who came for it were me and Presha, Bassel, Mao, and Sigurd.During the practice, Bassel and Mao didn't help at all they did were play around in the class and leave to buy things to eat and whenever I asked Bassel to do something he would say that he was too lazy to do it.For Sigurd, he had to leave in the middle and when I asked him to do something he would not take it seriously and would joke around during the task and Presha did well did everything mostly well, however, sometimes during the practice she would start laughing and joking around but not always.We were hardly even able to practice well and we couldn't do anything anymore as the performance was going to be the week after and we didn't have any time to do anything or improve anything in the puppets, the backgrounds or the music.Later on, we left and I then had to finalize the script to be ready for Sunday as our performance was on Monday.Nicolai and Hyenhoe didn't even bother coming to the practice which made me even more stressed as they didn't know what they had to do on the performance day.To conclude, we had practice however it wasn't much if a result as most of my team members were on their phones or joking around which didn't benefit the practice at all and resulted din us being unable t practice at all.

Week 11:

This week was the week where we performed to the parents on Monday. Bassel then ended up giving me the Promo this Sunday which is a week late and that annoyed me quite a lot as that showed that I couldn't really one my group to help me.On Monday we had our final practice before the performance after school. I and Presha waited for the rest of our group to come however, they didn't come.Soon we found out that Mao actual;;y went home and that the rest of them were at Spinneys and when I called them they would just joke around.Finally, after a very long time, they came and I was forced to give last minute delegations and responsibilities.For the performance, I believe what went well was the music, the transition between the slides and movement of the puppets when they were up.I believe what could have been improved was I could have said my narration slower, the rest of my group should have put the puppets up in the right time and the puppet should have moved according to my narration.In general, I believe we did well but we could have improved on certain things to make it even better.After that performance, we performed it to the class and we were unable to practice before that which for me was something horrible but the rest of the group didn't really care.I believe three things that went well were that my narration was at the right speed, the slides transitioned well and the puppets went up in the right time.Three things that I believe didi not go well were that maybe I shouldn't have repeated the same thing through my whole narration, we could have played the music better and they could not have shown their hands when holding the puppet.Everyone in my group thought we did well because they didn't bother and they didn't care except me and Presha we though that we didn't do well as a big percentage of the performance messed up which was something that we were extremely annoyed of as we knew we could do nothing about it.To conclude, I believe we didi better in the parent's performance rather than the class performance and I think that we could have improved on both performances but we could have improved more on the class performance.


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