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Sep. 7, 2009

Today was a special day, considering it’s only been the 6th class. We went to the LLAC theatre with Mr. Ma to learn about the stage, lights, rules and other things.
The first thing we did was going to the booth, the top area that can overlook the stage, and has a lot of controls, including lighting, microphone controls, and other things. It was kind of a privilege to go up there, because it’s “Staff Only”, and we don’t get to see it everyday.
He also took us to the stage, and we wrote down the stage left, right, up, down, and also the house left and right, which is the audience’s perspective when they look at the stage.
Mr. Ma (Stanley), also showed us some cool lights, where he can mix colors, or make shapes out of the lights, that was pretty cool…we were fascinated by it. ☺
We learnt about the roles in a theatre, the producer, managers…until actors and assistants. I learned that the producer is the most important, then he employs directors, who then employ designers or managers. The day of the show, only the theatre manager and the stage manager will be there, the others will be gone. The theatre manager is in charge of the outside (the look) of the theatre, like ushers, the ticketing…etc. The stage manager will be looking at the stage and making sure everything is in the right places, and the assistant stage manager (if he/she has one) will be helping too.
After that lesson, we went to the stage and did some games, which was awesome. :D
Mr. Smeed told use that we will have a test soon, about the theatre structure and the important facts that we learnt today.


Sep. 23,2009

Today in Drama Class, me and my group stayed in the drama pit to practice our acting.
I had to work with my facial expressions, because I was laughing when Lucas “kidnapped” me, which obviously is wrong, I had to be scared.
That was what I had to work on.
The plot that we thought of was really fun, we also learned how to take the shots.


Sep. 25,2009

Today, we had to film the actual thing! The place we filmed was in the whole 6 floor, including the cafeteria, playground and the bridge. Mr. Smeed told us to take the shoots in different angles. And that we just take how much as we want, then we can edit it out. Our acting was really fun, even though I would like it if there were sounds, because then we can show our expressions easier. But anyways, we got many shoots, and tried to make things more perfect.
The hard part was to make the expressions and movements obvious, it was also really hard not to laugh. ☺

I hope you like them :D

Today, we created an iGoogle account, then we created a a blog with blogger. We couldn't film today because there is rain outside, and me and my group has to go out to film. There is also another reason....but I rather not mention it. :I But on the good side, I picked out a cute layout for my iGoogle account! :D