[Wednesday, 21st March 2012]
NO!! For once I actually don't want to go for theater. Why? Because I personally think our script sucks. I felt so unrehearsed, despite actually practising and spending time with it. URGH!
Well I'm just gonna cut the chase and get straight to the class stuff. Warm up today was different. Pretty fun though. Rey had us walking around in space at first and then made us jump around and move in a crazy way. We all were jumping around like mad people. HAHA. Good exercise early in the morning. The hard part was that we had to freeze at the exact point when Rey said Freeze. Shoot, I'm so bad at this. Thank God I never found myself in some stupid one legged position. Phewww~
Then we had to act like we're drunk trying to walk in a straight line. I think we're all looked like kookoos.. HAHA But who cares?! We were having so much fun. Some of us pretended like we're falling. It was funny. I was saying things like, "I'M OKAY! I'M OKAY!" and pretended like I'm shoving the hands of whoever's giving me help. Haha.
Then we had to act as Burglars. First alone, then with a partner. I partnered with Leanne because she was the closest person around. It was fun though, crouching about and stuff. I could really imagine in my head the dark room, with lights coming out of the edges of the door towards the room. Me and Leanne were hiding behind the couch that faces the door. We peeked and made sure there were nobody around and began moving. It was soooo coool!! Not that I want to be a burglar or something :P
Then Rey told us to change partners and then start something new. I partnered with my own partner, Teck Sern! And if I'm not mistaken we did the whole I don't want to be with you kind of scene. Boring scene. Meh. He then asked us to freeze and gather around Valerie and Adam. Valerie was hugging Adam from the back and Adam seemed like he wants to get away from her. So we had to stand in a circle around them. They started the scene and we had to shout a freeze and somebody walked in. I was so bad at this, I swear. It's either that or I'm just really out of it today. I couldn't do shit in there. Urggghhhh ><. It's like I just blank out in terms of mind and body. Urgh. I don't know how to react or how I want to react. Grrr..
Next thing was our performances. We had 10 minutes to rehearse and stuff. I was rehearsing with Teck Sern when suddenly Leanne called me out. Turns out the comb was stuck on her hair LOL! So we tried untangling it but in the end Leanne just kinda pulled it out.
So the 10 minutes was up and Leanne and Adam went first, followed by Lih Seng and Valerie. Teck Sern and I had to go last. That sucks, especially seeing how the other 2 groups did so well. That doesn't help at all. But we have no choice but to go and do it right. So we did. It was I suppose, ok. Not the best. I mean it went as rehearsed, but I thought parts were bad and needed to work on. Luckily we have our pro director, Rey with us. He re-directed everything, and even made me so called "pole dance". Well the pole wasn't exactly there, but still I had to pretend that the pole is there. HAHA. I was so self conscious. I'm so out of it today. This is not good.
Blehhh, mental note. I need to stop thinking so much and let my body do the talking. Dude it's just theater class. No one's gonna judge you for being sexy for a change. Urgh. Oh wells.
Thursday 29 March 2012
Rehearsal Notes - Confusing Script
Yes, the script is confusing. It doesn't even make sense!!
So I met up with Teck Sern on Tuesday. We couldn't meet up on Monday cuz he had to go to a doctor. The poor boy got elbowed on his back twice in a basketball game.
So we met up at 1, right after our class to practice. We brainstormed a bit and tried out different scenes. But none of them worked well. So we took, what I would call an easy way out; turning everything to a sexual innuendo.
Bleh, I felt so awkward at first doing it, and it didn't help when people barge in a couple of times. But I think it was an ok practice. Not the best one but just OK. We went through runs and once we were done, we went to the script reading for the finals. We read up Flop Cop by Laura Cunningham and The Man Who Couldn't Dance by Jason Katims. We didn't get to read up Stars though.
So here's the beat and object exercise
Who am I?
- A stripper trying to get a client to sleep with her.
Where am I?
- A local club called Milkshakes
What time is it?
- Around 11.30pm. I had a bad business so far today.
What are my relationships?
- I have a relationship with the customer/client
What are the given circumstances?
- I haven't had a customer all night, so I'm trying to see if this guy wants some action
What do I want?
- To get him to come take my service and money
What is in my way?
- He's offering too little
What do I do to get what I want?
- Flirt with him more, hinting that I want more money
Here's the beats
A: (enters) GIRL! (takes off shirt) Hold ma poodle. (shakes chest and walk towards B)
B: Would you go out with me on Saturday? (wraps arm around waist and pulls)
A: Ohh (comes closer towards B's face) I hate your guts (flicks, then walks away)
B: The car just took the corner at a hundred miles per hour (takes out money)
A: (Turns around, saw RM100 only) What the hell?! (walks away further. He's too cheap man!)
B: (to himself) Why game so fun to play with? (takes out another RM100, calls A)
A: (goes towards B, takes the money out of his hands, Now he's worth my time) Have you taken your pills yet?
B: I enjoy singing in the bathroom (whispers in A's ear)
A: What did you have for lunch?! (walks away, digusted)
B: I looked in the mirror.
A: (looks at the money, and then the man) I'm about to go on a stage (Takes his hands and leads him out)
B: Enter Sandman.
Shitt!! I swear, this was sooo awkward in so many different stages. Bleh. Just hopefully things will turn out good tomorrow. Urgh. Cross fingers
So I met up with Teck Sern on Tuesday. We couldn't meet up on Monday cuz he had to go to a doctor. The poor boy got elbowed on his back twice in a basketball game.
So we met up at 1, right after our class to practice. We brainstormed a bit and tried out different scenes. But none of them worked well. So we took, what I would call an easy way out; turning everything to a sexual innuendo.
Bleh, I felt so awkward at first doing it, and it didn't help when people barge in a couple of times. But I think it was an ok practice. Not the best one but just OK. We went through runs and once we were done, we went to the script reading for the finals. We read up Flop Cop by Laura Cunningham and The Man Who Couldn't Dance by Jason Katims. We didn't get to read up Stars though.
So here's the beat and object exercise
Who am I?
- A stripper trying to get a client to sleep with her.
Where am I?
- A local club called Milkshakes
What time is it?
- Around 11.30pm. I had a bad business so far today.
What are my relationships?
- I have a relationship with the customer/client
What are the given circumstances?
- I haven't had a customer all night, so I'm trying to see if this guy wants some action
What do I want?
- To get him to come take my service and money
What is in my way?
- He's offering too little
What do I do to get what I want?
- Flirt with him more, hinting that I want more money
Here's the beats
A: (enters) GIRL! (takes off shirt) Hold ma poodle. (shakes chest and walk towards B)
B: Would you go out with me on Saturday? (wraps arm around waist and pulls)
A: Ohh (comes closer towards B's face) I hate your guts (flicks, then walks away)
B: The car just took the corner at a hundred miles per hour (takes out money)
A: (Turns around, saw RM100 only) What the hell?! (walks away further. He's too cheap man!)
B: (to himself) Why game so fun to play with? (takes out another RM100, calls A)
A: (goes towards B, takes the money out of his hands, Now he's worth my time) Have you taken your pills yet?
B: I enjoy singing in the bathroom (whispers in A's ear)
A: What did you have for lunch?! (walks away, digusted)
B: I looked in the mirror.
A: (looks at the money, and then the man) I'm about to go on a stage (Takes his hands and leads him out)
B: Enter Sandman.
Shitt!! I swear, this was sooo awkward in so many different stages. Bleh. Just hopefully things will turn out good tomorrow. Urgh. Cross fingers
Thursday 22 March 2012
I'm sorry, Whaaatt?!
[Monday, 19th March 2012]
So it's Monday again. Urgh I hate Mondays. It's like my longest day of the week with me doing nothing. But I suppose its probably the best Monday I had so far in this semester. Something happened and well let's just say it made my day :3 I won't talk about it so let's just get down to the real stuff.
So as usual, I got down early. I just got out of a sucky weekend because my laptop broke down just like that. I was freaking out as shit, and fudge, obviously I had to send it off to the repair. Luckily it was still under warranty, otherwise my dad would go ape shit on me. Bloody laptop.
Oh wells, Leanne joined me afterwards and we did our usual bitching. She told me about how someone ruined her day so early in the morning, and I talked about how people just want to scold other people without getting their facts right. URGH I find that so annoying. Bitch please, I know my shit so don't try to come up with reasons as to why my laptop broke down. GRRRR.
Anyway, so our main exercise for today was scriptwriting. After walking around in space, we were given paper and had to take a pen. Rey made us write a statement, a question, an exclamation statement, and a title of a song. We had them put inside a bag, and Rey took one paper by random, one by one. And, we ended up with this script:
Gurl! Hold ma' poodle.
Will you go out with me on Saturday?
I hate your guts.
The car just took a corner at 100 m/h
What the hell!
Why is game so fun to play with.
Have you taken your pills yet?
I enjoy singing in the bathroom.
What did you have for lunch?
I look into the mirror.
I'm about to go on stage.
Enter Sandman.
Two of my lines were picked out. Will you go out with me on Saturday and I enjoy singing in the bathroom. HAHA. Man this does not make sense at all. At first we had to read the lines normally; no tones, nothing; just reading. Dude it doesn't make sense at all. URGHH!! >< and Rey made us act it out. We had to come up with a scene where everything is justified and makes sense. After runs and runs, I got the sense that the lines that I say was more bitchy and high status than the lines that Teck Sern reads.
So yea, I thought of an idea where I was a popular girl in high school, and Teck Sern was more of a nerd, that I bully. He has feelings for me and tries to ask me out, but I, obviously feeling that I deserve so much better, pushes away.
Another idea was that I'm a stripper trying to get Teck Sern to sleep with me, but as I hit on him, he turns out to be more perverted than I am and it turns me off instead. HAHA. Oh wells maybe this one will work, since one of the effective ways to justify something is to make everything a sexual innuendo. HEHE young, horny teenagers. HEY we can't help it, blame the hormones. So yea, with two days to work on this, urgh I don't know how this is going to work out. Bleh.
So it's Monday again. Urgh I hate Mondays. It's like my longest day of the week with me doing nothing. But I suppose its probably the best Monday I had so far in this semester. Something happened and well let's just say it made my day :3 I won't talk about it so let's just get down to the real stuff.
So as usual, I got down early. I just got out of a sucky weekend because my laptop broke down just like that. I was freaking out as shit, and fudge, obviously I had to send it off to the repair. Luckily it was still under warranty, otherwise my dad would go ape shit on me. Bloody laptop.
Oh wells, Leanne joined me afterwards and we did our usual bitching. She told me about how someone ruined her day so early in the morning, and I talked about how people just want to scold other people without getting their facts right. URGH I find that so annoying. Bitch please, I know my shit so don't try to come up with reasons as to why my laptop broke down. GRRRR.
Anyway, so our main exercise for today was scriptwriting. After walking around in space, we were given paper and had to take a pen. Rey made us write a statement, a question, an exclamation statement, and a title of a song. We had them put inside a bag, and Rey took one paper by random, one by one. And, we ended up with this script:
Gurl! Hold ma' poodle.
Will you go out with me on Saturday?
I hate your guts.
The car just took a corner at 100 m/h
What the hell!
Why is game so fun to play with.
Have you taken your pills yet?
I enjoy singing in the bathroom.
What did you have for lunch?
I look into the mirror.
I'm about to go on stage.
Enter Sandman.
Two of my lines were picked out. Will you go out with me on Saturday and I enjoy singing in the bathroom. HAHA. Man this does not make sense at all. At first we had to read the lines normally; no tones, nothing; just reading. Dude it doesn't make sense at all. URGHH!! >< and Rey made us act it out. We had to come up with a scene where everything is justified and makes sense. After runs and runs, I got the sense that the lines that I say was more bitchy and high status than the lines that Teck Sern reads.
So yea, I thought of an idea where I was a popular girl in high school, and Teck Sern was more of a nerd, that I bully. He has feelings for me and tries to ask me out, but I, obviously feeling that I deserve so much better, pushes away.
Another idea was that I'm a stripper trying to get Teck Sern to sleep with me, but as I hit on him, he turns out to be more perverted than I am and it turns me off instead. HAHA. Oh wells maybe this one will work, since one of the effective ways to justify something is to make everything a sexual innuendo. HEHE young, horny teenagers. HEY we can't help it, blame the hormones. So yea, with two days to work on this, urgh I don't know how this is going to work out. Bleh.
BOOM!
[Wednesday, 14th March 2012]
So its the performance day for our neutral scene. And heck we didn't get the chance to practice much the day before cuz I just HAD to have a dispute with my mum over not picking up my phone. I mean, we decided that I'll go home at 4, and she called me up at 3. I was still halfway in practice and there's no signal in the ADP classrooms (Thanks Taylor's Thanks =.=), and I received a call whereby my mum started screaming on the phone. OH I really needed that.
So due to the lack of practice, me and Teck Sern met up early in the morning to practice again. Our battlefield scene needed to be worked on. So with the help of Leanne we came with a nice ending to it, although its a bit cheesy.
Leanne was freaking out, because her group mates weren't in yet. But they soon joined us and they practised by themselves while me and Teck Sern did the same thing.
Pretty soon Rey came in, and class soon started. We had to do the usual walk around the space thing and then sit with our partners. I remembered having to give Teck Sern a massage and he had to give me one. LOL man, to be honest I do give my mum massages, but I'm not good at it. So I was like oh shit. HAHA but whatever la its done.
So the next thing we do is to add actions to our lines. That DID NOT, I repeat, DID NOT, work at all. Our scene didn't suit the whole violence thing, instead it turned out as if I was running away from Teck Sern, bleh. And then we had to do our scene and Rey was watching us. And danggg, it wasn't working out. Oh wells, he's the pro.
So instead of making me a civilian trapped in a battlefield, Rey made me a falled comrade. Like our original idea, but I'm the fallen one instead of Teck Sern. Teck Sern then found me and tried to safe me, but I, at first refused. By looking at his persistence, I began to accept him, and allowed me to safe him. I was not prepared for this at all. At first, I couldn't feel the pain in my legs, but the more I practised the more real it felt. But it took me a while. Rey had to actually threatened punching me, because it was so not believable.. ><
After about 5-10 minutes of practice it was time to show our skit. DUDE I WAS NOT PREPARED AT ALL. That amount of practice wasn't enough for me to feel the pain enough to make it real. NO SHIT! I was so not prepared. But heck, we both went on anyway, and there were some plus points and minuses. Minuses was that I should have taken the time to change my decision and make more eye contact then with Teck Sern., and we shouldn't have picked up the rifle. Oh wells.
Oh and he commented about our prop. I shouldn't have used the nerf guns, whoops. HEHE.. Oh wells, we all make mistakes and I'll just have to make sure that I don't make the same mistake again. :D
So its the performance day for our neutral scene. And heck we didn't get the chance to practice much the day before cuz I just HAD to have a dispute with my mum over not picking up my phone. I mean, we decided that I'll go home at 4, and she called me up at 3. I was still halfway in practice and there's no signal in the ADP classrooms (Thanks Taylor's Thanks =.=), and I received a call whereby my mum started screaming on the phone. OH I really needed that.
So due to the lack of practice, me and Teck Sern met up early in the morning to practice again. Our battlefield scene needed to be worked on. So with the help of Leanne we came with a nice ending to it, although its a bit cheesy.
Leanne was freaking out, because her group mates weren't in yet. But they soon joined us and they practised by themselves while me and Teck Sern did the same thing.
Pretty soon Rey came in, and class soon started. We had to do the usual walk around the space thing and then sit with our partners. I remembered having to give Teck Sern a massage and he had to give me one. LOL man, to be honest I do give my mum massages, but I'm not good at it. So I was like oh shit. HAHA but whatever la its done.
So the next thing we do is to add actions to our lines. That DID NOT, I repeat, DID NOT, work at all. Our scene didn't suit the whole violence thing, instead it turned out as if I was running away from Teck Sern, bleh. And then we had to do our scene and Rey was watching us. And danggg, it wasn't working out. Oh wells, he's the pro.
So instead of making me a civilian trapped in a battlefield, Rey made me a falled comrade. Like our original idea, but I'm the fallen one instead of Teck Sern. Teck Sern then found me and tried to safe me, but I, at first refused. By looking at his persistence, I began to accept him, and allowed me to safe him. I was not prepared for this at all. At first, I couldn't feel the pain in my legs, but the more I practised the more real it felt. But it took me a while. Rey had to actually threatened punching me, because it was so not believable.. ><
After about 5-10 minutes of practice it was time to show our skit. DUDE I WAS NOT PREPARED AT ALL. That amount of practice wasn't enough for me to feel the pain enough to make it real. NO SHIT! I was so not prepared. But heck, we both went on anyway, and there were some plus points and minuses. Minuses was that I should have taken the time to change my decision and make more eye contact then with Teck Sern., and we shouldn't have picked up the rifle. Oh wells.
Oh and he commented about our prop. I shouldn't have used the nerf guns, whoops. HEHE.. Oh wells, we all make mistakes and I'll just have to make sure that I don't make the same mistake again. :D
Monday 19 March 2012
Rehearsal Notes - Neutral Script
So, following the Monday class, Teck Sern and I straightaway met up over brunch/breakfast with some others. We sort of just talked about the basic idea. All the idea generation was done at night via facebook chat. HEHE, the wonders of facebook.
We settled on the idea of a comrade dying for the battlefield scene, where by Teck Sern gets hit and I had to pull him to cover. Then he would persuade me to go. At first I would refuse to leave him, but in the end I did. As for the beauty parlor scene, Teck Sern would be a obnoxious, rich and desperate boy who tried to get me to go on a date with him. He doesn't really want me, its just that he needs a partner for an event. So I was the last measure. But knowing this, I refused but in the end obliged just to get him off my backside.
The next day we met up and practiced down at one of the classrooms with Leanne and Co. The plan was to get us to watch each other, which failed, cuz both groups end up working on their own thing. So Teck Sern and I started on the beauty parlor scene with the help of Leanne as her company hasn't arrived. That went on quite smoothly and as planned. It wasn't that hard because there wasn't much connection between the two characters, and I've rejected people and not feel bad about it so you know. hehe :P
But when we tried out the battlefield scene, I realized that I just wasn't comfortable to do something so dramatic and all. We tried it out and we felt it didn't work. So instead we came up with another skit where I was a civilian trapped in an aftermath of a battle. Teck Sern was an amateur soldier who found me. At first I didn't trust him but in the end, I saw his sincerity and took his hands. I thought that this was another approach of a battlefield instead of having a scene set when the battle is still going on.
So here's the beat sheet and object exercise:
Scene 1: Beauty Parlour
Who am I?
- A young beautician who specializes in manicures. Looks of average standard. Friendly and nice to her customers
Where am I?
- In my station, sitting behind the manicuring table.
What time is it?
- Afternoon, around 1pm. After Lunch. The time where there's least customers
What are my relationship?
- I need to get my this guy's manicure right. I have a relationship with my filer to help me get his nails right
What are the given circumstances?
- This guy is trying to get me to go out with him. I know he doesn't actually want to go out with me and is just desperate.
What do I want?
- I don't want to go out with him. I know he's not sincere and he's desperate. I just want to get him done and over with
What is in my way?
- His persistence, I'm busy and my boss won't let me go
What do I do to get what I want?
- I accepted but quickly gave him his bill when he's done, hoping he would leave.
Curtain
Teck Sern (TS): (enters, looking as if he's the king of the world)
Celine (C): (sitting down on her chair, doing her own nails. Realizes that she has a customer, sits up and smiled at him while putting down her filer. The customer settles down and she took a different filer used for the customers and she starts doing his nails)
TS: Please
C: (smiles, hesitate, eyes still on the nail she was doing) I can't
TS: Just try
C: I don't know
TS: (a little more desperate) Please
C: (Pauses, continues with the nail that she was doing, heaves, and reaches for the nail polish on her right, picks one up) Can you-
TS: (cuts off) DON'T EVEN.
C: But-
TS: NO! (to himself) You're mad.
C: (stayed silent, goes on to his other hand)
TS: Please.
C: (pauses, heaves a sigh) Alright (smile half heartedly. Finished his other hand and quickly wrote down the bill)
TS: Ready?
C: (stops writing the bill) You know (she looks up, and stop halfway through her sentence)
TS: What's that?
C: (continues back to writing the bill and passes it to him) Here.
TS: (grabs the bill, gets up and walks off) Okay.
C: (sarcastically) Great.
Scene 2: Battlefield
Who am I?
- A civilian trapped in the middle of a war zone. I'm scared to death and is suspicious of anyone who gets close, though I am helpless.
Where am I?
- In the middle of a war zone. The front lines
What time is it?
- Midday, after the battle.
What are my relationships?
- The ruins surrounding me are my protectors.
What are the given circumstances?
- I'm stuck there. I don't want to die so I just stayed there. If I go out I might actually die
What do I want?
- To live
What is in my way?
- My fears, my suspiciousness
What do I do to get what I want?
- I studied the person that found me carefully, making sure that he's not going to do bad things to me.
Beats
Curtain
C: (hiding in a corner, scared, looks around and made herself as small as possible)
TS: (enters in and walks around, carefully, a sense of fear and cautiousness around him.)
C: (sees the soldier entering and slowly turning to her direction, she softly cried) Please.
TS: (jumps and points the gun at her, to which she looks surprised, and cringed even closer to the ruins behind her. He approached her slowly and when he realized that she's harmless, he drops his weapon and squats down next to her and extend his hand. Pauses and when she doesn't respond, had to break the silent. Strictly) Please.
C: (looks at the hand, shakily) I can't
TS: Just try
C: I don't know (maintain level of shakiness and fear)
TS: Please (higher tone)
C: Can you - (Looks away from him)
TS: Don't even (firmly)
C: But (scared) NO! (slaps his hands away)
TS: (mutters) You're mad (silently and gently, once again extending his hands) Please.
C: (looks back at him, makes eye contact, looks at his hands, reaches out, hesitates and slowly took it) Alright
TS: Ready? (gets up)
C: You know (Hesitates, but was pulled up by TS)
TS: What's that?
C: (shakes head)
TS: here (ushers her in the direction of the exit)
C: okay (runs towards the exit)
TS: Great (follows behind)
Well we have some problem with the exit of the second scene. Why does all the problem comes from the second scene, ugh. Oh wells we'll see what happens. :)
We settled on the idea of a comrade dying for the battlefield scene, where by Teck Sern gets hit and I had to pull him to cover. Then he would persuade me to go. At first I would refuse to leave him, but in the end I did. As for the beauty parlor scene, Teck Sern would be a obnoxious, rich and desperate boy who tried to get me to go on a date with him. He doesn't really want me, its just that he needs a partner for an event. So I was the last measure. But knowing this, I refused but in the end obliged just to get him off my backside.
The next day we met up and practiced down at one of the classrooms with Leanne and Co. The plan was to get us to watch each other, which failed, cuz both groups end up working on their own thing. So Teck Sern and I started on the beauty parlor scene with the help of Leanne as her company hasn't arrived. That went on quite smoothly and as planned. It wasn't that hard because there wasn't much connection between the two characters, and I've rejected people and not feel bad about it so you know. hehe :P
But when we tried out the battlefield scene, I realized that I just wasn't comfortable to do something so dramatic and all. We tried it out and we felt it didn't work. So instead we came up with another skit where I was a civilian trapped in an aftermath of a battle. Teck Sern was an amateur soldier who found me. At first I didn't trust him but in the end, I saw his sincerity and took his hands. I thought that this was another approach of a battlefield instead of having a scene set when the battle is still going on.
So here's the beat sheet and object exercise:
Scene 1: Beauty Parlour
Who am I?
- A young beautician who specializes in manicures. Looks of average standard. Friendly and nice to her customers
Where am I?
- In my station, sitting behind the manicuring table.
What time is it?
- Afternoon, around 1pm. After Lunch. The time where there's least customers
What are my relationship?
- I need to get my this guy's manicure right. I have a relationship with my filer to help me get his nails right
What are the given circumstances?
- This guy is trying to get me to go out with him. I know he doesn't actually want to go out with me and is just desperate.
What do I want?
- I don't want to go out with him. I know he's not sincere and he's desperate. I just want to get him done and over with
What is in my way?
- His persistence, I'm busy and my boss won't let me go
What do I do to get what I want?
- I accepted but quickly gave him his bill when he's done, hoping he would leave.
Curtain
Teck Sern (TS): (enters, looking as if he's the king of the world)
Celine (C): (sitting down on her chair, doing her own nails. Realizes that she has a customer, sits up and smiled at him while putting down her filer. The customer settles down and she took a different filer used for the customers and she starts doing his nails)
TS: Please
C: (smiles, hesitate, eyes still on the nail she was doing) I can't
TS: Just try
C: I don't know
TS: (a little more desperate) Please
C: (Pauses, continues with the nail that she was doing, heaves, and reaches for the nail polish on her right, picks one up) Can you-
TS: (cuts off) DON'T EVEN.
C: But-
TS: NO! (to himself) You're mad.
C: (stayed silent, goes on to his other hand)
TS: Please.
C: (pauses, heaves a sigh) Alright (smile half heartedly. Finished his other hand and quickly wrote down the bill)
TS: Ready?
C: (stops writing the bill) You know (she looks up, and stop halfway through her sentence)
TS: What's that?
C: (continues back to writing the bill and passes it to him) Here.
TS: (grabs the bill, gets up and walks off) Okay.
C: (sarcastically) Great.
Scene 2: Battlefield
Who am I?
- A civilian trapped in the middle of a war zone. I'm scared to death and is suspicious of anyone who gets close, though I am helpless.
Where am I?
- In the middle of a war zone. The front lines
What time is it?
- Midday, after the battle.
What are my relationships?
- The ruins surrounding me are my protectors.
What are the given circumstances?
- I'm stuck there. I don't want to die so I just stayed there. If I go out I might actually die
What do I want?
- To live
What is in my way?
- My fears, my suspiciousness
What do I do to get what I want?
- I studied the person that found me carefully, making sure that he's not going to do bad things to me.
Beats
Curtain
C: (hiding in a corner, scared, looks around and made herself as small as possible)
TS: (enters in and walks around, carefully, a sense of fear and cautiousness around him.)
C: (sees the soldier entering and slowly turning to her direction, she softly cried) Please.
TS: (jumps and points the gun at her, to which she looks surprised, and cringed even closer to the ruins behind her. He approached her slowly and when he realized that she's harmless, he drops his weapon and squats down next to her and extend his hand. Pauses and when she doesn't respond, had to break the silent. Strictly) Please.
C: (looks at the hand, shakily) I can't
TS: Just try
C: I don't know (maintain level of shakiness and fear)
TS: Please (higher tone)
C: Can you - (Looks away from him)
TS: Don't even (firmly)
C: But (scared) NO! (slaps his hands away)
TS: (mutters) You're mad (silently and gently, once again extending his hands) Please.
C: (looks back at him, makes eye contact, looks at his hands, reaches out, hesitates and slowly took it) Alright
TS: Ready? (gets up)
C: You know (Hesitates, but was pulled up by TS)
TS: What's that?
C: (shakes head)
TS: here (ushers her in the direction of the exit)
C: okay (runs towards the exit)
TS: Great (follows behind)
Well we have some problem with the exit of the second scene. Why does all the problem comes from the second scene, ugh. Oh wells we'll see what happens. :)
Saturday 17 March 2012
Neutral, neutral
[Monday, 12th March 2012]
So its the first class after mid-terms, and for once I'm actually starting my journal the same day of that class.
Anyway, because I was too lazy to wait in the ADP office, I went straight to the experimental theater. It's so much nicer to wait there anyway, so I can sleep. After settling in, I put down my bag and went to clean my bowels, and when I got back Leanne was there already. So we chatted for a while and pretty soon people started pouring in.
Rey joined us pretty soon after, and he started the briefing. BUT I had to miss it cuz he sent Adam, Zong Yong and me out to get the photocopied books of the 10 minutes plays. Damn it was heavy, thank God for the two guys. So yea, I actually missed whatever he was saying to the class, but I didn't bother asking what it was anyway. Cuz I thought whatever it was he said in class, I'll know eventually. Hehe.
Anyway, Rey actually wanted us to start on our finals! OH SHIT! We have roughly a month and two weeks before the finals. Not a lot of time to rehearse a play, even though its only 10 minutes long. Oh wells, so Rey paired us up, and thank God, I'm not with Mohammad anymore. YES I AM MAKING SOMEONE LOOK BAD, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE. That is how bad my experience with him is, or maybe I just can't handle people who are too relaxed. So I was paired up with Teck Sern. Yippee! I worked with him before for social psychology, so I think I'll be fine for finals. We got the Take Ten Book.
So then the class started, we had to walk around as usual. We had to wake each other up by slapping them, shaking them and all. It was quite funny looking at the expression of other people when they tried to wake each other up. Oh wells, it did somewhat worked because I end up laughing so much.
Then we had to talk in gibberish. I paired up with someone who I can't remember and started just bla bla-ing. we seemed like we actually are having a conversation, although I had no clue what we were saying. It was give and take, because in a way when I'm uttering gibberish, they stayed quiet and vice versa. Next we had to change partner and tell a dirty joke. I paired up with Vhina, and just started blabbering. It was awkward because I didn't know any dirty joke, damn. So I just tried to act as if like she's saying something dirty and I'm saying something dirty that we both end up laughing. It was awkward. Then we had to gossip. AH gossiping, I suppose it would come easily for any human being. Though, in this gibberish, I didn't think I did a very good job. Oh wells.
I was hoping we'd get to do a whole class on gibberish like in theater101. I remembered how me and Justin were on the verge of crying in theater101 because of this class. HAHA but that was last time. But then we had to cut the gibberish short.
We were given neutral scripts that consists of simple lines, and we had to go to our finals partner. So I went to Teck Sern. At first we had to read it normally (which I made the mistake of giving it assumptions) a couple of times. I was B and Teck Sern was A. I'll show you the script.
A : Please.
B : I can't.
A : Just try.
B : I don't know.
A : Please.
B : Can you.
A : Don't even.
B : But.
A : No.
B : You're mad.
A : Alright.
B : Ready.
A : You know.
B : What's that.
A : Here.
B : Okay.
A : Great.
So yea, it doesn't really mean anything. But it seems to me a bit sexual. HAHA. I'm not the only one who sees it that way ok, I mean Teck Sern too and I bet the others sees it that way. Well teenagers mind, hormones, 'nuff said.Well it was a bit hard to put it in a flat tone, since I was always the expressive girl, so yea. But I got it done so hehehehe.
Next we had to put in status. First A was low status and B was high. It felt good man! I mean Teck Sern is like way taller than me, and I, the smaller one, was bossing him around. Muahahahhahahaa. Anyway, I got so close to him, and said to his ear in this cold to my first line. It was awesome hehe. I felt powerful, and intimidating at the same time. But then he got his sweet revenge on me. I was like oh shit!! It was intimidating because he's like twice my size in terms of height, not sideways though. I'm fat. I love my food kay :P
Then the low status, had to be sick of all the bullying and leave the high status. So I had to leave Teck Sern at first, and he had to make up to me. Then the reverse was done. I found the once high status self suddenly being in lower status than before. Well it's expected. I mean if you are apologizing to someone you will be of a lower status than that of the person you're apologizing too. It's like throwing your ego away when you apologize to someone.
Then we had to stand as close as possible to one another. It was so awkward and I couldn't stop giggling. Since I'm so short, all I see is his shirt. I saw Lih Seng and Valerie and they were just the nice height for each other. Then we had to look up and say the lines to each other. We are already close, and we had to make eye contact, all the more awkwardness. At one point, I actually end up finding him cute (WTF?!) in a way. Bleh. HAHA guess I wasn't the only one that felt awkward, because unconsciously Teck Sern were actually inching away from me and I know that, haha.
Then we had the whole lying on the ground thing. I swear it was soooo awkward!! Teck Sern couldn't stop giggling and he looked like he was going to laugh. I swear I cannot look at Teck Sern like how I see Lih Seng or Eric or any other guy. No offense intended, but he just reminds me so much of my little brother that it felt so awkward for me to be supposedly lying in bed with him. And what does lying in bed means most of the time? Sex. OMG Its like having sex with my own brother, oh gosh that's just awkward.
So now, we have to do a whole scene in a chose place, and we had to perform it on Wednesday. Yeap that's right, WEDNESDAY. That means just two days of practice. No joke. Die die also have to do. So Teck Sern and I were given Battlefield and a beauty parlor.
Oh wells, good luck to us doing this.
So its the first class after mid-terms, and for once I'm actually starting my journal the same day of that class.
Anyway, because I was too lazy to wait in the ADP office, I went straight to the experimental theater. It's so much nicer to wait there anyway, so I can sleep. After settling in, I put down my bag and went to clean my bowels, and when I got back Leanne was there already. So we chatted for a while and pretty soon people started pouring in.
Rey joined us pretty soon after, and he started the briefing. BUT I had to miss it cuz he sent Adam, Zong Yong and me out to get the photocopied books of the 10 minutes plays. Damn it was heavy, thank God for the two guys. So yea, I actually missed whatever he was saying to the class, but I didn't bother asking what it was anyway. Cuz I thought whatever it was he said in class, I'll know eventually. Hehe.
Anyway, Rey actually wanted us to start on our finals! OH SHIT! We have roughly a month and two weeks before the finals. Not a lot of time to rehearse a play, even though its only 10 minutes long. Oh wells, so Rey paired us up, and thank God, I'm not with Mohammad anymore. YES I AM MAKING SOMEONE LOOK BAD, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE. That is how bad my experience with him is, or maybe I just can't handle people who are too relaxed. So I was paired up with Teck Sern. Yippee! I worked with him before for social psychology, so I think I'll be fine for finals. We got the Take Ten Book.
So then the class started, we had to walk around as usual. We had to wake each other up by slapping them, shaking them and all. It was quite funny looking at the expression of other people when they tried to wake each other up. Oh wells, it did somewhat worked because I end up laughing so much.
Then we had to talk in gibberish. I paired up with someone who I can't remember and started just bla bla-ing. we seemed like we actually are having a conversation, although I had no clue what we were saying. It was give and take, because in a way when I'm uttering gibberish, they stayed quiet and vice versa. Next we had to change partner and tell a dirty joke. I paired up with Vhina, and just started blabbering. It was awkward because I didn't know any dirty joke, damn. So I just tried to act as if like she's saying something dirty and I'm saying something dirty that we both end up laughing. It was awkward. Then we had to gossip. AH gossiping, I suppose it would come easily for any human being. Though, in this gibberish, I didn't think I did a very good job. Oh wells.
I was hoping we'd get to do a whole class on gibberish like in theater101. I remembered how me and Justin were on the verge of crying in theater101 because of this class. HAHA but that was last time. But then we had to cut the gibberish short.
We were given neutral scripts that consists of simple lines, and we had to go to our finals partner. So I went to Teck Sern. At first we had to read it normally (which I made the mistake of giving it assumptions) a couple of times. I was B and Teck Sern was A. I'll show you the script.
A : Please.
B : I can't.
A : Just try.
B : I don't know.
A : Please.
B : Can you.
A : Don't even.
B : But.
A : No.
B : You're mad.
A : Alright.
B : Ready.
A : You know.
B : What's that.
A : Here.
B : Okay.
A : Great.
So yea, it doesn't really mean anything. But it seems to me a bit sexual. HAHA. I'm not the only one who sees it that way ok, I mean Teck Sern too and I bet the others sees it that way. Well teenagers mind, hormones, 'nuff said.Well it was a bit hard to put it in a flat tone, since I was always the expressive girl, so yea. But I got it done so hehehehe.
Next we had to put in status. First A was low status and B was high. It felt good man! I mean Teck Sern is like way taller than me, and I, the smaller one, was bossing him around. Muahahahhahahaa. Anyway, I got so close to him, and said to his ear in this cold to my first line. It was awesome hehe. I felt powerful, and intimidating at the same time. But then he got his sweet revenge on me. I was like oh shit!! It was intimidating because he's like twice my size in terms of height, not sideways though. I'm fat. I love my food kay :P
Then the low status, had to be sick of all the bullying and leave the high status. So I had to leave Teck Sern at first, and he had to make up to me. Then the reverse was done. I found the once high status self suddenly being in lower status than before. Well it's expected. I mean if you are apologizing to someone you will be of a lower status than that of the person you're apologizing too. It's like throwing your ego away when you apologize to someone.
Then we had to stand as close as possible to one another. It was so awkward and I couldn't stop giggling. Since I'm so short, all I see is his shirt. I saw Lih Seng and Valerie and they were just the nice height for each other. Then we had to look up and say the lines to each other. We are already close, and we had to make eye contact, all the more awkwardness. At one point, I actually end up finding him cute (WTF?!) in a way. Bleh. HAHA guess I wasn't the only one that felt awkward, because unconsciously Teck Sern were actually inching away from me and I know that, haha.
Then we had the whole lying on the ground thing. I swear it was soooo awkward!! Teck Sern couldn't stop giggling and he looked like he was going to laugh. I swear I cannot look at Teck Sern like how I see Lih Seng or Eric or any other guy. No offense intended, but he just reminds me so much of my little brother that it felt so awkward for me to be supposedly lying in bed with him. And what does lying in bed means most of the time? Sex. OMG Its like having sex with my own brother, oh gosh that's just awkward.
So now, we have to do a whole scene in a chose place, and we had to perform it on Wednesday. Yeap that's right, WEDNESDAY. That means just two days of practice. No joke. Die die also have to do. So Teck Sern and I were given Battlefield and a beauty parlor.
Oh wells, good luck to us doing this.
Sunday 11 March 2012
The Semi-big day
[Wednesday, 7th March 2012]
Semi-big day because its midterms and not finals.
Well regardless I felt OK at the beginning. I had to come early because I have to tape the floor with Leanne and Vhina. Oh wells the work of a stage manager.
Then we ran out of tape. So I had to run to get some more. Thank God the Newspaper shop was open this early, so I just popped in and bought some and quickly finished taping the stage.The lines were not straight at all, but whatever, as long as it looks rectangle I'm good.
So people started coming in. Mohammad and I were just rehearsing on the stage and we had to switch with other people after 1 or 2 run-throughs. Then we simply go through the lines over and over again to make sure we had the flow of the essay.
When Rey came in, we were given 15 minutes to rehearse and then were briefed as to how the midterms is going to be conducted. We were told to pick a number, which we picked 1, and ends up having to go 3rd. Leanne and Lih Seng went first, followed by the trio of Filza, Wei Lim and Teck Sern, then us, and Adam and Valerie ends the scene.
Well I won't comment much on the other's performance. They were all obviously rehearsed well. I liked the ending for Lih Seng's and Leanne's skit, where they said, "bye" at the same time. Adam's and Valerie's were probably the best out of all of ours. I think I would have enjoyed acting in that skit.
Well for ours, I thought it went better than expected. I was more focused than the usual rehearsals, and it felt much more natural than before. But according to Rey I wasn't exactly in character when I first got in. Maybe it wasn't enough.
Rey also said that we played ourselves and that the character were far too close to ourselves. Which I thought was true. Although I'm not a hardcore gamer, I do game, and I am not as girlish as some other girls. So I thought that the character Sera was far too close to myself and therefore I end up playing myself. Damn, why didn't I realize it earlier.
All in all, I think that it could have been so much better and I should have stuck with the first script instead of changing it. It would have been so much stronger than the current script. So I do regret changing the script. But what's done is done and now all I can wish for is to have at least a final mark of B and I'll be good.
By the end of the class, Rey mentioned that we won't be writing our own plays anymore. HALLELUJAH!!! Finally working on actual script. This would be interesting. This is actually the part I'm looking forward to the most. Can't wait to start and meet my new partner :)
Semi-big day because its midterms and not finals.
Well regardless I felt OK at the beginning. I had to come early because I have to tape the floor with Leanne and Vhina. Oh wells the work of a stage manager.
Then we ran out of tape. So I had to run to get some more. Thank God the Newspaper shop was open this early, so I just popped in and bought some and quickly finished taping the stage.The lines were not straight at all, but whatever, as long as it looks rectangle I'm good.
So people started coming in. Mohammad and I were just rehearsing on the stage and we had to switch with other people after 1 or 2 run-throughs. Then we simply go through the lines over and over again to make sure we had the flow of the essay.
When Rey came in, we were given 15 minutes to rehearse and then were briefed as to how the midterms is going to be conducted. We were told to pick a number, which we picked 1, and ends up having to go 3rd. Leanne and Lih Seng went first, followed by the trio of Filza, Wei Lim and Teck Sern, then us, and Adam and Valerie ends the scene.
Well I won't comment much on the other's performance. They were all obviously rehearsed well. I liked the ending for Lih Seng's and Leanne's skit, where they said, "bye" at the same time. Adam's and Valerie's were probably the best out of all of ours. I think I would have enjoyed acting in that skit.
Well for ours, I thought it went better than expected. I was more focused than the usual rehearsals, and it felt much more natural than before. But according to Rey I wasn't exactly in character when I first got in. Maybe it wasn't enough.
Rey also said that we played ourselves and that the character were far too close to ourselves. Which I thought was true. Although I'm not a hardcore gamer, I do game, and I am not as girlish as some other girls. So I thought that the character Sera was far too close to myself and therefore I end up playing myself. Damn, why didn't I realize it earlier.
All in all, I think that it could have been so much better and I should have stuck with the first script instead of changing it. It would have been so much stronger than the current script. So I do regret changing the script. But what's done is done and now all I can wish for is to have at least a final mark of B and I'll be good.
By the end of the class, Rey mentioned that we won't be writing our own plays anymore. HALLELUJAH!!! Finally working on actual script. This would be interesting. This is actually the part I'm looking forward to the most. Can't wait to start and meet my new partner :)
Friday 9 March 2012
Rehearsal Notes - Mid Terms
SHIT ITS MIDTERMS.
DAYUM.
Anyway, so I was paired up with Mohammad and I tell you it was so hard to work with him. Yes I am not holding back with him here, because in reality, that was the way it is.
So here's like a summary of what happened throughout the whole week of practice in preparation for mid-terms.
On Wednesday, I found out that my partner was Mohammad. OK fair enough. Texted him asking when he wants to meet. He replied once and when I replied, I didn't get any reply back. Joy. There you go Thursday gone, poof, with me trying to call him 30x and he was unreachable.
So we end up meeting on Friday. We worked on the basic scene whereby it was about a sex addict who found out that she had AIDS. Well it was supposed to be Mohammad that was the sex addict, but I end up doing it because I thought that I rather play this character than the doctor. In the end she finds out that the doctor had made a mistake, and that she doesn't have AIDS.
We tried it out, it worked. The flow was good, and there was a powerful pause in between that must be done at all cost. So with satisfied mood, we left for the weekends to do our own rehearsal. I did a bit of those to remind me how the flow goes. I wrote the script and replayed the scene over and over in my head so I know what to do.
Monday comes and we agreed to meet at 12.30. And no surprise, he was late, almost an hour as he went to go and eat. Fair enough, nature calls. We started the rehearsals soon. We went through the scene and it was apparent that he didn't do his practice. I bet he didn't even look at the script. The flow was messed up, and the pause, that powerful pause, just didn't happen.
So we decided to change the scene last minute to something about selfishness, trying to work things out and all. Credits to Jueneke for giving me this idea. So I'm a girl who double dated herself and tries to get her bestie to cancel the plan. Again I worked on the script and asked him to work on his version of the script and we'd compare who's was better.
Tuesday came. We agreed to meet at 3pm. But he came at 4pm. Who wouldn't be pissed? And he was distracted by his friends. That is not cool. The midterms was just the next day and I couldn't be bothered to deal with this kinds of crap. So once he was done, we got to practicing. We practiced for 3 hours on that day. Only 3 hours because he came late and we spent one hour eating. Bleh, all we can do is hope for the best for the next day.
Damn I sound like I'm ranting on this post.
So here's the object exercise:
And here's the Script and beats for my part:
DAYUM.
Anyway, so I was paired up with Mohammad and I tell you it was so hard to work with him. Yes I am not holding back with him here, because in reality, that was the way it is.
So here's like a summary of what happened throughout the whole week of practice in preparation for mid-terms.
On Wednesday, I found out that my partner was Mohammad. OK fair enough. Texted him asking when he wants to meet. He replied once and when I replied, I didn't get any reply back. Joy. There you go Thursday gone, poof, with me trying to call him 30x and he was unreachable.
So we end up meeting on Friday. We worked on the basic scene whereby it was about a sex addict who found out that she had AIDS. Well it was supposed to be Mohammad that was the sex addict, but I end up doing it because I thought that I rather play this character than the doctor. In the end she finds out that the doctor had made a mistake, and that she doesn't have AIDS.
We tried it out, it worked. The flow was good, and there was a powerful pause in between that must be done at all cost. So with satisfied mood, we left for the weekends to do our own rehearsal. I did a bit of those to remind me how the flow goes. I wrote the script and replayed the scene over and over in my head so I know what to do.
Monday comes and we agreed to meet at 12.30. And no surprise, he was late, almost an hour as he went to go and eat. Fair enough, nature calls. We started the rehearsals soon. We went through the scene and it was apparent that he didn't do his practice. I bet he didn't even look at the script. The flow was messed up, and the pause, that powerful pause, just didn't happen.
So we decided to change the scene last minute to something about selfishness, trying to work things out and all. Credits to Jueneke for giving me this idea. So I'm a girl who double dated herself and tries to get her bestie to cancel the plan. Again I worked on the script and asked him to work on his version of the script and we'd compare who's was better.
Tuesday came. We agreed to meet at 3pm. But he came at 4pm. Who wouldn't be pissed? And he was distracted by his friends. That is not cool. The midterms was just the next day and I couldn't be bothered to deal with this kinds of crap. So once he was done, we got to practicing. We practiced for 3 hours on that day. Only 3 hours because he came late and we spent one hour eating. Bleh, all we can do is hope for the best for the next day.
Damn I sound like I'm ranting on this post.
So here's the object exercise:
Who am I?
- I am Sera, a tomboy teenage girl who loves her video games, especially the one on one fist fighting and sports kinds. I am a childhood friend of Gianni, and we grew up together as a friendly rival in anything. Games especially. I hate losing, especially to Gianni, and will always swear to beat him back. Something along those lines. Though I care for him like a brother since we’ve been so close since young. Though lately I haven’t been able to hang out with him
Where am I?
- I was just at the shower, going into my room.
What time is it?
- Around 6pm. I just got back from classes, and right after a good shower, and receiving a message from my boyfriend Robert. Feels good.
What surrounds me?
- My bed, my cupboard, the door that leads to the bathroom and the door that leads to the living room.
What are my relationships?
- Gianni and I are close childhood friend. I care for him like a brother. I’m scared of disappointing him and make him feel sad, because I don’t want to make him feel that way. He rarely disappoints me, so I don’t want to disappoint him.
- Robert is my boyfriend and I love him. I can’t bear to cancel a plan that I’ve made with him. I miss him so much because we haven’t got the chance to hang out much due to the amount of homeworks and assignments from college.
- I have a relationship with my phone. I love my phone as it is my means of communicating with the people I care and love
- Sam, my younger brother. I always practice the tough love on him as an older sister. I care for him very much, and would protect him from anything. But I still tease and be mean with him.
What are the given circumstances?
- I made a plan with Robert to go out with him on that weekend for the Avenged Sevenfold concert at Singapore. Basically spend the whole weekend with him, and I completely forgot that I already made a plan with Gianni to have a gaming marathon with him.
- Gianni will obviously be disappointed and it’s not fair on him.
WHAT DO I WANT (objective)?
- I want to go to the concert with Robert and make Gianni agree to cancel the plan.
WHAT IS IN MY WAY (obstacle)?
- My guilt and the fact that I know that Gianni will be disappointed and I know that it’s not fair on him
WHAT DO I DO TO GET WHAT I WANT (ACTION)?
- Apologize to him, promise to him that I’ll give the whole of next weekend for him and have game marathons, and give him time to chill.
Sera (S): (Just came out of the shower, with a towel on her head. <I need to dry my hair>continues to dry it with the towel as she makes her way to the bed. >Picks up phone < I got a message from Robert > smiles > lies down as she replies the message)
Gianni (G): (>I’ve got to beat this high score<So I swing my hands around in a tennis motion, trying to beat the virtual opponent = I’m trying as hard as I could) YEAH!!! I’M SO CALLING HER (<excitedly>FINALLY I BEAT HER HIGHSCORE FOR THE 7TH TIME!<I’ve got to tell Sera > calls Sera)
S: (on the bed > receives a call from Gianni > picks it up)
G: (shouting, at the same time Sera pulls away from the phone a bit) I JUST BEAT YOUR HIGHSCORE 7 TIMES IN A ROW, IN YOUR FACE BITCH! (>pointing at the air as an emphasis)
S: (<I’m surprised, and disliked the fact that Gianni had beaten my highs core>sits up > shouts back at the phone) WHAT? DUDE THAT’S NOT COOL! NOT COOL! I AM SO BEATING YO ASS THE NEXT TIME I GET THE CHANCE TO. (>fingers pointing and poking at the air)
G: Challenge Accepted. This Weekend, my place, as we planned. (>My hands goes up to show the acceptance)
S: Wait what? This weekend? (<surprised<wrecking my brain to see if I had forgotten something)
G: Yea, this weekend. Remember you’re coming down and bringing down Mario game?
S: OH SHIT!! (Shouted, followed by some lower volume “oh shit”) OMG. I’m so sorry, but can we do that another time?
G: Why, what’s wrong?
S: Errr, Well, Robert asked me out. Avenged Sevenfold’s concert is this weekend, and I really want to go. Plus, I haven’t got the chance to spend time with him for so long. I’m so sorry, but can we change it to another time?
G: (pause, COMPLETE SILENCE, sigh, and then quietly) oh wells, I guess you go and have fun then. Bye (hangs up)
S: (<Oh Shoot, he just hung up < what do I do > walks around, thinking and scolding myself < I have to apologize and make it up to him > stops, and sits down on the block = calls Gianni back to apologize)
G: (<She ditched me<How can she do that?>I sat back on the chair limply>plays around with the phone>looks at wii<I don’t feel like playing it anymore<The phone rings again=Pick up the call)
G: Yes? (silently)
S: Hey Gianni, listen I’m so sorry.
G: Nah it’s fine.
S: I mean, I shouldn’t have said yes to Robert, even if he was my boyfriend. I should have remembered that I had a plan with you. I’m so sorry.
G: It’s Ok, I understand.
S: Sure?
G: Positive.
S: (pause, appears to be in thoughts for a bit) I’ll make it up to you ok. Next weekend ok. I’m free then, so that weekend will be all yours. I’ll bring down all the games that you want to play. God of War, COD, Pokemon, Mario KartI, and we’ll make next weekend like a game marathon alright? I’m so sorry I ditched you this time. I promise promise promise next weekend will be all yours.
G: As long as you don’t ditch me again then its on.
S: Sure?
G: Yea yea sounds good. Hey I’ve got to go out for dinner so see you.
S: See you (softly) (hang up)
G: (gets up from the chair <turns off the wii<made his exit to get ready for dinner outside)
S: (>Still feeling bad>remembered that I have to find the bunch of old games<looks to her cupboard<rushes towards it and started ransacking the content>I can’t find the games! > I’ll check with my brother, Sam) Sam! Where are my old games?! (<walks out of the room)
Bleh, so that's it :D
This is Madness!
[Monday, 5th March 2012]
Monday, Jezzzz, Why can't everyday be weekends? I hate the fact that I have to wake up at 5 am just to get to college by 7. GRRR..
But it's theater day again. So it's all cool. I always look forward to the Monday class because that's where we do the actual class activities.
So as usual, I came early. And Jesus, it hasn't started well. I FORGOT THE TAPE. I was supposed to tape the stage for the midterms, and I forgot to bring them. Joy. Means that I have to rush now on the day itself.
By 8am the class started. So yea, we walked around. Then Rey wanted one of us to start humming and the others began joining in. So I took the initiative to start humming. Eventually the class was filled with this monotonous droning sound. It was pretty irritating to be honest. Then we had to hum on different notes. Man I tried hitting the higher notes, it was hard. My throat end up hurting, and I kept running out of breath. Others seemed to have like this endless amount of oxygen in their lungs that they keep on droning like raged bees, damn.
Then we had to pair up and start singing I love you to each other. My partner was Josh, and it was soooo awkward. Because we had to maintain eye contact and all. The I hate you was easier, and I just walked away.
We did something called the Contrapuntal conversation. I did this in my THTR101 class last year, and boy did I screwed up. I kept laughing last year. Need to focus this time. So I paired up with Filza, and after Rey showed us what to do we started. I just started blabbing on and on and on, while Filza seemed so lost. I don't know why. She always seemed like one of the best in the class and she was struggling.
Then we had to change partners, while still blabbing on. I was still blabbing about photography and I joined Leanne and Adam. Damn it was hard to blab to both of them. Both of them are also so loud and bigger than me. Intimidating. But despite the pressure I thought I did well. Wow.
Then this is where it gets harder. We had to pick up words from each other and use it in our bullshit talks. I was still working in a trio with Leanne and Adam. Boy it was hard trying to catch words from both of them. But I think I did a pretty good job. It taught me how to multitask in terms of listening and catching words at the same time.
Then we had to change partners again. This time, we had to add in gestures and follow them. I went to Vhina and David. It was so funny, because one of us was talking about sex, the other glee, and the other photography. I end up talking bull about having a photo shoot with two models on the bed. We were so synchronize as well it was hilarious. The three of us started jumping and we were jumping and landing at the exact same time!
Last one was give and take. I paired up with Vhina again. Before that I was used as an example by Rey. I end up talking about the floor! I started complaining how dirty the floor is and how brown it is. Boy it was funny because after a while I didn't know what to say. Luckily he stopped before I ran out of words. Then as I worked with Vhina, she started with her glee thing and I jumped in if I find a word that would fit into my sentences.
Then we had to pair up and do a stereotype. So I did a Chinese Petaling Street shop owner that was complaining about her day. I paired up with Wei Lim and he was playing another Chinese dude. I don't know if I sounded like a Chinese woman or not.
Some were quite funny. Leanne played this mainland China girl who tried to get this lady (Lycel) to sleep with her. One of the lines were like, "How old are you? 18?" to which she reply, "No no no, I 16". The whole class started laughing at such a random remark.
Another funny one would be by David and Wilson. One was talking about how his girlfriend broke up with him and the other was an old man talking about how the Japanese people were shooting at his family, killing all of them. It was so funny, because it somewhat fits, and the exaggerated expression helped.
Well what I learned today was the importance of listening while talking as well. I realized how by listening to other people I got more ideas about what to talk about my own topic. I also can see how this technique works in generating lines, because you literally just throw lines at each other.
Monday, Jezzzz, Why can't everyday be weekends? I hate the fact that I have to wake up at 5 am just to get to college by 7. GRRR..
But it's theater day again. So it's all cool. I always look forward to the Monday class because that's where we do the actual class activities.
So as usual, I came early. And Jesus, it hasn't started well. I FORGOT THE TAPE. I was supposed to tape the stage for the midterms, and I forgot to bring them. Joy. Means that I have to rush now on the day itself.
By 8am the class started. So yea, we walked around. Then Rey wanted one of us to start humming and the others began joining in. So I took the initiative to start humming. Eventually the class was filled with this monotonous droning sound. It was pretty irritating to be honest. Then we had to hum on different notes. Man I tried hitting the higher notes, it was hard. My throat end up hurting, and I kept running out of breath. Others seemed to have like this endless amount of oxygen in their lungs that they keep on droning like raged bees, damn.
Then we had to pair up and start singing I love you to each other. My partner was Josh, and it was soooo awkward. Because we had to maintain eye contact and all. The I hate you was easier, and I just walked away.
We did something called the Contrapuntal conversation. I did this in my THTR101 class last year, and boy did I screwed up. I kept laughing last year. Need to focus this time. So I paired up with Filza, and after Rey showed us what to do we started. I just started blabbing on and on and on, while Filza seemed so lost. I don't know why. She always seemed like one of the best in the class and she was struggling.
Then we had to change partners, while still blabbing on. I was still blabbing about photography and I joined Leanne and Adam. Damn it was hard to blab to both of them. Both of them are also so loud and bigger than me. Intimidating. But despite the pressure I thought I did well. Wow.
Then this is where it gets harder. We had to pick up words from each other and use it in our bullshit talks. I was still working in a trio with Leanne and Adam. Boy it was hard trying to catch words from both of them. But I think I did a pretty good job. It taught me how to multitask in terms of listening and catching words at the same time.
Then we had to change partners again. This time, we had to add in gestures and follow them. I went to Vhina and David. It was so funny, because one of us was talking about sex, the other glee, and the other photography. I end up talking bull about having a photo shoot with two models on the bed. We were so synchronize as well it was hilarious. The three of us started jumping and we were jumping and landing at the exact same time!
Last one was give and take. I paired up with Vhina again. Before that I was used as an example by Rey. I end up talking about the floor! I started complaining how dirty the floor is and how brown it is. Boy it was funny because after a while I didn't know what to say. Luckily he stopped before I ran out of words. Then as I worked with Vhina, she started with her glee thing and I jumped in if I find a word that would fit into my sentences.
Then we had to pair up and do a stereotype. So I did a Chinese Petaling Street shop owner that was complaining about her day. I paired up with Wei Lim and he was playing another Chinese dude. I don't know if I sounded like a Chinese woman or not.
Some were quite funny. Leanne played this mainland China girl who tried to get this lady (Lycel) to sleep with her. One of the lines were like, "How old are you? 18?" to which she reply, "No no no, I 16". The whole class started laughing at such a random remark.
Another funny one would be by David and Wilson. One was talking about how his girlfriend broke up with him and the other was an old man talking about how the Japanese people were shooting at his family, killing all of them. It was so funny, because it somewhat fits, and the exaggerated expression helped.
Well what I learned today was the importance of listening while talking as well. I realized how by listening to other people I got more ideas about what to talk about my own topic. I also can see how this technique works in generating lines, because you literally just throw lines at each other.
Thursday 8 March 2012
Leap year, baby!
[Wednesday, 29th February 2012]
Hey it's they day that comes once every 4 years cool~!
And it comes on Wednesday too! So it means performance day for theater. I feel somewhat prepared, and I felt pretty good about it. I mean, I practiced a lot and I feel pretty good about it.
But that don't stop me from being nervous. Man I never gotten use to getting on stage at all, even though I've been on stage since young.
So as usual, I came in earlier than I usually do to try out my stuff. I didn't want anyone to hear me so I came in early. I practiced for like 10 minutes and Wei Lim came in. Obviously I was too shy to practice in front of him and hence I stopped, and replayed the scene in my head instead. Eventually people started pouring in and stuff. Lih Seng and Leanne joined me soon after and we all started working together. We were reading our lines and trying to remember them.
By 8.30 our class started. Rey gave us the usual briefing and told us that our midterms is coming up. JOY. But we would be working with a partner. Well hopefully I'll get a good partner.
Soon we all started. We started with the warm up, the usual walking around in space. Pretty soon, Leanne, Lih Seng and I went behind the screen and shouted our lines to each other. It felt good actually, in a way. At least it didn't feel weird. Good thing that all three of our stuff was all about being angry and screaming at each other. We went through all our conversation. It turns out that some of our conversation were of the same genre, so it went on quite well.
After 15 minutes of warming up, the performances started. I waited for my turn and it was quite long before I had the chance to go. But I did learn a couple of things such as an apparent change in personality, and paying attention to details. For many people, the same attitude were used for the two different conversation, so there wasn't an drastic change. I kept thinking about mine as Rey was commenting on other people's and I thought that mine had a drastic change in attitude so it was all good.
There was 3 people left and after Leanne went, I had to ask Rey to let me go first. I mean I had to leave at exactly 10, if not my mum would kill me. Bleh. So I went. I felt pretty confident as I went in. I knew I had enough practice, and even got my brother to do it. The only change I made was to actually sit on the block instead of the floor.
Everything went on quite smoothly and I personally think I did better than my single phone calls. In the first phone call especially, I could hear the voice on the other side of the phone. It was pretty cool. He skipped the whole what do you think about it because I had to rush off, and went on to commenting. He thought it was pretty good.YAY! Though he did say that I shouldn't have taken the crossing leg position, as it made me dead from waist down. All the acting only came from the waist up. I'm learning new things everyday ~
I had to rush off as Adam was receiving his comments. Obviously I missed the explanation about the midterms. But I asked Leanne to update me.
An hour later I found out that I had to work with Mohammad. To be honest, I'm not too thrilled about it. Cross fingers, everything goes well.
Hey it's they day that comes once every 4 years cool~!
And it comes on Wednesday too! So it means performance day for theater. I feel somewhat prepared, and I felt pretty good about it. I mean, I practiced a lot and I feel pretty good about it.
But that don't stop me from being nervous. Man I never gotten use to getting on stage at all, even though I've been on stage since young.
So as usual, I came in earlier than I usually do to try out my stuff. I didn't want anyone to hear me so I came in early. I practiced for like 10 minutes and Wei Lim came in. Obviously I was too shy to practice in front of him and hence I stopped, and replayed the scene in my head instead. Eventually people started pouring in and stuff. Lih Seng and Leanne joined me soon after and we all started working together. We were reading our lines and trying to remember them.
By 8.30 our class started. Rey gave us the usual briefing and told us that our midterms is coming up. JOY. But we would be working with a partner. Well hopefully I'll get a good partner.
Soon we all started. We started with the warm up, the usual walking around in space. Pretty soon, Leanne, Lih Seng and I went behind the screen and shouted our lines to each other. It felt good actually, in a way. At least it didn't feel weird. Good thing that all three of our stuff was all about being angry and screaming at each other. We went through all our conversation. It turns out that some of our conversation were of the same genre, so it went on quite well.
After 15 minutes of warming up, the performances started. I waited for my turn and it was quite long before I had the chance to go. But I did learn a couple of things such as an apparent change in personality, and paying attention to details. For many people, the same attitude were used for the two different conversation, so there wasn't an drastic change. I kept thinking about mine as Rey was commenting on other people's and I thought that mine had a drastic change in attitude so it was all good.
There was 3 people left and after Leanne went, I had to ask Rey to let me go first. I mean I had to leave at exactly 10, if not my mum would kill me. Bleh. So I went. I felt pretty confident as I went in. I knew I had enough practice, and even got my brother to do it. The only change I made was to actually sit on the block instead of the floor.
Everything went on quite smoothly and I personally think I did better than my single phone calls. In the first phone call especially, I could hear the voice on the other side of the phone. It was pretty cool. He skipped the whole what do you think about it because I had to rush off, and went on to commenting. He thought it was pretty good.YAY! Though he did say that I shouldn't have taken the crossing leg position, as it made me dead from waist down. All the acting only came from the waist up. I'm learning new things everyday ~
I had to rush off as Adam was receiving his comments. Obviously I missed the explanation about the midterms. But I asked Leanne to update me.
An hour later I found out that I had to work with Mohammad. To be honest, I'm not too thrilled about it. Cross fingers, everything goes well.
Thursday 1 March 2012
Rehealsal Notes - Assignment 4
So, in continuation of the previous phone calls, we had to do 3 phone calls, while at the same time showing three different personas that are part of ourselves. Just when Rey was explaining to me the ideas were flowing in. I had an idea of talking to a friend and talking to my mum, because the way that I talked to this two people is very different. As I was leaving, while I was talking to Lih Seng, I got another idea of talking to a person that I didn't like.
So I scripted the work straightaway, but of course there were a lot of changes towards the final script. I personally thought that this was the best work in terms of ideas that I've got so far. The first phone call I received would be from someone that I don't like trying to apologize to me, and because I was still angry at her, I won't be nice to her. The second phone call would be from a friend of mine whom I haven't seen in a while as she's overseas. She just got back and she's inviting me for her potluck. Third phone call would be from my mum, asking me if I was ready to go out. :D
So I scripted the work straightaway, but of course there were a lot of changes towards the final script. I personally thought that this was the best work in terms of ideas that I've got so far. The first phone call I received would be from someone that I don't like trying to apologize to me, and because I was still angry at her, I won't be nice to her. The second phone call would be from a friend of mine whom I haven't seen in a while as she's overseas. She just got back and she's inviting me for her potluck. Third phone call would be from my mum, asking me if I was ready to go out. :D
First conversation
Second Conversation
Just had to put this one here XD
Anyway, here are the object exercises
Who am I?
- I am Celine, a 17 year old girl, waiting for her mum to pick her up to take her to the photocopy shop and for lunch
Where am I?
- In the living room of my house, the side window allows me to view the front gate so I'll know when my mum arrives.
What time is it?
- Around 11.30AM, 5-10 minutes before my mum arrives to pick me up.
What surrounds me?
- I'm sitting on the 3 seater sofa. I'm holding a book in my hand, reading it. My bag is slung over my shoulder. The tv in front of me is switched off. There's the coffee table right in front of me, and another 2 sofas on the left hand side. The window is on the right hand side, and the lighting comes from the outside
What are my relationships?
- I have a relationship with the book. The book keeps me entertained while I'm waiting. I have a relationship with the phone as I am waiting for a call from her.
What are the given circumstances?
- My mum left for a committee meeting for an event. I didn't want to go so I stayed at home, alone. Lunch time, there's no food at home, so my mum said that she'll pick me up to go for lunch and go photocopy the paperwork I need for my applications. I received a call from a person I don't like, then someone I haven't talked in a while, and then finally my mum.
Conversation 1
What do I want?
- I don't want to talk to her, I don't want to listen to what she has to say. I want to quickly finish off the conversation
What is in my way?
- She is very persistent. She's been calling me since the previous night and won't stop. She'll somewhat force me to listen to her
What do I do to get what I want?
- I'll pick up the call and tells her straight at her face that I don't want to talk to her. I also have to play a higher status than her, so I can interrupt, and in the end, end the conversation when I want to.
Conversation 2
What do I want?
- I want to keep talking with her, I want to catch up with her since I haven't talked to her in a while.
What is in my way?
- I have a very limited time since I'm waiting for my mum.
What do I do to get what I want?
- I try to keep the conversation going, so that I can talk to her.
Conversation 3
What do I want?
- I want to get permission to go to my friend's house on Saturday for the weekends.
What is in my way?
- My mum is rushing me as she's close by. She doesn't seem to be very positive about letting me go on Saturday and simply asked me to ask my dad and told me to quickly wait outside for her.
What do I do to get what I want?
- I tried to debate with her, but she didn't seem to like the idea of me going for the potluck on Saturday, so I obeyed her, hoping that she'll allow me to go.
And here are the beats and script :D
Curtain
>Go downstairs and wait for mum < Skipped down the stairs < stopped in front of the sofa (entrance)
> Wonders if mum's here yet < looks out the window
> Mum not there < place my bag on the floor < sat on the sofa< reads a book to entertain myself.
Line: Phone rings
>Picks up the phone > see the caller
Celine (C): (>sighs, tilt head back) NOT AGAIN. She just doesn't understand does she? (picks up the call because I need to get rid of her)
Celine (C): Hello? (angrily)
Adrianna (A): Hello, Celine?
C: Yes, What do you want?
A: I just want to say I'm sorry.
C: I'm sorry, what? Apologize? (mocks)
A: Just listen. What I did to you wasn't right.
C: You knew it wasn't right, and yet you still did it anyway! (arms movement to emphasize anger) You didn't even come to me and sort things out, when it's the time to sort things out. I don't even know why I should be putting in the effort to be listening to you when clearly I DON'T WANT TO.
A: Wait, listen -
C: No! (shakes head) I don't want to listen, DON'T EVER CALL ME AGAIN. I have no time to be wasted on an IMMATURE BRAT like you. GOODBYE (hangs up)
>Puts back phone on the sofa, angrily> returns to reading the book > loud sigh
Line: Phone rings
<Who's this?< I don't know this number < I should find out who it is > picks up the phone
Celine (C): Hello, who's this? (still a bit angry from the previous call)
Leandra (L): Hello, Celine? It's me, Lean! (silence) Hello, Celine?
C: OMG Lean!! HI!! You're back?
L: Yea, I'm back. Like two days ago.
C: Y U No call me earlier?
L: Sorry been held up.
C: I see, so what's up?
L: Nothing much I suppose. Hey this Saturday, I'm having a potluck at my house. You've got to come ok.
C: This Saturday huh? (pause, looks up, thinking) I SHOULD be free, but I'm not sure about my mum. She's been busy lately with all this event committee meetings and stuff. I don't really know what it is. I'll ask her and let you know yea.
L: AWWWWW.
C: Don't awwww me. IF I can make it, then I'll ask her to make your favorite spaghetti kay? Sounds good?
L: Yesss!! Anyway, mum's calling, so have to go. Sorry.
C: (whines) you have to go? OK lo. Hey we need to talk. I've got so much to tell you, like Adrianna just called just now.
L: HAHA YES, We need to talk like soon! Anyway, bye, see ya!
C: Alrights, bye, See ya soon. (hangs up, smiling)
>Puts phone back on the sofa> returns to read book.
Line: Phone rings
>picks up> sees caller <OMG mum> packs up
Celine (C): Halo, ma?
Mum (M): Halo, Lin? Dah siap? [ready?] Mami dah deket [I'm just around the corner.]
C: Sudah [Ready], I'm waiting for you.
M: Yang mau di photocopy dah lengkap? [Do you have the ones that you want to photocopy ready?]
C: Dah. [Yes]
M: Your transcript, letter, certificates?
C: Dah, dah. (zips bag) Oh yea mum, this Saturday, Lean's got a potluck thing. Can I go?
M: Ask your dad.
C: But ma, he'll ask me to ask u again one. (right at the door already, opening the door)
M: sigh. We'll talk about this later.
C: (sigh). Okok la. I'm outside already, waiting for you, kay? Ya udah, yok, bye. (hangs up)
>turns the door knob open>goes outside>close the door (exits)
I actually had a few problems with this piece. Yes it was enjoyable to do, but because it dragged on quite long, I had to cut some of the things that I thought would be great if I had put it in. There was a scene where I tease my friend who just came back, and I thought that was something that I would do to my friend. But due to the time constriction, I have to cut it out.
I had my brother watch and time it for me as well. He said that I should make my entrance faster as it was too draggy. So when I did make my entrance faster, it cut down quite a bit of time, which was a good thing. Thank you, Sammy!
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