SEMESTER TWO | TERM 3 | WEEK ONE

Monday

Egg Challenge:
Needed to secure the egg so it doesn't break when I drop it.

Materials:
- 2x eggs
- Sealable bag
- Rubber bands
- 2x balloons
- Newspaper
- Tape
- String

Ideas:
1. Blow up balloons and put into the re-sealable bad with the egg inside so there is no space for the egg to drop and damage when it hits the ground
2. Tape newspaper around the egg to create a soft cushion for the egg

Thursday

Performing Arts

Theatre/Screen Protocols & Terminology

1. What is thesbian? An actor
2. What country did theatre begin? Greece
3. Name one NZ male actor? Taika Waititi

4. How long before taking the stage should you arrive at the theatre to put on makeup and costume? 1 hour
5. If an actor was standing on the stage where would upstage be from him/her, in front or at the back? Behind
6. What is a proscenium arch? 



7. Why can we not say Macbeth while being in the play itself? Thetrical superstition. It is said to be cursed, so actors avoid saying the name. The term "Scottish show" is used instead.
8. Who is the most important person in the theatre or film/TV? The producer. They manage all financial issues and oversee the hiring of choreographers, performers, actors etc.
9. Who is the most creative person in the theatre, film/TV? The script writer and/or the costume designer
10. Name a play, theatrical production you have been involved with? A musical theatre performance for my Year 13 dance assessment at Howick College. We did theatrical dancing to music from "Foot Loose".

Basic theatre terms:

- Ensemble: group of actors
- Role: Actors part in a play
- Script: Written text of a play
- Dialogue: Conversation between characters
- Stage directions: Instructions the characters must follow
- Onstage: Part of the stage visible to the audience
- Offstage: Part of the stage audience cant see
- Backstage: Behind stage
- Auditorium: The seating area for audience
- Set: Scenery used onstage
- Upstage: Away from audience
- Downstage: Toward the audience
- Ranked: Slanted
- Stage left/right: Actors left or right
- Proscenium: To play more than one role in the same play
- Thrust: Stage without a proscenium
- Arena: Stage with the audience on all 3 sides
- Cheating out: Staying open to the audience
- Counter cross: Moving in the opposite direction of an actor
- Fullback/fullfront: Facing completely away from the audience
- Profile: Facing sideways to the audience

Creative Writing

Video Notes:

Gil Scott heron - The revolution will not be televised (Black and Proud!)
- Cultural referances (african-american/black people)
- Sooth R&B/Jazz music
- Dissing the police: calling them "pigs"
- Repetitive reference to: the revolution will not be televised

Sunni Patterson - We made it (Spoken Word Poem)
- Talks about how she came from a rough background
- Sexual abuse
- Hard upbringing
- History of black people in America
- Vulgar & violent

Kanoa Cut
- Intense
- Speaks of Hawaiian culture
- Language

What makes spoken word a poem?

- Performance technique: the way it is presented/way you say it, speaking clearly, stage presence etc.
- Audience engagement: eye contact
- Good writing
- Reading clearly
- Make it new/original
- Show don't tell: body language