bang bang bang bang bang

Wow. Drama today felt powerful.

But let me start with yesterday. Which was Tuesday. We had a theory lesson and a prac lesson, both focussing on expressionism. Mr Philp was watching the theory lesson, which was slightly disturbing. I see enough of him in maths twice a day to have him in drama too! Ms Mace introduced us to expressionism, a form of theatre that depicts emotions. Well, I'm still not too sure about exactly what it is, but thats the closest I can get (I think). After recess we started making our own physical theatre/expressionist pieces, using our bodies to demonstrate a 'bad' emotion. Our group, consisting of me, Holly, Phoebe and Knowlesy, decided on depression for our emotion. There was quite a bit of discussion on how we would do it, but we finally came up with a great idea. Holly was to be the girl being swallowed by depression, and I was to play her friend, who helped pull her out of its depths. The other two symbolised the depression, swirling around her and getting closer and closer and closer.

Today, we continued rehearsing our emotions and presented them to the class. We used the theme music from MIB, which is eerie and kooky and suited just about all the presentations perfectly. The other groups did depression, drug addiction, and paranoia. They were all very good, and the movement combined with the music made for quite a powerful feeling for the audience. I know that I was completely embedded in their 'world' and didn't want them to end. I felt this especially in Adele-Jenna-Bec's depression, because it ended with Bec as depression as the winner. IT WAS SAD.

Well, that's all folks.

No, wait, not quite all. I have been giving some deep thought to our group production. I really want a high mark, and I don't know the best way to go about it. I would LURVE to use the performing aspect as my mark, but I don't know if that would be the best way for me. Ms Mace says that what she's seen of me is that I lack depth in my characters, which means I wouldn't be able to achieve an excellent mark for an onstage assessment. So I have considered doing an offstage role, probably in costume design. I like thinking up costumes for things, and about half my day-to-day wardrobe is costume pieces (which is probably why I always dress so absurdly). I'm just torn, between doing what I love and what might be best. Any comments on this matter would help a LOT.

I am presenting a couple of monologues from Mirror Mirror to Ms Mace (soonish, hopefully) so that she can take a closer look at how I perform and help me decide.

It's all so hard.