who had a day of...story..telling
Kevin Sung
2/26/09
Goal: So today there wasn't much of a goal made for myself as there was one set up by Mrs. Weil. The two things we did, explosion tag and yes, storytelling, had different goals to accomplish. For explosion tag, the whole idea was to explode and be free, or let yourself loose and don't be scared to act wierd. For storytelling, it was mainly trying to tell a story smoothly and...understandable (grammatically and...yeah)
What we did: To explain the goal, I had to explain what we did. So basically in explosion tag, we were all chased by Andre, and as soon as we were tagged, we exploded one by one by letting free our child-power. In storytelling we went around a group of 8-10, creating a story, each person giving a word each time and going in a circle. All our stories were strange, and didn't make a whole lot of sense. Lost characters, lost dogs, lost gravity...oh my.
Why we did it: I think we did this because it was a short day, and Mrs. Weil wanted us to try a game we didnt do yesterday. And of course we also did explosion tag, which I believe (not sure though) is Mrs. Weil's favorite to watch. Otherwise, we practiced explosion tag to not hold back and to let all your silliness and goofiness "explode" out, and we told a story to have the fast speaking reflexes and quick thinking that makes up perhaps a great actor.
What I did well: I certainly think I jumped higher than others in explosion tag, but that was about it. I need to work on screaming, and telling stories in a fun and quick way.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Chaos
Kevin Sung
2/25/09
Wow, today was pretty much chaos with all these games. Bad sub kept on cutting out all our ideas and giving her own.
Goal: My goal in mind was rather general with all these topics. I think today was more on coming up with topics on the spot, so my primary goal was to keep an idea riveting and interesting for the crowd. My other goal was to watch and learn.
What we did: We played a number of games, including Explosion tag (tagging and the person who gets tagged must explode), Attention Seeker Game (whatever, but this is where a person walking down the red carpet has his attention drawn), choir (singing), and of course, improv.
Why we did this: As mentioned before, we were to basically learn how to think up things on the spot and in the end, practicing our improv skills.
What I did well: Although I didn't volunteer to go as much, I was able to observe the "actors". I noticed the more people there are, the harder it gets to keep control on stage. Having people talk over one another is the most annoying thing, and it happened alot. Another aspect is that I felt people did the same things. I feel that if people know this is your personality or the way you act, it gets boring. Even the best get boring. So I think it's better to change it up.
2/25/09
Wow, today was pretty much chaos with all these games. Bad sub kept on cutting out all our ideas and giving her own.
Goal: My goal in mind was rather general with all these topics. I think today was more on coming up with topics on the spot, so my primary goal was to keep an idea riveting and interesting for the crowd. My other goal was to watch and learn.
What we did: We played a number of games, including Explosion tag (tagging and the person who gets tagged must explode), Attention Seeker Game (whatever, but this is where a person walking down the red carpet has his attention drawn), choir (singing), and of course, improv.
Why we did this: As mentioned before, we were to basically learn how to think up things on the spot and in the end, practicing our improv skills.
What I did well: Although I didn't volunteer to go as much, I was able to observe the "actors". I noticed the more people there are, the harder it gets to keep control on stage. Having people talk over one another is the most annoying thing, and it happened alot. Another aspect is that I felt people did the same things. I feel that if people know this is your personality or the way you act, it gets boring. Even the best get boring. So I think it's better to change it up.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The art of Improvisation (Bullshitting)
Kevin Sung
2/24/09
Goal: As it suggests, my goal is to become learned in the ways of improv (or bsing). So it all started today, new unit for I don't know how long. My personal goal today was, like Mrs. Weil's, to become good at creating things on the spot. Ideas, movements, and drama on the spot that can keep a improv rolling. Just to get a feel for creating a storyline and script on the spot was what my goal was for today. I think, because I am also sort of a leader (for a better word than bossy), I tend to take control of the script. That's another goal I have in mine: to let others take the lead role, and of course to not be worried about looking funny.
What we did: Mrs. Weil had an improv for us to do. The hardest part was to do something when you weren't sure what to do. In da beginning we were laying on our backs and imagining how we would dodge numbers 10-0. Then we walked through 0 like a door, and into a paradise beach. And so we begin touring the beach. I felt this was the hardest part since we didn't have a definite thing to do. Going into the cave next and huddling around each other after it started raining was better; you had more things to do like shivering and applying wood to a fire. The final parts, crawling thru a hole and getting into a fancy ballroom for a food fight was much easier to do, since we had definite concrete ideas to follow.
Why we did this: To practice improv! I think what's harder than even acting things out is to speak things that can help an improv moving. Creating things on the spot for others to follow is difficult enough. I feel that talking is the next challenge for the improv unit, which is probably why we started with this to get a feel for improv.
What I did well: I think I accomplished just as much as everyone else did in learning the ways of improv. I feel that the art of improv really does have to do with not taking control, but letting everyone's ideas flow into the set, which I felt because this improv game was so chaotic and unorganized, was actually key to helping us understand this. I felt I had some good ideas to help others get things to do as well.
2/24/09
Goal: As it suggests, my goal is to become learned in the ways of improv (or bsing). So it all started today, new unit for I don't know how long. My personal goal today was, like Mrs. Weil's, to become good at creating things on the spot. Ideas, movements, and drama on the spot that can keep a improv rolling. Just to get a feel for creating a storyline and script on the spot was what my goal was for today. I think, because I am also sort of a leader (for a better word than bossy), I tend to take control of the script. That's another goal I have in mine: to let others take the lead role, and of course to not be worried about looking funny.
What we did: Mrs. Weil had an improv for us to do. The hardest part was to do something when you weren't sure what to do. In da beginning we were laying on our backs and imagining how we would dodge numbers 10-0. Then we walked through 0 like a door, and into a paradise beach. And so we begin touring the beach. I felt this was the hardest part since we didn't have a definite thing to do. Going into the cave next and huddling around each other after it started raining was better; you had more things to do like shivering and applying wood to a fire. The final parts, crawling thru a hole and getting into a fancy ballroom for a food fight was much easier to do, since we had definite concrete ideas to follow.
Why we did this: To practice improv! I think what's harder than even acting things out is to speak things that can help an improv moving. Creating things on the spot for others to follow is difficult enough. I feel that talking is the next challenge for the improv unit, which is probably why we started with this to get a feel for improv.
What I did well: I think I accomplished just as much as everyone else did in learning the ways of improv. I feel that the art of improv really does have to do with not taking control, but letting everyone's ideas flow into the set, which I felt because this improv game was so chaotic and unorganized, was actually key to helping us understand this. I felt I had some good ideas to help others get things to do as well.
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