Acting, costumes and making new scenes….

Description: This week we’ve been working on the procedure of our one act play, we also looked at some of the costumes with Sr. Cajas and I went to gamarra to buy some things for our play, we tried to do as much as possible as the play is in 10 days.

Analysis: This week we’ve been working on continuing with the play, and trying to do as much as possible, we worked in all the scenes and we did more scenes. Actually we now know our ending, but  we still need to do more. We’ve been working in the “slapstick” that the doctor and the nurse will be doing with the body, and in my opinion that’s one of the most interesting parts of the play, doing quick movements, along with the background song gives the scene a very interesting atmosphere, of course it’s funny but it is not boring, on the other hand, it is entertaining, as they are fixed and clear movements, which makes the scene “cleaner”. This week, we finally finished with the costume PPP, and we showed Mr, Cajas the costumes that he needed to make. Also We went to Gamarra to buy things such as the doctor, the boy, the grandma and some other props and costumes that we needed. We bought the cloth to cover the table, and the cloth that will cover the body.  We still need to practice

Connection: Regarding the slapstick, which is very entertaining, and well prepared, I thought of “La cocina” that in one part they had this dancing, with very strong and fixed movements, this worked in a certain level, as it was very catchy, but as it was too long, at some times it turned boring, but this little dancing scene in La cocina gave the play, a funnier and different way to see it. Also in “Yerma” they had little dancing with the trolleys, and this gave the play the same effect, or even in this play that we went to see which was just dancing, they had a certain rhythm and it was long so it turned boring but at some parts the speed increased making fixed and quick movements turning the play interesting.

Reflexion: There are lots of plays, with this change of speed, and I know that if you keep the same rhythm through all the play, with the same tone, it turns boring, but in order to be entertaining does it have to have“slapstick” or a quick dance?