Sorry my post is later than I hoped to get it online. *slaps own wrist*
Wow some great entries in the last post guys! And even more fantastic work today!
Very impressive stuff. The more I guide you and the more you workshop each skit the better it will be. Some standout characters delievered by Joe, Michael, Funda and Burcu. Keep it up!
Some of you need to further develop your stance, voice, walk, gestures etc etc. Slow the voice down and work on that thick (yet clear & projected) Italian accent. I bet the year 8s are going to love it! And I'll schedule a lunchtime performance for us all to do a skit and attact a live audience just as they did so in the 16th Century!
Some info from Wiki:
Commedia dell'Arte (Italian: "the comedy of art") is a form of improvisational theatre that began in Italy in the 16th century and held its popularity through the 18th century, although it is still performed today. Performances were unscripted, held outside, and used few props. They were free to watch, funded by donations. A troupe consisted of ten people: seven men and three women. Outside Italy the form was also known as "Italian Comedy".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell
YouTube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3ruJiklkk&feature=PlayList&p=143D207D7C6C615D&index=0&playnext=1 Commedia Dell'Arte screener - Contemporary Arts Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBmE9ldaZE Pulcinella's war -Antonio Fava & Merve Engin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqI0EqaXvWI Commedia Dell'Arte with Baroque Dance
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ReplyDeleteI loved today!! I had fun doing the performances and wtching them. I am absolutley excited for the end products.....
I found it kinda hard to put the thingo together so it all fits and conncets t one another. Tyhe only easy for me was to have fun at the same time. I reckon I nedd to figure out an italian accent cause i suck at it. oh Wells...:D....
When we were told that thing about repetitoin making it funnire, i thought that we might as well try it out, and of course as always, our SMART teacher was right. ( hehe i know i know "SUCK UP" hehe) anyways i like it a lot.
sorz gtg
will post rest of ma blog later
YES THERES MORE!!
Rest Of Fundas Blog ( CHARCTER PROFILES)
ReplyDeleteMy charcters are Columbina and Pantalone
Columbina is the only female servant. She weras ragged an dpatched dresses witch are appropiate for a hired servant.Columbina is also known as Arlecchina where her counterpart is Alicchino and wears a lot of make-up in th eye area. Columbina serves the female lover and helps the lover by manipulationg alecchino and plotting against Pantalone. Columbina is a real flirt.
Pantalone traditionally wear a large clak type thing and hunchs in a way to protect his money bag, but bends back when he is in the mood to flaunt it. Pantalone cfontinously plays with his money bag to make sure it is all there. Pantalone is an old man that can either play the father of one of the lovers or as a bacholer. He is sometimes shown as smitten with Columbina.
I am no longer Brighella ani'morre. I am now tha new CAPTAIN. "Ment to be" - Note. If u din't get that it was because it was an inside joke, sorry if I din't fill you in. Today was good as n now therr is a extra teacher. Not done yet but will write more soon. my comp is gettin slow
ReplyDeleteIt is hard composing an "Commedia dell arte" act...in my opinion anyway, because we had to create a some sort of link to the mini senarios happening in the act. Not only, we have to remember to perform over the top and make it comical...now im not a funny person, im like that person to trys to tell the joke but ends up messing it up and having the others saying "no kris no, you just cant do it", but i try anyway :P. Our group (troop B) did alot considering jo had drum lessons, corey away and continuing from wat we did in 1 period. But i think we need to work more on linking the different senarios in the act. but in the end i had fun.
ReplyDeleteMy charatcers are Pedro and the male lover.
Pedro, also known as Pedrolino is the suck up to his master. He is also turstworthy, honest and hardworking. Pedro would wear something like a white jacket with a neck ruff and large buttons down the front, loose trousers, and a hat with a wide, floppy brim This character doesn't wear a mask, but his face is whitened with white powder. He is also usually the victim of most pranks pulled.
The male lover (usually named Flavio) is hoplessly in love with the female lover ( usually named Isabella). The lovers are rich and are normally the sons and daughters of characters who are high on the social ladder ( someone who is really rich). Since they are rich they would wear the most expensive clothes and jewelery. These lovers never touch, if they do it would cause them to faint or run away. They dont wear masks like other characters, instead they would wear make up.
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ReplyDeletewhoa out of topic but i just realize how much i write
Eyy people sorry im late to the blogger, was at a real hard session of training. Uhhhh my characters are Flavio and Arlechino (Think i spelt it right =/) Anyway, i enjoyed acting and hugging burcu hehe. Im not much of a talker when it comes to this but hey. Have a good one people.
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lmao ricky, who wouldn't enjoy hugging me ! ;) haha jokes!
ReplyDeleteaahmmm today's lesson was pretty cool man, i liked it.. we had a good time and used out time wisely, it's easy in some perspectives and hard in some. When i say easy im pointing out not having to memorise a script although the accent and all was pretty hard i guess and trying to flirt like they wud in them times haha.
ahm my two characters were; -Isabella the female lover&Pulcinella..
Some notes i found off wikipedia on the'Isabella' character;
Isabella is a stock character used in Commedia dell'arte. She is generally portrayed as headstrong, flirtatious, sensuous, and articulate. She is typically depicted as Pantalone's daughter and he often tries to control her life by arranging meetings with inappropriate overaged gentlemen suitors. Men constantly fall hopelessly in love with her and she loves to tease and test them. She is frequently the Innamorata of the play. She is typically a prima donna. Most of the Commedia dell'arte plays are about getting the lovers ( Isabella and Flavio) to be together.
Some notes i found on the 'Pulcinella' character;
Pulcinella, often called Punch or Punchinello in English, Polichinelle in French, is a classical character that originated in the Commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry.
His main characteristic, from which he acquired his name, is his extremely long nose, which resembles a beak.Ever white dressed and black masked (hence conciliating the opposites of life and death), he stands out thanks to his peculiar voice, the sharp and vibrant of qualities of which contribute intense tempo of the show. His traditional temperament is to be mean, vicious, and crafty: his main mode of defense is to pretend to be too stupid to know what's going on, and his secondary mode is to physically beat people.
Eeek, I'm a bit late, sorry Ms. Marotous :/.
ReplyDeleteBeen kinda busy lately.
Well, I liked what we did today. I very much like the slapstick way we can do things in Commedia, since it is a bit of a break.
Usually I can get really into a character, but I've been finding it hard lately. I need to do some more research on the characters I'm playing, who are Brighella and Il Dottore.
Brighella is usually either a middle-standard shop keeper or a servant. Always out to make a quick dollar, he is sly and mischevious, often conning people out of their money by confusing them.
Brighella is a grumpy, middle-aged man, whose temper is known to explode from the slightest aggravation, like losing a small amount of money.
Il Dottore is a lying conman who pretends to be a doctor by baffling his patients with false Latin. He really is rather uneducated. He may be one of the men who fall in love with Isabella (awkward....sort of) and may be matched up by Pantalone, but of course marrying Il Dottore would ruin the whole thing.
Il Dottore's mannerisms, in a real life situation, could possibly prove fatal, which is why Il Dottore's character distinctly belongs to a 16th Century setting.
Wazz up,
ReplyDeletewell i loved todaiis performances it was really fun being deformed as my charecter is pulcinela, his really fun to playing his part and hope to do it again soon!
ill bounce
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ReplyDeletemy charecter is physically deformed or has something wrong with him i really like playing him because i get to be over the top and be RELLY LOUD!!!!!
i really found comedia to easy and i really felt comftable in doing this
and i really really had lots of fun!!!!
ill peace again
You guys rock! Some really great stuff here!!! I love what I'm seeing at the moment too. You are all very talented! It makes me miss doing Commedia at school myself. I was Pulcinella. Yeh, crazy, loud, deformed and clumsy, that's ME! ;-)
ReplyDeleteTodays lesson was pretty cool, we have developed our skills in commedia dell'Arte and our play has gone alot better!
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ReplyDeleteTodays small prac was pretty good. I thinks im improving a littl ebit, but need A LOT of work. When we wrote out our scenes, ideas popped into my head, but i think that first we need to work o what we alreday have.