Hi all,
Sorry for this being so late but yes, the pictures of the drama camp are up. For those of you who own Flickr accounts, or are about to create flickr accounts, please inform me so that I can send you an invite to the drama Flickr group, that’ll make future compilation of pictures from drama events alot easier. 
http://flickr.com/groups/acsis/
But for now, enjoy these few (the rest are on the link above):
Lovely.
Categories: Pictures
Basically Wednesday’s session will revolve around readings of the 3 plays, for the whole club to listen to. The readers will be seated and are not required to do any movement as such. However, the reading should sound dramatic, with readers really in character. (However, this doesn’t mean that any casting decisions need to be made this early.) It’s very important that group members are holding their own individual scripts and do not have to share them, which will be very messy. One (or more if appropriate) member(s) of the group should function as reader(s) of stage directions and bits that are not dialogue in order to help the listeners grasp the storyline. There’s no need to print scripts for everyone, but it should be easy to follow each play based on the quality of the reading. We’ll allow 20 minutes preparation time at the start of the session for groups to settle last minute matters, but it would be better to decide who’s reading what before Wednesday.
It may be necessary for individuals to read more than one role. In this case figure out a way to make clear to the listeners which characters we are listening to at any given point. At the end of the reading the group need to do a summary for the listeners. Clarify any aspects of the storyline that may not have communicated themselves clearly. If your group has already made cuts to the script then you can omit all the material you intend to edit out – but in your final summary explain what has been left out. The summary should also include your basic ideas for staging. Other groups will be able to contribute ideas based on what they have heard. Essentially this exercise is collaborative rather than competitive. Try to complete your reading in 30 minutes or under.
Categories: Announcements
Drama Camp Reflections:When I heard that there was going to be a drama camp, I was psyched. It seemed like a fun prospect, and I was correct – it was, indeed, an extremely fun and enriching experience. On the first day of the camp, the highlight was the mafia themed social night, which I felt went well, with Joshua Cao giving a ear-splitting rendition of some song, and Nirvana’s ‘Smells like a Teen Spirit’. After going on an ice cream run at Dover with a some of the year 6s, I came back just in time to enjoy Francis Ford Coppola’s classic – The Godfather. That was, definitely, one of the best movies I’ve seen in awhile, and I thought that it certainly deserved its place on the pedestal of being the greatest movie of all time. It also served well to set the tone for the night games on the second day, which were similarly themed.
The second day was another fun day due to the various workshops we attended. Most notably was the makeup workshop, conducted by the distinguished Madam Haslina. I couldn’t believe that we were actually being schooled on makeup by the same person who worked in the ‘Phantom of the Opera’! She was a really talented makeup artist, and it was a day of discovery for me – I learnt that Hadi had an inner calling for makeup; I looked cool in a goatee; William looks absolutely terrifying in Chinese Opera-esque makeup; and that i can now totally own any girl in the art of makeup application…Goatees and full faced scars anyone? ….Ladies?
Anyway, later that night were the night games, and it was amusing how Audrey and Theodore would subconsciously put on an Italian accent when spoken to by the very in character exco members. Oh, and the Drama teachers were excellent in their adopted roles. The night games were exhilarating, but tiring. Theodore screams louder (and higher) than Audrey, as Hadi and I found out, courtesy of a rubber rat. Also, muchos respect to Mr Connor and Madam Yeow for their discipline during the night games… Madam Yeo had to sit alone in a dark cargo lift, while Mr Connor had to lie alone in the cage. Both are extremely freaky locations. I certainly doubt I would have been able to tolerate it as well as they did. And sorry to Mr Connor for keeping you waiting so long… (Hopefully that won’t affect my IOP grade…)
The final day was the presentation of skits day, and Cielo was amazing in her role of being a Filipino maid…but then again it wasn’t acting, eh Cielo? :p Zhe Xian also shone in his portrayal of an epileptic superhero, although again whether any acting was required on his part is a questionable topic. We were also shown how the ‘great prizes’ we were promised were somewhat of a letdown, although not exactly misrepresentation. The winning group did indeed get their ‘vogue handphones’, which, in my opinion weren’t very vogue at all; and the runner ups received their Zen Stones. If I come in runners up enough times I’ll soon be able to set up my own Zen garden. A rather relaxing prospect – albeit not totally worth it, in my opinion. Anyway all in, it was an extremely fun camp, and I felt that it helped us drama members really bond with each other. The exams are going to be upon us soon, and this was a welcome relief from the tedium that is sure to follow. I appreciate that all those drama members who were struggling with their HL math portfolios bothered to show up for the camp, and it’s really telling about their commitment to the drama club! Now that the camp’s over, it’s time to concentrate on the year ends, and think about where the hell my group’s going to get 59 people with whom to properly execute our SYF script….
Categories: Reflections
