Wikipedia

Today I was sitting at home when i decided to start doing my way over due coursework for Drama. So I sat down, opened my book and started working on the notes Ms.Cornish had given me. After about half an hour I came onto Reaissance Theatre. So I decided to look it up on google. As usual the first thing that came up was Wikipedia. So I clicked on the link and started to read. I looked at the note she had written me and it told me to look up the type of theatre it was performed in. So I scrolled down the page and sure enough there was a Sub Heading that read: Theatre. So I started to read and was shocked by what I found.

Theatres

once they were in operation, drama was mainly based on sex related plays,often including bondage porn and rape, however after shakespeare's death it got less brutal but more pleasent.it ended up just being 2 lovers having sex on stage at the turn of the century. however shakespeare's inflyuence on plays involving sex was not lost permanently when in 1608 an english farmer made a play involving the ghost of WIlliam raping his accompliaces from his time. bondage porn plays were introduced again in 1800 by sir richard awkright and he famously invented the daisy chain by havin all the whores in town licking eac ohter out on stage... he sadly died after catching 3 STDs.

As I looked over the rest of the page I realised that there was an edit button below each Sub Heading making it assessable to the public. Shocked that I hadn't realised this and annoyed that it wasn't made clear enough, I realised a lot of the information I had collected all over the years could of all been made up. Just shows you can't always trust the internet!
Kitty

My Project

I've had some more idea's. I've been thinking that I can have two people acting out the song whilst i am singing behind them. They will bump into eachother and start to talk.

I will be around them singing.I want to film in Abbeny Park
Kitty

Hollyoaks

Everyday when I come home from school I turn over to channel 4 Hollyoaks. Recently I found myself asking what is this addiction to T.V that most teenagers seem to have. Whether it be Hollyoaks, Eastenders or Emmerdale people seem to constantly come back for more. In soap operas there is always something exiting going on. Flicking from scene to scene there is never a dull moment. For example, today on the show there was two girls arguing over a boy, one girl made a nasty comment to another then it flicked over to a new club Calvin was running then he ordered the wrong beer and as he realised it flicked over to a shot of the girl from the previous scene crying. The writers are clever because they make it simple and easy to pick up on. This means you instantly become engrossed.A lot of adults think that we enjoy this because we have short attention spans. However, on the contrary, I think that it is because we can absorb a lot of information quickly. They always leave you hanging wanting more. Leading back to the question that has often been asked, are soap operas watched to face reality, or to escape it? Although it is masked as realism the overall storylines are rarely realistic. Again this can be left to opinion. I am addivtive Just as I am to Facebook. Its the sheer pleasure you get from gossip, whether it be real or fake. The nation loves to watch others get humiliated. I think its time to get a new hobby
Kitty

Video Diary

Kitty

Campaign!

We have been told we are doing animations for Campaingning for Childrens rights. We were put in groups (I am working with Beth) and decided to do EDUCATION4GIRLS. In a lot of deprived contries boys and girls do not have equal rights. In the lesson we created a storyboard for our animation. We decided to split the screen in to. On one half would be a boy growing taller whilst learning. And on the other side would be a girl with earmuffs on, stitched up mouth and blindfolded. I also decided to create a logo along the lines of this:

I think so far everything is going well and i can't wait to start animating.
Kitty

Monologues

Today in Drama we were writing our monologues. Ms. Cornish told us that we could write a monologue about anything we want. In the end we will film it on location. We had to include

• Who am I?
• How old am I?
• How do I Move?
• Where Am I?
• What Am I Doing?
• How Am I Doing It?
• Why Am I Doing It?
• How Do I Feel?
  

My character is called Anna. She is 16 years old and is anorexic but she won't admit it. In my scene she is staring in the mirror at herself. She is a very depressed young girl. I'm going to film it in a bedroom and there will be pictures of skinny celebrities stuck up all over the mirror and in the mirror i will have a blown up picture of me except fatter to show the audience how she sees herself.
I can't wait to set it up and perform!
Kitty

Music Video

Yesterday in Media we were told this term we had a choice of four things for our project. We Could

• Make A Sculpture
• Make A Music Video
• Write a Script for a Play
• Or Make a Piece of Clothing

I chose the second one, make a music video, because I am good at music so I can play to my strengths. Although this one suits me most I think it is also one of the hardest because there is a lot to do. At the moment I am writing my proposal. But soon I will have to start filming and recording. I think this will be hard seeing as I have to do my own song (due to copyright issues) which means as well as filming the music video I have to record my song. Although this will be difficult I will rise to the challenge and cannot wait to get started.
Kitty

My Identity Project

For my identity project, I decided to do a wall hanging on a wooden frame half wood and half with white material stretched over it. In the middle I would a print screen of me in red, purple and orange. Around the print i would have tiles with things to do with me on them. Say for example I sowed a musical note onto the board because I like music. I also did another print screen of my girlfriends because my friends influence who I am. I had all the squares ready on the last day and was ready to stick them on when unfortunately I had an accident. I was running to get some scissors when I injured my foot and had to be taken to A&E so therefore did not finish my project. This was very annoying because it meant on deadline all I could give was a white board and lots of tiles. It would only be me wouldn't it?
Kitty

CoCo Before Chanel

In the summer holidays I went to se "CoCo Before Chanel". CoCo Before Chanel is a film about Gabrielle Chanel (founder of Chanel Beauty). It was a Bio-Pic. A lot of film critics claimed it was boring. So I was a bit apprehensive when I bought my ticket. I was surprised when I watched it because usually that's not my type of film. But I really enjoyed it. To be fair I didn't understand a lot of the storyline but what I did understand was really good. The film was in French so it had subtitles. I always find this a bit confusing because it is hard to watch the film and the text but you can get used to it after a while. I love love loved the dresses. It was really inspiring to see how someone who started off with literally nothing can go as far as creating Chanel!

The Role of Gabrielle Chanel was played by Audrey Tautou who nailed the part and made it her own.

The clothing was immaculate. Sadly the real CoCo Chanel died at the age of 88 in 1971. But the boi-pic did not include a lot of her time being famous. It was more before that when she was making her way there. She has been a very influential on haute couture. This film helps people to understand CoCo Chanel, it helps you to realize that she was a person not a brand. I think it gives people hope because it makes you feel like even you have a chance of making an imprint on the fashion industry. It shows that, like us, she had a life before she was famous and it was a normal if not poor one. She made her way from scratch proving we can too. I think this film was a brilliant film to her memory.
Kitty

Work Experience

For my work experience I went to work at B*Boy Enterprises "never trust a stylist!" This is a leading clothes designers founded by William Baker. They design clothes for sets and tours for people as famous and Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Ciara and many more. For two weeks I went to go work as a fashion assistant at their company base in old street.


It was very interesting. I got to work with all of their clothes that they wore on tour. I liked it but it was very repetitive. Because all of the clothes were being shipped off to America we had to take pictures of every piece of clothing we packed in case something got lost on the way. It was interesting to see how much pressure everybody is under behind the celebrity. I think that those people don't get enough credit because it is just as hard for those people as it is for the celebrity if not harder. It was odd though because when I think of celebrities in a way you kind of forget that they are actually just people. I think my favourite bit was working with Kylie Minogue's shoes. There were so many brand labels like Gucci, Prada, D&G, Jimmy Choo and so many more. It was so exiting to get a glimpse of what it's like on the other side. I think it was very enchanting seeing what happens to an outfit before it is worn. It was a very interesting experience and I would love to do it again. However, I don't think I would like to work there for good. Too much Stress!
Kitty

Andy Warhol

We have been learning about Andy Warhol's work. Andy Warhol was born on August 6th 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He creates a type of art called: POP ART! I think his work is vibrant and interesting. He started off painting basic everyday objects for example his world famous painting of a Campbell's soup can.
Later on in his career he went on to paint celebrities including Marilyn Monroe:

Debbie Harry:

John Lennon:

And quite a few others. In Art we have been trying to create our own pieces in the style of Andy Warhol. I think that it is a very interesting process. The problem is I find photoshop quite difficult to use so therefore it was more difficult for me to create mine as I feel I need constant guidance. I also think that if Andy Warhol started making these pictures now it wouldn't be as popular because with technology nowadays it is so simple to set your camera to a setting and take pictures that way. I think I need to learn how to use photoshop and then maybe I will be able to explain the process in a later post.

Teachers TV

Teachers TV filming crew came to our school and observed and filmed us. They asked us questions about the course. They asked us things like what our favourite part of the course was and would we recommend it to people. I said my favourite part of the course was the fact that we went on a lot of trips. I think this is a good because it's not just sitting in a classroom, which I find helps me loose concentration a lot quicker, but it is getting outside of the normal school environment. It was really interesting watching the professionals do what we've been doing all this time and to see how it really works. In the lesson we were doing prints of Barack Obama and ourselves. They filmed us working from many different angles before asking us questions. I found it difficult not to look into the camera when we were supposed to be working. I found it off putting trying to act normal when they were so closely observing us. If we said something in a way they disliked they would ask us to repeat is again and just change things. It was interesting to see how they operate behind the scenes because on the TV you only see it once through you don't see all the "bloopers" so it was fascinating to see how it operates.

Graphic Design

Last lesson we interviewed Andrew Walker from Thin Martian about his job for inspire. He was a graphic designer. We were told to ask him about literacy and numeracy and how it is used in the work place. We got into groups and shared out roles. In my group i was the interviewer, Gina was the camera man, Kubra and Kai were directors and Ann-Marie was the sound man. We asked him the questions once or twice from different angles but from different camera angles. I think it went well because he was nice and pleasant to interview so that lifted the mood. However I also think that people began to get restless and snappy so it became difficult to work in that atmosphere. But I think that Andrew was very nice about it so it was ok.

Kitty

Art-Clay

Instructions:
1.Get a wooden stand.
2.Wrap two pieces of A3 paper around it to form a basic head and neck shape.
3.Add small pellets of clay over the paper until completely covered.
4.Add details eg. chin, nose and ears but remember proportions.
5.Firing-Take the clay off the wooden stand and place in a Kiln*
6.The paper will burn away and you will be left with a firm shape.

Facts:
1.Once the clay is joined into a sphere it becomes a strong 3D shape.
2.The red clay we use is called 'Terracotta'.
3.The clay piece can be cast or fired.
4.Casting-Make a plaster mould then pour bronze* into it.

Keywords:
*Kiln: A Kiln is a an oven that goes up to 1000 degrees which is a great deal more than a normal household oven which reaches a mere 250 degrees.
*Bronze: A liquid metal.

Kitty

Drama-Woyzeck

Last lesson we carried on with our study of 'Woyzeck'. The first thing we had to do was, in our groups, brainstorm different settings and stage set ups that we would like to perform our play in. We soon after went into more detail and started to talk about lighting and props. Our group decided that we would hold our performance in an amphitheatre. We also thought that instead of having a pit for the orchestra we would have a balcony so that the audience could watch the orchestra as well as the play. We also thought we could Strobe Lights to make things go in slow motion, for example, when he kills Marie. We agreed that large screens would be put around the theatre so that when someone does a monologue everyone would freeze (apart from the character) and their silhouette would appear on the screen of them acting it. After we came up with these ideas the class had a group discussion and we fed back our ideas to the class. Then , in our groups, we started to act out our scenes. I was in a group with Kai, Marley and Alex. I was Marie, Alex was Woyzeck and Kai and Marley were both the drum major. Kai would shout abuse at Alex when there was silence so that Kai voiced the inner thoughts and flashbacks Woyzeck was having. Marley did something similar only he was my inner thoughts and flashbacks. We rehearsed and then performed it to the class. Kitty