A Painting by Paula Rego called The Family - The Stimulus for our Drama Piece
INTRODUCTION
In this essay I will be discussing the work that I have done in the first module of performance studies.
The aim of this module was to develop technical skills in dance, drama and music and using the performance process of improvising, rehearsing and performing and then applying these skills to four performance pieces. We carried out several skills workshops to help develop confidence in all 3 thematic areas to a more even consistency as some members of our group had never done dance, music and some hadn't taken expressive arts GCSE.
In this module I developed skills in all three areas, some completely new skills (for example in dance) and those
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However, we overcame this by making sure we explored the situation and the characters and focused that particular scene of the drama piece towards the communication and body language of the father and the daughter, and therefore ensuring we got the right reaction of the audience towards this, which gave us confidence in our abilities to sustain the interest of the audience.
After we had completed the first scene, we found it hard to integrate the mother's feelings as her status or lack of in the previous scene, needed to be explained for the mother to be sympathised and associated with by the audience. This was so the end scene would show a better character interaction of the trio and a feeling of ensemble. We felt it would also work well if there was a status shift between the characters in the end scene so we decided that by taking on the mask of the mother would reveal her feelings to the audience and not show her to be completely naïve and helpless in this situation.
During rehearsal, we found we were able to get our timing synchronised, which was just what our piece needed to give it pace and direction and to involve and interest the audience continuously. We made the gestures and physicality of the characters very prominent to make sure body language was acknowledged by the audience to show them all the
While leafing through Julia Cameron 's "Artist 's Way," I always find myself thinking back to the first time the night pages came to me. It wasn 't one of those "It was a dark and stormy night" type of ideas, but I decided, "Why just write in the morning when I can do it at night?" Let me explain: In Julia Cameron 's "The Artist 's Way" you do a lot of things that are intended to inspire your creativity, foremost being getting up a bit earlier in the morning and writing out three pages. It can be called a journal, but mine was always much different than a journal. I tended to skip ahead in the writing of it, reminiscing on things that had happened to me in the past, and ideas for stories. I would also repeat myself constantly just to fill up those darn pages. A writer will need discipline, and Julia Cameron taught me to find it within myself. There was no great novel on the backburner - writing was a hard profession. But back to the discussion; the night pages idea came to me because getting up earlier in the morning can be hard for some. The purpose of it is to inspire creativity, but who can be creative that early in the morning? I found that I got most of my ideas running around at night anyways. So I began to write, and I stopped repeating myself. I found the night pages made me a different writer. It still can be hard for a writer to continue to write at night; you just might be tired then, too. Yet writing at night can be very productive; I found ideas for novels
The primary focus of this exhibition is Archibald J. Motley Jr.’s Mending Socks, an oil painting created in 1924 currently located at the Ackland Art Museum. Depicting Motley’s grandmother across a 43.875 x 40 inches (111.4 x 101.6 cm) frame, Mending Socks exhibits a familiar setting complimented by bold colors. Such colors immediately draw the eye to the grandmother, then to the socks on her lap. One then looks to the table, to the fruit overflowing from the bowl, eventually falling on the background. Trailing along, Motley’s grandmother is the off-center grounding of the piece, proving a strong, soothing, and familiar image of relaxed family settings. Behind her, however, are subtle reminders of white power.
Romare Bearden, a great artist that expresses many feelings throughout his photos. He expresses different types of feelings and meanings through colors, background, character demeanor, and even the posture of the characters in the picture. My favorite painting by Romare Bearden has to be "The Family"(1941) due to the fact that I had a personal connection to the picture. I never knew of Romare Bearden's other painting that related to this one which is "The Family"(1975). This is a similar picture but the family isn't as depressed as the family in the first picture. This family doesn't seem to be struggling and
I chose this piece of art to recall and imagine the feelings of the family and grandfather during his last banquet and to state that
In this artwork, there is a women sitting down, holding a baby; while two other children are surrounding her. The women appear to stand out in the image; representing a sense of security and devotion towards the children. The children seem to be drawn to the women and she appears to consider them as her treasure.
In this section I have combined the texts, in which I did the most analysis of my own works (Memo#1 and Memo#2) and the other works I have learned from (Week Reflections). Week 2 Reflection was a very important task for me, because it was the first analysis I have done in Writing 39 A class. In these exercises I have practiced the analysis skills, which I have learned. in these works I have worked on effective reflection on my own works, which helped me to find more strengths and weaknesses in my paper and improve
In the following sections I will be discussing various aspects of the process and analyse my own performance of the task and any skills I have gained.
Format: Essay (You are encouraged to use headings and/or sub-headings to separate the sections/cases of your essay.)
While returning to the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston, I stumbled on a painting that was in our book Gardner’s Art through the Ages by Fred S. Kleiner on page 705. The composition intrigued me a hundred times more in real life than it did in my book. I wanted to know the story, who are the girls, where are they and why is there no certainty in the painting? Are the girls in an insane asylum, a museum, a house? The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, captivated me, it is like no other piece of art that I have even written about, I wanted to challenge my artistic ability and try something different. Throughout this paper I will be analyzing the story, the girls and the overall meaning of why this painting exists.
Amongst the paintings that I have created, there are several others that I think are an important contribution to the study of art. The first one is The Family Group, which I painted in 1558. In this painting, the central figures are my father, Amilcare, my sister Minerva, and my only brother, Asrudbale. In the painting, my father's attention is focused on my brother, while my sister stands behind them. This painting represents
In my painting “Morning Picture” by Edwin Romanzo Elmer it depicts a family outside of their house.The family includes a small girl and parents, the young girl is far from the parents. The setting is a two story house near the hills in Western Mass on a bright sunny day with the family outside in the front. Near the young girl, there's a lamb, a cat, a doll in a stroller and a hat. The dark clothed parents are in a corner near a lilac bush sitting down on wooden chairs (archive.boston.com). At the first glance, it seemed as if the artwork was just a family in their daily routine. The daughter goes off and plays with lambs, cats, and plays with dolls while her parents watch. After examining the artwork repeatedly looking at every aspect and
The artwork I decided to do my research and write about is the portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children. I found this portrait very interested in me; I am going to give you a brief information on the artist of the artwork. This portrait was by Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lerun and the portrait is oil on canvas, 9’ ½” x 7’5/8”. The portrait was created in 1700 in France. It’s a portrait of a French queen who is Marie Antoinette along with her children as a good mother to her children, but there is no sign of the father in the portrait. The portrait is a loving mother of four children, but only three are shown in the portrait because of the children deceased. Also I see the portrait of a single mother who is a loving mother who love her children daily and have a space of emptiness because of the loss of her child who processed into his death at 11 months old.
Many individuals played an important role in the production of this thesis, and I would
With each essay I write, I learn more effective techniques to write my next paper. One technique is to evaluate my work because it pushes me to improve a little more each time. In this analysis, I will explain my statements and evaluate the things I can improve on, as well as the things I have done well.
the thesis. This can be used as support in the ISU essay through the discussion of