“It’s a Wonderful Life “
In the play “It’s a Wonderful Life” the transitions the play-writers incorporated between scenes was comprehensible to the child I was with as well as myself. During the play it appeared to me that the actors Ken Griggs and Jessica Osnoe did not look the role they were playing as George and Mary. As through casting an acting crew I felt that the look and age of the actor should fit the role he or she is playing. However, the role of Clarence played by James Dean was portrayed sufficiency. James voice, costume and personality as the character Clarence in my opinion sold the show.
Throughout the show, there were various transitions from scene to scene. The play-writers I though did a fantastic job with this as I never lost sight of what was going on in the. Through transitions I feel that it is easy for a person to lose sight of meaning of the scene though the transition. Losing sight of what was occurring never happened to me as I followed along well. The play-writers and cast would not let the audience lose sight, as they would bring in symbols to make the transition clear. For example, George lost his father due to a heart attach
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The casting of George and of Mary fit the actors upon personality but did not fit upon the looking of age. In the play it was said that Mary is 18 years of age, Jessica Osnoe did not look 18 due to the ageing I noticed in her face and the filling of her body. Ken Griggs also played a young character, George as he went back in time to picture his life. When looking at Ken I saw a few wrinkles along with aging in body that you would not see in a 18 or 19 year old. To fix this problem I would suggest the play-writers to cast another actors to play the roles of the younger Mary and George. I feel this will make the going back through his life story
I was particularly struck by the acting of Gracie Sartin. Her fearless approach to so many elements of the play – whether it was being hit on the head with an ironing board, hitting another costar with the ironing board, or giving one of her characters (Villian) an accent - was incredibly interesting to watch. Despite the fact that she portrayed six different people, she embodied them so well that I did not see Gracie in them. I saw only the characters she was portraying. The other actors were also successful in that ability. I think that achievement, combined with the success of the way the time constraints were embraced, added greatly to the success of the play.
In the play the characters are developed well. In the play, almost all the characters are described except Tiny Tim and other few characters. By the other hand, the film don’t let the viewer to see all the characters. This happens because it just represents a part of the story.
China’s One-Child Policy has been a controversial topic since its implementation back in 1979. Forcing families to have only one child has caused major repercussions that have only been magnified with each generation. In the past thirty years, major unforeseen problems have arisen. The policy had appeared to be a viable solution to curb China’s massive population before it was put into effect, but now the problems with the policy clearly overshadow the benefits. When China faced the problem of a swelling population, rapidly approaching one billion (Doc A), the One-Child Policy appeared to be a good idea.
The play was well interpreted by all whom were involved. Steven Wrentmore, the Director, kept the 1920’s feel by dressing in all 1920’s costumes and everyone spoke as if they were living at the
For example, Abigail Williams was portrayed in the play as a seventeen year old; in real life, Abigail Williams was actually only eleven years old. This may have been because Abigail was also portrayed as wanting to marry and be with John Proctor, which didn’t really happen. In the play, John Proctor was made to seem as if he was in his thirties, while he was actually believed to be between sixty and seventy years
I think that he did a fantastic job at really bringing the character alive. You could really see the passion when he was performing. For example, when he was doing his narrative and he would go to where the audience was , he was so into it that I felt like he didn't even know that they audience was there. The next one was Nurse Ratched , I feel like one of that hardest character to play is the villain because it's the character that no one like. I think that she did a fantastic job at it.
Throughout the production, the actors who were intended to represent the production crew such as the Stage Manager, Sound, Lights, etc. were placed behind the audience. These characters had dialogue which would lead the audience members to be required to turn around to see who is talking, however, some audience members were
With voice, everyone was very easy to hear (it was a loud show so that’s not surprising), articulation was clear (as clear as it can get for a NY accent), and singing voices were beautiful and surprisingly easy to understand (which is not always seen, especially in past musicals). Physicality was great, as mentioned the Newsies really embodied the rough and tumble feel and stayed bold and great examples of powerful underdogs. Movement was easy to read and seemingly natural. This show has very big objectives and the characters really played to those. Most of the relationships in the show were friendly relationships that functioned like family, which seemed really authentic.
This film will provide you with an enhanced understanding of the play. Although, it is misleading at times, this version of the play will keep you fully entertained for the full 111 minutes and provide you with extra knowledge of the play. Casting The majority of the cast was well selected,
I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays
The second problem I had with the conversion between the film and the movie was the absence of Margaret in the film. However, I’m not even sure that she was truly gone. It seemed to me that Richard’s mother had many of Margaret’s lines in the film, and I could not determine whether the film designates Margaret as Richard’s mother, or whether she simply took Margaret’s lines for her own. Either way, I think that the deletion or abstraction of Margaret’s character is a major flaw in the movie. She adds a great deal of depth to the play, and actually is a sort of foil for Richard’s character because of the deeds she herself has committed in the past– some of which rival Richard’s. It is possible that I missed something where Margaret’s character was concerned, but it seems to me that her personality is so flamboyant and witch-like that she should be hard to miss!
I have never been involved with the production of any kind of play, so my partner and I decided that we would watch multiple versions of this play. There was Kenneth Branagh’s version which was sort of lack characteristic that we thought would be suiting for our “soap opera” themed performance.
Bilbo, Gandalf, and Smaug are examples of character archetypes. For example, Bilbo represents the hero. Gandalf represents the mentor. Smaug’s archetype is the threshold guardian. These functions or roles are like makeup that the characters wear in the story. In ‘The Hobbit’, Bilbo, Gandalf and Smaug play roles that help develop suspense in the story.
Throughout the play, I enjoyed the role of music used to set a comic atmosphere and replace the dialogs during comic scenes (e.g. when they chase each other around). I also thought that they made a good use of light to indicate the moment of the day the scene was happening or to set the atmosphere of the scene (e.g. pink colour during the romantic moments). Lastly, I liked the way the play ended. Even though it was a little messy with everyone running after each other off and on stage, and this policeman coming out of nowhere, which really surprised me; I couldn’t think of a better way to end the play.
“Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other”, Judy Collins. I used to look at my life as a series of misfortunate events. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized my life, my experiences, made me who I am. This realization changed who I was and who I wanted to be. In The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch wrote, “It’s not about the cards you’re dealt, but how you play the hand.” I was so focused on the cards in my hand, that I couldn’t even play.