Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal

A) I, Dolores Rios, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

B) Mr. Jeremy Hansen, Ontario High School Drama Teacher (contact information on the log of hours attached)

C) Hours Log 

D) For the independent component I worked an extra 30 hours over the required hours for mentorship hours with my mentor during the play "Back to the 80's". I participated in the whole process of preparing for the play and helped with the actual play.

Interpretative

Top 2 pictures are the schedule of all the rehearsals and performances that I helped at. The highlighted ones are the days that I was there and the ones that are crossed out are the days that I missed of mentorship. All of the highlighted days are located in the log attached to this post. The bottom is the pamphlet that was handed out during the play with the names of all the cast and crew and sponsors.

Applied

Through this component it helped me gain more experience with theatre tech, especially since I really had no prior experience with Tech before my senior project. I got to see the whole process of putting on a play. Through this process I got to learn different techniques with different aspects of Theatre Tech, techniques with construction, some lighting and some audio.

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 minute presentation

30 Minute Lesson Plan Rough Draft

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way a set designer can enhance a performance?

2. When designing a set, what are some factors that you take into consideration when designing?

3. I read that when designing a stage it is better to try to stay as close as to the real place where the play is taking place in order to help people identify it as a real place, what is your opinion on this? Would you agree or disagree and why?

4. When a theatre is limited to supplies for constructing a set due to budget, what are some other ways a set designer can enhance a performance?

5.When designing is there a point where the set design can be too much? For example distracting from the actual performance instead of enhancing it.

6. I have heard that many professional theatres in Broadway are starting to use projections during their plays to enhance a play. Do you believe that these projections help with enhancing the play?  Why or why not.

7. From research that I have done, many people believe that projections will take the place of actual sets that will allow for actual locations to be projected onto stage to create the setting in order to enhance the play instead of having to build it. Would you agree with replacing hand crafted scenes with projections instead and why?

8. Do you believe that projections enhance a play more than a hand crafted scene or would it really depend on the genre and the play?

 

9. What is your personal preference when it comes to using projections or hand crafted scenes? Would you choice one over the other or would you use both to enhance the quality of the play if you could. Why or why not?

10. Apart from just the set itself, what would you say are other things that help a set designer enhance a play?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I was doing my mentorship at Ontario High School with their school's theater.

2.   Who is your contact?

Mr. Jeremy Hansen (Ontario High School's Theatre teacher)

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   

While doing my mentorship at Ontario High School's Theatre I was able to complete a total of 174 hours and 30 minutes.

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

Basically my 10 hours of service were spent on helping with the pre-production of Ontario High School's musical production, "Back to the 80s".  Most of the time I was on stage left working on building different sets and props that were needed for the production. I also did some painting and helping make sure that everything was organized in the scene shop. I would also do other things that Mr. Hansen needed done for the play. Things like helping find furniture or costumes.

 
5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number.    
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