Blog 22: Final 3-Column Chart

Final 3-Column Chart

Blog 20: Three Column Chart First Draft

Three Column Chart

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

1.  What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project? 

I feel that the ESLR in which i have excelled the most in my senior project would be in Effective User of Technology.

2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.

I feel that i have excelled in this ESLR because I have learned how to use many new types of sources, how to use new Technology, and I have used technology in order to complete projects. Through my senior project, I learned how to research more quality research and I have learned of new websites that have become very helpful. As for learning how to use new technology, this applies directly with my topic. I learned how to use new equiptment that I did not know how to use before. Equiptment like tablesaws, rigging material, lights and other things. Some of the things that I learned how to use during my mentorship, I'm able to use outside of my topic like at home. For technology, I have also used it to complete components for my Senior Project. Before this year I never dared use Prezi, but this year I made myself learn how to use it for presentations. Another thing that I also used for my Senior project, though it may seem like nothing, is using the phone to my advantage. I used it to complete several projects, one being my science fair project in which I called professional theatres in all of Southern California, and another time where I had to learn how to make long distance calls to Mexico in order to complete one of my interviews.

3.  Provide evidence from your senior project to support your claim 

(evidence is a photo of something you are doing, photo of something you made, etc).

Mentorship

Some of the projects that I worked on that required me to learn how to use new technology.

Interview 4 (Interview I did that required me to call all the way to Mexico)

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

Content:

1. What is the best way set designer can enhance a play?
2. Know how to translate their vision into real life.
3. -Bringing the set to life is just as important as designing it
    -Translateing is one of the biggest steps in design
    -Step includes scale drawings, construction of scenic model, and so on.
4. "Stage Directions: The nomadic world of theatre design" Article by Liam Doona
5. Study more in depth the actual process that takes place to bring the set designer's vision to life.

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

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

2. The set designer should know the plays very well, know everything about it.

3.
 -The analysis step is one of the most important and crucial parts a set designer goes through when designing. It's the step where they learn about the play.
- Knowing the play helps you with the concept that you should go with for your design.
- A play's context can be interpreted in many ways,so lots of research needs to be done on the play to see what set design fits best for the production of the play.

4. The source that helped me prove this answer is justified is my third interview with Mario Montenegro.

5. I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing some more research on the process that a set designer goes through to get to know the play.

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

For my independent component I actually already completed my 30 hours of work. My mentorship took place at Ontario High School during the play they were doing for "Back To the 80s" with Mr. Hansen. During my time while mentoring, I was able to complete a total of 174 hours and 30 minutes of mentorship while helping out with their tech crew during the play. I got to participate in the whole process of putting on a play and what Theatre Technicians do before and during a play's production.

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

A recent piece of research that I have reviewed were actually a few blurbs done by some people who are involved in Theatre. These research pieces actually helped me come up with a better science fair project. The first blurb that started me to help me find my possible science fair project for my senior project was this one: http://www.mookychick.co.uk/how-to/alternative-student-jobs/theatre-technician-jobs.php and then I ran into another one (http://tomvanderwell.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/10-ways-being-a-theatre-major-prepared-me-for-success/) which eventually led me to a theatre tech forum called controlbooth.com where someone asked a question about whether or not it was worth getting a major in Theatre Technology in college if you want to go into this career in the future. This actually helped me come up with my possible hypothesis and experiment of finding out whether having a major in Theatre Technology will help you find a job in this industry in the future. 

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

Below are pictures of all the days I went to my mentorship at Ontario High School and got to help out. The highlighted parts are the days that I went and the crossed out ones are the day I was unable to help. The bottom is a picture of the pamplet that included all of the credit to people who helped out during the play, and at the very bottom there are also pictures of some snapshots I was able to take real quick during rehearsals while we were waiting for our queue to switch scenes.

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

1Q: What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?
   A: What is the most important aspect in becoming a successful Theatre Technician?

2Q: Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here.  If not simple write "I am not going to revise my EQ at this time".
  A: No

3Q: What are possible answers to your current working EQ?
  A:  -creativity
       -Time Management
       -Adapting to any situation

Blog 2: Topic Choice

a. What is your topic and why?

My topic is going to be Technical Theater, also known as Theater Tech. I chose this topic because it is something that has a little bit of everything I like. I have always been a person that loves design and hands on activities  I love the feeling of being able to create something, whether it be building with wood, make-up, creating costume, or just about anything in which I can use my creativity. When I was younger I really wanted to be an interior designer, but when I got in high school I started gaining a fascination with special effects make-up, sewing, and building random things. During freshmen year I joined the stage crew for Infotainment. It was there where I realized that I loved making props and other things. But I only recently found out that one can pursue a job in this, so I found this as the perfect opportunity to see if I am really willing to do this as a job in the future.

b. And what do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic (connecting your answer to each of the 4 ESLRS)

• iPoly Citizen: I plan to become a more responsible and punctual person with the responsibility of my mentorship. This relates to me improving as a iPoly citizen because I am hoping that through this experience I can become a more responsible student as well as punctual. I also hope that this helps me improve on getting everything done on time and not leaving everything for last minute.

• Effective Communicator: I plan to become a better teammate and listener with all the people I am working with in my service learning hours, whether I like them or not. This will make me more effective as a communicator because it will teach me to focus only on what I need to, and set my differences aside from others so that I can communicate better with others and just get what I need to finish done without any drama. 

• Effective Learner: I plan to learn as much as possible from my mentor and hopefully cherish everything I learn and use it in the future if I ever pursue this topic as a job. This will make me more effective as a learner because hopefully it will help me learn how to cherish everything that I learn throughout senior year from my teachers. 

• Effective User of Technology: I plan to learn to use the technology to the best of my advantage, especially when it comes to research and sharing it with others. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I hope to learn about new ways to find research and new resources to help me research in my studies. I hope it will help me broaden my horizon when it comes to sources used to gather information from.