I am my own wife

I liked this theater a lot, I was surprised that there was only one person on stage. during the play she was not alone, there were some characters but invisible. I love this a lot, because I was paying so much attention on what was going on at the stage.
I liked how the girl changed emotions, also the clothes. When he removed the strainer and used it on the coat, but then put it back on.
It was also interesting when in the background the intuitions were seen and changed color. but what I didn't like was with the instruments they turned red. I thought he didn't need it.
I also liked that at the end of the play, people could stay with who did the performance. that way we could ask you questions and solve the doubts.
What I liked least was the accent I used, it was difficult for me to understand some things. I also wanted to know if the photo I show was real or not.

2nd Draft

I think we are doing very well, we have the lights almost finished, they are looking very good. When Maddie and I are alone on stage we decided to put two colors, the orange represents me, but the blue represents Maddie. This is the scene that we have to improve the most, because we added it this week. We also have the lights for the transition to sleep, I like these lights a lot because it has figures.
Caroline was also practicing the war scene, she will be moving around the stage and suddenly a bomb will fall and she will run away. At that moment I will be in bed and I will have to wake up from sleep.
We have to finish the sounds we need, we have already made the war one, but we have to finish the sound of the flight

Strengths/Weaknesses

I think you have almost everything done, we have to mount the scene of war, lights and sounds and some details. The problem we had last week changed the first part of the first scene. now we have to reduce that part. We also have to see how I have to move in the cane during the dream.
Our group is also a little worried because you don't know if the paudience is going to understand the scenes we are doing, that's why we change the beginning of the first scene.

Reflection 2/9

During this two week we did so many thing. The first week we could not go to the black box so we stage in class and we have advanced many things. Maddie finished her monologue. Caroline and I started with the first draft war scene and also we have done the first scene. One day my group members could not come to class, but I was looking for sound that we could incorporate into the work such as the sounds that you can listen in an airport, or I was also looking for the sound of a gun for battle. 

During the week I was also thinking about the lights that we could incorporate on stage and I think I had good ideas. 

The last two days we were representing some parts of the work. The first day we focus more on the scene where Maddie is reading her monologue, Caroline is also on stage putting on military clothes, while all this happens I am on the sofa having the dream.

The last day Caroline and I were practicing the first scene because we had to change some things. This is hard to me, I think I have to improve the pronunciation of the dialogue and try to say it more natural. But I think I have no problem because my partners are helping me with it.

The second week we focus to make sure that the first scene and the scene when Maddie and Caroline read their letters were pretty good on the stage.  During the last days we tried to do the last scene. The most difficult in this scene is when I need to get up and scream, also when I’m alone in the stage and to finish the play I need to say “Dear Elli”. 

When I saw the draft I thought that I need to move more on the stage, and some times I need to improve the volume that I say my lines.. Also when I am on bed during the monologues of Maddie and Caroline and during the war scene, I need to move on the bed, but we did not talk about that yet, because we are focusing more in another things. I think that we are going to start thinking about that, during this week.

Next week I think we are going to start doing the war scene, because we have the first and second scene, also we have the last scene when I got up of the dream and Caroline gives me a letter, this scene finish with me reading the letter, but I only have to say “Dear Elli”. It is a letter wrote by my big sister, Sophia.

QUESTIONS

1. What is the stimulus you are using? Describe it.

The song titled is “Just a Dream” by Carrie Underwood. When we hear this song, we want to show things that happen when your job is to be a military. This song is about a women who lost her husband, because he went to the military

2. What are/were some of your initial ideas based on the stimulus?A person from a family went to war, we wanted to join this with love, as for example a couple.

3. What ideas and themes are you exploring in your performance?With the first thing we explored were the lights on stage. But we also wanted to focus on the relationship that our characters had, so we also wrote lines that came to mind and we did with a small interpretation


4. What will your plot be? (beginning, middle, end -- scenes, transitions)

It all starts when Ellie enters the room and sees her sister Sophia packing. Ellie doesn't want her sister to leave but Sophia wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and go to the military center. When the sisters just argued, Ellie goes to bed.  Ellie has a dream. In the dream Shopia enters the military school, here Shopia has a war and dies. The final part Ellie hits a scream and wakes up, Sophia enters the room and tells him that everything is fine.

5. Who are the characters and how will they grow, change, or stay the same?

• Sophia(Caroline). Older sister, she is leaving
• Ellie#1(Helena), younger sister, she is worried because her sister is leaving.
• Ellie#2(Maddie), dream version of Ellie#1, she is scared.

6. How might you use theater tech to enhance the story?

We will use sounds and lights, such as when Ellie falls asleep and has the dream

7. Who is the intended audience and what is the desired effect you want your piece to have on the audience? (reaction, meaning)

Older people, because we are talking about things that happen when people work as a military, but some teenagers can also understand

8. What are the important moments of tension and emotion?

The moment with more tension appears in the dream when the shots are heard and Ellie wakes up

9. Why is this piece important/meaningful to you personally?

It seems a little to what I am living here, I am far from my family. but I can at least see them once every three months. I can't imagine if I have to be there all year without seeing them.

10. What influences are you drawing on or engaging with in your work so far? (In class, for example, someone mentioned doing something similar to Livi's solo performance and someone else references viewpoints and perhaps Moment Work)

Put moments that we learned in class 

Reflection

During this project I had two roles. but the last fie to be Sophia's sister. Sophia goes to work in the military camp. In the play Sophia is packing, I go in and ask her if she really does. I can't believe what's happening. She tells me she does it for our mother because she died being a military. And Sophia wants to finish her job. I sit on the bed and reflect. Sophia leaves the stage and I am left alone. I look around and i get up from the bed. I see my sister's suitcase and open it. In it there are some photos of our family. I go to bed with the picture in my arms.

I like this character because he has many feelings and reactions. I also have to move in bed when I'm sleeping to simulate sleep. 

I feel very safe with my forgiveness but I think I have better things, such as my pronunciation when I am saying the dialogue. Also when expressing myself on stage with body expression. 

When I started doing the work I was very insecure for fear that I could not do it well. But with the coasters that I have I am super comfortable and they help me when I do something wrong. 

Collaborative Project (Reflection)

Collaborative Project (Reflection)

During these two weeks we were exploring ideas with lights, phrases and words that help us create the play, we also saw the videoclip of a song, which also helped us to know where to guide us. The last days of this week we started doing the script of the play and we represented some scene where Caroline and I acted.
Here we want to show that the girl does not want her sister leaves to work as a military and follow the footsteps of their mother. Their mother died in the military

During the first week we thought about doing something different, but then we changed the characters, Maddie is the dream girl, Caroline is the girl's sister and I am the girl but in real life.
I  also need ti innovation when i am o the stage, because I never do a play.