THEATRE 1: CREATIVE JOURNAL

CJ18: Lyrics

Create lyrics for a song

Requirements:
  1. Choose a song from YouTube Audio Library, wrtite the song title in your journal
  2. Write in your journal a few stanzas of lyrics to fit the style of the music
  3. Be prepared to read aloud as "readers theatre" or choose to sing the piece
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CJ17: Modern (Minute) Melodrama

Write a "Modern (Minute) Melodrama" that you'll work to perform in week 18

Requirements:
  1. Devise a brief plot that intertwines at least three characters: VILLAIN, HEROINE, & HERO
  2. Ensure the plot revolves around GOOD vs. EVIL, with the evil being punished and the good being rewarded
  3. The script should only be 1 minute in length, with a beginning, middle, and end; PROVOCATION, PANGS, PENALTY​
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CJ16: Costume Design

Create a distinct costumes that would fit into your Midsummer scene

Requirements:
  1. Plan & research designs for two characters
  2. Use templates, or draft your own models, & sketch detailed costume designs
  3. Use color & fine detail to bring the work to fuller fruition
  4. Add fabric swatches to complete your design task
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CJ15: Mask Design

​Draft a design for a character mask

Requirements:
  1. Sketch ideas in your journal of a character mask from different angles
  2. Consider physical features that will aid in telling the audience more about the character
  3. Complete a final draft that uses color, fine detail, & an angle that can show the dimension of the mask
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CJ13: Puppet Play Script

Create a script for your puppet play to be performed in week 14.

Requirements:
  1. Write the script on Google Drive, sharing with all 4 or so group members
  2. Create a 4-5 minute play incorporating each of your group's characters
  3. Each character must be engaged in the play for at least 30 seconds of action and dialogue
  4. Ensure the play has a distinct beginning, interesting middle, & fulfilling end 
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CJ12: Rod Puppet Design

Create a rod puppet design in your journal

Requirements:
  1. Draft many ideas for your puppet character's face and clothing
  2. Consider drawing the puppet from multiple angles
  3. Finalize a draft using color & fine details 
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CJ10: Scenic Analysis 

Bring the conceptualization of your design all together

Requirements:
  1. Review the mid-term rubric
  2. Consider the story that accompanies your design
  3. Pen ideas related to why and how you designed the elements you did
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CJ9: Lighting Gobo Design 

Design a cut-away gob that will accompany your set design

Requirements:
  1. Sketch gobo ideas based on your collage's forms, line, shape, textures, colors & content
  2. Sketch a finalized gobo design
  3. Use thin metal and a craft knife to create your gobo
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​CJ8: Set Design - Drafting from Inspiration 

​Begin to imagine & sketch a set design, being inspired by your collage

Requirements:
  1. Sketch ideas based on your collage's forms, line, shape, textures, colors & content
  2. Develop a story concept based on your collage 
  3. Sketch a set design concept from a single scene of your story
  4. Complete a ground plan & elevation draft of your set

CJ7: Inspiration Collage

This is the first step in your multi-week Set Design Project

Requirements: 
  1. Gather images from magazines that inspire you in terms of color, form, texture, etc.
  2. Collage the gathered image in a thoughtful way, considering the principles & elements of design
  3. Final work must be at least 8.5" x 11", fully collaged
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CJ6: Theatre Stage Types

Sketch different theater stage types in your journal

Requirements:
  1. Follow the sketch tutorials offered each day
  2. Draw and label the different stage types​
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CJ5: Edit, Revise,
​& Refine Your Monologue

Share your monologue with a peer and consider their feedback as you refine and edit your monologue.

Requirements:
  1. Read your monologue aloud to a peer
  2. Allow your partner time to offer critical and thoughtful feedback in writing, via the provided form
  3. Edit your monologue considering the feedback and discussion with a peer
  4. Type your monologue in Google Drive
  5. Begin the rehearsal process by scoring your edited monologue for beats and tactics
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CJ4: Draft a Monologue

Draft a first person narrative that you will recite onstage in a few weeks

Requirements:
  1. Take some time to read sample monologues to get acquainted with the idea of a one person scene
  2. Find examples here: FREEDRAMA.NET
  3. Then, draft a monologue of your own in your journal
  4. Write through the voice of a fully realized character experiencing a story that has a beginning, middle, & end
  5. Be school appropriate in theme & content. Something you'll be proud to present in week 6
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CJ3: Play Writing

Draft a script that brings classic characters to life through dialogue.

Requirements:​
  1. Pen a draft of an 8 line play script
  2. The first four lines are a brief back-and-forth to create a tight intro to the dialogue.
  3. The fifth and sixth lines are longer, each containing five or six sentences, so the characters can work on  expressing their thought process.
  4. The last two lines are brief and conclusive in relation to the problem at hand.
  5. Do this a number of times with different characters and scenarios to practice.
EXAMPLE:
A Hey.
B Hey.
A Have you seen my watch?
B Don’t think so.
A And I think you have. A while back I left maybe ten dollars of change out, which vaporized. Also, my mom sent Valentine chocolates. Gone. I may be absent-minded, but I’m not crazy. I want the watch.
B What’s been going on? I don’t like to say it, but the paranoia level is sky high. We’ve known each other since fifth grade, okay? Plus you might have noticed I’m wearing a watch. Why would I want yours?
A Give me the watch or get out.
B (exiting) You need some help.
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CJ2: Creative Writing

​Use art as inspiration for creative thinking:
  1. First take time to notice, wonder, discover, and interpret
  2. Based on your interpretation of the piece, begin writing based on inspiration from the art piece. Consider these options:
    1. Write down the possible meaning of the image and persuade your reader to believe that your story is the correct one based on details in the image.
    2. Identify characters and their motives. Who are they and what do they want? Explain how you know based on details.
    3. Pretend that you are in the image, and describe what you see, smell, feel, and hear.
    4. Describe the details that are just outside of the image, the ones we can’t see.
    5. Introduce dialogue into your story. What are they saying?
    6. Sequence the events of the story. What happened five minutes before this scene, what is happening now, and what happens five minutes later? How do you know?
    7. Write from the perspective of one of the characters in the image.
    8. Explain who is the protagonist and antagonist. What is their conflict? 
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/thoughtful-creative-writing-through-art-denise-cassano
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​CJ1: Finding Inspiration

Complete the guided exploration of the artwork in class
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