June 3rd

Okay, so Marjorie's second draft comments and such.

- Needs MLA heading

- sentence variation needed

- amount of information good

- needs 'smoothing out'

- choppy

- sounds confused

- need to work through with her.

Pg 100 for managing my rehearsal well today, and not looking like an idiot who can't stay on book while writing blocking.

may 13th

Today with the freshman we worked on their analysis papers for All the President's Men. I have to say that I am honestly impressed with them sometimes, they are like little sponges that just absorb everything ya throw at them, and they don't like to give up on whatever they're working on. Tenacious buggers.

Anyway, I deserve a 100 for picking up the slack that the absent seniors have left and helping their freshman in their absence.

may 6th

I missed last night's, I know. But today in class we had the freshmen watch all "All the President's Men," which downloaded for the good of the glass. Following the film we had a brief post discussion, and then kindly reminded them of the three page paper they need to write.

Why I deserve a 100. Because during 5th and 8th period I (with bella's assitance during 8th) managed to bang out the two tables for Cleo's show at the end of May. Tomorrow we do the platforms. Yay.

PS. Yesterday I totally deserve a 100 because Bella and I rehung the entire plot. In 45 minutes.

may 4th

So, today, instead of watching All the President's Men, we did a mini lecture on the Watergate scandal and president nixon and the state of the country at the time as well as a brief lesson on how to write a good critical analysis of a film, all because we didnt have the film to watch.

Why I deserve a 100. Being able to explain the watergate scandal offhand.

May 3rd

So, we did the exit exam today. Fun stuff. Easy as pie. The questions were really basic and didn't require much depth or extrapolation of any of the information given. Even without studying I feel really confident about how I did on the test.

Why I deserve a 100 today, my dealing with the move of the freshie showcase and getting a good %30 done with rehanging the rep, in 45 minutes.

April 27th

So, today we had another typical rehearsal with further grounding and relationship establishing exercises with our little freshies. We are spending a little more time on that with this piece because so much of the scene depends so much on how these characters react to one another and how much their lives influence the piece.

Why I deserve a 100. Because I am 5 instruments away from finishing the hang of the plot (damn it takes a long time in 35 minute intervals in a team of two, and sometimes alone.) And I'm keeping an eye on Marjorie and trying to get her to have her costumes in by monday of next week so she doesn't fail, poor lonely designer.

April 26th

Okay, let's get that average up from a 55.whatever. So today, the 'process' consisted of setting up the call thing via google chat today. After that pleasant discussion with our teacher, we went into rehearsal where we worked with bringing both of the actors up to a place where we could effectively block the scene. During 8th period I began hanging the front light for the light plot with Bella, who's proving a very eager learner and effective worker.

Why I deserve 100: Because I'm stepping in as TD pro tem due to his inconsistency, medical issues or not. Also, I have began taking Bella under my wing because of her apparent interest in lighting.

March 11th

Well hello there. Tonight I gathered research for N3RD (images from video games, both retro and contemporary) for Aladren to look through, so I know which look she prefers to have for the lighting, so I can get a plot done over the weekend. Oh and, reminder to you, we need a gel pack. Order that one from norcosto I sent you, pretty please! Another side note, that you should be made aware of, headsets for the belt packs are $179.99 / ea.

PG - 100. Why? Because I'm doing my job as a stage manager.

March 4th

Well, I would love to say that I worked on my books, but quite honestly, once I got that camera, I was done. HOLY SHIT. That thing is forking amazing. And, I figured out how to use some of the more advanced features on it (continuous shooting, playing around with the shutter speed, yadda yadda) for like three hours. So yea, that's my journal.

PG - 100. Why? Because I'm trying to help the most ungrateful and slowest people I know.

March 3rd

Take a guess at what exciting things I did tonight? Yep, you got it! Worked on the design books. Focused more on N3RD tonight however, I re-read about half of the script and tried to compile more specifics about each individual scene's look. I'm just too afraid the scenes will look the same. Not to mention these angles are gonna be a bitch with the cyc so bloody close. But we'll find a way.

PG 100 - because i helped secure a drafting table, and tomorrow i will secure drafting supplies and start teaching freshies

March 2nd

Let's see if this stays consistent this time. I basically did the same as I did last night. Worked on my designer book for the freshman showcase, and read through Neighborhood Three and scribbled some stuff down in my sketchbook about what I got from the play. The main thing that struck me about the piece was how drawn I was to the idea of the way video games are lit.
For example, in the ones that attempt to be realistic they have lighting sources (lamps, streetlights, the like) but they often get misplaced, and make the characters very shadowy and awkwardly lit. However, in the less complicated games, the often just light everything equally and fill in shadow where they need to. What this translates to, I'm not sure exactly, but it's a start to something.
Another thing that made me think about the piece, is how in video games (at least the ones that are third person viewed) you often have a problem of camera angles. The camera is never quite in the right position to view what the player needs to see. Also, the camera will get 'stuck' to walls and won't move, creating awkwardly tense situations for the player.

These are just my thoughts after the first read through.

PG 100 because I participated heavily in that little discussion about American history between the 1940's and 1960's. Thank you.

March 1st

Scary that it's March already. Hard to think that I'll be in college in four months. Really worrysome is the fact that I've probably gotten myself into more than I can handle again. Four designs and stage managing, but all's well. I'll manage. So that's my journal. As well as the work I did tonight on my design book.

I deserve a 100 because I educated two freshmen in how to do a rehearsal report today

So it begins, yet again.

Damn this being out of production. For my journal tonight, my first impressions and the beginnings of the given circumstances for one of the freshman showcase pieces, Napkin.

First impressions

• coming in midmoment
• Stupor? - Lethargic, dazed
• Brenda is the smarter of the two
• Pissed off at upper managment of company
• just got fired
• major city dwellers
• Graduate degrees?
• 20's somewhere
• business people
• bar; not dank rustic bar, but a clean, modern, not very well lit bar
• looking for a distraction from firing
• ideas of grandeur
• upper-middle class

Given Circumstances

• Just got fired
• major american city
• coworkers, personal friends
• known each other for a while
• in a bar
• trying to forget what happened
  

Pg - 100. i deserve this 100 for doing my very best to participate in the history discussion while trying not to give to much to the freshman. Granted, i failed, but at least i participated.