Sunday, September 13, 2009

Musical Theater I Sept 18, 2009

Hello all,

Lesson:
Today we will be focusing on the power of taking your time and Silence. Silence can make a scene flow in different direction. It can also establish the dominant presence in a scene and maintain a given essence in a scene or piece.

Class:
BLOG
Improv exercises, "Beat Machine" and "Remote story lines"
Continue to work on "One short day"
finish One on One discussions about solo's
Introduce Song dossiers and how to do them for song

BLOG: 70 words- Mr. Josh will show you a clip, What was the major thing that stood out in her performance? Have you seen her in other things? whats one thing that you will take from her piece and try to introduce to your personal solo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moOamKxW844&feature=PlayList&p=44C1C50DB75C43D7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

Mahalo

12 comments:

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  2. The music that I am going to write about is Troy. I think that Troy is a really good movie espcially during there war scenes. I thonk that the music really makes troy a very good movie and exciting. If you just listened to the music without watching it, you would guess that it is an action movie back when the trojans lived. If there was no music to it, it would not be as exciting and more action movie that you thought it would be.

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  3. I feel the In this video she did a great gob at involving hand motions and great facial expressions threw out the whole performance. Another thing that I noticed was that the stage was also apart of the act, for example she would sing about the band and the lights would shine on any were that she would point.

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  4. i kinda like this song . But not as much as i like he coffee boy song i really noticed how she changed the pace of the song really fast she went from singing very happy to more sad or slow i do believe that she is very good singer and she seems like a very good actor she is a very good Calvary singer and how she is able to change her emotions so fast.

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  5. In the video "Caberate, Liza Minelli" she used a lot of hand motions and facial expressions. Her voice was also very strong. I particulary liked the part when she mentions the band and she points towards the darkness when the lights appear showing the band. Overall the performance was great.

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  6. The thing that stood out to me was at the end when all the lights turned on. It looked like a giant rainbow :D.No, I have never heard of her before but i did enjoy that song.What i liked about her performance was, she was serious at moments and silly another i want to be able to do that without getting nervous. She is calm and confident, i also like that.

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  7. The thing that stood out most about the preformance was her hand motions. I have never seen her before. One thing that I will take from her preformance was how she was using hand motions to tell her story. It made the preformance more interesting.

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  8. The one thing I automatically noticed in Liza Minelli's performance was her acting. Her motions and expressions really enhanced the telling of the story. I was able to understand the story that came out of the song easier. Like Kristen Chenoweth's performance, I learned that acting and the tone in your voice matters when you're performing and it also makes the performance a thousand times more exciting.

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  9. While watching Liza Minelli's video "Cabaret" I noticed a lot of things about her performance that many famous performers always do. One of the things that really jumped out at me were her exaggerated, big, arm movements. She constantly had her arms opened wide. She also used the stage a lot. She didn't just stand in the same spot. She constantly moved from one side of stage to the next and she played to the audience. I noticed she used a lot of eye contact. These qualities made her performance a good one, and that is what I plan to use when I perform my solo.

    <3
    Aly

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  10. I liked Liza Minelli’s performance because of the way she sang and the way that she acted out her singing. She sang very well and I really liked how she showed a lot of emotion during her performance. Liza Minelli is a very talented singer, and she expressed herself with passion. Expressing strong passion is very important in any subject. If one enjoys doing something, then they should do it with some level of passion. Doing your best in everything you do is they only way that you’ll get things accomplished in life. By doing your best everything, you can learn to break your boundaries.

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  11. The thing that stood out the most to me from her performance was her emotion. She became exactly what the words were saying and presented it very well. She even exaggerated all of her actions and emotions. I only know Liza Minelli because of this song, but this is the first time I watched the video of it. I guess trying to portray the emotion of the song and lyrics from the tone of my voice as well as my physical actions will be something I'll try to introduce in my solo.

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  12. The things in this performance that stood out for me were Liza Minelli’s use of her body and of the stage all around her. Liza is obviously an amazing singer, but that is not what made this performance so great. Through out the entire performance she was being expressive almost to the point of being too expressive, and it helped to get all of the emotions of the song across. This is my first time seeing her perform but the name is familiar. I will be using the expressive use of her body in my solo performance.

    ~Jake

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