Melodrama - Drama

What is the green room?

A green room is a place in a theatre room off stage where the actors can chill and relax. They might eat food or start rehearsing there next lines but it is a place where the audience can't see them and can't go into. It is like their private domain.

    What is a proscenium arch theatre?

A proscenium is a metaphorical vertical plane of space in a theatre. It always has an arch on top of the stage giving it the name the proscenium arch theatre. The audience is normally right in front of the stage which is several feet above the ground.

    History of Melodrama - 

• Was developed in 1800
• First, melodrama was Rene de Pixerecourt
• Influenced by Romanticism
• Live music was incorporated in Melodrama to enhance emotion

Make your own costume -

Bonets - white,

Nutrients - Testing

For the last three lessons, we were working on learning about what the body needs in terms of nutrients. We had to do three experiments to see if the foods we had were carbohydrates like simple sugar and complex sugars or if it were a protein. We split into groups and in my group, we had Lyan, Alliah, Milan, Lucy, and me. We started off by thinking about our hypothesis and then moved on to the real experiment. We used milk, egg, bread, sugar, apples, and potatoes.

Test 1 - Simple Sugars

Hypothesis -

My group and I think that the simple sugars were apples and sugar.

We put strips of food into test tubes adding benedict solution and putting it on the heat for 1 minute to see if it changed into an orange color. simple sugars.

We found that the only simple sugar in the groups of food was the apple.

Test 2 - Complex Sugars

Hypothesis -

My group and I think that the complex sugars were bread, milk, eggs, and potatoes.

We again put strips of food into the test tubes this time adding 5 drops of iodine. We could tell it was a complex sugar if it went for brown to black the moment it touched the food.

We found that bread and potatoes were the only complex sugars out of the group.

Text 3 - Proteins

Hypothesis -

My group and I thought that the milk and eggs were the proteins of the group.

We put the strips of food in adding 5 drops of NaOH as well as 5 drops of Cuso4. We could tell it was a protein when it went from blue to purple.

We found that the milk and eggs were the proteins.

Cooking - Pita Pockets

Today in cooking class we were cooking we made pita pockets. We had a choice of carrots, onion, cheese, lettuce, and ham but I decided that I didn't want ham and just made a vegetable pita pocket. We started by collecting our ingredients. We had to grate the cheese and carrots while someone else was cutting the onion. The lettuce and ham were all ready to put in the pita pockets. The hardest part was assembling it together because they were very fragile. All in all, it tasted great and if you can learn how to cut open the pita pockets perfectly then it would be a nice and simple meal for you to enjoy.

Creating the Illusion of the Other Mother

We were talking about the different changes we found when we first meet the mother to the last time we see her. There is a huge difference from when we first meet her for she starts of looking nice and kind but turns to a soap devoring spider demon. This represents the 'Looks can be deseving' subject we started out working on.

The Other Mother 1

Physically - 

Soft/round edges.

Looks like the real mother.

Normal height.

Costume - 

Basic/ no pattern.

Baggy loose clothing.

Mostly covers her.

Color and lighting -

Warm tone.

Artificial coloring.

dull.

Color pallet - Orange

The Other Mother 2

Physically -

Patterns on her clothes.

Her nose is longer.

Head more pointed.

Sharper edges.

Costume - 

Black/red.

Loose clothing.

Color and lighting -

Warm light.

Artificial.

Orange and yellow color pallet.

The Other Mother 3

Physically -

Pale skin.

Weight shift to hips/ bum looks like beetles.

Pointy nose, back of head, elbows skinner.

Costumes - 

Pattern pokadots, black, white, red.

Fits her figure better.

beetle shell like layers.

Shows more skin.

Color and Lighting - 

Bright, vibrant, cold.

Artafical.

Oranges.

The Other Mother 4

Physically - 

Ugly, Spider like, needless, no fat, no skin

Lots of sharp angles.

Taller.

Costume - 

Tattared rags.

Barly there.

Color and Lighting - 

Green and black.

Cold light.

Unatural.

Photo Collage - Photography

Today for photography we have been working on photo collages. A better definition of this is cutting out photos and pasting them onto other ones turning it into a different image. Each photo tells a story so we also tried to make out collage into one. At first, I thought that this was easy for all I had to do was cut out a photo and paste it onto another but when I started I noticed that I had to think about what to put where and how to fit the image in. During that time I thought that a joke would make things easier but then I realized that I could use the joke in the photo collage. That is where I got my idea. Out of all the images I decided to use the car, Gumboots, and the hourglass to make a little pun. Let’s see if you get it.

How Does Music Enhance The Story

Music - 

Diegetic Sound - Sounds added to a scene. eg music.

Non-Diegetic Sound - Sounds that don't need to be added for they happen in nature. eg footsteps, wind blowing, leaves.

Chords:

Major - written in a major key, has a happy and uplifting tone.
Minor - Written in a minor key, has a sad and gloomy tone.

Tempo/speed:

fast - It is something you would walk fast or run to. Makes you feel energized and gives it a movement.
Moderate - Somewhere in between the two.
slow - You would be drawing your feet if you were walking along to the music. It makes you lethargic.

Dynamics/Volume:

Farte/Loud - Gets the viewer's attention. It gives the music more emotion.
Piano/Quiet - Either background music or used to make the viewer focus.
Changing - Quiet to loud builds intensity. Loud to quiet pulls us into focus.

Song 1 -

Happy, Uplifting, Catchy, Major, energetic, live, upbeat, Fast. Mostly Major tones.

Song 2 -

Sad, tired, background music, low, lethargic, slow, sobber. Lots of minor tones.

Coraline Song 1 -

Cordes - Minor, Changing tempo.

Moderate - feel on edge, walking pace gives energy.

Minor, Tired, upset, Sad, Confused, creepy.

Changing speed - Starts quiet and goes louder. Grabs our attention, builds emotion, and intensity.

Mouse circus -

Chords - minor, In the background, there is a lot of minor tones that make us feel like there is something not quite right in the scene/music.

Tempo - Fast, I feel like I have to start marching place with the tempo of the music.

Dynamics - Loud, It makes us feel like joining in and intrigued kind of like taking your focus.