Final Scenic Painting – PJ Stagecraft

1. Basecoat

2. Scumbling

3. Lining

4. Shadows

5. Highlights

6. Texturing

7. Spattering

FINAL PRODUCT

I think my partner and I did very well considering the fact that both of us don’t have much experience in the painting field. I enjoyed the painting process a lot as I learned so many new tips and tricks that I never knew before. One example was that scumbling creates a more realistic look for the bricks because in real life, not all bricks are the same color. Another example was how to paint the shadows and highlights depending on where the light source is shining from. I never knew this until learning about it in Stagecraft. Each step of the way, I learned something new about scenic painting so I hope to learn more in the future.

Summative Socratic Seminar Review English 9

In this Socratic seminar, I expressed my ideas and views on each topic my teammates brought up. I also built on what my teammates said either by agreeing with them, disagreeing with them, or asking them questions to initiate more discussions about points I find interesting. Some things I could work on are maybe reading deeper into extracts from the book to support the points I make better and also managing the time better.  A new insight I gained in this seminar was how writers link small details, for example, chapter titles, to big parts of the story and how this makes the book more interesting to readers. An example is how the chapter titles changed from “My sister sends me an Email” to “My sister sends me a letter” to show how her condition of life became poorer. After finding out about this, from now on I will focus more on the smaller details to analyze the text/book better.

Theatre Tour Experience – PJ

Picture 1: This is a picture of the fly space in the ES Theater. I like how all the drapes/curtains are numbered so it is easier and more organized for the crew to know which curtain they need to pull up/bring down easier.

 

Picture 2: This is a picture of the bleachers in the ES Theater. I like how the seating is flexible and how the bleachers are moveable. Flexible seating is better than fixed seating as different directors might have different ideas that might require different seating positions.

 

Picture 3: This is a picture of the spotlights in the MS/HS Theater. I found this very interesting as I did not expect the spotlights to be so big and far away from the stage. I learned that the spotlights were big because they needed to be powerful enough to reach the stage and they were far away because they produced a lot of noise. This noise would affect the audience, thus they are in an enclosed room far away from the stage/audience.

 

Picture 4: This is a picture of the fly space in the MS/HS Theater. This was different compared to the fly space in the ES Theater as it was not numbered. I found it very cool because the fly space was almost doubled the actual theater’s space. The fly space has to be bigger than the theater so it can fit all of the curtains/drapes so it can be out of view of the audience.

 

Picture 5: This is a picture of the dimmer room in the MS/HS Theater. This is where the crew can dim all of the lights in the whole theater. I liked this as it was very interesting how each light had its own dimmer panel.

 

Picture 6: This is a picture of the dimmer room in the ES Theater. I found the difference between the ES Theater and the MS/HS Theater’s dimmer room to be big. The one in the MS/HS Theateris older and also slightly more difficult to operate whereas the one in the ES Theater is newer and easier to operate.