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Today we started off by talking about plagiarism and how it is illegal to copy someone else's work and portraying it as yours.
we then moved on to talk about commedia props.
So commedia characters are an example of 'stock characters (basic or stereotypical characters)
Panteloni- he carries a small money bag
Isabella- A high status character and is the daughter of panteloni. She is a lover and and is so overwhelmed by the heat of her passion that she needs to carry a fan around.
Il Dottore- he carries a stethoscope
Il Capitano- he carries a sword. he brags a lot but in reality he is a big wuss.
Arleccino- he carries around a slapstick
Columbina- She is a hight status zanni. she will often be seen to be ordering other people to do her work for her and she is very cheeky and sneaky. She carries around a basket.
we then formed into groups and each one of us had to be a commedia character. Our group chose cloumbina. we improvised a short scene where each one of us had a monologue and an aside. This helped us get familiar with the idea of an aside because we need ot have one each for our assessment.
we then played a game of 21
recounting - we have to stand in a circle and count to the number 21. anyone caan randomly call out a number, but if two people say a number at the same time, we have to restart our counting.
reflecting- this game is very much depended on your focus and the focus of the entire group.
conclusion- I mostly maintained my focus, but i sometimes lost it. overall we worked very well as a group and almost got to 21 a number of times.
after this we watched a video on the zanni walks and took some notes:-
Today we started off by talking about plagiarism and how it is illegal to copy someone else's work and portraying it as yours.
we then moved on to talk about commedia props.
So commedia characters are an example of 'stock characters (basic or stereotypical characters)
Panteloni- he carries a small money bag
Isabella- A high status character and is the daughter of panteloni. She is a lover and and is so overwhelmed by the heat of her passion that she needs to carry a fan around.
Il Dottore- he carries a stethoscope
Il Capitano- he carries a sword. he brags a lot but in reality he is a big wuss.
Arleccino- he carries around a slapstick
Columbina- She is a hight status zanni. she will often be seen to be ordering other people to do her work for her and she is very cheeky and sneaky. She carries around a basket.
we then formed into groups and each one of us had to be a commedia character. Our group chose cloumbina. we improvised a short scene where each one of us had a monologue and an aside. This helped us get familiar with the idea of an aside because we need ot have one each for our assessment.
we then played a game of 21
recounting - we have to stand in a circle and count to the number 21. anyone caan randomly call out a number, but if two people say a number at the same time, we have to restart our counting.
reflecting- this game is very much depended on your focus and the focus of the entire group.
conclusion- I mostly maintained my focus, but i sometimes lost it. overall we worked very well as a group and almost got to 21 a number of times.
after this we watched a video on the zanni walks and took some notes:-
- the grand zanni walk:-
- alternate hands and feet
- legs move sideways
- bent back
- Zanni stance:-
- very exhausting
- shift your weight form one leg to another
- Three times step:-
- moves on your toes
- one foot behind the other
- feet aside
- two times step :-
- very fast walk
- leaned back a bit
- alternate hands and feet
- Basic Zanni walk:-
- light on feet
- alternate feet
- change movement when changing direction
- Zanni Vain :-
- hands normally in the belt
- like the grand zanni walk except you will have a straight back
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