haha. thanks man.
the technical errors were uncountable can. but really, u shud have watched sat's. smooth run, best show out of all we ever had.
p.s. tingchih smsed u cox i told him my cousins shuai de nehz. haha. i noe she loves me. she tells me everyday. whahaha
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Xun Yi Meng
Let me just do a quick run-through of the three plays. First I'd just like to say that I'm really proud that Felicia, you're the project director of this huge performance. It would've been a real logistical nightmare, being in charge of so many things. At the same time the number of people who are involved in this is... mind blowing. So that must've been really tough!
I thought the props were really good, and the acting was too. There was just a little bit of overacting but I think the sript required it. What else... I want really sit down and critic the whole thing properly but now my brain cells are quite fried. Haha... Eh. Hmm...
The one that you wrote - the second play - was undoubtedly the best out of the three. I was wondering if there were reasons for bias. More specifically I was trying my bloody best to analyse all three and figure out why one play worked better than the other.
I guess the reason is because the 2nd play has greater focus than the other two. In the first one, it lacked context because I was quite lost as to why it looked modern and then switched to the evil couple who were in China-in-ancient-times-clothes. The third had a good idea, but we weren't able to pick out which character to relate to because of the fact that there was just too much going on.
Okay I think I keep getting distracted while typing this post so I'll just whack what I remember.
I like the 2nd one cos it has a tight dialogue, punchy lines and very pacey. The sense of humour connected to me as well. I hardly laugh at stuff so this one really manage to make me laugh out loud after it's relentless efforts by the script to do so. The acting was really good... I related to the character a lot. I thought the Fantastic 4 was a fantastic creation. There are so loveable and they really include almost every part of a human being. I liked their little cheer. All of them have very strong characteristics and their uniqueness played to their advantage. What was going well for the script was also the fact that the main character was pulled into focus and her dilemmas were shown explicitly in the play - good move in exposing the character's innermost feelings to the audience and getting them to relate to her. I thought all the small scenes were really necessary in building the climax and pushing the story along to that peak.
I thought the ending was unexpected... probably because I didn't expect the girl to even consider death. That was a great move, dishing something the audience to probably widden their perspecitive. Also I thought the scene in Death was very tastefully done. I was really impressed with the technical choices made to portray the scene - a spotlight on the stage left and with the other characters that made up the girl's life in the centre - rotating and taking their places center stage when they told her how they felt. It was also great to see the girl regret her decision. And the final choice of having to show what the dieties were saying on the screen rather than having them record their voices and being played out was absolutely fantastic too. It gave the entire space a feeling of silence and demands for the audience to take a part of a play with them by reading the play's message. That was really effective.
Anyway, your friend Ling Zhi sms me to ask what I thought of the play and I said something like,
" the second one was the best cos of the tight pacing, punchy dialogue, loveable characters. was impressed buy the acting and props. sound n lights were well uysed but also had mistakes here and htere. last story very unique, idea of disease containment was brilliant, but the ending wasn't satisfying! e context wasnt clear for the first one."
" e last show ending wasnt satisfying cos I couldnt see really how e main character changed thru e chaos that led to her decision. the attention was all over e place - the boy, the rich woman... i cant see why i shld relate to the girl. e 2nd play, we see the girl's thoughts her struggles and dilemmas she faced which i thought was important. and personal preference i liked the humour"
Anyway she just wants to say she loves u. HAHA. ;)
I thought the props were really good, and the acting was too. There was just a little bit of overacting but I think the sript required it. What else... I want really sit down and critic the whole thing properly but now my brain cells are quite fried. Haha... Eh. Hmm...
The one that you wrote - the second play - was undoubtedly the best out of the three. I was wondering if there were reasons for bias. More specifically I was trying my bloody best to analyse all three and figure out why one play worked better than the other.
I guess the reason is because the 2nd play has greater focus than the other two. In the first one, it lacked context because I was quite lost as to why it looked modern and then switched to the evil couple who were in China-in-ancient-times-clothes. The third had a good idea, but we weren't able to pick out which character to relate to because of the fact that there was just too much going on.
Okay I think I keep getting distracted while typing this post so I'll just whack what I remember.
I like the 2nd one cos it has a tight dialogue, punchy lines and very pacey. The sense of humour connected to me as well. I hardly laugh at stuff so this one really manage to make me laugh out loud after it's relentless efforts by the script to do so. The acting was really good... I related to the character a lot. I thought the Fantastic 4 was a fantastic creation. There are so loveable and they really include almost every part of a human being. I liked their little cheer. All of them have very strong characteristics and their uniqueness played to their advantage. What was going well for the script was also the fact that the main character was pulled into focus and her dilemmas were shown explicitly in the play - good move in exposing the character's innermost feelings to the audience and getting them to relate to her. I thought all the small scenes were really necessary in building the climax and pushing the story along to that peak.
I thought the ending was unexpected... probably because I didn't expect the girl to even consider death. That was a great move, dishing something the audience to probably widden their perspecitive. Also I thought the scene in Death was very tastefully done. I was really impressed with the technical choices made to portray the scene - a spotlight on the stage left and with the other characters that made up the girl's life in the centre - rotating and taking their places center stage when they told her how they felt. It was also great to see the girl regret her decision. And the final choice of having to show what the dieties were saying on the screen rather than having them record their voices and being played out was absolutely fantastic too. It gave the entire space a feeling of silence and demands for the audience to take a part of a play with them by reading the play's message. That was really effective.
Anyway, your friend Ling Zhi sms me to ask what I thought of the play and I said something like,
" the second one was the best cos of the tight pacing, punchy dialogue, loveable characters. was impressed buy the acting and props. sound n lights were well uysed but also had mistakes here and htere. last story very unique, idea of disease containment was brilliant, but the ending wasn't satisfying! e context wasnt clear for the first one."
" e last show ending wasnt satisfying cos I couldnt see really how e main character changed thru e chaos that led to her decision. the attention was all over e place - the boy, the rich woman... i cant see why i shld relate to the girl. e 2nd play, we see the girl's thoughts her struggles and dilemmas she faced which i thought was important. and personal preference i liked the humour"
Anyway she just wants to say she loves u. HAHA. ;)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
the new meanie on the block
i passed my driving practical yesterday le.. next time i can drive for cousins' outing. LOL!
Sunday, May 04, 2008
cousin's outing
yoyo my dear cousins~!! the hols are coming and we'll all get fat and lazy and bored... well, anywayz, May i suggest we catch Ironman first... can every1 please post ur free time so we can find a date to accomodate every1?? =) den for June, den we go sentosa bahz... :p
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