Showing posts with label AMERICAN DECAMERON. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AMERICAN DECAMERON. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Final Views on Pink Collar Work/American Decameron

Pink Collar work is fine, but only if it is short term. If you find yourself working hard to make pennys at the end of the day, you need to call up one of those Everest ads you always see on TV. These jobs are cool for us college kids who don't have mommy and daddy footing our bills, but there should come a time when we progress in life and gain a higher paying job.

I think American Decameron was a great show, despite the Kinect issues. It showcased the problems modern day college students face. Whether it was me trying to secure a second job, Ray loosing his job, or just the everyday humor customers bring in the store like we heard in Prince's story.

With all of that said; I will still be working my pink collar job for maybe another year...

American Decameron 3

http://youtu.be/YZ6YgGCp-Sc

American Decameron 2

http://youtu.be/VEUQ1lux3ek

American Decameron 1

http://youtu.be/cnGPW1UzyfU


Breakfast at McDonald's


The young actors hit McDonald's for breakfast on the morning of American Decameron.

American Decameron

Figured I'd post about our little gig considering I haven't done so.

I thought it all turned out rather nicely. The theater was more or less what I imagined and the performance went smoothly. However, it was a little disappointing when we sort of "gave up" on using the Kinects. Throughout the year we talked about how they'd be implemented in the performance, with how they would project spaces and film and such, and I was reasonably excited to see them in action. I suppose that wasn't so bad that they weren't working, I suppose, I don't know the calibrations and coding and complexity behind them.
The stories were interesting, although that was what solely remained of our performance. I kind of imagined the actors would have had to pass through some form of rigorous rehearsal (although I never seen it) but they seemed to hold their own on the dark stage. All in all, it was an interesting experience, and I hope future gigs would be accompanied by more and more of the tech we discussed.

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

The Tank- Bravo to the actors!




I really enjoyed the show, especially Prince's part.. My friend I brought and I agreed that it was short and hilarious. We loved that he mentioned "the bullseye", and the stated the oldtimers were about 55 lmao. I loved the story about the asian guy and the brazilian girl..It really just was a funny/cute story.

I think the most heartfelt performance was by Robbie. It really just shook me to my core, I just thought wow.. this can't be true. My friend and I literally spoke about on the entire way home from the LIRR. You never hear the real stories about what happen in the army, just the good times. Drinking and comraderie. I have alot of friends in the army and they usually tell me they can't tell me about their experience because there aren't any words but Robbie just.. did and it was amazing.


Bravo to you guys.. amazing!




Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Rehearsal for American Decameron 2nd video

Todays Rehearsal for THE TANK

Overall I think rehearsal went a lot better then expected. The key will be to make sure everything is up and running before we start the event. It will be cool to have our films playing as an introduction to people as they walk in and then if there is time we can show more after the performances while people stay to talk about the show.

We need to be careful that everyone projects, articulates and faces the audience while they are moving around. Especially the group of four actors. I am worried that the sound that plays with the films will drown out the actors and we will not be able to hear them clearly.

If things go as planned we will have an effective piece that will be chatted about for months. I want to wish all of the actors a lot of luck. I am looking forward to hearing more of their stories

Rehearsal for American Decameron

Class reaction to Emotiv EPOC