Monday, November 24, 2008
It is perhaps, supposedly posted in the Exchange Programme blog...but I don't know how it works =\. So yeah...
Cultural Experience.
Adelaide smells different. Which is a weird thing to say. But it does.
And strangers smile and greet you. Though it is perhaps because we look different and walk in packs, making it rather obvious that we're tourists from some school somewhere. But hey, we don't greet people in Singapore just because they walk in packs and seem both lost and overly excited at the same time.
And the service is better. I still remember Council Camp, when Fusion had to go around looking for people who would say thank you to them, and a lot of them got stuck, cause no one would. If we were in Adelaide at that time, we wouldn't even consider that task cause it would be too easy.
So yeah... the people are really nice. And smile all the time. Like the dancer guy I had a crush on who smiled at everyone and had a really nice smile. Despite the fact that he had white paint all over his face. Who cares? You can still see the smile.
Oh, and people hug like... real hugs. Not just the tap kind of hugs. Which is nice.
And they wear shoes at home, which is a little weird. But I still take my shoes off anyway.
Workshop.
I suppose it was helpful, but mostly for the juniors. Most of the things about Stanislavski, we've already learnt in o'level drama. It was more of making things clearer.
Like...tactics. We knew it sort of...subtly. Never really as a part of the technique. But it is an integral part of Stanislavski.
WAIT NO... I just realized. It's part of the beat thing... Yeah.
And there's given circumstances...what's that again? It simply means given circumstances right...?
Er. Hmm. Maybe i'm not really doing this homework thing right...
I actually have no idea what to write. Cause I just visited the blog and they're all writing different things and i'm thinking like, weren't we given three questions...?
But anyway.
Entire experience in Marryatville.
The Forge, their theatre, is awesome. I think the stage is like... twice of the blackbox with an awesome lighting system, and no difficulty in achieving total darkness despite the presence of spots. I suppose Aaron made it cooler with the wireless control. Gosh. He must be really smart. And the students could go up to adjust the shutters. Which is not a big shocker, but is still cool. I could see them shaking up above during rehearsals. Can't blame them. It's high.
They put a lot of effort in creating props and sets, and their plays are more of realist as compared to our usual emphasis on abstract symbolism, which makes it more pleasing to the eye. We should put in more effort on those... Yeah.
Their lessons are really easy. And I answered in class! Which made me very happy. -.-
OH, AND THEIR FIELD HAS GRASS. Yeah! We should follow that.
Gah. I can't think of anything to say other than they're really nice. And I don't think it's just cause we're foreign.
Cultural Experience.
Adelaide smells different. Which is a weird thing to say. But it does.
And strangers smile and greet you. Though it is perhaps because we look different and walk in packs, making it rather obvious that we're tourists from some school somewhere. But hey, we don't greet people in Singapore just because they walk in packs and seem both lost and overly excited at the same time.
And the service is better. I still remember Council Camp, when Fusion had to go around looking for people who would say thank you to them, and a lot of them got stuck, cause no one would. If we were in Adelaide at that time, we wouldn't even consider that task cause it would be too easy.
So yeah... the people are really nice. And smile all the time. Like the dancer guy I had a crush on who smiled at everyone and had a really nice smile. Despite the fact that he had white paint all over his face. Who cares? You can still see the smile.
Oh, and people hug like... real hugs. Not just the tap kind of hugs. Which is nice.
And they wear shoes at home, which is a little weird. But I still take my shoes off anyway.
Workshop.
I suppose it was helpful, but mostly for the juniors. Most of the things about Stanislavski, we've already learnt in o'level drama. It was more of making things clearer.
Like...tactics. We knew it sort of...subtly. Never really as a part of the technique. But it is an integral part of Stanislavski.
WAIT NO... I just realized. It's part of the beat thing... Yeah.
And there's given circumstances...what's that again? It simply means given circumstances right...?
Er. Hmm. Maybe i'm not really doing this homework thing right...
I actually have no idea what to write. Cause I just visited the blog and they're all writing different things and i'm thinking like, weren't we given three questions...?
But anyway.
Entire experience in Marryatville.
The Forge, their theatre, is awesome. I think the stage is like... twice of the blackbox with an awesome lighting system, and no difficulty in achieving total darkness despite the presence of spots. I suppose Aaron made it cooler with the wireless control. Gosh. He must be really smart. And the students could go up to adjust the shutters. Which is not a big shocker, but is still cool. I could see them shaking up above during rehearsals. Can't blame them. It's high.
They put a lot of effort in creating props and sets, and their plays are more of realist as compared to our usual emphasis on abstract symbolism, which makes it more pleasing to the eye. We should put in more effort on those... Yeah.
Their lessons are really easy. And I answered in class! Which made me very happy. -.-
OH, AND THEIR FIELD HAS GRASS. Yeah! We should follow that.
Gah. I can't think of anything to say other than they're really nice. And I don't think it's just cause we're foreign.
we had a smashing good day, 6:43 PM.