Performance Reflection- Task 4

--Why did you choose the character that you did? 
As the Jock is easy to show and I am very familiar with him by watching many chick flicks and teenage-nerd movies. They also are very interesting and there are so many cliches associated with them that people will understand. There are some people around him who remind me of the jock so I am trying to do what they would do but exaggerate all the actions.
--How is that character described (personality, physicality, etc.)?
He would tend to be very sporty and fit and would like to bully people smaller than him. Women would love his strong body and he would be very flirtacious. He would be very confident in himself and his abilities and would laugh very loudly and talk loudly. He would be liked by most people around him and would love attention. 
--What "body part" is their stereotypical feature? How did you attempt to center their energy there? 

      A jock would normally love to work out and show off their muscles and try to look good to impress everyone. This is why a jock would have a lot of upper-body muscles and have a big powerful chest. He would have big strong biceps and tremendous strength. I attempted to center my energy there by pushing my chest out and having my shoulders held high. Also, I tried to not move my hands too far and I have to pretend like I have balloons for biceps as that is how muscly men walk. 

--How did you choose to interact with environment/prop? What specific interaction choices did you make? 

      I tried to talk to many imaginary people and show the many sides of the jock. He would be one second hand-shaking with his bro, next second he would be flirting with a girl, and next second he would be about to beat someone up. A jock would tend to be a very social person so I thought showing him interacting with people would be a good way to show what he is. Also, I tried to make him big and take up space and make the environment look like it was constantly changing. 

--How did you choose to "take out" to audience in order to "invite them in" to your performance? 

      This is something to work on as I feel I haven't really invited them in. My plan is to fistbump with Shoaib as people would imagine that I'm imitating him as the jock and get Rehat scared as he is very easily scared. This would make people laugh too

--What feedback did you get from your performance? 

·         Did all the elements of that I required

·         Show more chest and strength

·         Walk should have less swag

·         Varied exaggerations of the face

·         Don’t beat the guy up to the death

--What will you change for next performance?
Push the chest out even more

      Walk more straightforward and less flip-flopping around

      Change expressions on the face

      Invite the audience in by fist-pumping with Shoaib and yelling at Rehat

      Don't beat imaginary guy up, just warn him. 

Stock Characters of Commedia dell'Arte

• Romeo
• Tumblrites are emotional 
• Bullied kid who has given up
• Instagrammer who lives a double life online

• Japanese smart-kid- Doesn't care about other people. Focuses on studies mostly. Shows off his good grades all the time and acts smart. Talks all the time. When he says something, he says it very confidently. Stays to himself in the most of his performance

The smart kid is like Il Dottore. They both specialize in everything and they both tend to go on and on about dialogue that no one cares about. They both tend to be stingy and like a show-off. They both don't care what other people are thinking about them.

Color and mask design:

• Quiet introverted fat girl- Stutters when trying to say something. Moves slowly. Get pushed around and no one pays attention. Tries to stay away from people. Eats a lot all the time as people make fun of her for it. Doesn't have eye contact with anybody.

Color and mask design:

• Kid trying to fit in with the "cool" kids- Feels out of place with the people around her. People pretend to like her but backbite about her in reality. Completely unwanted and unliked because she makes very lame jokes about everything and spoils conversations

The "trying to fit in kid" is like the Arlechinno. They both pretend to be something they aren't to convince people they're something they aren't but they fail miserable. They both make fools of themselves and other people believe they don't belong.

Color and mask design:

• Jocks- Confident big guys who yell and swear and joke loudly. Move together, stay together. Doesn't talk to other people "below" them. Probably has a  football close to them and bullies other people. Ladies love him and he goes to many parties. Due to this, he has become a jerk to most people. 

The jock is a lot like Il Capitano. He pretends to be bold and confident and powerful but in reality is extremely cowardly and scared of everything. Both of them would try to take advantage of smaller, less powerful people lower in the "social scale". 

Color and mask design:

• Queen bee- Body language shows she is very open. Uses lots of hand gestures and has annoying high voice. Center of attention. Very beautiful. Makes fun of other people. Hangs out with jocks. 

The queen bee of the secondary school is very much like Isabella. Headstrong and beautiful, they both tend to be able to influence anyone around her. Men constantly fall in love with her charming looks and they both play as prima donnas who exaggerate everything.

Color and mask design:

PART 3:
Commedia characters are alot like the people we see in our current everyday life. Though our society has changed through technology and science, our basic emotions and traits stay the same and that is what Commedia dell'Arte tries to show. Each stock character has it's own personality which at least some parts of it everyone can compare with.

Many of these characters are found in chick flicks where the main focus is on Isabella and her adventures. The jocks and nerds traits are greatly exaggerated to show what is going on in a normal high school.

Plays such as Hamlet and Grease normally have 2 main characters who love each other dearly but has one person trying to stop them such as a mistress or jealous lover. This is just like the plotline of Commedia plays.

I constantly feel like I am in the middle of many different social groups and I get a chance to see how everyone looks at the other and I believe commedia dell'Arte characters are such that they can be representatives of each group or clique.

IDENTITY Video Review

What did I like about it?
The sound effects and the cinematography of the entire video was very well-done. The sound effects added confusion and gave an insight into what was going on in the head of the girl and the camera shots tried to show herself alone and away from everybody else. I liked how they used the Allegory of the Cave (even though they didn't describe it as Plato had intended) as I have always had a fascination with The Republic.

What were some of your major "take away" or observations regarding the film?
You don't need to change because society doesn't like you. In other words, don't let everyone else put a label; you are the only one who should matter to yourself. I believe the video was pushing you to be your real self and not the one society wants to see

What kinds of themes from the film do you think were applicable to life today?
Be yourself.
Love yourself.
You're not ugly, society is.
Love everyone, don't care if they don't love you back.

And uhh....
# YOLO  XD

This world's kinda get messed up. You get lead into Playgroup like "come on. come on. keep working. a reward will come. people will love you. the craving you need will be satisfied." And then you go to Kindergarten and then Gr. 1, and then Middle school, then High school, then it keeps going like "come on. the reward is just around the corner. you will be loved. No. No. Don't take off your mask. Your real face is ugly. Let's keep going. So you go to college. Then you get your first job. Then you slowly move up the ranks being lead up the same way you were in Pre-K and then you finally get to the position you've somehow supposedly wanted since you were 2 has come.
But you feel cheated.
Cuz we always have this craving that we're not good enough. We won't make it. We crave to be greater. And the world says we will never be happy until we reach it. And we keep going. And so we will never be good enough, even after we reach the top.

What masks do I wear?
Nice guy- I pretend like I care about anyone but myself. Cuz I don't. No one does.
I try to be very nice to other people, even people I don't really like, because I crave the happiness someone finds in making someone else happy. I'm addicted.

Brotherhood- I hang out with some guys and we used to have a clique and other people don't like it.
A mask which would have a deep dark face with a confident look. Possible blue color cuz thats the special color for jocks

Smart Big-words Guy- I use big words to sound smarter than I really am because I crave people's admiration of myself.
A mask with letters written all over it and has a bigger mouth ripped open



I just crave other people to admire me. So sometimes I'm something I'm not.



I really didn't like the video because it looks at the world in such a shallow perspective.