Sunday, March 9, 2014

 -lazzi (what were your favorites within this piece? why?) 
The part where he was trying to get the girl during the night was hilarious and was my favorite. He used a storyline that I’ve seen so many times in romantic comedies and exaggerated it greatly. It was incredibly funny watching him do this as he seemed so desperate and was doing the craziest things to get her.
-using varied interactions (environment, props, characters, etc.) 
The Commedia character used chairs as props which he turns into car seats simply by closing a car door and entering it. And then he spins something in a circular way which looks like a steering wheel. The clown used a character in the beginning to bring the props on and moved from one skit to another. The clown interacted with the girl who he brought from the audience and went on an adventure with her using his “car”.
-taking out to audience

-exaggerated emotion (1 to 10) 
10. He displayed many different emotions throughout the piece. When he got hurt, he jumped around slightly and used his facial expressions to show how he was feeling. Depending on what he saw, he based his feelings out of what a normal person would see.
-exaggerated physicality (use of space) 
He would make a fool out of himself and do all sorts of crazy dances to make the audience laugh. This was okay as he was a clown. He would move around constantly to always keep the audience entertained. He created the car in a way that it was easy to visualize how big the car was and he always stayed within the boundaries.
-exaggerated facial expression 
He would always use facial expressions in a way that could be understood from very far away. For example his surprised face consisted of him making a dropping his mouth and opening it wide open and staring in awe with eyes bulged out.
-stock characters of Commedia 
Harlequino was the main character in this performance. He was extremely proud of what he was doing and was always up to mischief. He was proud and colorful and did many things to impress the women. 

-performance elements (sound, lights, staging) 
Whenever he did something that was not explained easily such as closing a car door, sound effects were used at the right time to show what he was doing. This was good as the audience understood because everyone has heard a car door close. He used circadian sounds to show what time of the day it was as those sounds are common during the night. The stage had a trap door below it. I think it was to go from one act to another in a smooth fashion and it worked because it made people laugh in the beginning.
-working with audience member (how did he make it clear to her what she should do? how did he support and lead her through the scene?)
The clown would point to what he WANTS her to do and advise her on doing this. He would tap his head to signify “watch now” and then wave his hands to show “you try it”, this made it a fun experience for the person and it was easier for her. He would make the event completely obvious and would use big hand gestures and exaggerated facial expressions. He would make eye contact every time he wanted her to work with him in doing something.  

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