Journal entry: 12

                 I have been working on my director’s notebook and World theatre presentation lately. I am enjoying working on it. In my directors notebook I have finished researching on its relevant context and have researched on the ideas presented by the playwright. I had a hard time finding much information as I acknowledged that most websites had the same information but by doing the research I got a better understanding of the play. In one of our director’s notebook assignments we had to create a list of all live theatre performances we have seen. As I had studied in a Christian school, we had a lot of theatre performances. I had watched all of them yet while trying to do this assignment I couldn’t remember the names of the plays. I could only recall few I imagine those were the ones I enjoyed watching the most. Trying to recall the plays names made me miss my previous school a great deal. After joining ullens too we have seen about 6 plays. One, which was the 24hr play done by our seniors and my favorite, which was led by my theater teacher and the acting was done by my friends which was Check please. As I kept doing my directors notebook we had to choose two specific moments of atmosphere, emotion or tension that communicate meaning. The first moment I chose was the first moment when Ivan and Natalya were quarreling over a property. I felt choosing this moment would be nice as I find that this part is the most important section of the play and that it shows us what the play is actually about. I felt choosing this moment would be nice as I find that this part is the most important section of the play and that it shows us what the play is actually about. The second moment I chose was when Natalya was screaming at Ivan while he felt unwell and then passed out. I have been attempting to put a lot of effort on my directors notebook as I had not done is very well the first time we did it. I have noted the mistakes I made in my first directors notebook, but will attempt to do a lot better this time. I am certainly more experienced now.  I just completed one of the Directors notebook assignments, which was brainstorming the intentions and impacts of my director’s notebook.  By doing this assignment I got an overview of what I have done till today for my directors notebook.  I had a fun doing it as I did it in an F4 size paper and applied different colors to brainstorm my ideas.