There was this activity in class last week where we are supposed to act out a scene from the play “Bingo” by Edward Bond. Not knowing who the characters were, we were supposed to recreate the scene using our own creativity. Our task was to deduce how many characters were there in the scene and what is the relationship between them. Although we knew that there were at least two characters speaking but we were unable to guess any other relevant information about the scene. When asked to act out the play in groups of two and three, we went “blank”. There were too much room for guessing I say. Thus, it struck our mind that this script is an open one and besides being the actors, we were also the directors of it. My group was the first to be called out, of course due to our nervousness, we actually forgot to act out the drinking part...Later on, two more groups presented and personally, I was impressed with Iskandar’s group, when they were not only being able to act out the scene perfectly but they created a setting that none of us could guess-the kindergarten. Later, when Dr. Edwin told us that the speakers of this play were Shakespeare and Jonson, I got more serious on the ‘expect the unexpected’ element... Well, this surely proves that imagination has lot more to offer when given ample space.
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Hahahaha!!! Didn't think you'd post our picture in your blog..
But, thanks dear!!
I looked HOT..
Nah, just kidding..
Priya’s blog on “Camera, Start, Action” is about her reflection on the live acting that we were required to perform during one of Dr. Edwin’s lessons. Personally I do agree with her that Iskandar’s group was the best among all those who went on stage to perform this short sketch. It is imagination that brought them far to be able to think of such brilliant idea to carry out the sketch. Not even one of us thought of creating a setting for the sketch, they were the only ones! Priya came into a conclusion that she will now start to “expect the unexpected” in literature, which I believe is quite true. Although most literary works are based on real life situations, we still have to be aware about the unexpected situations that might happen. The same theory applies to literature as well! Since the script indicates that the play is an open play, therefore it is up to us to set the setting for the play, who the characters are? How many characters do we want? And even the tone of the play. I think another group also did very well, if I am not mistaken, it is Nurain’s group. The frustrated tone that Nurain has adapted to during the sketch shows us a completely different perspective of the play- that is Nurain’s character is very frustrated with her friend endless blather and questioning.
hey..i SEE myself there!!
hehe..hye priya!juz dropping by to say hello
c ya in class!
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