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Post by Frostbite200 on May 24, 2010 16:47:45 GMT -6
parents of friends are often an annoyance. OH, tell me about it
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 24, 2010 17:58:13 GMT -6
Hey! His parents are AWESOME! They're actually my favorite parents-of-friends....
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Post by Frostbite200 on May 24, 2010 18:59:19 GMT -6
Hey! His parents are AWESOME! They're actually my favorite parents-of-friends.... Then...ummm...
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Post by Kranstin Kardashian on May 24, 2010 22:45:06 GMT -6
Ta-da.
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 25, 2010 17:21:09 GMT -6
Okay, time for a break from all the intense stressful drama, and onto the intense stressful Drama.
We're doing our senior projects now. We do performances of all kinds, without much restraint at all. Over the past couple of weeks, this has been nothing short of extremely frustrating.
I have my idea for a year. I'd have been writing and directing a one-act about a very bad pickpocket who believes he has murdered. Driven by guilt and paranoia, he collapses into insanity and becomes a mugger. It is, of course, a slapstick comedy which would've been GREAT, and I had the entire thing plotted out. Sal turned it down.
Now, I know that I shouldn't have been thinking ahead of myself, but.... well, I can't stop thinking, so I kind of just did without even trying. Then the big man starts changing the rules on us, and he says that you can't cast underclassmen if you're working alone. So I needed to find a partner. But everyone had their own ideas, and people started grouping together. I managed to find one girl left in our class - which seemed to work out perfectly because she doesn't really want to do anything, leaving me to do whatever I want.
And then Sal says that the idea is too complex. "We're not trying to rebuild the wheel here." So then he tells us that if we want to do something like that, he'll give us a book of commedia plots for us to adapt. I say okay, figuring, "Well, commedia can still be fun, and it should be simple enough. I can always readapt The Pickpocket into a movie later."
The commedia plots are extremely complex with lots of high-casted roles, last about half an hour, and I still need to figure out how to adapt it. As opposed to The Pickpocket with a simple plot, only one major role (though lots of minor ones), about 10-20 minutes of material, and a solid idea. Very typical of Sal, actually....
Well, I solved most of the problems by adding in a character - a Spirit who stays on throughout the whole thing and talks with the audience (not TO the audience - WITH the audience). There's no time to write a script, so it will be devised, meaning that we'll have a layout, and the actors will improv. Most of it will be pretty solid by the time of the showcase, though. Oh yeah, and, uh, that's next week....
Today were auditions. All I can say that that was THE most intensive casting process I've ever sat through! It's also my first, but that's besides the point.... Yeah, it was war. Everyone wanted the big names, and we were all fighting for our cast. I knew that it would be hard to get certain people, so I kept an open mind with lots of options for most of the characters.... but I have a lot of characters, and most of them are guys. That didn't help.
And then Sal makes up another random new rule: No more "You can be in two projects as long as you have no more than one major role." Now it's "No double casting. Period." He says there's not enough time, because, of course, he waited 'til the week before to schedule auditions. Problem was that we had more parts to give out than people who auditioned.
We actually called two people who hadn't been there, and got them to join up. And we convinced Sal not to count background no-talking roles, so we finally settled it by casting literally every single person who auditioned and waging war over the people.
So I have my cast.... I hope it works....
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 25, 2010 17:21:58 GMT -6
And now back to drama with a lowercase "d." Sal told my parents about my mental breakdowns. Bleep.
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Post by Frostbite200 on May 25, 2010 18:36:00 GMT -6
Sounds interesting. Let us know how it goes!
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 25, 2010 19:16:20 GMT -6
.... I'm guessing you were referring to the Drama update....
And now time to call my dad back, who probably wants to talk about you-know-what....
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Post by Kranstin Kardashian on May 25, 2010 20:02:50 GMT -6
18th century English literature?
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 25, 2010 20:46:16 GMT -6
Why must life sucK?
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 26, 2010 8:56:09 GMT -6
I legitimately think I'm going insane.
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Post by cradleman on May 26, 2010 10:28:09 GMT -6
no, you aren't. drama just abounds in a high school senior's life. you just need a vacation.
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 26, 2010 13:55:40 GMT -6
I was referring to the music that was playing in the field while I sat in my health classroom, taking a quiz, wondering where this bizarre patriotic music was coming from. And it was staggered for some reason too. I KNEW I was going insane 'cause the teacher referred to the music, but it sure as hell felt like it! And then in English I was still in that mindset and had one of those breakdowns where you hear everything and it bothers you and you just want silence. It was very freaky and scary.
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Post by Frostbite200 on May 26, 2010 15:35:00 GMT -6
I'm guessing you were referring to the Drama update Yes. Isn't it normal to feel insane at High School?
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 26, 2010 20:42:16 GMT -6
So, I'm trying to work out the rehearsal schedule, but first I need to know everyone's conflicts. So there's two kids left who need to give me those. One is looking up his character as we speak. The other hasn't checked his facebook and his phone is turned off. Luckily, he once wrote on a conflict sheet, "None, drama is my life," so I'll just have to hope that still applies.
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 27, 2010 15:27:32 GMT -6
Too much, all at once, without enough time.... I need more time....
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 27, 2010 18:00:14 GMT -6
Okay, so it's been resolved that tomorrow after school, me, Ariella (the name I've been using for that friend I'm in a huge argument with), and our mutual friend are going to sit down and talk things through. Hopefully, all will be resolved....
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Post by spideyfan914 on May 29, 2010 21:42:20 GMT -6
Sooooooooooooooo.... that didn't go so well....
But anyway, my dad and I are watching Seven Samurai. Then we found out it's a REALLY long movie, so we're goin' to bed and watching the rest tomorrow. And I have a REALLY bad stomach ache - I KNEW I should've gotten a small shake!
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Post by Frostbite200 on May 29, 2010 23:11:14 GMT -6
I've never watched it. How long we talking here?
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Post by cradleman on May 29, 2010 23:33:28 GMT -6
it's over 3 hours, if i remember correctly. that's a REALLY long movie
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