Set construction

worked on projects on such a timescale. The only other experience I had with scene shop was what I had learned in the half credit Introduction to Stagecraft course I took at Vassar College, which involved learning how to work with wood and how to design props. Working in Northeastern’s scene shop was interesting because you are not designing the props on your own. You are the team responsible for constructing and bringing to life the ideas of the designers. For Vinegar Tom, I was able to take artistic freedom in making the trees in order to fit the aesthetic of the production. In light hang, I did not do any focusing. Almost all of it was hanging, which was fun. During Strike for Vinegar Tom, I got the chance to destroy and break down the set, which was amazing and really helped me gain a better understanding of how…

In the article “Spectacles of Death: Identification, Reflexivity, and Contemporary Horror,” Jeffrey Sconce compares two wildly different films (“Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” and “Freddy’s Dead”) as a way to explain how self-reflexivity and identification make the films all the more appealing to its demographic audience. In all films, the “enunciator” crafts a window of “psychological reality” where the spectator identifies with the visual field as a bona fide reality through the use of…

Your tour starts with a drive through the stunning 1,250 acre sheep farm with amazing views across to the Kaimai Ranges. Your guide will show you through the twelve acre site recounting amazing details of how the Hobbiton Movie set was created. Get lost among the hobbit holes and visit the Green Dragon Inn, the mill and the Party Tree. Listen to tales of how Hobbiton first started. The set started with an army of workers - set builders, landscapers and a thatcher or two who spent nine months…

reoccurred throughout the play. The actors reminded the audience that the play wasn 't just a stereotypical piece about teenage life and death. Lines like, “Would you rather a stone tongue or marshmallow teeth” and the whole set design being made of stone walls was a slap in the face, forcing us to remember that yes, this play does actually have a real meaning! Gabrielli and Smith perform their roles exceptionally well, especially in the scenes that centre around the metaphor of the Gorgon. The…

If evil and irrationality are truly parts of human nature, they would be evident in society. For both Golding and Conrad, civilization seemed full of mankind’s evil. Golding commented that Lord of the Flies was his “attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature” (Epstein 204). It is about the failure of civilization to overcome evil (Thapliyal and Kunwar 86). Civilization on the island seems to be in ruins, but the outside world is in much bigger shambles. The story…

After drawing out a diagram of the classroom I am observing in for the first part of this narrative I realized after including everything on the drawing the organization of this classroom contributes to the academic and social growth of the diverse learners in the classroom. It is very important for a classroom like this to be set up the way it is presented especially for a small special ed class with only 7 students. One way the organization contributes to academic and social growth for…

Summary of Activities Outside of our meeting on Sunday October 8th, I spent an hour looking up registration letters online, just to see what other examples are available. I was amazed at how many different registration styles there were. I coordinated with my classmates on clip art for the registration letter and downloaded the sample my professor uploaded for us. I completed the letter and I believe it’s perfect. I can’t wait for everyone to see it also. I’m also excited to see what my…

It’s first important to note what the word ‘Princeps’ means. It comes from ‘Princeps Senatus’, meaning ‘First among equals’, which gave an individual the privilege of being the first to speak in the Senate and being the first name on the roster. This title was used officially by Augustus (then Octavian) because it had no royal connotations. In actuality, Augustus had auctoritas (‘authority’) far greater than that of merely a Princeps. He was an Emperor, but he did not explicitly say so, for his…

In the Osiris, Isis, and Horus story, the cycle of life is mainly represented by the life, death, and rebirth of Osiris. In a context of nature as well, since Osiris was considered the god of the Nile, it was said that when the river dried up and vegetation died, it symbolized the death of Osiris. The same way during spring, when vegetation started to grow and the Nile River flooded again, it represented the rebirth of the mentioned god. I believe Isis had more than one role. She was Mother and…

She struggles to have kids because she’s married but in love with others’. She is in love with her brother, Geb, and Thoth, and she makes love to them. Ra gets very mad and upset and curses her from having children for any month of any year. This is hard for her and brings her sadness because she wants to be a mother, she asks Thoth “Is there anything you can do to help me? Surely, one of the children within me is yours!(Rosenberg 163)”. He tells her that he would find a way to help her through…