Journal Entry #6

This week, we took a deeper look into Balinese Theatre. We took a look at examples of real balinese puppets.
Below are pictures of a few examples:

the prince. and the green king.

a dragon.

balinese shadow puppets.

princess puppet.

Using the story of the Mahabharata, our group devised a short play describing the main plot points in the story.

Our short skit had all the important elements in the story as well as different styles of theatre.

We had drumming noises to represent time, slow motion or tableau images to increase the overall effect of emotion in the characters, and we used as much of the stage as possible.

BRECHT:

We also studied Brechtian theatre forms.

We began by researching basic elements of Brechtian theatre and similar characteristics involved.

In one lesson, we learned the difference between normal vocabulary and advertisement vocabulary.

Normal Vocab= cheap, small

Advertisement vocab= inexpensive, compact.

Informercial (extended commercial)

-appeals to needs/desires.

-can be used as:

~flattery

~offer/discount

~urgency

~empathy/sympathy

~patriotism

-threaten

~physically

~verbally

-demeaning?

We then devised a short skit of advertisement vocabulary where we tried to sell a completely useless object to the audience. Our object was a broken television that had a blank screen the entire time, yet you can hear what the particular TV show is saying.

We used persuasive strategies. For example, we had "experts" tell the audience that this would make them smarter (which is what the audience want), and we used prominent figures such as celebrities to show the audience that if you were as "cool as a celebrity, you would buy one too".

We also offered discounts when we said "--and if you order within 30 minutes you can get this amazing TV for only 99.99 dollars! " Which also gives a sense of urgency because if they don't purchase our product fast enough, they won't get the amazing discount.

ROLES:
Host=Sofia

Inventor=Sachi

Celebrity=Mei

Doctor= Annie