BBC Culture Show:Acting:Ulysess and Penelope

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/2009/08/s6_edinb_3_penelope/index.shtml

Linda Marlowe explores the world of Ulysess and Penolope by looking at two different theatre productions of the story.

The first theatre production she looks at is done by The Royal Ballet of Flanders. The story is about Penelope and her wait for Ulysess to return home from war. The Mise- en- scene in this particular story is very dark colours and a plain back drop.
 The stage is only filled with one table at the back and a couple of boxes for the dancers to stand on and leap off from. On the table there is a record player and they play love songs, rock songs and classical music out of this to show how Penelope feels at that moment in time. The stage is constantly dimly lit because the story is a depressing one and it shows how Penelope would have been feeling. The dancers and actors wear very plain clothes. The women wear black dresses and nothing else apart from Penelope who wears a crown to symbolise the fact that she is the queen of Greece. The men wear Plain black suits apart from one person who comes along the stage wearing a white tutu and some white flippers and nothing else. The camera work in this paticular shot is a long shot so you can see what is happening in the back ground, but the shots do change from being long to going to a medium shot to even a close up of just Penelop standing in the background.


In the next theatre production Linda looks at a puppet opra version of the story of Ulysess and Penolope. Its about Ulysess dieing and Penolope being extreamly upset. The puppets are made out of wood. The colours are much brighter in this version. The main colours are reds, silvers, golds. The back drop is one of big grand pillers and greek furniture. The lighting is bright but sometimes can go very dim. Penelope wears a sliver top and a red skirt and Ulysess wears stripy Pyjamas. In the shot there is a bed and a small bed side table and that is it. The shots are usually Long shots but sometimes they go to medium shots.

The sounds in this clip are mainly diegetic sounds, but when Linda speaks over the top of the clip then they turn from being diegetic to being Non- diegetic sounds.
When the dierectors and producers of each show are being interveiwed the camera is usually medium shot apart from the end when Linda has a close up. This is because that way you are concentrating more on what the director or producer are saying rather then looking at the background.

Behind Linda you can see the sea because she is on a greek island and lots of big rocks. The colours are bright but they have bits of gray in them most likely because of the editing and the camera shots.

At the end when Linda gets a close up they do this because she is giving her final conclusion about the two plays and this adds more effect.

The Auditions

On Friday the 1st Ocotber the Creative and Media Diploma group went to veiw a group of students practising for a show that they have to do in a couple of weeks time.
It started of with a short monologue from a student. She was very good apart from the occasional muttering of the word 'Prompt' because she had forgotten her line/word. The next group of students who were two girls did a preveiw of their little show they were going to do. They pretended that one of the girls sisters had given her a book all about boys and how to break up with them and let them know you like them. They did a funny bit where one of the girls pretended to be a boy and the other themself and they tested some of the things in the book. This sketch was very funny and the girls only used the word 'Prompt' if not at all. The next little preveiw was a girl doing a monologue but because the girl who was meant to be doing it wasn't there she couldnt do it very well and so she stopped.

There were more preveiws and they were all very good and gave us insight into what else you can do in the college and the Creative and Media course.

The purpose was not only to practice their parts but to also show us what we could all be doing. They were all very good, some better then others, and some really shocked us and made us laugh.

They of course could have been better if some of the people that were meant to be there had been there because then it would have been better but it was still good, and made me really want to do something like that aswell.

I woud give it 5/10 because they were only practising but even though they were they tried their hardest and battled along and some i thought were brilliant.

Media Employment

Media Companies:


Stagecoach, Coventry and Warwickshire Radio,
BBC Birmingham

Events in Warwickshire in October 2010

Events in Warwickshire 2010:

Peter Pan the pantomime is on at Coxs Yard from the 2nd-4th of October 2010.
It starts on Saturday 2nd of October at 2.00 Pm at Coxs Yard in Stratford. There are no age restrictions so anyone can go. You have to order the tickets online but you can also get them at the door on the day of the performance but they don't start selling them until 1.15 Pm.
WEBSITE http://www.coxsyard.co.uk/entertainment/event/2284


Vampires Rock is on at Leamington Spa on the 3rd October 2010.
The country's only musical rock theatre does another tour round England. A twist with a bit of rock and comedy. Jam packed with a load of anthems we all know and love. Music includes We will Rock you, Sweet Child of Mine and Bat out of Hell. Tickets going fast so book now.
WEBSITE: http://www.visitwarwick.co.uk/events-dairy/view.asp?ref=10161


Haunted Halloween is on at Kenilworth Castle from Thursday 21 October - 31st October 2010.
Go to the doomed dungeons and see the past come to live. See ghosts and Ghouls. Kenilworth's younger visitors will be taken to solve the halloween mystery. With the trail over they have to report to the dungeon master to receive a small sweet prize.
TELEPHONE: 01926 852078