For this Romeo and Juliet animation assignment my group was responsible for creating Act 3, my group consisted of Jonathan, Chelsea, Emily F and myself. While creating this project I realized how important having a leader actually is for group projects. Without a leader, nothing gets done well or in time. I have learned to take the role as a leader when working with people who may not be as confident in leading and instructing others.
Act three features the two biggest fight scenes in this play, the first being between Mercutio and Tybalt. During this scene, Tybalt stabs Mercutio causing him to die. Romeo then went after Tybalt and ends up taking his life. Both Mercutio and Tybalt are brought to The Prince who decides that it is best to exile Romeo from Verona. When Juliet gets the news that her new husband is now a murderer and has been exiled she breaks down and cries to the nurse. In this act, Romeo does spend the night which leads to the nurse coming and telling Juliet her mother was coming, but we decided as a group that that part of this act was not necessary to add. So instead we have Juliet's mother come in while Juliet is talking with the nurse. After the nurse tells Juliet that Lady Capulet (Juliet's Mother) is coming, Lady Capulet comes into Juliet's room to tell her that she is to marry Paris, Juliet is even more upset now and tells her mother she will not marry him. Juliet's Father, Lord Capulet then enters her room, angry throws her to the floor while yelling at her, say that she will marry Paris and she has no choice. The act ends when the nurse is back to comforting Juliet after her parents have both left. The first part of this act takes place in a town street, where Tybalt and Mercutio have their fight scene. When Romeo and Tybalt are fighting in another part of town just down the street from the first fight. When the prince decides to exile Romeo they are standing in the town square, the background for this part is black and white to help portray the feeling the town would have been having since they all just lost two citizens. The rest of the action takes place in Juliet's bedroom where she is seen with the nurse and her parents. I believe that when Tybalt was fighting Mercutio he truly didn't mean to kill him, it seemed as if a play fight, not a fight to the death. I believe this because in the play all the boys are laughing and joking around while the two sword fight. When Romeo sees that Mercutio has been killed he is in raged, Mercutio was his best friend so it is very understandable. When Juliet finds out that Romeo has been exiled and has killed her cousin she is shown crying and upset but when I really think about it, I feel as though she would have been more furious than anything. Finding out the boy she just married and fell in love with goes and kills her cousin (even if he was a jerk) or maybe she is just sad that Romeo has been exiled and doesn't even care about what has happened to Tybalt. When Juliet goes to the nurse instead of her own mother I wasn't actually surprised, the nurse seems to play the part of Juliet's mother anyways. But maybe the reason Juliet seems to be so emotionally unstable is that her mother has never been there for her, not to talk or relate to, so instead her first reaction is to go to the nurse. The visual elements in this text used that contributed to the meaning of the original text, including backgrounds and costumes used. Since this play is written in iambic pentameter it is hard for us as a modern society to understand and interpret. Throughout this project, I have been finding little life lessons all throughout this play. Our backgrounds and costumes help convey the ideas of the story to the viewers, the backgrounds not only place the characters in Verona but the audience can also feel like that are there along with them. Our costumes helped portray the characters personality or even how they are feeling, for example, a black outfit, meaning the character may be mourning. In conclusion, not only have I learned all about Shakespeare and how he would write. I learned to follow iambic pentameter and understand it. During this project, I have also learned to take a leadership role while in group situations so that my group is able to stay on task and complete the project at hand.
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With only two weeks left to finish this art series, I am getting even more excited for the show! Overall this project seems to be going better then I expected, this being my first ever acrylic painting series I was hesitant to begin. Seeing how well each piece is coming together is giving me hope for the overall series. Below I have photos of my two finished paintings and another photo of the third painting which is still in progress, I have planned to have these three paintings all finished by the end of Monday, April 16th. Then begin my final painting on the following Tuesday, and have it finished by Friday the 27th of April. The third painting is giving me a bit of trouble, unlike the other two. The top of the mountain is beginning to become uneven with the colour so I've had to go back and layer the paint differently in order to even out the red tones. For the past two weeks, the VAM academy students have been working on independent art series. I chose to do 3-5 paintings based off of photos I have taken in the last six months and putting a fauvist twist on the theme and colours used. The painting below started out pretty rough, I was unsure of how the end product would turn out because for a while you were still able to see my pencil marks underneath the paint. I ended up being able to cover it enough and I am actually quite happy with the end product. For the next paintings, I won't be using such harsh pencil lines, but instead write as lightly as possible, so they will be easier to cover with the lighter paint colours. Today I will be adding a few more highlights to the mountain tops to give the look of depth and add some gradient to the further back lighter coloured mountains. I am using acrylic paint on white canvas which is giving me the opportunity to add layering and texture to my paintings. Below you will see the most recent photo taken of this painting and below that you can find a slideshow of the process I took to create this painting. This week I had one of my first real art shows....
And this is how I feel. I feel that this art show went pretty well for me overall, everyone that came over to look and read about my artworks had positive feedback and any questions that were asked I was able to easily answer. Everyone seemed to really enjoy seeing what I have been working on so far this year. I think that, as anything, we could have done better as a whole. Or maybe just that a few other individuals could have tried a little harder to actually make their trip-folds look professional. This would make the whole show feel more professional. Also feel that some of the artworks shown were not the best that I have seen each person do this year, some photos chosen were a bit blurry or out of focus and such. Before the show, I was nervous, scared even, I didn't know how my family and friends would react, or if they would understand my way of making and presenting my creations. I was even more nervous for my honorary grandparents and my close family to read my artist statement. I really think that it was because it was really me writing, I really cared and I feel as though I almost made myself vulnerable by putting it out there for everyone to read. Once we were actually in the room, surrounded by everyone's works I began to feel more comfortable. I didn't care anymore, I wanted them to have their opinions and I wanted to see them react to another side of me they don't usually see at home. And afterward, I felt proud, knowing that they all really enjoyed seeing what I have spent so much time on. If I could go back and change one thing about this show, I wouldn't have added my 'all about me' creation. It's good, but defiantly not my best. I feel as though I don't want people who are just looking at my art to know me that deeply, I don't want them to get any preconceived conceptions about me. I want them to see my art for what it is not for who made it. After learning about ‘smart goals’ I really couldn't think of two that would properly fill all criteria while applying to me. So I spent A LOT of time thinking about what I could most improve on for this academy and for my personal life.
Academic smart goal; I believe that I’m best at abstract art and really should improve my realistic art skills. Right now, I think I'm bad at it because it doesn't look very realistic. If I were to draw a hand it would look like a bad cartoon hand. I am going to make it better. So for my academic ‘smart goal’ I decided that I will gather knowledge through the internet, youtube videos and articles about techniques and ways of creating more realistic looking art and learn to make it look more realistic in general. Then I will find a piece of art through google images or art pages on instagram that really interest me and use it as a reference for my art. My goal is measurable by comparing each piece of art as I go and improve over time. It is attainable, I will practice every weekend (Saturday or Sunday) by creating a new copy of the art piece, I will spend 30 minutes on each copy. It is both relevant and timely, this year I am in an art academy and I can start working on my goal now (October) and hopefully I will of improved by the end of the school year (June). Personal smart goal; I need more money. So for my personal 'smart goal' I have decided that it will be to get a paying job before 2017 ends. This goal is measurable by me going from not having a job, to updating my resume, applying to multiple places and then getting a paying job. To make this goal attainable I will need to fill out applications, update my resume and hand it into multiple places who are hiring. This is a goal that is relevant to me because by having a paying job I will gain money to help pay for and spend in May while on my New York school trip. I will have my resume updated by September 30th 2017. I will then be looking for all places within airdrie that are looking for workers and see if they have any applications to fill out to better my chances. I will apply to as many places as possible then wait to hear back. As I am waiting I will continue to apply to any other places looking to hire. |
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