Peter and the Star Catcher Props
The play Peter and the Star Catcher is a play that relies on the audience's use of imagination in order for the play to make sense. To help drive the plot the use of props was crucial and needed to be executed correctly for the performance to be successful. The props were the best and most important element of the production because without them the show would have been mundane and a draggy experience.
What was very impressive about this production compared to the others is the use of the cast making their own sound effects and being used as props. To simulate doors the crew would stand in different formations and when they were touched they, opened a door and made a creaking noise and when the door closed they all
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In one scene, Peter and Molly are looking at the stars and to mimic lights the theater used these big light builds that seemed to be too big for the feel of the story because it was a more romantic and innocent scene and the lights used were too big and bulky for the ambiance. Smaller twinkling lights would have been a better reproduction of actual stars and would have helped to better imagine the two characters watching the stars together in romance. One of the best uses of props was seen in the scene where Molly was explaining how star stuff worked and she sprinkled someone herself and she began to levitate. Molly levitating was depicted by her sitting on a board and another member of the crew stepped on it raising her up. That was one of the best creative decisions made in this production because for a second it made the audience believe she was truly floating. One choice made by the director was to have Tinker Bell be a flashlight instead of having a scene where she turns into a sort of humanized fairy they chose to keep her as a ball of light. This was a smart decision to keep her part uncomplicated because she's not as influential to Peter Pan yet as
At the beginning and the ending of the production, these were the scenes that made the audience feel as if they were in the show and watching it themselves. The “freaks” were in their cages or in the aisle ways. The round lights that hung from the ceiling in the theatre gave the feel of actually seeing a freak show. The set design definitely added to the theme. Daisy and Violet were apart of the side show
The set was a simple layout of a monitor screen placed as a centerpiece of the stage that functions both as lighting and a title billboard to identify the location. The stage revolves around one chair and a table that is used for various purposes in different time and setting. Accordingly, this is so that it reflects the tension in the political realm of the Australian society in the eighties, where power corrupts and the working class are undermined, focusing more on the dialogue of conflicting ideology rather than in the detail of the props. Additionally, an element of proxemics was also evident in the unique design of the stage in which it was set up as a thrust stage, with a three-sided playing arena, along with the exit wing being the down right center of the stage. The stage provided the actors to have several scenes that are mainly in the downstage, which increased proximity with the audience.
Lighting is a vital part of a theatrical performance. The lighting design not only allows the audience to see what is occurring on stage, but also indicates the mood of a scene and affects the emotions of the audience. The lighting design of Bulrusher is an integral part in this production. I found three components of the lighting design particularly significant: the lighting of the river, the selection of down light colors, and the changes in lighting during key moments. My favorite part of the lighting design was the lighting of the river.
The section of planks hanging moved up and down in the background, creating a sense of waves and constant motion while the scenes aboard the ships were taking place. The opening scene at the port was one of the few in which there were no added elements to define the space and its limits. While on board the ships, the characters moved from section to section of the ship, and the changing wall and room dimensions were defined by using the actors to represent the walls of the ship. When a small cabin doorway needed to be represented, a rope was draped in the shape of a doorway and held by the actors as they acted as though they were walls. On the occasion that the side of a side needed to be represented when on deck, a rope was pulled across the stage, with an actor at each end holding it taut, which provided a reference point for when someone fell or was thrown
Harlan was a center on the Lakers 12-and under basketball team. After 1 game, when Harlan missed 2 free throws that almost cost his team the game against the Bulls, their rivals, he felt that he was a bad center. His next game he let the other center beat up all over him in the paint and they again almost lost because of Harlan, but won again because of Miles and Jackie, the 2 guards. After those games Harlan wanted to quit, but Miles and Jackie didn 't let him. Miles and Jackie went to the park with Harlan to help him improve his game.
The added prop of the park bench in this scene was needed to achieve the believability the production team was aiming for. With the amplified sound of Malcolm Parker, the student playing Andy, knocking on the door made the scene authentic, like the audience was listening in on a real-life conversation between two
Three seconds remain in the tied basketball game. The point guard shoots and the ball goes in right before the buzzer sounds off. I bet for a long time, that player worked hard in the gym to practice and perfect his shooting for game time situations like that. It just goes to show that nothing great can ever be achieved without hard work. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher In The Rye, however, does not quite understand this saying.
A yellow ball is zooming towards your face, what do you do? For a catcher the answer is self explanatory. There are numerous items the catcher has to have knowledge of and do in order to be an asset to the team. Stopping the ball behind home plate and tracking all of the plays the catcher has a lot of responsibilities; they can assist the team in obtaining 3 outs.
As I was acting as Jason, I analysed Jason’s characterisation and worked on the delivery of my lines so that I could best portray him as awkward but well-meaning teenage boy. I asked my uncle, who had watched the play before, how to act as Jason. “Just act normal,” he answered vaguely. While I was unsure about the meaning of his advice, I read the rest of the play and I realised that one of the major themes of Rabbit Hole is blame.
At three years old, I fell in love, and it's a love affair that has continued to this day. All I remember is wanting to hit with my dad every second of every day. Now if you go ask him, he will probably take credit for how good I've become as a player. But that's another story on its own. Baseball has had my heart ever since my little hands were big enough to pick up a bat.
As Stibbard uses minimal props, such as his piece of chalk, or an overhead projector, to help achieve the simplistic form of theatre which any actor can perform with. By using minimal set, costume and props it demonstrated that theatre can still exist. Theatre doesn’t need to be an elaborate setting, costume, props, or people. Stibbard stayed in the same outfit and on the same stage for the entirety of the performance. This minimal theatre technique made it simple for Stibbard to change from role to role and even though it was a solo man performance it was enjoyable.
The lighting crew, for the production of A Charlie Brown Christmas, set everything together so people to know what to look at on stage. Using different lighting tools to create stars, snow, and mood. Another use of lighting was making the spear that was hanging up in the sky change. When it was orange it was daytime, when it was blue it was night, and black means they were inside. The color change really helps the audiences know
The setting depicted elements of nature by using lights and water to create a calm, conscious atmosphere. The play began with rain sounds in the background, leading up to actual rain pouring onto the stage during the shrine and the funeral scenes. The lights gave off blue overtones in almost every scene. In the scene with Scottie and Bernadette, the blue lights contrasted with orange lights to give the audience a perspective of the sunset that Scottie viewed every day. The lights, subtle music, and rain helped me make sense of the setting and feel like I was a part of the show.
In the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield states that he wants to be a catcher in a field of rye. Holden wants to give kids the opportunity to stay innocent. He wants to give them the opportunity to be caught, to be saved from all the responsibilities that one acquires when becoming an adult. He wants to catch them and push them back into their youth, back to where they had someone to talk to, and when they had friends that they could talk to and have fun with. In Holden’s life, he has suffered an immense loss, the loss of his little brother Allie.
Props are critical to the scene build. First with the snow globe and the start of the story and then the sled seen as Kane is first taken from his home. Many subsequent scenes also have props that serve to help tell the story. Such is the case for props that provide fodder for expressing anger as Kane 's second wife leaves him and he trashes her room. Almost every prop is destroyed except the snow globe, which Kane holds and reveres as he whispers 'Rosebud '.