War Stories

Ah the War Stories, how do I even begin. It was by far one of the most compelling things I have seen in a very long time. I was very intrigued with each individual scene and how it was portrayed. I even had goosebumps during a few of them because you were really able to imagine what was happening. I wish I could have stayed longer for the Q&A as well as to meet the individuals that were the real characters. Overall, I enjoyed it very much and I hope many others will be able to see these reenactments.

War Stories

The play War Stories was a class of students performing in their own way, interviews that they had with people around the world that have experienced war. They start by announcing who they interviewed and where the person is from while other members help set up the stage behind the person speaking. They then reenact their interviews and I think they did a good job doing it. Overall, I thought the play was good and was a good experience to see.

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War stories play

I thought that the play was interesting, they didnt just portray scenes from "A long Way Gone" but they taught me stories from other cultures as well. My favorite was about the senior dance in jamaica

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The play demonstrating the war experiences was very informing and touching. The actors portrayed the stories of the people the interviewed very well. I enjoyed it very much and belive that i will remeber those stories forever.

War Stories Reenact

War Stories i thought was a great re enactment of their interviews. They put a lot of time and effort in it and it showed. I liked how they made it not just about one specific war but many different ones.

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War Stories Staged

This was a play, or short presentation, rather, directed by Julie Lewis and performed by the theater students. Using interviews and readings such as A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, the students pulled together a short performance reenacting war stories stretching from the Holocaust to the rebellious wars in Africa.

I as a person am not touched easily by plays, and this one failed to do so as many do, but it was still an emotional piece by societies standards. The stories were taken very seriously, and the actors did a good job of portraying the interviewed survivors of war.

Taking the fact that no costumes or props were used out of account, all that was really left was acting, lighting and emotional appeal, all which were of high quality. Personally, I believe they did a very good job, and I would look forward to future presentations.

LR - War Stories Staged

In the performance War Stories Staged, the students of a “page to stage” class acted out scenes based on interviews given by war refugees, as well as a few scenes from A Long Way Gone. The interviews were done over the summer by professors who teach at CCBC. They interviewed international students who experienced war in their home country and now attend CCBC. The interviews consisted of stories from Africa, the Czech Republic, Bosnia, and more. The students in the class listened to the interviews and based on the stories told, wrote scripts to give their best rendition on the horrific events.

The performance was jaw dropping. Before the show began, Professor Julie Lewis, the director and teacher, explained that some of the students had never acted or even been on a stage before the start of the class. All the students did such a professional job; I could not even tell which students she had referred to. There was one scene that brought together all parts of the theater, and I thought was particularly effective. It opened with a dinner setting where a few bachelors from a neighboring town were having a meal with a family. Later the scene changed to those same men, accompanied by others as well, storming in the house and throwing the family out. Without a word of explanation, or even acknowledgement, the men proceeded to burn the house in front of the family. At this time the actors turned their back to the audience and faced the psyche, which was lit red to act as the flames. Also, the crackling of a roaring fire came over the sound system. All the different elements of the scene brought together make this moment stand out to me.

At the beginning of the performance, the actors took their places on stage. They were scattered about, standing in different position and poses as they gave us a preview of the show to come. At the very end, the actors resumed these same positions and closed the show with some final statements and thought provoking questions. I had such a rise in emotion when I realized how these stage directions mirrors my own interactions with the tragedy and loss all the people in the world feel during a time of war. I am only glimpsing the terrible things that happen as I watch this performance or read A Long Way Gone. For about an hour I was able to sympathize with these people running from war and attempt to understand the pain they went through. But at the end of the performance, or movie, or book I return to my simple and pleasant life. I have not helped and nothing in the world has changed. I can only hope one day I will take advantage of the opportunity to make a difference for someone in such dire need.

Summary and response of the war stories stagged

The war stories stagged is a play performed and written by the theater students. They performed several pieces of war that they heard from the interviews of people that experienced war. they also performed some part of the book A LONG WAY GONE by ISMAEL BEAH.

I found it very interesting and well performed. You can see how horrible the war was for those people. And specially, they were part of some interview that we heard, which made the whole thing more real.

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Taming of the Shrew
1. "Taming of the Shrew" is a play written by William Shakespeare and directed by Donald Shwartz. Shwartz sums the play up in only two scenes. The play was about the taming of Catarina and her marriage.
2. a.) the play to me was kind of funny. I was surprised at some of the acting efforts. I could tell who knew their lines and who didn't.
b.) The costumes were very colorful and amusing and brought out the emotion that character was feeling. The acting was good, not great, because not all of the actors played their roles perfectly. The editing was good, they had a lot of sex scenes and other stuff.

Taming of the Shrew

Summary: The play "The Taming of the Shrew" was written by William Shakespeare and directed by Donald Shwartz. This play is about a man named Petruchio who is set to marry a nasty woman(shrew) named Katerina. Throughout the play Petruchio trys to tame Katerina. Kates younger sister Bianca was in love with a man but could not wed until Kate did. In the end Petruchio married Katerina and turned out to be an excellent wife. Bianca and her man Louchencio were able to be together

Acting: Overall the acting was good. But i think that if i was not sitting in the front i would of struggled to hear the actors. And a few people talked as if they did not know their lines. But if i had the oppertunity to see it again i am dubtful that i would go.

Costumes: James Fasching did and excellent job matching the costumes to the time period and and the personalites of the characters.

EZRA

Ezra is a movie about a rebel soldier named Ezra looking for the men who killed his parents. He was captured and put into the rebel army at a young age. During one of the rebel raids, Ezra rejoings with his sister and has her travel with him. I didn't get much further in the movie because of another class. From what I saw the movie was well made in capturing the main point of the movie. I wanted to stay and watch the rest but hopfully will get a chance to see it some other time.

I thought the photography was great and that they had a perfect setting with the forest area they were using. The actors were put together very well as they looked like real soldiers. I thought the movie was well made overall and knowing that it was made without any big time actors and the setting couldnt have been better.

ezra

Ezra the movie was directed by Newton Aduaka. This movie tells a story about a phenomenon of abducting child soldiers into civil wars. Ezra is in a week-long questioning of a 16 year old boy in font of the commission about the events he took part on . As he flashes back he recolects the mishaps of seeing his sister with her toung cut out and his wife whom was pregnant before she died.
The impression that i got from the movie was very touching and enjoyable to watch.though the movie did not have alot of money put into it or have any well known actors, the lighting , acting , plot and costumes were great.
The languge was potrayed very well in the movie with the commission. the shots from when the commission questioning ezra, his sister and ect made me feel as if i was there. Costumes protrayed the conditions the people were in , in the contry wich was poor and dirty.

Ezra

Summary: The movie Ezra was directed by Newton A. Aduka. I was only able to see about and hour of the movie but from what i saw it was about a young boy who was taken form his school when the rebal army invaded his town. He was then transformed into a boy soldier, doing whatever teh rebels told him in order to stay alive. He ran into his sister and started to reconnect with her. he had no recolection to what he had done to village due to amnesia. Ezra was put on trial for what he had done. Unfourtanatelly i was not able to see how the movie turned out.

Response: Overall I thought Aduka did an excellent job portraying the enviorment and lifestyle of the rebels and the townsmen. It was a believable movie. And i would watch it again to see how the end played out. I thought he did a great job with shooting the scences from diferent angles and really making you feel apart of that world. The only thing i would of done different if i were Newton would be to add captions. With the thick accents and the random spots of different language it was easy to get lost in what they were saying. But overall i think it was a great film. i'm glad i got the oppertunity to watch it and get to see what goes on outside of the U.S.

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Ezra

Ezra is a 2007 Nigerian film directed by Newton Aduaka. It follows the life of a boy named Ezra, who is caught up in a blurry rebellion against a government in Africa.

My overall impression, the movie was interesting and fun to watch. I have no complaints about it. The acting, lighting, plot, etc was all done well enough.

I had no problems with the acting, it was far from bad. The emotional moments were too realistic, and were pulled off well enough. I was impressed, especially because we were looking at a film not produced by big wigs and the such.

I don't know that much about lighting, but it was dark when it should have been, light when it should have been. And there was not a scene I could not see well enough. Everything was done perfectly.

Costumes were realistic, and while guns - as far as I am concerned - always come of as fake, most props did their job. At times I did feel I was actually watching real footage.

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Ezra

Ezra isa film directed by Newton I. Aduaka and is based on child soldiers.
From what i saw it was a very good and well put together movie. At times it was easy to forget that it was in fact a movie because the setting and actors were so real. I thought the lighting was good for the moods they were trying to dipict and the actors were really into their roles. Also I thought the script was very well written and easy to follow what was going on. Overall I would say the movie was great and very educational as to what happens in other countries.

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Ezra

SUMMARY: Ezra was directed by Newton A. Aduka. It was the portrayal of a young boy Ezra who was taken out of his home at a young age and turned into a boy soldier for a rebel army. You watch the story of his life as a young soldier and the trials that come with the new lifestyle he has been thrown into.

RESPONSE: I thought Ezra's portrayal was very realistic and well put together on film. Even though I was only able to see about an hour of the film; of what I did see, the film gave you a realistic idea of how life really is in certain areas of the world. The director was able to put into perspective how Ezra's life changed so dramatically in only a couple of years. How killing innocent became just a part of life for him.
Also the different camera angles that were used throughout the film were brilliant. I loved how we would be watching certain scenes through the cracks of the huts or in between the corn stalks when they were in the field. I felt that made the overall affect of the scene more realistic and drew the audience in.
Not only were the camera angles great but the different styles of filming also made the movie better for me. For example, I loved the flashbacks. I like how at one part we would be watching a scene in the courtroom and then quickly flash back a scene of Ezra in the rebel army.
Finally, the acting was believable. The emotions they portrayed on screen really made you feel what they were feeling; the struggles, the trials, and the tribulations. Unfortunately, the language was a little hard to understand but it definitely added more to the realistic aspect of the film.
Overall, the film was great!

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Ezra

The movie, Ezra, was directed by Newton A Aduka which explained the life of a boy solider Ezra. His life changed within a blink of an eye when he was being transformed into a solider. This had all just happened one afternoon once school was let out for the day. Unfortunitly, I was not able to see the entire flim, I was only able to watch about an hour and 15 minutes of it. From what I did see, the boys acted like real soliders, they respected their leader and did as they were told. I was really surprised how well the boys listened. The costumes were interesting. The location in the film was nice, although it must have been so tough carrying heavy luggage on top of their heads on a hot day. I wish i could have stayed for the whole film, but I enjoyed what i was able to watch.

Summary: The play "The Taming of the Shrew" was written by William Shakespeare and directed by Donald Shwartz. I thought the play was good except sometimes I had trouble understanding what they were saying. I understood that Bianca was not allowed to get married until her mean sister Katerina wed, so I atleast got the main point. The play was a little short, now knowing that it was originally longer then 2 hours, I would have liked to see more of it. Overall, it was a good play and good experience to see some of Shakespeares work. I enjoyed watching and hope one day I can maybe see the entire play.

Acting: The acting in my opinion was good, I really didn't see many mistakes but I also dont know the play. They also had to do moves I thought was pretty impressive like Petruchio having to flip Katerina around. The lighting was excellent, they did a very good job lighting up just the actors in motion and dimmed out the back very well. Also, the costumes seemed to be perfect for the time period. Including the part where Katerina needed to buy a hat and they brought out a Orioles cap and Ravens helmet. I thought that was clever and a few other parts were pretty funny.

Taming of the Shrew

Summary: Taming of the Shrew was originally written by William Shakespeare and I watched the modernized play directed by Donald Schwartz. The play is the portrail of a young women Katerina(shrew) and a young guy that takes on the challenge to "tame' her-Perchutio.

Response:
I believe the play was a believable portrail of what Shakespeare had originally put out. I have seen similar movies that reinact the same story line- 10 Things I hate about you. Unfortunately the play had to be cut down to a 2 hour show which i think took away from the overall affect. I know that the taming of Katerina is a pretty largeevent and it take numerious trials by Perchutio but it wasn't protrayed very well in the play.
During the play i picked up on great acting skills and good facial expressions. My faviorite was when the actors have to pretend to be whispering but have to do it loudly enough that the audience can hear- i think that takes skill and was well done throughout the play. Unfortunately there were a few actors that failed to capture my attention. They were very monotone and I could barely hear their lines. I know you are going to run into this with every play so i didn't hold it against them in my overall liking of the play.
Also the scenery and customes i thought were well thought out. They captured the time period and made you feel like you were back in time with them. I know there was only one large standing prop which i believe to be katerinas house but that was ok becuase the director was able to have all of the scenes revolve around that. It didn't feel awkawrd or out of place.

The Taming of the Shrew

This is a play originally by William Shakespeare but redone and directed by Ronald Schwartz to be slightly more modern.
I really thought the acting was good. Everyone had good expressions and remembered all of their lines. I especially liked Gremio. He seemed to bring a lot of the comedy into play. I thought the costumes were very well made and very nice. Another thing I liked was the Dancing with the Stars like routine that Katharina and Pertruchio did. I'm sure that took a lot of practice and they executed it very well. One thing I did not really like was the script. I know it's a Shakespeare play, but since it was supposed to be modern it would've been nice if the lines were more modern also. I couldn't understand anything they were saying which made it harder to follow along.
Overall, I thought it was done well and there were some talented actors/actresses that made the play enjoyable.

Review

Taming of the Shrew was a play created by William Shakespeare. I watched the adapted version by Donald Schwartz. The play revolves around the taming of a woman named Kate by a man named Petruchio. It was notably different from the original.

Overall, I was entertained, so I'll say that it at least achieved competency. The thing that brought the play to life was its comedy, which was highly modern (obviously). Unfortunately, from other comments on more learned people who had seen or read the original, the play was cut down far. While expected because of time constraints, it didn't help with the portrayal of the basic plotline.

Without proper costumes, this play would have fallen apart, granted. And these costumes were definitely competent enough to look, at the very least, realistic. Without them, one of the only strong points the play had would have been lost.

The acting was far from horrible, but I wasn't particularly impressed with any one person. Although, Lucentio, I found very lively. His speech was spot on. The play would have fallen apart without the talent some of the actors had.

The comedy. Without it, I would have wanted my money back. Without it, the play would have been far from any form of entertainment and instead a waste of time. The hilarity in it seemed directly linked with the audience's type of humor. The actors were able to pull everything off fairly well.

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Taming of the Shrew

Summary: Taming of the Shrew was written by William Shakespeare and directed by Donald Schwartz. The play is supposed to be about the battle between Katerina and Perchutio.
Overall: I thought the play did not reflect what shakespeare had written.
Acting: I thought the actors did exceptionall.
Costumes: I thought most the costumes were nicely portraid for thier time period.
Setting: I think the setting was nice but i would have liked to see it change a little.

Ezra

Summary: Ezra was directed by Newton A. Aduka. What i saw of the movie ( i only saw about an hour) was the story of ayoung man who had been a rebel soldier.
Overall: I thought overall it was put together nicely. I wish i could have seen more.
Acting: The acting was better than what i had expe. Great job.

Costumes: I thought they did really good with the costumes i thought they were really soldiers.
Setting: The setting was perfct for the movie.

EZRA

a- The movie Ezra , directed by Newton A. Aduka, explain the life of child soldier EZRA ( Mamadou Touray Kamarou) who's life has been changed, when the rebels kidnaped him in his school to transform him into a soldier. years later, he was question in a court about the number of people he murdered, not for punishement, but to help him redem and rejoin the society. But he could not remember due to an amnesia.

b- acting: i think the actors performed very well. especially because they are children and they performed so well it looked like it was a documentary

Story: i found the story really interesting because it describes well what those children soldier are going through.

Pace: the place where the movie took place was great because it was in Africe, in the village, where in reality most of the rebels live.

taming of the shrew

a- The taming of the shrew is a play realized by william shakespeare but adapted and directed

by Ray Schwartz. It is a story of a young girl , Catherine who was very stuborn and disrespectful.

Since she was the eldest in a familly of two daughters, her father wanted her to be married first.

She got married to a man who name was petruchio and he tamed her. But finally when the two

daughter got married, we found out that Catherine was the most loving and respecting wife

toward her husband.


b- Acting: i found the actors really great, because you feel the different characters through their prestations

Costumes: i found the costumes really nice and very colorfull. and i think it really shows the time when the play had beeen realized.

Lighting: was really great because you know when it is supposed to be sunny the light goes orange and when it is moon light it goes blue.

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The Taming of the Shrew

Yesterday I attended a play by William Shakespeare called, “The Taming of the Shrew.”

The play is about Baptista Minola and his two daughters, Katharina and Bianca. Bianca, the younger sister, is the prettiest and the one every guy wants. She has found a lover and wants to get married. However, Baptista will not let Bianca get married until Katharina (Kate) is wed. The trouble is that Kate is a very sharp tongued woman, or shrew, and scares men away. So a plan is formed to find Kate a husband so Bianca and her lover, Lucentio can be wed. The story ends with a happily married and “tamed” Kate.

The play was adapted and directed by Donald Ray Schwartz, whom I thought did an excellent job with the play and incorporating some more up-to-date humor. For example, in one scene Kate was choosing a hat and of the hat selection was an Orioles baseball cap and a Baltimore Ravens helmet which she made a few comments about.

The costumes were designed by James J. Fasching. He did a great job matching fabrics and colors to each character. Each costume matched the characters personality. Also, knowing that different colors depict different personalities helped give me some insight to what I was about to experience.

Like most of Shakespeare's’ play’s, I found it a little difficult to follow and comprehend the Old English. I must give a lot of credit to the actors who did a fantastic job with it. I can only imagine how long it took to memorize those lines. I did notice that even where I sat, in the second row, that at parts it was hard to hear what an actor was saying. Other than volume, I think overall the speech aspect of the play was great.

Congrats to everyone on a great performance.

Taming of the Shrew review

1. The Taming of the Shrew was a play about a young man (Petruchio) who tries to tame a young spoiled woman (Kathreine). Meanwhile, another young man (Lucentio) falls in love with Kathreine’s sister Bianca. In the end each man sees who’s wife loves them more and as it turns out, Kathreine the one least likely to love is the one who loves the most.

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a) My overall impression of the play wasn’t good. It was not easy to follow, like Joey said it was difficult to understand what they were saying and I didn’t understand what some of the characters had to do with the play.

b) The costumes in the play were definitely a strong point. All the colors of the costumes really seemed to go with the characters personality. The scenery was kind of dull but I think the lighting made up for it. It was easy to tell between the night lighting, the morning lighting and the day lighting.

Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew was byWilliam Shakespeare, with Donald Schwartz as the director of the play. I thought the acting went really well, although, I do not understand Shakespeare, It was a bit of a challenge to understand what they were saying. I didnt like how there was only one set for the whole play, having more of a scenery could make the play more interesting and realistic to the scene of that part of the play. I thought the costumes were unique since some of the girls had to play a guys part. Even though Shakespeare is difficult to comprehend, all the actors spoke loud and clearly. Because The Taming of the Shrew is 4 hours long, Donald had to shorten the play to just 2 hours, although, he could of emphasised more on some of the scenes. The lighting crew did a great job keeping the stage bright and directing each actor across stage when given a spoken part. Overall, I enjoyed the play because of the actors attitudes, and the humor in the play.

Blog Post Requirements for play/movie

Create two separate blog posts, one for the play "Taming of the Shrew," and the other for the movie "Ezra." Due Friday, October 30th.

1. Brief Summary: Less than 5 sentences, include title, author/director's name

2. Respond to:
a) the overall impression of the play/movie

b) at least three of the following: acting, costumes, lighting, scenery, sound, music, story, directing, music, dancing, and editing

3. Maximum of 300 words

Taming of the shrew

1. The taming of the shew was by william shakespear and directed by donald shwartz. It is a stoy of taming cattarina and the resolving conficts and issues. Both catterina and Bianca belongs to royal family in the late hundreds where the father would not let the youngest bianca be married untill the oldest caterina was married. The suitors pay for any costs involved and there is also the goal of Katharina's dowry.
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a.The overal impression of the play was not to good for me. I couldn't really understand what they were saying most of the time so i wouldn't give much credit to the acting.
b. Positive feed back about the overal pay was that the lighting and music definitly portrayed the mood of each scene. The acting of pertrucio and caterina was very good even though i couldnt understand them the whole time. Costumes where also great it definitly helped the girls look like men.
Some nevetive feedback from the play are, there was only one background scene so it was weird all of this was taken infront of the royal house of caterina.

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