For my second project, I decided to work with my good friend Brae. We both had experience in the arts and wanted to center our research around that. To make it more interesting, we focused on another countries way of theatre, Japan.
ENGLISH
What is theatre? It's long nights, aching bones, strained voices… Not to mention showtime! The bright lights blind you as you sing and dance for everyone to see. Your stomach knots up you forget your steps. It's a mad dash to hair and makeup and if you miss it, well do it yourself! You can't wait to get behind the curtain, to stop being someone else. Then backstage, it’s a waiting game. Always on alert for your turn to go out again, to be center stage. Maybe sitting down with friends to play a card game will ease your mind? Laughing and joking is so fun!- but don’t be too loud or the audience will hear! Finally, after you’ve gotten beat in uno once or twice, the last act comes. You can’t wait to stuff something in your mouth to satisfy the growl in your stomach and lay in your comfy bed. After the show is the best of all. Everyone comes together, main characters and people standing off in the background. We eat, laugh, and talk about the long crazy night. I guess that’s what theatre is all about. Not perfecting the 8-count or singing the highest. It's about being a family.
Me and Brae decided to each create two separate monologues to show our experiences in the theatre. We thought it would be interesting to see how each of ours differed from on another. To see his, visit "Brae Bixler's" website on the main Apollo page.
Me and Brae decided to each create two separate monologues to show our experiences in the theatre. We thought it would be interesting to see how each of ours differed from on another. To see his, visit "Brae Bixler's" website on the main Apollo page.
Art
At first, my plan was to draw Japanese puppet theatre. My drawing would emphasize the puppeteer in the back rather than the puppets that everyone usually focuses on. This would demonstrate perspective. Instead, I decided to draw a bonsai tree which is a popular staple in Japanese culture. To show perspective I wanted to hide faces in the leaves. Bonsai symbolize peace, the faces could bring a new way of seeing what the tree symbolizes.
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Global Studies
For Global Studies me and Brae collaborated on a Buzzfeed website. We realized that in Japan not just the acting and entertainment aspect of the culture is different. We researched about the everyday lives of people in Japan, and how lots of things can apply to our lives here in America. We compiled a list and made a Buzzfeed site on it.: https://www.buzzfeed.com/22bbixler/5-ways-teenagers-should-be-like-the-japanese-e5g34tne4w
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