Caitlyn's Blog Squad

Director's Vision Rope connects flying carpet (portable bed) to some sort of base to enable the bed to move (possibility) Maybe the lights turn off during certain parts of the scene which allows glow-in-the-dark stars to light  and be shown the audience Scene starts and ends on the big, tall stairs located down stage right. Whole stage should portray the palace, the sky, flying carpet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1shnH1uc4PrfAyQqIVGOw_58P6t0IsqFlZMGQUYcs4Uo/edit Sahana and I are directing the scene "A Whole New World" from Aladdin . For our directing project, we are going to organize make up looks, costumes, set design including back drop and props, choreography, and lighting.

Monologues First Monologue - "Monster Under My Bed" :  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CfiVTgIl6z4 Second Monologue - "Birthday-Phobia" : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvavMDEXMQ

My Progress  I think I stayed in character during the whole monologue and found a deeper understanding for the monologue as I read it aloud. I could see my character's personality develop as I became more and more comfortable with what I wrote. I found the seriousness in my monologue and I tried to put myself in this little girl's shoes. I think if I had changed my tone or facial expression at certain points the monologue would've been more effective and might have been more convincing of a monologue. I think my first monologue is pretty different from my second so they aren't easy to compare but they both consist of a little girl with a fear. They differ in the way that the first was almost bratty and self-centered while the second was just darker and lonely. I think each monologue had their better parts than the other, but overall I believe both were done with emotion and a deep understanding of the situation that was I trying to portray.

Birthday-Phobia Honestly, I hate birthdays. I’ve never really understood all the hype about them. Every single year, you are expected to celebrate your age, each year getting closer to the day there no longer are any ages to celebrate. So pretty much when you are celebrating your birthday, what you’re really celebrating is your death. Think about it, you blow out your candle because you just turned 10, but that is just another number closer to the one in which your life ends. I’m also super paranoid about it all. I often have nightmares about dying and so when I wake up in the middle of the night and find myself buried under the covers I think I have been buried alive! And whenever the doctor calls us for a check up or something I fear that I have some fatal disease that could end it all. So basically when my birthday comes…I’m doomed.