Monday, June 7, 2010

We went to see Extras. It was a play by just two actors that represented several characters. The play was in Spanish, and in verse. The most important performance techniques I thought were used were the use of the voice, pitch, intonation and volume. And also the posture, and mannerism. Because they had to play several characters, the most important things needed to make clear the change of character was those I mentioned before. The characters had to play women and they did so by changing mainly their voice, they used a much higher pitch and exaggerated intonation of a girl’s way of talking. And the posture was much feminine, not only the voice, but also the way they walked, moving the hips from side to side and arching their backs very exaggeratedly.

They used screen projections that represented the background. This image came out also with music that went with the picture; like for example they put the image of the dessert they put a song that was country and cowboy like. These images made the idea of they being extras in a movie, and feeling sorry for themselves.

The play was a comical play and had a lot of our culture right now, the language they used was very much of our own. The "gerga" they used was the same we use, and that made it intresting and easy to understand for me. It catch all my attention, i did fall asleep but because i was tired not because of the play. I would have enjoyed the play a lot more if i wouldnt have been tierd..