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Hey guys this is just one of the ideas that Missy Idora asked me to blog.
The Big picture
The way I see it since the issue of the identity is so broad we can't really cover everything (but we can try eheh)
Solution : 3 in 1…and I am not talking about shampoo here.
Its sort of like a flexible kind of thing in a way it can be 3 separate plays or one big play depending on how you see it.
What I mean is that there will be 3 shorts as planned but we could do it sort of like a birth to maturity sort of thing
Ok to further elaborate (considering the fact that I get the feeling that there are some of you who are spacing out)
Small Picture 1 - Baby Steps - Area/Precinct
Area/Precinct means?
This would be on a smaller scale of life Malaysia. Preferably something intimate
Ie A play about family life or school etc.
My pick : Michael’s school idea or the funeral
The first short would be on a precinct/village level in the sense that it starts with a play about school in an area. It’s sort of the idea that schools in different places (be in it KL or Malaysia whatever) churns out different personality types (some more than others). We could deal with the international students, co-ed students, all boys/girls school.
Genre : Drama
Small Picture 2 - Younger Days - Metropolitan view
Metropolitan? (Metropolitan kinda reminds me of ice cream don’t you think so?)
Its more like this play would be about a city in Malaysia. I would presume that this play would be about KL considering the fact that the play would be staged in KL
My pick : Maybe the play could be Alice maybe not but it deals with people in the city ie KL, Penang etc. I think it would be interesting to get a perspective from a tourist point of view because well having someone else take a look at our way of life would be more of an eye opener la.Like how some foreigners find the food in Malaysia exotic etc etc or maybe a foreigner who now calls Malaysia home
In a way its sort of like a play that pokes fun at Malaysians but it could be surreal and dreamlike as Azhar mentioned.
Genre : comedy or a musical dance. I foresee loads of body movements instead of dialogues (if its surreal - Alice)
Small Picture 3 - Being old and wise – regional
Why so old?
This is where everyone grows up. No more play time and its time to think and acknowledge that just cause you don’t see it doesn’t mean its not there.
My pick : The Wall la
I kinda see this as a more serious play (cause its about the wall anything about a wall is always serious) maybe in a political sense (The Wall)
Here maybe we deal with heavy issues (ahem not heavy breathing/petting…never mind) I see that there are slightly more dialogue(y) as compared to the 2nd play and no more artsy fartsy stuff but more on play on light to create an impact as well as costumes
Ie everyone wears all white and the stage is divided into two but one side of the stage is lighted with red and the other green. (play with light la) so the thing is there isn’t an actual wall but it seems like they are divided because of the light. No more light they find out that everyone wears the same colour (why do I get the feeling that I am rambling here? hmm)
Genre : Serious with lots of focus on atmosphere
Ending
Everyone comes out to applause (and hopefully no one throws eggs or fruits though you would get an early breakfast with that) and
while everyone is clapping
The surprise the audience would get would be that we project a fast forwarded rewind of the nights performance with the night's overall reactions.
(Pro's we have a hard copy of the play to keep with us)
(Con's dunno if can film and then project it on the day itself)
The Big picture
The way I see it since the issue of the identity is so broad we can't really cover everything (but we can try eheh)
Solution : 3 in 1…and I am not talking about shampoo here.
Its sort of like a flexible kind of thing in a way it can be 3 separate plays or one big play depending on how you see it.
What I mean is that there will be 3 shorts as planned but we could do it sort of like a birth to maturity sort of thing
Ok to further elaborate (considering the fact that I get the feeling that there are some of you who are spacing out)
Small Picture 1 - Baby Steps - Area/Precinct
Area/Precinct means?
This would be on a smaller scale of life Malaysia. Preferably something intimate
Ie A play about family life or school etc.
My pick : Michael’s school idea or the funeral
The first short would be on a precinct/village level in the sense that it starts with a play about school in an area. It’s sort of the idea that schools in different places (be in it KL or Malaysia whatever) churns out different personality types (some more than others). We could deal with the international students, co-ed students, all boys/girls school.
Genre : Drama
Small Picture 2 - Younger Days - Metropolitan view
Metropolitan? (Metropolitan kinda reminds me of ice cream don’t you think so?)
Its more like this play would be about a city in Malaysia. I would presume that this play would be about KL considering the fact that the play would be staged in KL
My pick : Maybe the play could be Alice maybe not but it deals with people in the city ie KL, Penang etc. I think it would be interesting to get a perspective from a tourist point of view because well having someone else take a look at our way of life would be more of an eye opener la.Like how some foreigners find the food in Malaysia exotic etc etc or maybe a foreigner who now calls Malaysia home
In a way its sort of like a play that pokes fun at Malaysians but it could be surreal and dreamlike as Azhar mentioned.
Genre : comedy or a musical dance. I foresee loads of body movements instead of dialogues (if its surreal - Alice)
Small Picture 3 - Being old and wise – regional
Why so old?
This is where everyone grows up. No more play time and its time to think and acknowledge that just cause you don’t see it doesn’t mean its not there.
My pick : The Wall la
I kinda see this as a more serious play (cause its about the wall anything about a wall is always serious) maybe in a political sense (The Wall)
Here maybe we deal with heavy issues (ahem not heavy breathing/petting…never mind) I see that there are slightly more dialogue(y) as compared to the 2nd play and no more artsy fartsy stuff but more on play on light to create an impact as well as costumes
Ie everyone wears all white and the stage is divided into two but one side of the stage is lighted with red and the other green. (play with light la) so the thing is there isn’t an actual wall but it seems like they are divided because of the light. No more light they find out that everyone wears the same colour (why do I get the feeling that I am rambling here? hmm)
Genre : Serious with lots of focus on atmosphere
Ending
Everyone comes out to applause (and hopefully no one throws eggs or fruits though you would get an early breakfast with that) and
while everyone is clapping
The surprise the audience would get would be that we project a fast forwarded rewind of the nights performance with the night's overall reactions.
(Pro's we have a hard copy of the play to keep with us)
(Con's dunno if can film and then project it on the day itself)
Message ?
Its sort of like the idea that the audience is part of the play too because every night the audience’s reaction to the play would be different.
Sort of like saying you are Malaysian too or at least you have contributed to the colourful life of being a Malaysian (the tourist) Err its also sort of like telling the audience that this play is just a small part of being a Malaysian and the you are part of this mosaic of being a Malaysian
2 Comments:
wow, thanks paik yin! this is some good format. although the colors over dark blue is a little painful.
thanks for initiating this: i've been thinking, i'm gonna make this an ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL OF U. can you come up with this, your versions that we discussed in chilli's? can right? great!
so im looking forward to see you guys doing this. COMPULSORY yea?
blog soon. thanks
Ha I knew the colours hurt. Kinda make you go on a psychedelic high. Actually it kind off gave me a headache. Hope this colour scheme suits your eyes better so throw away the sunglasses and aspirins.
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