Bansri, Aaron and I had to write an original script for Shakespeare class with 75% lines by the Bard himself. We started individually and I came up with a plot first so we used mine and they just edited my junk and it's good so I'm happy. =) It's much funnier than I thought it would be and could definitely be great with the right actors.
My experience helped me piece the script together and make sure we had a decent number of speaking roles--about 16-17, which, considering we have a class of 30+ people, is a great number. But I am terribly embarrassed that I accidentally made a quasi-stage/screenplay. =O Format flubs lol Bansri fixed it, but I'm not sure if all character names are capitalized in stage directions even after they've already entered the first time. I'm sure she's right, but I guess I just wish it wasn't that way because it makes the script longer and I'm not sure if that'll mess up the time estimate.
It's supposed to be 15 minutes. Right now we're at 19 pages. Yikes. We do have a couple quick back-and-forth sections, but we also have monologues so I'm nervous. However, a lot of that length was added when Bansri corrected the format, so maybe we're still okay.
I've also been in charge of editing As You Like It =) Putting it on is going to be our final project and I was endorsing it when we were voting for good plays so I was excited. Aaron and Bansri are going to direct it, so we're in good hands.
Hm. I'm not sure if I like scriptwriting or directing better in general. I certainly don't want to direct 30+ high school students with varying amounts of devotion, this just made me think and reflect on my own relationship with theatre.
I'm not sure if I wrote about this, but I won the Real Woman Essay Contest with an essay I wrote about Mrs. Gupta. =D Marina Conlin and Errold Lanier won too and their essays were so good. The board made us go to Snyder to record us reading our essays for TV in the TV studio and the trip was fun. =) Miss Smith and I fell in love with Marina's essay and reacted the exact same way ("That was sooo good! So good!") and did about a million other things that proved we were the same person. Mr. O'Shaugh and Mr. Selby were there for Marina and Errold and it was nice having a small trip group. =D
And after that, we gave Mr. O'Shaughnessy the New York Times toaster and he liked it! =D After we put so much work into getting it...yeah, he should definitely love it.
Joelle and I were going to perform Rakujitsu at Open Mic tomorrow, but now we're doing...Marunouchi Sadistic. =D Which is awesome too. It's so sad, though, because Joelle came up with a harmony for the chorus and wanted to sing with me so she asked, "Can you write out the chorus phonetically?"
Unfortunately, Marunouchi Sadistic's choruses are like, 85640% weird Engrish. Not even normal Engrish, lol
It says:
MA-SHARU no nioi de tonjatte taihen sa
Maiban zecchou ni tasshiteiru dake
RATTO hitotsu wo shoubai dougu ni shiteru sa
Soshitara Benji ga hai ni usutte torippu
She/I sings/slurs:
MAR-SHAR no ni-o-i de tonjyatte taihen sa
Maiban jechou ni tai-shite-i-ru dake
Rattoitotso shoubai dougu ni shi-tei-ru sa
Soshtara Benzi ga hai ni usutte torip-pu.
Poor, poor Joelle.
Speaking of singing, Massiel and I really need background music for What is This Feeling? =O How to get it, oh noes!
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