Final project second 300-500 words progress reflection

Reflection on Changes of Progress

To report my further change and progress of the final project, I have mainly picked my text and skit and created a rough draft of my performance. Here is the skit, (the red lines are the stage direction):

Video of Rough Draft Walk Through:https://youtu.be/5hVPLRa4p7Q


Additional Reflection: After I have performed the rough draft day, I found out the costume I was going to use: a angel wing, a devil wing, a fake sword for the prince and and basket for the baker’s wife. Before I was actually thinking of changing behind the stage, but after Ms. Guarino’s advice, to be more brechtian, I can actually switch my customs on the stage. Also, the music of the sad and withering scenes do not have to be sad in the case for Brecht because if I make it happy and weird if will also match Brecht’s style of theater even better.

Text: “Into The Woods” by James Lapine:

Narrator: In the deep deep woods, there lives the happy family of the baker and his wife. They love and adore each other deeply that all the dark creatures in the woods shot them their looks of jealousy. However, there’s someone anxiously looking for his princess, Cinderalla, the Prince. One day, the baker’s wife went out to seek dinner for the family and she met the Prince. The Prince was so anxious and scared in the woods that he really need a kind and pretty women to cuddle him. Therefore, they had an affair. However, the Prince must leave to slay a giant, the baker’s wife must return to her husband. Here we go, Cinderella’s Prince and the baker’s wife, into the woods. Also, I realize I use certain lights color and props to represent the prince and the baker’s wife, I added a new element of Brecht which is the use of sign.

(Red lights, intense music started, blue light for the baker’s wife, red light for the Prince)

(Focus the camera close on the wife)

Wife: You must come with me! You shall be safe in my company.(Run into the scene, yelling towards Prince)

(Switch the camera to focus on the Prince)

Cinderella’s prince: I must leave you. I need to slay the giant. I must, leave… I am sorry. I just can’t…

(Sad Music on, the wife collapse on the group hopelessly)

Wife: The giant. I had almost forgotten. Will we find each other in the woods again?

C.P..: This was just a moment in the woods.(Shine bring lights on them)

Our moment, Shimmering and lovely and sad.

Leave the moment, just be glad

For the moment that we had.

Every moment is of moment

When you’re in the woods…

(Everything stops, white stream lights hit on the narrator and the narrator starts talking)

Narrator: Okay. If you think it is gross that Cinderella’s wife is going to kiss the baker’s wife, if mind want to close your eyes now. Hold still.

(Red lights on, the prince starts talking)

Now, I must go off to slay a giant. That is what the next moment holds for me. (He gives her a quick kiss) I shall not forget you. How brave you are to be alone in the woods. And how alive you’ve made me feel. (He exists)

(wife sits, stunned; music stops. Blue stage lights on)

Wife: What was that?

        (Music resumes)

Was that me?

Was that him?

Did a Prince really kiss me?

And Kiss me?

And kiss me?

And did I kiss him back?

Was it wrong?

Am I mad?

Is that all?

Does he miss me?

Was he suddenly

Getting bored with me?

(She stands)

(light suddenly change to red, lights shine on the devil play the recorded voice)

Wake up! Stop dreaming.

Stop prancing about the woods.

It’s not beseeming.

What is it about the woods?

(Recorded voice stopped playing, being Firm)

Back to life, back to sense,

Back to child, back to husband,

No one lives in the woods.

There are vows, there are ties,

There are needs, there are standards,

There are shouldn’ts and shoulds.

(blue lights starts again, the light shines on the angle)

Why not both instead?

There’s the answer, if you’re clever:

Have a child for warmth,

And a baker for bread,

And a Prince for whatever---

(Red light on, light shine on the evil)

Never!

It’s these woods.

Face the facts, find the boy,

Join the group, stop the giant---

Just get out of these woods.

Was that him? Yes, it was.

Was that me? No. it wasn’t,

Just a trick of the woods.

(back to the baker’s wife, bright light shine on her)

Just a moment,

One peculiar passing moment.

Must it all be either less or more,

Either plain or grand?

Is it always “or”?

Is it never “and”?

That’s what woods are for:

For those moments in the woods…

Oh, if life were made of moments,

Even now and then a bad one---!

But if life were only moments,

Then you’d never know you had one.

First a witch, then a child,

Then a Prince, then a moment---

Who can live in the woods?

And to get what you wish,

Only just for a moment---

These are dangerous woods…

Let the moment go…

Don’t forget it for a moment, though.

Just remembering you’ve had an “and,”

When you’re back to “or,”

Makes the “or” mean more

Than it did before.

Now I understand---

(signs, starts walking faster)

And it’s time to leave the woods.

(bright light shine on the narrator)

Narrator: Do you think she just left the forest and back to her normal life? The poor poor baker’s wife was lonely and trying to get through the dark forest. Suddenly, she heard something was hitting the ground heavily. Like footsteps of a .... giant. (Red lights on) Oops. she was caughts and was smashed into ashes. She will never have any moments ever again. Welcome to the woods.

(Counting steps while exist)

I have added a couple of my new lines in it to make the play even more brechtian. Also, this is just a rough draft which means there will be further changes.