sophomore english, Department of Mass Communication, 2005

Monday, June 13, 2005

drama review

Monday, June 13, 2005

Review Drama contest by Trixie
It was a good day. On 7th May, there was a special drama contest.It's the first time of cooperation between Mass Communication and English departments. English department was performed four dramas. And our department was performed three. Those are "Who is watching Fu Manchu", "Butterfly Love" and "Shooting Paparazzi".It's about our English course. There are two parts of the course: drama and non-drama. I am the "non-drama student". So I didn't show on the performance. I'm just an audience. As an audience, I was very affected by the performances. Every performer was very hard to show their best. And everyone was very enjoying oneself to the full. All the students had practiced over and over during this semester just want to make the performance well. And they all do a good job after all.Actuality, I can not absorb in all the performances. I'm the photographer that day. It's a very difficult work. The reason one is that I don't see all the dramas before. So I can not follow the performers very accurate. Another reason is I have a bad technique to use a camera. I feel so sorry to all the performers that I didn't do a good job of recorded the performance. During this drama contest, there are two impressions on my mind. It's a pity that I was not joining the performance with my classmates. I think it must be very nice memory. Another reason is that I should to do more and more work of using camera.
posted by Trixie @ 2:41 AM 0 comments
Sunday, June 12, 2005

English drama preview by YorkAfterwards saw in the classroom takes down the movie, really the thinking study sister-in-law's performance really very good, so-called someone looks lively, my English not too is good, but very wholly absorbed listens to them to speak any, or listens not too to understand. But looked between their body language and actor's tacit understanding, they certainly passed through very many rehearsals and diligently. If could listen to understand their dialogue to be certainly more interesting. This time has listened to Mr. Tang's critique, knew our big biography department study sister-in-law's performance does not lose English department, really is with has the glory .Actually performs how is the success or failure next, does the key point have makes contribution. Mr. Tang said good, he thought no matter has obtains the award item, each person's performance all very good, if again has next not necessarily quite to be also good, because is first relational everybody under the experience situation, therefore instead even more diligently with practice. Looked this performance, I really very want to strengthen own English ability, looked everybody listens to the dialogue but the understanding as soon as to smile, but I actually did not know they are smiling any, this kind feels not good .This performance not only lets everybody have an unforgettable experience, regarding me said also is an important experience, I want quickly to make money buy the hearing aid, then the many reading simple easy to understand English books, enable English from the life to become my part, do not have again to fear listens to or says English.
posted by York @ 3:39 PM 0 comments

Review Drama contest by Emma
To student of Mass Communication Department, this is a special experience.The English Department held the drama contest with Mass Communication Department.After a series of perform, "Alfie" of English Department and "Who is watching Fu Man-chu" of Mass communication were the biggest winner. They win many awads,like the best script, the best actor etc.The drama contest with Enghish Department, I think, our classmates also learn the different experience. Before drama competing, our classmates never drama perform experience. Thisperformance chance of everyone’s equal value. Everyone use the time after school to practice constantly. I feel, everybody is very hard and earnest,including the actor or backstage persoonnel.In this day, everyone expresses very well. I think, whatever the result, I believe, evertbody leaves the deep recollection.The Mass Communication Department performed three dramas totally. The first drama is "Butterfly Love". They performed is very well.especial the stage design like actors postion or light. Butterfly Love describes one inside country ancient spread to tell a story "Liang-Zhu". It is tragic story originally. But the drama presents by comedy. It makes me feeling different. Although the drama did not get many awards,maybe the foreign professor have never heard about the ancient story. But "Butterfly Love" is my favorite one in the whole dramas.The drama "Alfie" for English Department. The plan of the story is Alfie is a playboy and fools aound all time. He has high taste for everything, he has high taste for everying, he always get whatever women he wants. But his best friend for everything is not so. Hoe could he help his friend? Even himself, too. I feel this drama whatever the actor, manuscript, light is very good.Particulary the manuscript, I feel the manuscript writes very creativity.In the drama, the different is the English Department with fluently Enhlish stage dialogue.for theMass Communication Department, they have aboundant body action. I feel, this drama perform, everyone have the result.
posted by Emma @ 7:01 AM 0 comments

Review drama contest by Karen
The day is an important day for English and Mass communication. There is an English drama contest on 7th May. That is the first time for Mass communication. At beginning, English just a couse in our school. Teacher hope we have different ways to learn English, ask everyone join this suggestion. Some one has different difficult, choice non-drama. Sometimes I feel regrettable very much.Although we don't have show that day, we can spectate drama contest. After the contest, I have deep impress for them, I feel every one is wonderful. English department and Mass communiation has unlike style. English department emphasize pronounce, they don't care light bright or not. They don't attention where actor should go or not. They emphasize pronounce and story. Their let me feel some boring. Untile the "Alfie", that is my favorite drama in English department. Actor and Actress have great action, story is humorous. Generally speaking, "Alfie" let me feel like watch legitimate.The department of Mass communication, our style is cheery, passion and agreeable. In my opinion, the favorite drama in Mass communication is "Butterfly". It is adapt to a Chinese story, a famous love story. They combine Chinese and foreign, offer audience fresh play. "Butterfly" use music and dance let their paly more interesting. The special of "Butterfly" is their rap. To sum up, "Butterfly" have more suprise action. If want me take a score, I give they full marks.The big winner in this Engilish drama contest is " Who is watching Fu Man-chu". The speech is more then another drama, in apart of contume also more attention then another. The story is more organized then others. Beside this, they also have dancing apart in the play."Who is watching Fu Man-chu" attain juror's love, have great score, become big winner in this drama contest.I think the English drama contest is a special experience to everyone, during this play, I find the passion in our mass communication. "Contest" is not important, "Experience" is more treasure.
posted by karen @ 5:41 AM 0 comments
Thursday, June 09, 2005

REVIEW by Michael
This drama is very special. Talking about a man is very skill to make friends with female. Maybe his long hair is an important factor. And his speaking is very fluency .His act is fulling of confidence and seems it is true in his life. Girls want to make friend with him. He is proud of his appearance. The drama talked about the allure is very important to the person who want to make a girlfriend.When the girl is bad in feelings, the man listen to her thought and give the advice in time.He philanders girls. He made a boast of letting a girl sitting on his leg when he sat on the chair. The girl was natural to make conversation with him and sat on his leg. I think that should be having connive. And he said”Hey man, it is not your business”.He is making a gesture and someone is calling his name. Suddenly, the audience is calling his name. He is gentlemanlike giving the flower to the girl.I think that is special. The play was interactive with the audience.
posted by fjumichael @ 2:01 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, June 08, 2005

English drama review from Gavin
This is first time our mass communication department and English department are cooperating to hold the English play contest. I never have look English play experience. So it also a novel experience for me. Although my English is not learning well and I couldn’t understand many play’s dialogue mean, I also found our department and English department have some characteristics on play. Our department has more dance elements. Besides the play has more east color and even combine with our mass communication characteristic in plot. Furthermore, their stage performance usually control on stage center. The three play’s stage properties were making well. About English department, I felt their play not have more originality perform and to follow rules. Besides the majority play plot were use the stage wings to perform. Furthermore, their plays to lay particular stress on modern or west color plot.First about the butterfly love play, I felt their play very interesting. For example, they combine sing with dance in play. They even sing the rap in play. I felt they make the play have more cadences. Besides their stage property also made exquisite such as a sedan chair. But their plot of a play I felt not very perfect. It not showed the essence of the story.Second about who is watching Fu Manchu play, I felt their stage actor very plunge into this play. Besides their play also has more dance and their dance was uniform. Moreover I felt their plot has more completeness and definite focus than other two plays. So I think it made them has more chances to gain many prizes.Third about Shooting Paparazzi play, I think their play was the most originality drama. They used many mass communication originalities in plot, such as stalkerazzi, SNG news…etc. Although their plot combine with many famous hot news, it too much and made their play to felt piecemeal. So I felt a little pity.Final about the English department’s play Alfie, I felt their perform were facile and stage actor also plunge into this play. Besides, their blocking also use well. Furthermore, their stage actors even do the interaction with viewers. I felt it make the play more interesting.
posted by Gavin @ 8:59 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Review Drama contest by Chris
Review with English and Mass Communication drama contestby ChrisThere is a big impress for me in the first time English and Mass Communication departments’ drama play contest at 7th May. The contest lets two departments have chances to communicate and find out where the weakness is.The opening play “Scuba Lessons” was impressed me with the brilliant main actress. Even this play has copy some methods of expression from the famous TV drama “Sex in the city”, but the pronunciations and natural presence with the main actress was excellent. This opening play gives me some reflections. Those English department students are only the freshmen; they just take one year education in college with English training. But the ability with talking and listening English are already an obvious distance in each department.“Butterfly Love” is my favorite one in this whole contest. They use the stage very well. The actors are also having excellent performance. Maybe the foreign professors have never heard about the original story of “Liang-Zhu”, so they can’t have the same response like us.There is a big winner in English department, the “Alfie”. Before watch this play, there are two movies talking about “Alfie” I had watched. One is Wang Kar-wai’s “Days of Being Wild”; another is “Alfie” act by Jude Law. So I can predict what’s they want to presence. The main actor has an excellent performance, and they also represent the “playboy temperament” very successful. I believe they effected with the movie “Alfie” very much. Alfie is a playboy, he mix with those beauties around. But now he has a big problem with one of his girl friends. She is a lesbian and she want to separate with Alfie because she got a younger, nice body girlfriend. This story set up is very like the movie. But maybe they are inspired with the movie “Alfie”, but the main actor plays very good and gave the play a new spirit.Another big winner “Who is watching Fu Man-chu” is also give me a new thought with the story of late Ching Dynasty. “Who is watching Fu Man-Chu” has a very good structure with story background. But I think maybe they can do much work with the mental side with Fu Man-Chu. Why he want to revenge? What’s the turning point with his decide? If they can spend much time to explain this part, it will make the whole play better.The problems with “Who is watching Fu Man-chu” are also the same problems in our department’s groups. Because the pool English ability, we can’t put too much attentions on the story. Even we already done so much on our advantages part and done very well. But in the point of view with the students of English department, it maybe just a contest with another field. Each department just play their own drama mode and for each own purpose. Those will not a good result.
posted by ChrisChiu @ 12:45 PM 0 comments
Friday, June 03, 2005

Drama comment (592090343 Rachel Chen)
There was a play contest on May 7th (Sat.). Both English Department and Mass communication were join in and did a great job. ’’Alfie’’ of English Department and ‘’Who is watching Fu Manchu’’ of Mass communication were the biggest winner. Different with English department could speak long and fluent English; we used lots of body language to make up our poor English. Whether they won the award or not, I think this experience already make them succeed. And I, as a member of Mass communication, how could I say? ‘’You guys are the best!’’ This was really a remarkable experience for me, thanks for them let me have an unforgettable afternoon and let me have different visual feast.Here are few synopsis about ‘’Alfie’’ and ‘’Who is watching Fu Manchu’’. Alfie is a playboy and fools around all the time. He has high taste for the latest in fashion and follows always his own standard. He is so charming that he can always get whatever women he wants. But, when things come to his best friend, it is not so. How will Alfie help his friend, and himself, too? Finally, is it all about sex?After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) and the Opium War (1840-1842) in China, the country was in turmoil and the people couldn’t live in peace. The late Qing dynasty was forced to begin studying western knowledge; the government has sent a group of little foreign students to foreign at that time. One of them was Fu ManZhou. On the other hand, the people‘s lives were in privation at that time and the opium endangered people too deep, it caused Chinese enslaving, the identity and position was humble. Therefore Chinese were sold to foreign countries as the piglet to be low-priced laborers, especially during the period of opening up virgin soil of west in America. Because of labor’s shortage, a lot of Chinese were forced to go to America. At the same time, on account of different color of skin and race, he was pushed out from American, when Fu ManZhou was compelled to study abroad in America. Due to his intelligent by natural endowments, he hoped to utilize knowledge since already studied to obtain the white men’s favor, so he has brought up the habit of invention. Because the communication on the language was difficult, they need Fu ManZhou help to manage them when many Chinese like piglet were sold U.S.A. constantly at that time. Thereupon Fu ManZhou thought that he got the attention of the white man, but he has not expected that he was only a piece in other’s eyes. Thus he has launched a series of revenging…Besides these two groups, other groups also did a petty good job especially ‘’Butterfly Love’’, they really made me impressive. I have been to stay with them practiced for several times; they were too shy to express themselves on the beginning and always made little mistake every time. But, on that day, they were so perfect! They practiced day by day and only slept 3 hours a day on that week in order to make the stage properties. Every stage property is made by their hands! But finally they only won an award. Even though they lost this contest, I thought what they obtained was more than that. I felt very proud of them! ’’Well done, pal!’’

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