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Laura learns about art: March 2009

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Laura learns about art. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Big Love: first impressions. The thing that struck me most about this play was the use of contrasts and the unexpected. Monday, March 16, 2009. Waiting for Godot: the final touches. Last night I spend quite a few hours finally putting everything together for my Waiting for Godot model. First, I painted some foamcore white to get started on making my wall. Like I'd cut them all out? Genius. It took me 1/10 of the time it would have otherwise. The problem no...

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Laura learns about art: Big Love: model attempt #2

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Big Love: model attempt #2. I completely started over. First, I took some more photos of my white model and picked one that had a clearer, larger image of the whole space. This of course meant that I had to do everything over from the beginning, but considering that I wasn't really happy with even the minor details, that worked out fine. When I found one with grapes. I knew I had to use it. It it Italy, after all. But then I had the idea that I could add an...

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Laura learns about art: Reflecting on the past semester

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Reflecting on the past semester. I just want to end this blog with a short post about my thought on the semester. I feel very similarly about this class. I wasn't planning on taking it originally- but I needed one more theater class and this was the one that fit into my schedule. (Sorry, I know that no teacher wants to hear that, but that's what happened! A few days ago I went to the Dance Troupe performance. I sort of noticed (without really noticing.

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Laura learns about art: May 2009

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Reflecting on the past semester. I just want to end this blog with a short post about my thought on the semester. I feel very similarly about this class. I wasn't planning on taking it originally- but I needed one more theater class and this was the one that fit into my schedule. (Sorry, I know that no teacher wants to hear that, but that's what happened! A few days ago I went to the Dance Troupe performance. I sort of noticed (without really noticing.

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Laura learns about art: 3 Penny: Final model

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. 3 Penny: Final model. After doing some research into my artist, I had a pretty clear idea about how to create my model (and even better, it was going to be really easy). The back" of the shop is actually completely visible to the audience. I decided to take Bretch's idea of showing the "insides" of things in this respect. When Peachum disappears to find a newer, more pathetic outfit for one of his customers to wear, the audience can actually still s...Final...

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Laura learns about art: Big Love: model attempt #1

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. Big Love: model attempt #1. My first attempt at creating a model for the Big Love set was.well, let's just call it a learning experience. I started out with a photograph of my white model. Then I found an image online of cliffs dropping off into the ocean. I also needed to make it look as if the house were present on stage. So, I found a picture of a house. One great success was finding the perfect "futuristic" bathtub:. And here it is, attempt number 1:.

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Laura learns about art: The Set of Endgame

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. The Set of Endgame. Here it is, for your enjoyment: the paper I wrote about the set of Endgame, which we saw as a class at a theater in Harvard Square. It's not half bad, except I always hate writing conclusion paragraphs (and you can probably tell). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My sketches and inspirations. A mechanical engineer studies art and design. Hilarity ensues. Or something. View my complete profile. Spring '09 Scenic Design.

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Laura learns about art: 3 Penny: Reflections

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Laura learns about art. Thursday, May 14, 2009. The 3 Penny project represented a chance to incorporate a new element into our design process: collaboration. At first I was a little skeptical, but ultimately I was able to incorporate my artist's style pretty easily into my own ideas. When working in different media with a lot of complexity, it isn't hard to find elements even from two very different bodies of work and mix them together in a coherent (and ultimately more interesting) way.

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Laura learns about art: February 2009

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Laura learns about art. Monday, February 23, 2009. First Readings of Waiting for Godot. The assignment for tomorrow's class is to read Waiting for Godot twice: once just to get an initial reaction, and then a second time to develop a sound knowledge of the physical requirements of the set. I'll record both of those things here. The location of the play is described in the stage directions as simply, "A country road. A tree. Evening." (Both acts take place at the same time.) Vladimir descr...Tree: is barr...