More posts about performance poetry!!

dark*sparkle · 19 May 2005, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cruel intellect

hey yeah i dont remember, if it helps i was wearing an old army button up shirt with a john butler trio patch, and i had my stripey do rag on {i have v. curly brown hair}...
but im certain the time limit is 8-10 mins exactly... did you think the poetry workshop was benificial? i thought the lecture of the RS was good.
peace

the poetry workshop was ok, not so much for us performance people tho. the lectures were good but i haven't put anything anyone has said into action yet (prob coz i wasn't listening - in one ear, out the other).
all of u guys in this thread seem like youve got it together. i think its time to start worrying...
has anyone actually begun recording yet?

steffo · 20 May 2005, 11:03 AM

yeh i started recording a while ago, just bits and pieces at first because i thought i should just START so it didnt seem so intimidating.
i think that's a big issue- feeling intimidated by the whole process and a daunting outcome... it's hard, but once you get started i think it's relaly enjoyable. just taking the first big step is hard sometimes!

i've been writing for a while, and i havent had too much feedback from others, so im getting as much as i can now, and i've also been recording each section, refining, editing myself, and thinking about the performance aspect of it alot- they really focus on that when marking, ie. changes in tone, volume pitch, not just a reading of writing on the page, but a true performance of your work. if you don't do drama i think it is good to get some feedback from a drama teacher or drama-ey friends on how to perform it, and if you are, then use your skills!!

i'm a drama fiend so i've found that background really helpful.
keep in touch guys!! i like hearing back from you all!

cruel intellect · 20 May 2005, 6:27 PM

no, its okay, i havent started recording yet either... there was the problem about Pro tools and writing some music which is almost finished now... i will be recording pretty soon though.
peace

dark*sparkle · 20 May 2005, 10:00 PM

thats a good idea about drama steffo... never thought of that till now.
yeah this thread is good, keeps me motivated
whatever happened to the old one, stef???

cruel intellect · 22 May 2005, 4:20 PM

DRAMA.... hmmmmm yeah, i can def see how drama students should have the performance side of this unit down, however i also think if you can manipulate the recording side of things well you'd also help your performance.
peace

steffo · 22 May 2005, 6:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cruel intellect

DRAMA.... hmmmmm yeah, i can def see how drama students should have the performance side of this unit down, however i also think if you can manipulate the recording side of things well you'd also help your performance.
peace

very true. im actually having a fair bit of difficulty trying to edit my sound and use recording programs coz im technically retarded (not like TECHNICALLY retarded, as in im actually retarded, but as in technologically...bad choice of words.... im rambling now...) even though ive got performance aspects down pat. yeh i will be seeking outside assistance from tech heads for the editing and sound stuff.

black_man · 22 May 2005, 7:39 PM

cooledit pro is probably among the best editing tools to use for that sort of thing, although i guess it is hard to find really good recording equipment outside of school. if your school doesnt have a mixing board or anything, you could try a local radio station, their equipment is always at commercial standard, which is very good, but i know what you mean, it can take some time to get used to

cruel intellect · 23 May 2005, 3:35 PM

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Originally Posted by black_man

cooledit pro is probably among the best editing tools to use for that sort of thing, although i guess it is hard to find really good recording equipment outside of school. if your school doesnt have a mixing board or anything, you could try a local radio station, their equipment is always at commercial standard, which is very good, but i know what you mean, it can take some time to get used to

Yeah, my school doesnt have very good recording equipment at all... thankfully my sister is in the sound industry and has all the stuff i require and the know how to help me edit.
peace nm

steffo · 23 May 2005, 6:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cruel intellect

Yeah, my school doesnt have very good recording equipment at all... thankfully my sister is in the sound industry and has all the stuff i require and the know how to help me edit.
peace nm

it's good to have connections. i've just realised i have a friend who is a dj and has a squillion reocrding supplies so im going down that avenue. hes also a muso which helps coz i wanted to put music in my MW and have it composed especailly for the writing so it would fit right.
im finished writing everything now- just putting it together, as well as my reflection statement which is POOPIES GALORE!!! and is just very hard indeed. concept is so wavering. it'll work out. we need a draft R.S. for my next assessment though. it's a challenge aliright.

cruel intellect · 24 May 2005, 4:36 PM

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Originally Posted by steffo

it's good to have connections. i've just realised i have a friend who is a dj and has a squillion reocrding supplies so im going down that avenue. hes also a muso which helps coz i wanted to put music in my MW and have it composed especailly for the writing so it would fit right.
im finished writing everything now- just putting it together, as well as my reflection statement which is POOPIES GALORE!!! and is just very hard indeed. concept is so wavering. it'll work out. we need a draft R.S. for my next assessment though. it's a challenge aliright.

are you having music the whole way through your performance? what were you thinking of doing?

steffo · 24 May 2005, 6:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cruel intellect

are you having music the whole way through your performance? what were you thinking of doing?

no i doubt if it will be the whole way through. but i'm just going to have a bit of a jam and see what happens this weekend. maybe we will find some sort of musical motif that could carry through the whole MW, perhaps just different samples or riffs for different poems that i want music for.
i think it will be more effective if i only hav music in some sections. i think music through the whole thing would be annoying and detrimental to the overall effect of my writing.
so yeh i havent made any definaite decisions about music in my MW, but i know that it has a really important role in lots of works i've listened to and seen live. it just adds something special- i'm someone who feels a lot through music so i guess it is particularly important to me.

cruel intellect · 24 May 2005, 7:50 PM

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Originally Posted by steffo

no i doubt if it will be the whole way through. but i'm just going to have a bit of a jam and see what happens this weekend. maybe we will find some sort of musical motif that could carry through the whole MW, perhaps just different samples or riffs for different poems that i want music for.
i think it will be more effective if i only hav music in some sections. i think music through the whole thing would be annoying and detrimental to the overall effect of my writing.
so yeh i havent made any definaite decisions about music in my MW, but i know that it has a really important role in lots of works i've listened to and seen live. it just adds something special- i'm someone who feels a lot through music so i guess it is particularly important to me.

what instruments will you be using?

steffo · 24 May 2005, 9:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cruel intellect

what instruments will you be using?

i sing, and my friend plays guitar, bass, piano, everything and anything. he's also a dj and i want to put some samply kinda tracks in, from old music, new music, different genres. my MW is really...kinda ambiguous and eclectic, so i'll try and reflect that in the soundscapes. it might not all be music either. maybe soundscapes with just breathing, sound effects, blahblah.

phatchance · 24 Aug 2005, 5:44 PM

Well, I just finished my performance poetry; it ended up a poetic critique of Western political ideologies with a particular focus upon the medias influence on international affairs.

Basically it was a hip-hop styled performance over instrumentals, 9:33 run time four instrumentals and poetry sections in total, the first was an introduction to the allegory landscape the poem took place, it used a lot of imagery and introduced the four protagonists, three children (one a bully who represents the US, one a wimp who represents the Australian govt. and in turn the other 'colonial' satelites of Americanisation and then a sickly child who was the consumers. The media was portrayed as a child predator, however to avoid the bluntness I wove a theme through it that he was creating the music I was rhyming over, and that he was creating it by plucking marrionette strings attached to the children. The first instrumental was softer, the second instrumental was more groovy. The third section was the media talking about his role (all of the sections were the personified protagonists talking about their role, basically making a lot of political references to history and the like) I put it over a different beat and used a chorus

"now it's a liberty; to have a freedom of speech
and it's a liberty; to have a freedom of press
but what happens, when those freedoms you preach
are exactly the freedoms, that leave you oppressed"

and then basically critiqued media outlets like fox news, and moguls like Rupert Murdoch for their actions and the resulting manipulation of government and brainwashing of consumers etc.

The final beat was the same beat as the first one, basically the first and fourth sections only existed to introduce technical aspects of performance poetry into the piece and link it to the AOS module, it tied back in and basically was antonymous to the first verse which had negative connotations and explained why the children were where they were.

I was really unhappy with my last line, it was written in a hurry and I thought didn't fit the theme properly, but other than that I thought the piece worked out pretty well.

Unfortunately for me I changed medium at the last minute (within the last 2 weeks) I'm an MC and I have a recording setup and study economics etc. so I'd already done a years worth of research, but informally, the teachers couldn't sign me out on the sheet saying that they'd overseen the years worth of research (that was the point they put on the sheet) I'm wondering what impact this will have on my result? Do you think there is a likely hood of me getting 0? I dictated that I'd changed medium in the reflection statement and retained the progress of both projects but I'm really worried that I will get the red cross at marking.

steffo · 25 Aug 2005, 10:35 AM

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Unfortunately for me I changed medium at the last minute (within the last 2 weeks) I'm an MC and I have a recording setup and study economics etc. so I'd already done a years worth of research, but informally, the teachers couldn't sign me out on the sheet saying that they'd overseen the years worth of research (that was the point they put on the sheet) I'm wondering what impact this will have on my result? Do you think there is a likely hood of me getting 0? I dictated that I'd changed medium in the reflection statement and retained the progress of both projects but I'm really worried that I will get the red cross at marking.

your MW sounds really interesting. well done all up!
but that sucks so much about your teacher not signing to say it's your work. i don't know what it'll mean. perhaps the markers will look through your journal thoroughly. but if your teachers couldnt see evidence of research in that then i dont see how markers could.
well anyway, be proud of what you have created, because it sounds very intriguing and i'd love to listen to it. don't get fretful about the details.

20 May 2005, 6:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
cruel intellect Junior Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Female Location: Wedderburn Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Last Activity: 8 Feb 2007, 6:02 AM	recording no, its okay, i havent started recording yet either... there was the problem about Pro tools and writing some music which is almost finished now... i will be recording pretty soon though. peace __________________ in your climb to be unique, why cant you see you have all turned out the same?

22 May 2005, 4:20 PM	#20 (permalink)
cruel intellect Junior Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Female Location: Wedderburn Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Last Activity: 8 Feb 2007, 6:02 AM	DRAMA.... hmmmmm yeah, i can def see how drama students should have the performance side of this unit down, however i also think if you can manipulate the recording side of things well you'd also help your performance. peace __________________ in your climb to be unique, why cant you see you have all turned out the same?

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black_man Chuck lives here HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 202 Last Activity: 25 Apr 2009, 4:26 PM	cooledit pro is probably among the best editing tools to use for that sort of thing, although i guess it is hard to find really good recording equipment outside of school. if your school doesnt have a mixing board or anything, you could try a local radio station, their equipment is always at commercial standard, which is very good, but i know what you mean, it can take some time to get used to __________________ commmunication is the downfall of western civilisation Earthquakes Guitars Good Vibrations

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20 May 2005, 11:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
steffo steph HSC: 2005 Gender: Female Location: Sydney Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 177 Last Activity: 22 Jun 2006, 9:10 PM	yeh i started recording a while ago, just bits and pieces at first because i thought i should just START so it didnt seem so intimidating. i think that's a big issue- feeling intimidated by the whole process and a daunting outcome... it's hard, but once you get started i think it's relaly enjoyable. just taking the first big step is hard sometimes! i've been writing for a while, and i havent had too much feedback from others, so im getting as much as i can now, and i've also been recording each section, refining, editing myself, and thinking about the performance aspect of it alot- they really focus on that when marking, ie. changes in tone, volume pitch, not just a reading of writing on the page, but a true performance of your work. if you don't do drama i think it is good to get some feedback from a drama teacher or drama-ey friends on how to perform it, and if you are, then use your skills!! i'm a drama fiend so i've found that background really helpful. keep in touch guys!! i like hearing back from you all!

20 May 2005, 10:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
dark*sparkle Fabulous Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Female Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 27 Last Activity: 14 May 2006, 1:03 AM	thats a good idea about drama steffo... never thought of that till now. yeah this thread is good, keeps me motivated whatever happened to the old one, stef???

24 Aug 2005, 5:44 PM	#29 (permalink)
phatchance Assistant Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 65 Last Activity: 27 Jun 2009, 3:45 PM	Well, I just finished my performance poetry; it ended up a poetic critique of Western political ideologies with a particular focus upon the medias influence on international affairs. Basically it was a hip-hop styled performance over instrumentals, 9:33 run time four instrumentals and poetry sections in total, the first was an introduction to the allegory landscape the poem took place, it used a lot of imagery and introduced the four protagonists, three children (one a bully who represents the US, one a wimp who represents the Australian govt. and in turn the other 'colonial' satelites of Americanisation and then a sickly child who was the consumers. The media was portrayed as a child predator, however to avoid the bluntness I wove a theme through it that he was creating the music I was rhyming over, and that he was creating it by plucking marrionette strings attached to the children. The first instrumental was softer, the second instrumental was more groovy. The third section was the media talking about his role (all of the sections were the personified protagonists talking about their role, basically making a lot of political references to history and the like) I put it over a different beat and used a chorus "now it's a liberty; to have a freedom of speech and it's a liberty; to have a freedom of press but what happens, when those freedoms you preach are exactly the freedoms, that leave you oppressed" and then basically critiqued media outlets like fox news, and moguls like Rupert Murdoch for their actions and the resulting manipulation of government and brainwashing of consumers etc. The final beat was the same beat as the first one, basically the first and fourth sections only existed to introduce technical aspects of performance poetry into the piece and link it to the AOS module, it tied back in and basically was antonymous to the first verse which had negative connotations and explained why the children were where they were. I was really unhappy with my last line, it was written in a hurry and I thought didn't fit the theme properly, but other than that I thought the piece worked out pretty well. Unfortunately for me I changed medium at the last minute (within the last 2 weeks) I'm an MC and I have a recording setup and study economics etc. so I'd already done a years worth of research, but informally, the teachers couldn't sign me out on the sheet saying that they'd overseen the years worth of research (that was the point they put on the sheet) I'm wondering what impact this will have on my result? Do you think there is a likely hood of me getting 0? I dictated that I'd changed medium in the reflection statement and retained the progress of both projects but I'm really worried that I will get the red cross at marking.