AHH! DRAMA!

Well, at first the whole concept of making a “good student” face distractions seemed incredibly easy. My group was pumped up and we were ready to write, but as our heads started to think of how to make this whole simple concept into a dramatic play, our brains seemed to turn into mush. We had the to face the difficult task of realizing, “What on earth are we all going to say?” For some reason this part of writing a drama was horribly difficult! After this obstacle, we also realized, “What distractions?” We found it a bit of a joke how we couldn’t agree on anything, but once we put ourselves into the problem, we recognized that the problem wasn’t too hard to figure out. We all talked and just blurted out whatever came to our heads and if we all agreed, that was what made itself onto our script.

As our plays went on into acting mode, I realized that making it comical or serious, it helped remember whatever was mentioned. The actors would play their parts, and just watching and listening at the same time helped understand and remember the concepts and themes of the play. A lecture is amazing, I’m not going to complain, but acting out the parts is SO MUCH HELPFUL! Understanding and grasping many of the main themes are so much easier when people act it out, seriously. It works out as a drama because you are acting out a play about tragedies that need to be overcome, such as incredible distractions for a “good student”. In the plays there were tragic moments for a protagonist, and antagonists that would try to interfere with the protagonist. The protagonist must find ways of overcoming the challenges and dealing with the antagonists. Thus, a dramatic play is formed/witnessed.