Johnny & Dr. Zelli

The Final Action Project for the Cure class. Revolving around Unit 3: Prevention, this Action Project has us use a single character to represent a patient and a doctor. Through a 2-4 minute dialogue, our goal was to mention several nutrition and health facts that would assist anyone in prevent some sort of disease, either major or minor. It was challenging to create a video that would incorporate all of this using no voices, but I was able to use frame animation and style my video in reminiscence of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. With that, I hope you enjoy my production below.

A Prologue to the Chorus

A final Action Project arises in the Drama course. The 3rd unit had us study a matriarch type character, which is usually a female character that has motherly traits. As a broader explanation, a matriarch type of person can be an experienced, strong person, with love and care yet a stern set of rules to follow. Another thing that was studied was the way a Greek tragedy plays out, which can be compared to how soap operas will be written, in other words the 2 main factors of them: A prologue and a chorus. A prologue introduces the scene or context, while a chorus is almost like an interactive narrator reacting as he/she watches what's happening. There was also a play that corresponded with our lesson, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. This play helps us define a matriarch with one of its main characters Leena "Mama" Youngers being the grandmother in this story of a family living in the south side of Chicago, based on Hansberry's life. The purpose of the Action Project was to create a prologue and chorus to go along with a scene from the play and mention the glory of our character, followed by the downfall/failure of them. With that, I hope you enjoy reading my project just below, with the script and a recording.

A Play Of A Play

The second action project of the course Drama, we made a play that continues off of (in some way) the play A Doll's House. In the second unit, were talked about a doll character, someone that's what I like to describe as a simple and pretty plaything to whoever owns her. A Doll's House was one of the plays we read that features Nora, a character meant to be seen as a doll, but transforms near the end of the play into a much more independant character. One of the guiding questions for this unit was whether or not men and women should have different roles in society. In my personal opinion, I believe that humans are humans, and regardless of gender or race, we should treat each other and act equally. As of the Action Project, it's purpose was to tie together Nora (at the end of her play, specifically) with a notable and historical female figure that's mentioned in the art piece known as The Dinner Party. I chose Pandora because of how I perceive her, I believe she'd actually be in favor of gender roles while Nora just came from fighting against them, and I preferred a conflict against those two characters rather than the character representing me against them. Now, my script for the Action Project basically has me, a mysterious man from the future who has read A Doll's House decides to finish up the story as it doesn't really end in the sense of knowing everything that happens. Mr. G, the mysterious man from the future wearing a black tuxedo and sunglasses, wants to give Nora advice, but who else could give advice better than one crafted from the gods, made to be cunning and wise (and beautiful); Pandora. Yet, the two have very different opinions on gender roles.

Please listen to or read my script down below.