I learned that it is much more difficult to imitate a piece of work than it was to be influenced. Before this activity I had thought that imitation was easy because it was "simply" copying the work of others. There is some truth in that statement however, it was not simple when we needed to imitate exactly the 1 minute sound sequence. We had limited materials and resources which ultimately made our version of the sound sequences sound different. From this I learned that it is difficult to TRULY imitate something. I personally had more fun when we created a piece influenced by the sounds. I found it more gratifying to use our creativity and make something more individualized rather than imitation.
This was a challenging exercise from the start. I felt that analyzing the words and giving our own meanings to them before the actual performance was helpful and facilitated the process. The big takeaway for me was acknowledging how interconnected the three words are and how relevant they are in the Theatrical Process. Something quite difficult was making the differentiation between influenced and inspired by. When we were given the chance to create a piece that is influenced by the original sound we could not diverge too much from the original so as not to create a piece "inspired" by the sound. A final thought, I found that each word came in varying degrees of difficulty. Obviously copying the piece (imitation) was fairly easy since we simply had to write down the order of the sound. Whereas creating our own pieces derived from the sound was not only more fun, but more challenging was well since we had to convey feeling to the audience as well as portray the original sound.
I learned that it is much more difficult to imitate a piece of work than it was to be influenced.
ReplyDeleteBefore this activity I had thought that imitation was easy because it was "simply" copying the work of others. There is some truth in that statement however, it was not simple when we needed to imitate exactly the 1 minute sound sequence. We had limited materials and resources which ultimately made our version of the sound sequences sound different. From this I learned that it is difficult to TRULY imitate something. I personally had more fun when we created a piece influenced by the sounds. I found it more gratifying to use our creativity and make something more individualized rather than imitation.
This was a challenging exercise from the start. I felt that analyzing the words and giving our own meanings to them before the actual performance was helpful and facilitated the process. The big takeaway for me was acknowledging how interconnected the three words are and how relevant they are in the Theatrical Process. Something quite difficult was making the differentiation between influenced and inspired by. When we were given the chance to create a piece that is influenced by the original sound we could not diverge too much from the original so as not to create a piece "inspired" by the sound. A final thought, I found that each word came in varying degrees of difficulty. Obviously copying the piece (imitation) was fairly easy since we simply had to write down the order of the sound. Whereas creating our own pieces derived from the sound was not only more fun, but more challenging was well since we had to convey feeling to the audience as well as portray the original sound.
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