Woza Albert! is a satirical play written by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, and Barney Simon. It was work-shopped and took years of research and input from locals before this masterpiece was performed in The Market Theatre in 1983. The play was written in the Apartheid era, as a form of Protest Theatre, which was confrontational.…
Elements – colour, texture, shape/form, line, space, value/tone. Principles – repetition, radial balance, rhythm, movement, contrast, unity/harmony, proportion, variety, asymmetrical balance, symmetrical balance, Texture – refers to the look or feel of a surface. Contrast/Emphasis – differences between elements (size, colour, shape). Unity/Harmony – similarities between at least one of the elements. Line – begins…
They say “love conquers all”, but when the couple in love have two different racial backgrounds, that’s when the trouble starts. In 1967, racial prejudice was prominently significant, but Director Stanley Kramer wanted to address the problem head-on. In his movie “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” the issues of racism, prejudice, and interracial marriage are…
Water-Based Paint -Watercolour, acrylic, ink, dyes, gauche, and tempera media. -These types need water to create a liquid colour. -Adding water makes the colour vibrant or more transparent. Tempera Paint -Used egg yolk as a binding agent, mixed with coloured pigment to create a fast-drying and permanent medium. -First known as egg tempera paint. -Very…
Food, Inc., an American documentary film, examines the industrial production of meat, grains, and vegetables. The film concludes by claiming the entirety of our food industry is inhumane, and economically and environmentally unsustainable. The film continues to examine today’s industry by exploring the economic and legal powers large food companies have. Thus, recently, the spotlight…
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE Atmospheric perspective is the impression of an entity changing in relation to the distance to the naked eye. Decreasing the gap in the distance between the person who is seeing the object and the object is the key. Colors are lighter, not heavy, and they are moved to the backdrop. Details are hard…
Artistic Devices1. Position on the format 2. Diminishing size 3. Aerial perspective 4. Overlapping 5. Transparency 6. Linear perspective Position on the format:-Objects placed at the bottom of the page appear closer than objects at the top of the page. Diminishing size:-Smaller objects appear further away from the larger objects. Aerial perspective:-Objects in the distance…
Panning is the spread of a monaural signal in a stereo or multi-channel sound field – it is critical to the makeup of the stereo image. Panning adds space in a mix through the placement of the instruments at centre, left and right. Usually the most problematic area of the sound field is the centre, as…
The melody is the most basic element of music. It is the part of the song that sounds the most important, and catches your ear. Often, the melody is sung by a vocalist, or played by a solo instrument. The melodic line is a string of notes played together that make up the melody.Extra notes,…
What is Timbre? •One of the basic elements of music is called timbre. When referring to the timbre of the sound, we can also refer to its color. •Timbre describes all of the aspects of a musical sound that do not have anything to do with the sound’s pitch, loudness, or length. •In other words,…
The Archaic period was an extremely important time period in Ancient Greece, especially for sculptures. This is because it paved the way for future art styles like Classical and Hellenistic with its significant advancements during its time. It came after the Dark Ages, Geometric period, and Orientalizing period, so it dates from about 600 to…
What is YouTube? YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. Who founded it? Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, were the founders of YouTube and their intention for this website was for users to upload, view and share…
Before 1954 there were 3 distinct music areas. R&B, country and pop. Music stations usually played one type of music so listeners could easily find what type they wanted. Pop had 4 major recording companies. RCA, Columbia, becca and Mercury. These companies had very good connection and could make a small band very big! Pop…
The second Williamson play I chose was The Removalists. This play as well deals with many Australian attitudes, many of which are very accurate representations of the attitudes held by the majority of Australians. One of the main issues explored in The Removalists is that of police brutality. Simmonds (the veteran police sergeant) and later…
In his play The Club, David Williamson presents numerous Australian attitudes of the 1970s. However, many of these attitudes are still relevant and fairly accurate representations of Australian attitudes in the 1990s, although some of course have changed somewhat over the time since the play was written nearly twenty years ago. Tradition plays a very…
Mention George Seurat’s name and the first thing that comes to mind is his “pointillism” his painted pictures of divided color. His Applying paint in regular small strokes giving a picture a look of national order and a new Neo-Impressionism style. Seurat had been born on December 2, 1859 to Ernestine Faivre, and Antoine Seurat.…
In Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, the main theme is racial prejudices. The two main characters, Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush are faced with these problems as they attempt a relationship. Two other minor characters, Lt. Joe Cable and Liat, are faced with the same dilemma. Both Nellie and Joe Cable have a hard…
Pierre Auguste Renoir, a French impressionist painter, was noted for his radiant, intimate paintings, particularly of the female nude. Recognized by critics as one of the greatest and most independent painters of his period, Renoir is noted for the harmony of his lines, the brilliance of his colour, and the intimate charm of his wide…
In Leyden, Holland, the year of 1606, the renowned artist known as Rembrandt van Rijn was born. At age seven he began attending grammar school where he studied the classics, Latin, possibly Hebrew, and the Bible. Seven years later Rembrandt’s father made plans for sending him to a university. Rembrandt, whose only desire was to…
Ralph Vaughan Williams, descended from the famous Wedgwood and Darwin families, was born at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in 1872. In 1890 he entered the Royal College of Music, and in 1892 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. One of the greatest of the British composers, a prolific writer of music, folksong collector, and champion of British…