Onstage 2004 (1 Viewer)

[hotcocoababe]

hmmmm iv heard abstract and absurdism has really been taking the cake in the past two years....................... sounds like a good idea!

 

[aLeeOh!]

hey doggie dude... what do you know? since you've finished school and all... coz it sounds like your really still into the whole drama scene

 

[cmaddogz]

haha - what am i - the prophecy? haha... well, funny you should ask aLee (shortening it - got sick of writing the whole thing, plus that damn apostrophe).... Well, i don't really know on this topic... But i can talk from what i've seen/read/heard... So i'm basing this all from my experiences only (remembering i'm no HSC marker or anything)... SO:

Originally posted by hotcocoababe
hmmmm iv heard abstract and absurdism has really been taking the cake in the past two years....................... sounds like a good idea!

Wouldn't count on it being 100% true... When you look at Onstage '03 + '04 the selected performances weren't really "absurd" or "abstract"... But with that in mind, i cast the rod back to Onstage 2002 when there was a piece titled "(gone blank - i can't remember... it had 3 people in a bath, messed up)", and there was another piece in that same year with 3 guys doing an absurdist genre'd piece... They were both really, really good (i thought) - but it's relaly hard to mark/watch absurdism... Some of you may be studying Godot/Zoo Story/Bald Prima Donna/Etc and if you have gone to see any of these in production, you'll realise how boring they are.. So, it's really hard to say whether if you do these you'll "take the cake" - i mean, you might get good marks, but since Onstage '02 and the performances mentioned above, I'm pretty certain Paul Viles and co have decided that it's not in the program's best interest to put these onto Onstage... Just for audiences' sake - sometimes they can be really boring... I mean, I saw Godot at Belvoir last year and i loved it, but 90% of my class hated it - it was pretty boring i must admit, but still i loved it... So, i mean in a roundabouts kindaway - doing absurd/abstract pieces could be limiting the performance to only certain spaces (such as your school for HSC marking - not going on to succeed further - ie being nominated for Onstage)...

I wouldn't recommend doing Absurd/Abstract unless you are really proficient at that genre... But that goes without saying: do what you are good at, coz that way you'll get the best marks possible... Hope this helps in some form or another...

 

[hotcocoababe]

lol, i was just quoting my loony teacher - i wasnt all that sure myself whether that held any water!

i wasnt that keen on it myself really.... it trips me out, i dont like it when things are that weird... but on the other hand, i have seen some really excellent absurdism pieces - three girls in my class are a group, they sorta specialise in it... and although all their pieces dont make a huge amount of sense to me, they sure LOOK impressive (+ they're currently getting the highest marks in our class, so they must be doin something right,..... right!?)

 

[aLeeOh!]

Originally posted by cmaddogz
haha - what am i - the prophecy? haha... well, funny you should ask aLee (shortening it - got sick of writing the whole thing, plus that damn apostrophe).... Well, i don't really know on this topic... But i can talk from what i've seen/read/heard... So i'm basing this all from my experiences only (remembering i'm no HSC marker or anything)... SO:


oh my! lol... sorry doggie dude! i just realised my mistake!... i was meant to write "what do you do now?" as in, since your not a highschool student anymore, what are you doing? coz your still into drama-i assume- and all.... lol,... ididnt meant to sound like... well, i dont know, what it soudned like!!! oops... my bad....

hotcocoababe
i wasnt that keen on it myself really.... it trips me out, i dont like it when things are that weird... but on the other hand, i have seen some really excellent absurdism pieces - three girls in my class are a group, they sorta specialise in it... and although all their pieces dont make a huge amount of sense to me, they sure LOOK impressive (+ they're currently getting the highest marks in our class, so they must be doin something right,..... right!?)

im actually... well, i was much more.... interested in absurdism! i dont know... i guess its coz i find it intruiging and challenging at times! also because it makes me laugh, at nothing and everything in ths whole world!-hmm.very enigmatic alee,lol, english,tell later...
but i havent read a whole range of different absurdist plays though.... i was really interested in it after reading ones by beckett, and david campton! i loved laughin at the almost deadpan humour i felt whilst reading campton's "then..."
oh yeh.. and whats the deal with the whole paul viles thing?
ive met him.. and he really does seem like sucha nice man! and i guess i'll be seeing him more if i accept the nivite... but should i be afraid? i mean, of course i want to do well in school however, but then again. drama especially......... am i making sense?

 

[cmaddogz]

Originally posted by aLeeOh!
oh my! lol... sorry doggie dude! i just realised my mistake!... i was meant to write "what do you do now?" as in, since your not a highschool student anymore, what are you doing? coz your still into drama-i assume- and all.... lol,... ididnt meant to sound like... well, i dont know, what it soudned like!!! oops... my bad....

haha- one typo makes a world of difference! haha.... These days I'm a washed up drama student... haha! Well, THAT - and i own my own production company (Maddogz Productions) and i make corporate films for other larger corporations (mostly sport-related: golf/rugby/basketball)... As well as that, I work editing films in Bondi for another company (Dr. What Films)... Also work in the Drama Dept at my old school part-time, and coach bball at my old school full-time (although bball season has now finished)... But everything is slowly coming to a close - i move in a months time, off to Queensland... I got a part-scholarship to Bond University on the Gold Coast (such a hard life isn't it haha), so i'm starting second semester (May)... Have applied for a few jobs in the theatre of Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast (my sister works there as a dancer)... So yeah, that's my life pretty much - WORK, WORK, WORK, and lots of partying when i'm not working haha... Love to party! And when i feel like it, i go away for a few days - so far Sussex Inlet and the Gold Coast have been my destinations, but next month off to Fiji for a month ahhh - hard life... I've attached the newspaper article (FRONT PAGE PICTURE too! haha) printed on my "success" and "future" to verify this (you haveta uv local newspapers - haha)! What do you plan on doing when you finish aLee?

 

[grk_styl]

Wow!!!! You have come soo far since the HSC. That is so great. It's like you've got everything going for you. Well done. Congratulations!!

Ohhh make it bigger, I can't read the writing!

 

[cmaddogz]

haha - i wouldn't so "soo far"... I had my company in yr 12 (just didnt do much business), and everything else was just chance... It's not what you know, it's who you know... PLus, take every opportunity that gets thrown your way, you never know where doing volunteer work at a local business can take you, let alone teach you! It's all about direction tho - you have to have direction to succeed... Direction, oh and desire/passion for what you do... Sorry bout the pic size - Bored doesn't let you upload big files... Drama_god PM'd me and has kindly put it on the dramaboredofstudies site on geocities... Direct links are below to the pics...
http://www.geocities.com/dramaboredofstudies/ManlyDailyCover.jpg - that is the cover close-up
http://www.geocities.com/dramaboredofstudies/articletext.jpg - that is the article text
http://www.geocities.com/dramaboredofstudies/article.jpg - that is the article, a bit bigger than the attached one above tho!

Hope they work, let me kno if they don't and ill pass it on to drama_god...

 

[Trigger189]

maddogz, thats so awesome..dont be so modest, u've done good for yourseld

btw, links dont work..u wanted to know

 

[cmaddogz]

okay - passed it onto drama_god... hopefully he'll sort it out soon thanks for letting me kno! BTW, i am modest - coz arrogance only gets you so far... as does modesty... so where's the balance? it's a lose/lose situation... unless i just say, "thanks" haha =P

 

[Trigger189]

Originally posted by cmaddogz
unless i just say, "thanks" haha =P

That would be agreeable *evil glare*

 

[cmaddogz]

*evil glare* ??? ahhh - what's that all about? haha - u trying 2 "act" trigz? haha j/k's champ! (*sniggering laugh*)

 

[aLeeOh!]

WOW>>>>>>whiiizzzzz!!!!
congrats on ALL OF IT doggdude! haha.. you know what? when i first read things i have a tendency to skim and skip coz my mind-and eyes- wander off... and i thought i read that you worked as a dancer and something about films!!! haha.. i was like.. oh my.....

well, you should be proud with what you've achieved so far... and its alot considering your soo young! you sound like one of them all rounder guys we love to hate... hmm.....
anyway, congrats again.
i dont know what i want to do... so many different paths i can tread... ahh....... grrr... i have no idea what i want to do but i definately know what i dont want!

 

[Will_Sparky]

Is your name Carson Maddogz??

 

[cmaddogz]

no, haha - well half right... haha... i wish it was... it's carson maddocks... but i go by maddogz... if u say maddocks fast, it's maddogs - maddogz... so yeah... why?

 

[Will_Sparky]

no i meant that as in:

maddogz, is your name carson?

is that sense better?

 

[cmaddogz]

haha - no, it's not hahaha
yeh, it is... why?

 

[Will_Sparky]

dunno... just not a common name

 

[cmaddogz]

haha - and no, i dont get called kressley much...

 

[cmaddogz]

Originally posted by aLeeOh!
WOW>>>>>>whiiizzzzz!!!!
congrats on ALL OF IT doggdude! haha.. you know what? when i first read things i have a tendency to skim and skip coz my mind-and eyes- wander off... and i thought i read that you worked as a dancer and something about films!!! haha.. i was like.. oh my.....

well, you should be proud with what you've achieved so far... and its alot considering your soo young! you sound like one of them all rounder guys we love to hate... hmm.....
anyway, congrats again.
i dont know what i want to do... so many different paths i can tread... ahh....... grrr... i have no idea what i want to do but i definately know what i dont want!

haha - well, got a few grooves... runs in the family... hahah - one of them "all rounders" hey haha... yeah, something like that - or i try real hard at things im passionate about... the HSC wasn't one of them passionate things, just was lucky to get a good mark... haha... ahh, i miss drama class...