Drama

Edward Scissorhands

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:25:10 GMT

Grade 11 nad 12 students viewed Edward Sicciorhands and were asked to write a response to the film based on their observations of story, acting, directing, editing, set, costume and music. Student responses are posted in "comments"

The Truman Show

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:22:56 GMT

Grade 9 Drama students watched The Truman Show with Jim Carrey. Students were asked to respond to the film paying particular attention to when the acting seemed very "fake" or very "real". Student responses are posted here.

The Syringa Tree

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:13:45 GMT

The Grade 10 Drama students will be watching MTC's presentation of The Syringa Tree on April 8th. To view reviews of the show check out the following links:

MTC Site

Winnipeg Free Press Review

SJR Student Reviews will appear here after April 8th . . .

Oscar Night is Comming!

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:38:17 GMT

The Oscars are on Feb. 24. Sound off on your predictions here. Who WILL win? Who SHOULD win? Who didn't get nominated, but SHOULD have? Say it out loud before the results are aired and you can brag to all your friends that you knew it first!

Mamet Fest 2008

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:47:05 GMT

This year, the 20th Century Master Plywright Festival is celebrating the work of David Mamet. Mamet is a contemporary American playwright known for gritty scripts and capturing realistic speech patterns of people in stressful or anxious states. Details of the festival can be found here:

http://www.mametfest.com/

SJR's Grade 10 Drama students went out into the field to review and respond to their Mamet experiences and will be posting them here as a response to this entry. Feel free to add your own comments to the reviews, especially if you saw the show yourself!

Welcome Back!

jmartin@sjr.mb.ca — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:32:00 GMT

The News is IN! Welcome to our new Arts Blog page where all you arts fans can post commentary, art products and information about the arts at SJR, Canada and the WORLD.

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Check out the link below for news about the Toronto International Film Festival

http://www.tiff07.ca/

or check out their blogs: http://www.tiff07.ca/blogs/blog/index.aspx