Did you know "Wherefore art thou..." doesn't mean where it means why? So the quote is actually "Romeo, Romeo....why are you Romeo?", because Juliet is questioning what's really in a name (star-crossed lovers and all that you know). Anyways weird facts you don't care for aside, let's talk about a week.
Learning. Things we learned. What did we learn? Lip syncing! (I'm so tired I almost typed Lyp Sincing. That could be a stage name.) We learned how to lip sync, and about mouth charts, and how to mess with sound. It all seems complicated but I'm sure with time I can get a grip on it. Or I can just cry over it. Or cry over it while I get a grip on it. I also taught myself something about sound. I got home and went to work on my animation only to discover a flat line in place of the sound waves that needed to be there for my sound layer. I suffered for an hour trying to figure out if my file was messed up or my harmony was messed up or if my computer was messed up, and after looking at probably 10 articles I finally found the issue. I have a windows computer, so I don't automatically have Quicktime. Harmony functions its sound files through Quicktime. So in order for sound to work on a Windows computer, you need to download Quicktime (which also means I can convert animations into videos now too). The more you know. I'm not entirely sure I learned anything new in other class this week, I've been too tired.
In the future, I want to learn more about how sound works in Harmony. I figure it will be a difficult uphill climb but I know there's a lot more to learn that could advance me in my animation path. I also want to learn what our musical is this year. We all have our suspicions that it is going to be Peter Pan but we won't fully know until Wednesday night. There have been big hints, though, that have led us to our conclusion of Peter Pan. Hints such as: the use of wires, a bit with a dog, an equally split amount of male and female speaking a singing parts, our fight director coming back, our co-director fake coughing out 'Peter Pan'. Honestly, it is probably Peter Pan. If it isn't, drama kids are apparently really bad at deciphering hints.
What frustrated me this week was my lack of sleep. I have had no focus all week, and forget about things constantly. Like my flash drive, which I almost left in the computer twice this week. I almost started forgetting lines and choreography and cues as well, but I'm thankful I didn't. I think people also frustrated me this week. There are people in my classes that make life hard because they don't understand how to just listen to the teacher. We would be a lot farther in statistics right now if people didn't purposely make the teacher's life hard. Which in correlation makes my life hard. School is hard as it is don't make it harder.
I am worn out. I am getting sick. A faded blue heart remains on my cheek and only one eye has eyeliner. I am covered in bruises and I am sick of standing. Soliloquies and monologues are on repeat in my head, and my fight choreography lingers. It all sounds bad but what made me happy this week was finally performing Romeo and Juliet. We had six weeks to put on a rather difficult play and we put it together beautifully. I want to go back on stage and do it all again, even if it was mentally and emotionally taxing at points. Theatre is my passion, and it always makes me happy. I'm also happy that I can finally get some normal sleep. For at least two months.
I say it is time that I give you another Hamilton animatic. Because I'm still fighting with myself to not just give you the link to the documentary. The Laurens Interlude is basically the only speaking scene in Hamilton, and I love it. This is by far one of my favorite animatics for it, so bippity boppity boo: You know you want to watch it ;)))
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