Description of Task: After discussing for some days what our Cannovacci is going to be about, we decided to write everything in paper.
In the first scene we will have Zanni picking up a newspaper that says in big letters that the world was going to end. We had some difficulties deciding on whether Zanni should read the newspaper or just lift it up so the audience could read it, but we decided that he would just let the audience read it because his character is not supposed to be "smart enough" to read out loud. He would only figure out that the news paper says the world is going to end by the pictures on the newspaper.
After that, Pantalone and Isabella will come in. Pantalone will be talking about money and call Isabella his daughter, to expose Pantalone's desire for money and the relationship between Pantalone and Isabella.
After coming in, Pantalone will turn on the radio and the announcer of the radio, who is going to be interpreted by Arshia, will say that the world is ending. This will serve as an additional cue to the audience of the theme of the play, the apocalypse.
After that scene, the second exposition scene will happen, where IL Dotore is at the market. IL Capitano will come in and ask IL Dotore for an "enlargement potion." This will show IL Dotore's character as the doctor he is and IL Capitano as the amazing lover he thinks he is. After IL Dotore and IL Capitano are talking about it, Zanni will come in and tell them about the about what he saw and heard in the news about the apocalypse. This will end up the exposition of the theme. Zanni will be the one who spreads the "news about the apocalypse."
After that, we are not sure about what scene to include after but we know the characters are going to fall asleep, and after they all fall asleep each of the characters will try to make his "ideal dream" come true before the world ends. For these, we have a scene where IL Capitano and Isabella will participate. Isabella will be looking for clothes to wear to see Flavio for the last moments when IL Capitano will come in and tell her how much he likes her and wants to be with her. While this scene is going on, La Ruffiana, Colombina and Zanni will be "looking through the keyhole" trying to figure out what is going on. IL Dotore and Pantalone will come in and talk about Pantalone giving his daughter to IL Dotore in exchange of access to heaven.
While IL Capitano will try to hide from Pantalone he will pretend to be a chair. Pantalone will try to sit in the chair but will notice a small "pin." Humor will rely on Pantalone saying how small the pin is. After that IL Capitano and Pantalone will have a fight where IL Capitano tries to be very courageous but ends up acting as a coward.
There will be a scene where all the characters notice it is the end of the world and they start laughing at something. Pantalone has a heart attack because he realizes his money is useless in heaven.
Reflection: It is difficult to put a Cannovacci together. Specially when there is several people, with several ideas, trying to put everything together. Putting all of our ideas together in a single Cannovacci can be a difficult job, as we have studied in TOK. It is important to include humor constantly in Commedia because, in the end, that is the focus of this type of Theater, to make the audience laugh. Commedia dell' Arte highly relies on improvisation. However from my experience with my group, it is difficult to agree in a sound story for a cannovaci. I noticed that on the previous exercises where we had a director, conflicts between the group where less common because the director is the one who makes all of the decisions. I don't know if it is common to do Commedia dell' Arte with a director, but I think it might be a lot of help when creating cannovacci.
Conclusion: The focus of Commedia dell' Arte should be humor and it is important to include physical humor in each scene. Theatre teaches you a lot of team work, it teaches you a lot on how to share ideas with each other and reach agreements between each other. It is something very useful in various aspects of life, this is something that I really wanted from this course and I am starting to realize how much I've learned about it!
In the first scene we will have Zanni picking up a newspaper that says in big letters that the world was going to end. We had some difficulties deciding on whether Zanni should read the newspaper or just lift it up so the audience could read it, but we decided that he would just let the audience read it because his character is not supposed to be "smart enough" to read out loud. He would only figure out that the news paper says the world is going to end by the pictures on the newspaper.
After that, Pantalone and Isabella will come in. Pantalone will be talking about money and call Isabella his daughter, to expose Pantalone's desire for money and the relationship between Pantalone and Isabella.
After coming in, Pantalone will turn on the radio and the announcer of the radio, who is going to be interpreted by Arshia, will say that the world is ending. This will serve as an additional cue to the audience of the theme of the play, the apocalypse.
After that scene, the second exposition scene will happen, where IL Dotore is at the market. IL Capitano will come in and ask IL Dotore for an "enlargement potion." This will show IL Dotore's character as the doctor he is and IL Capitano as the amazing lover he thinks he is. After IL Dotore and IL Capitano are talking about it, Zanni will come in and tell them about the about what he saw and heard in the news about the apocalypse. This will end up the exposition of the theme. Zanni will be the one who spreads the "news about the apocalypse."
After that, we are not sure about what scene to include after but we know the characters are going to fall asleep, and after they all fall asleep each of the characters will try to make his "ideal dream" come true before the world ends. For these, we have a scene where IL Capitano and Isabella will participate. Isabella will be looking for clothes to wear to see Flavio for the last moments when IL Capitano will come in and tell her how much he likes her and wants to be with her. While this scene is going on, La Ruffiana, Colombina and Zanni will be "looking through the keyhole" trying to figure out what is going on. IL Dotore and Pantalone will come in and talk about Pantalone giving his daughter to IL Dotore in exchange of access to heaven.
While IL Capitano will try to hide from Pantalone he will pretend to be a chair. Pantalone will try to sit in the chair but will notice a small "pin." Humor will rely on Pantalone saying how small the pin is. After that IL Capitano and Pantalone will have a fight where IL Capitano tries to be very courageous but ends up acting as a coward.
There will be a scene where all the characters notice it is the end of the world and they start laughing at something. Pantalone has a heart attack because he realizes his money is useless in heaven.
Reflection: It is difficult to put a Cannovacci together. Specially when there is several people, with several ideas, trying to put everything together. Putting all of our ideas together in a single Cannovacci can be a difficult job, as we have studied in TOK. It is important to include humor constantly in Commedia because, in the end, that is the focus of this type of Theater, to make the audience laugh. Commedia dell' Arte highly relies on improvisation. However from my experience with my group, it is difficult to agree in a sound story for a cannovaci. I noticed that on the previous exercises where we had a director, conflicts between the group where less common because the director is the one who makes all of the decisions. I don't know if it is common to do Commedia dell' Arte with a director, but I think it might be a lot of help when creating cannovacci.
Conclusion: The focus of Commedia dell' Arte should be humor and it is important to include physical humor in each scene. Theatre teaches you a lot of team work, it teaches you a lot on how to share ideas with each other and reach agreements between each other. It is something very useful in various aspects of life, this is something that I really wanted from this course and I am starting to realize how much I've learned about it!
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