From Jared -Acting is physical as well as vocal. I know we aren't far into the play yet, but it's important to remember. Integrate unique/individual characteristics into each character, and make it a habit - something that signifies the type of person you are, also everyone needs to walk differently. I've noticed a lot of the actors just walk the same. We are moving very quickly and making a lot of progress. We're moving fast, but that doesn't mean we don't need to think about our characters - CHARACTER SKETCHES
From Ty - This play is during the world war which, believe it or not, the peaceful Canadians did participate. This is this country's first declaration of war, so the war would be weighing on their minds. Dec. 7th, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. Canada declares war on Japan. 12 weeks later, the Canadian government uses the war measures act to order the removal of all Japanese Canadians residing within 100 miles of the Pacific Coast for reasons of National Security. Over 20,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes. They were processed through a temporary camp at the Pacific National Exhibition Grounds in Vancouver and shipped to detention camps in the interior of British Columbia or to sugar beet farms in Alberta and Manitoba.
Mac - Stelco was founded in 1910. The plant was founded by Charles S. Wilcox. One thing I think we could work on is sounding more like adults instead of high schoolers. Also, Frank has the lowest voice on stage. All of the guys that speak should be almost as low as he is.
It's hard to believe that we're about to go through the complete play hopefully without stopping. With that being said immigration in the 1940s skyrocketed because after the war soldiers brought home 48000 war brides and 22000 of their children. In the 30s however immigration was extremely low due to the Great Depression.
ReplyDeleteWe need to see more inter cultural diffraction between people. Nate who is polish is going to have different traditions and do things different then Louis who is Italian. Just because they all live in the same areas doesn't mean they all act the same.
ReplyDeleteTo expand on what Ty said. The war had significant cultural, political and economic effects on Canada, including the conscription crisis which affected unity between Canadian francophones and anglophones. However, the war effort not only strengthened the Canadian economy but further established Canada as a major actor on the world stage.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Hugh Hilton is portrayed as the bad guy in this play, he actually achieved a lot for Stelco. Hilton's best-known technical innovation had been a 1928 fuel-saving improvement for the system of distributing waste gas from the furnaces to other applications in the plant. He also was the last engineer to head the company.
ReplyDeleteThe open hearth to make steel was a revolution in the steel industry. The usual open-hearth process used pig iron, ore, and scrap, and became known as the Siemens-Martin process. It process allowed closer control over the composition of the steel; also, a substantial quantity of scrap could be included in the charge.
ReplyDeleteBack in the time of our play, the mortality rate in a steel mill was very high and safety was not a key factor in the day to day work place. Many people would die of heat exposer and sometimes be mummified in the metal because of overflow.
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