ranintothedoor Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I can't remember, but did anybody try and relate the principles of Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Crown,s e=mc2? I seem to remember a couple people trying to do something like that... can't remember... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Could it be that perhaps there is too much analysis going on with shows? Yes, maybe some designers are trying to portray too much, but it brings me back to Phantom 2010 and how there were a lot of people who seemed to understand the message without the need for anything deeper. You are born - you have a life and then you pass on. I thought it was about a moth being drawn towards a flame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I can't remember, but did anybody try and relate the principles of Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Crown,s e=mc2? Love like space-time has no bounds...e.g...infinite. That is really all you need to know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Could it be that perhaps there is too much analysis going on with shows? Yes, maybe some designers are trying to portray too much, but it brings me back to Phantom 2010 and how there were a lot of people who seemed to understand the message without the need for anything deeper. You are born - you have a life and then you pass on. I thought it was about a moth being drawn towards a flame... i thought it was about a band on the run. they ran in -- they played a while -- but then they had to run away again. the law is relentless. Edited October 10, 2014 by corpsband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 In Poetics, Aristotle warns against such spectacles without meaning. Aristotle calls spectacle the "least artistic" element of tragedy, and the "least connected with the work of the poet (playwright/musician). For example: if the play has "beautiful" costumes and "bad" acting and "bad" story, there is "something wrong" with it. Even though that "beauty" may save the play it is not an essential thing. The Bluecoats' To Search for America is an example of the height of the drum corps activity's evolution in the vein of Aristotilian completeness. The production told a coming of age story based the theme of the loss of innocence. However, Bluecoat's Tilt was an example of a spectacle without Aristotle's required plot, thought, character and diction. The visual spectacle was merely an interpretation of four pieces of modern symphonic music without underlying thematic argument. It contained only two of Aristotle's required components for aesthetic works, spectacle and melody, and as a result contained no dramatic action, and no cohesive progression of emotion. 2014 Cadets started off quite successfully with "plot, thought, character and diction" and devolved into the "spectacle" of a patriotic orgy. 2014 Bluecoats had one simple thematic element, "we are going to tilt this #####" and they kept hammering element home visually with a few musical gags to further it along. The musical ebb and flow was honestly not that much different than SCV '99. Thematically, in the drum corps world, there are really two pathways to choose from...musical or visual. SCV '99 was more the musical route that also happened to be a fantastic visual package. BC '14 choose a visual pathway with a great supporting musical book. Keep it simple and choose your pathway wisely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I can't remember, but did anybody try and relate the principles of Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Crown,s e=mc2? If I recall, they did blow the visual on the Doppler effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I saw complaints in these forums in 2010 about Phantom's "Into the Light" having no clear meaning. There are complaints about almost every corps on these forums during the year. There are also compliments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornTeacher Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) There are complaints about almost every corps on these forums during the year. There are also compliments. It's the run-of-the-mill complaintment that bothers me most. (I guess that's the singular word for "back-handed compliment," isn't it??) Edited October 12, 2014 by HornTeacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 There are complaints about almost every corps on these forums during the year. There are also compliments. Naturally, but I was responding to the claim that the meaning of Phantom's 2010 show was so clear that everyone understood it. My point being: not everyone did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Thematically, in the drum corps world, there are really two pathways to choose from...musical or visual. SCV '99 was more the musical route that also happened to be a fantastic visual package. Bc '14 choose a visual pathway with a great supporting musical book. Keep it simple and choose your pathway wisely! And yet Bluecoasts staff said that they picked the music first and then came up with a theme and design to accompany the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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