DrumManTx Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 He's coming! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Bluecoats is actually taking a 180 degree path from the storytelling direction on purpose. It's the whole concept behind their concept. And people criticize them for NOT having a story! It's not Bluecoats' lack of story that concerns us, it's the brazen lack of meaning. It's better this year with at least lip service to translating architecture to movement, but that's wearing thin now and needs a publicity shot in the arm if they want to win. How about a quick corps meeting with Jeanne Gang and publicize the crap out of it? Easy. Done. First place. Edited July 15, 2016 by Channel3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) It's fun to see a performance medium struggle with story and meaning. It's also fun to see musicians who are typically binary thinkers struggle with nonlinear concepts like story and meaning. I created a machine to help show coordinators develop their show. Each dial on the machine represents the story/meaning components of a drum corps show. Each volulme knob can be set from 0-10, but a show must have at least two knobs set to 10 in order to succeed and "Meaning" should be one of them. If all knobs are set to ten, you may risk being too obvious and literal in your interp. This method of analysis helps binary thinkers get their mind around story components, balance, what works and why. Here are the dials: Theme 0-10 Story 0-10 Progression/Advancement/Heightening 0-10 Game/Pattern 0-10 Resolution/Anti-resolution 0-10 Meaning 0-10 Edited July 15, 2016 by Channel3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 It's not Bluecoats' lack of story that concerns us, it's the brazen lack of meaning. It's better this year with at least lip service to translating architecture to movement, but that's wearing thin now and needs a publicity shot in the arm if they want to win. How about a quick corps meeting with Jeanne Gang and publicize the crap out of it? Easy. Done. First place. Uh, that's not how the judging system works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emc2 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Why stop the story telling. Why stop what the art and all the designers put into it. Do not understand your view point. This not a band it is a drum corp it is art not a band. K buy the way no profile why is that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Why stop the story telling. Why stop what the art and all the designers put into it. Do not understand your view point. This not a band it is a drum corp it is art not a band. K buy the way no profile why is that man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 After watching the Crown show several times, from several perspectives, it still seems as if the carriage is way too far from the front to be understood by anyone who doesn't already know what is happening. BD put the book(s) middle-front to frontline. I realize that a carriage is much harder to move around a football field than books on wheels. It'll translate better to multi-cam, because they will focus cameras on the drama, but if I'm sitting in row 30 of a football stadium, I am clueless about what's going on. I would have been clueless about much of BD's 2015 show if not for multicam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Uh, that's not how the judging system works. Uh, depth of concept. What scoresheet are you using, 1972? Just to boil it down to a fifth grade level for you, what's happening on the field is a reflection of what's happening off the field. The art on the field reflects life or experience or concepts off the field in some way. Music and movement reflects some aspect of human experience-- the richer the better. The depth of concept component expands the scoring to include what's happening off the field, conceptually or practically as it relates to the show on the field. Relatability to the performers, relatability to universal themes, relatability to some quintessential human experience, the more universal and unique the better. That's how it works. Edited July 15, 2016 by Channel3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel3 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 You look much brighter than the last time I saw you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 You look much brighter than the last time I saw you. omg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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