IPP Option A

I've finally decided to really do Option A. Option B seems to be so much harder only because its more of really studying the theatre practice (subject) in relation to another thing.

Well today I passed by the bookstore and bought some masks. I figured that I should have masks which only covered part of the face for the extra characters in the scene; whereas Valerie, being the main protagonist in that particular scene will get the mask which covers the entire face.

I've painted the masks but gave more attention to the 2 half-masks for the girls who are supposed to be beside Valerie. I thought maybe they could, in a way, embody the experiences or the mere 'life' of Valerie. The masks have the color of purple, green, black and red - for their symbolic reasons (bolded the emotions necessary for my IPP).

Black

Black is the color of the night, and of "evil." Black can also be a color of elegance or class (such as a black-tie only event, and black evening gowns.) Black can also represent ideas such as power, sexuality, sophistication, formality, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, depth, style, sadness, remorse, anger, and mourning. Black can also represent a lack of color, the primordial void, emptiness. It can also mean sorrow or mourning, in the Christian tradition of wearing black to funerals.

According to Henry Dreyfus, Black, sumi, is the color of mystery and solemnity; the color of the night. Black expresses the depths of the unknown, and encourages the imagination of a different world from that of daylight realities. Used by itself, black can represent bad luck or misfortune.

Green

Green can represent nature, the environment, good luck, youth, vigor, jealousy, envy, and misfortune.

According to Henry Dreyfus, green, midori is regarded as the color of eternal life, as seen in evergreens which never change their color from season to season. In the word midori, both trees and vegetation are implied. One characteristic of Japanese culture can be found in the fusion of life and nature.

Purple

Purple can represent royalty, spirituality, nobility, ceremony, mysterious, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, and mourning.

Red

Red can symbolize many things; from blood, to love, to infatuation. Basically red symbolizes strong emotions, or things of strong emotions rather than intellectual ideas. For example, red can symbolize excitement, energy, speed, strength, danger, passion, and aggression.

Source: http://www.three-musketeers.net/mike/colors.html