09:28 PM; December 19,2006
i’m home, at long last! (i just arrived a couple of hours ago)
i hope that this entry is not yet late for the deadline, so i better get my probably last but definitely not the least entry before this year ends..
four more important elements discussed in the book of Poetics by Aristotle left unexamined on my previous entry, in line with the play Antigong Agong. the following were thougth, diction, spectacle, and melody.
it would be more helpful defining first the said terms. to start with thought – the act or process of thinking; use to approve or disprove, or to arouse emotion through the use of language. spectacle – refers to the ground or unusual sight or public display; the overall stage appearance of the actors. diction – the use, choice and arrangement of words as modes of expressions; the turns given to the language. lastly, the melody – an agreeable arrangement of pleasing sounds; used as means of imitation.
(the meanings first mentioned were dictionary definitions, while the latter were provided by Aristotle’s said book.)
given attention the following selected characters or those considered the agents of the moral purpose of the play, and how they presented the element of thought as well:
1. Sam (Gamrazer Albani)
scene: when he decided to went with his friends abroad to gain the desired amount of dowry for Amrayda’s father
* it provoked to the audiences the feeling of excitement and that great sincerity to find any way he can to gain that big amount of money
2. Amrayda (Babylyn Rissail)
scene: she attempted to disprove her father’s decision of asking Php 300,000 in exchange for his permission
* she enable to impart to the viewers her want for Sam to stay and not to go abroad, as well as aroused the emotion of being pity for her father to also submit to her accordance
nevertheless, the difference between the thought and character is that, the latter served as the instrument to put into application, either by action or dialogue/words (language) for the former to exist.
as regards to diction – according to Aristotle, “its perfection is, for it to be at once clear and not mean. the clearest are those that are made up of ordinary words.” furthermore, the words used in the Antigong Agong production were just plain terms that are usually used in our daily interaction, however, on one hand, there are very few ones that were delivered in their native Tausog tongue, in which although we did not understand accurately and literally, we tried to interpret (assumed its meaning, and hoping that it was right) through context clues. as for strange words, based on the book of Poetics, “a diction become distinguished and non-prosaic by the use of unfamiliar terms. based on my observation, the used of some Tausog words made the theatrical show more realistic, having the fact thet they were re-enacting the/a Tausog community. after all, it was very very littile, not to the extent that the audiences needed a subtitle for the whole play.
patterning, the thought (a.k.a. “moral purpose) of the play was revealed by the characters through the manner or the way they delivered their lines coined as the diction.
next is the spectacle, if i’m not mistaken, it refers to the effectiveness of the overall presentation of the play, or if they have justified the story in one way or another. as what Aristotle stated, the stage appearance is closer to perfection if the play is considerably like a masterpiece consists of touch of any field of art (acting, music,etc.), without overdoing gestures, dances, uttering of lines and the like. in which, is evident to Antigong Agong, which is basically, a collaboration of all performing arts being fabricated fairly and well.
the consistency of all the elements if combined together, and the distinction of the produced effect on whether the play was presented with movement or just mere narration, or the difference of the production with or without the music, were also taken into consideration. moreover, for me, the absence of the action and the music would mean less effective as regards to the process of conveying the essence of the story to the audiences.
simply because, as the significance of the last element, the melody, the role of the music triggers the feelings (pity, fear, anger, etc.) more easily, and movement/gesture requires less effort in relaying the emotion, since with the act, impression has to be made without explanation, compared to pure reading of a play, which needs the use of a lot of adjectives, and other parts of speech, for describing and elaborating.
anyhow, i can’t imagine Antigong Agong being read or narrated. yes, it can be put into public, but it won’t be that lively and colorful as it was, which, no doubt, was one of their assets from other performances.
– fin -
(wheew!! it was way too long..)
anyway..
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!
See you next year..
2007, here we come!
God Bless.
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