Post: Hyperactive

The video I chose is called Hyperactive. It is a very entertaining musical piece. The video is a “beatbox” song that is created only by one man, Lasse Gjertsen. This is what Lasse had to say about his video, “Drumsolo using only a camcorder, my mouth and what looks like time consuming editing, but it really wasn't, haha, it took me a day in total.” Lasse used the growingly popular film technique known as Stop-Motion. Stop-Motion works by taking a picture or extremely short video clip and then changing position and repeating. In the end, the creator can piece together the hundred sometimes thousands of pictures and clip to create a video that flows. The main focus of this video isn’t the beatbox, creating music and sounds only with the body, but the film style. The whole point of the video is to showcase Stop-Motion in a hilarious manner.
-Jeremy B

This week’s I am writing my blog late Sunday night because it is do at midnight and I am a procrastinator. I was not really sure what I should write about so I just started to think about my day and if I could derive any topics from that. I quickly realized that I spent the majority of my day in McDonald Theatre at Wesleyan. I am a cast member of one of the many shows at the theatre and I had rehearsal from 1-5 today for Children of Eden. Children of Eden is this year’s fall musical. The musical is a really great show and I have had some great past experiences with it. I came upon this picture and I was inspired to write about the musical. 
In high school, senior year, I was reluctantly conned into trying out for the spring musical which just so happened to be Children of Eden. All of my friends were in the show choir and were very into musical theatre. I, on the other hand, came from a more touchdown-oriented background since I was primarily a football player in high school. Somehow my friends dragged me too auditions and to everyone surprise including my own; I was casted with a lead role. I immediately fell in love with the theatre and Children of Eden. So, when I saw it was being casted at Wesleyan I had to try out. I have been having a blast at rehearsals and the show is going to be awesome.
Children of Eden was written by Stephen Swartz, famous for musicals like Wicked and Pippin, and it tells the oldest story even known… creation. The main plot loosely follows the creation story of the book of Genesis. Act 1 deals with the world’s creation and the creation of man and Act 2 tells the story of Noah and the Ark. The show is actually much more than that but to find out more I guess you bloggers will have to just put down the laptop and come to the show this October.
-Jeremy B.