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Post by Gray Baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:31:14 GMT 11
Hey everyone, My name is Gray Baldwin and I was Damion in the FIRST EVER Obernewtyn Production!!! It was totally awesome. Funded and produced by local youth-arts group Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, It was a 2 hour play in Brown's Mart Theater. The Cast Consisted of locals...
Philip Denson (councilman) Ben Orchid (herder priest) Gray Baldwin (damion) Ciella Williams (Elspeth) Cameran Angus (Jes) Danielle Andrews (sharna) Jason Davies (alexi) Dominick Giblin (larkin) Andrew Gillies (the doctor) Aliah Haste (lila) Kadek Hobman (rushton) Marcie Lash (cameo) Raphael Iftene (ariel) Emma Long (Marissa Seraphim) Caitlin Morrison (Madam Vega) Madeleine Pradier (Maruman) Suzie Stevens (andra) Thea Thomas (guardian myrna) Gareth Trew (mathew) Emily Williams (selmar)
They were a great cast and it was awesome working with them. I was originally going to be ariel because the Writer (of the play) wanted me to. But unfortunatly I was to old and not blonde... or cherubic enough. So we got raph. He is a cute little blonde boy and he does Ariel well. I am tall and angular so i probably fit damion's discription well. ::)Ben who played the herder was extremely creepy and made the herder even creepier... if possible. Lukas and marissa seraphim were presented as talking paintings, projected on a wall. My character was made a little comical. All in all it was an excelellent experience. Isobelle CArmody Came to watch us on friday night and we all got to meet her afterwards. That was very cool. yeh. Any questions?
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Post by Dameon on Nov 12, 2004 14:37:12 GMT 11
Now, after my initial surprise and horror, I've been very supportive and interested in the Obernewtyn play. Especially once I found out that it was written by Caroline, a former Wanderer. Please keep in mind that I have been supportive of the play and defended it.
Having said that: just one SLIGHT, TEENY TINY question...
DAMEON WAS COMICAL? Did I understand you correctly? I REALLY hope there's some kind of typo there.
KSL
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Post by Elspeth on Nov 12, 2004 14:39:50 GMT 11
Maybe this "comical" addition came from Dameon's dialogue. He does have a rather witty turn of phrase occasionally. A sort of high-brow wit that mostly only amuses himself. How did the meeting with Isobelle go, Gray? What did she think of the play? Did she approve?  |
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Post by Gray Baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:41:33 GMT 11
There was this one bit where, Mathew, elspth and I are talking about escape and i have this line "I Managed to hide a knife" that got quite a few laughs from the crowd. And then theres just the whole blind act that got some laughter. but thats it
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Post by Feather on Nov 12, 2004 14:42:43 GMT 11
my burning question is how you represented the Talents on stage. Sound and lighting effects? voice of lud? facial expressions? I'm dead curious.
Glad you had fun!
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Post by Gray Baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:43:03 GMT 11
She (isobelle) didn't have any complaints and she was REALLY nice we talked to her for about half an hour after the show. Just about thing to improve and her views and stuf. it was fun
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Post by Feather on Nov 12, 2004 14:43:33 GMT 11
okay I can't believe people laughed at you because you were impersonating a blind person. How comical. The joke is on them.
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Post by Dameon on Nov 12, 2004 14:43:45 GMT 11
I would call Dameon witty, yes.
I would however, never refer to him as 'comical'. Maybe it's just my paranoia, but comical conjures up some horrific images. Please tell me you mean witty! PLEASE!!!
If Dameon ends up being actually 'funny' I'll be devestated, and no doubt the Rushton camp will never let me hear the end of it!
If you meant witty, then I apologise for my horrified comments.
KSL
Amended after reading posts made while I wrote the above: They laughed at the blindness? It's as bad as I thought. No, make that WORSE!
Poor poor Dameon!
KSL
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Post by Gray baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:46:06 GMT 11
well. the talents where done in different ways. none with fx or lighting. except for the death of Vega and alexi when we used both to do the mind killing stuff. to readd thoughts they reached out and grabbed them and then read them off their palms. and i ... could just feel it. I have to fits in the play. The first one is a scene with selmer when she is inhabited by MArissa Seraphim. And the second one is with mathew. he hates Ariel so much that he near kills me.
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Post by Gray baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:47:01 GMT 11
i have some wonderfully witty lines
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Post by Dameon on Nov 12, 2004 14:52:51 GMT 11
Yes but again, I hate to sound like I'm hung up on this issue or anything, but COMIC?
*has flashbacks to the first time she saw Faramir try and steal the ring*
Okay... *calms down* that was worse, and that I got over.
But comic? The comic blind man?
KSL
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Post by gray baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:54:34 GMT 11
i know
i read the books and damion isn't... comical it was the wrong term. He had some funny and witty lines though.
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Post by Feather on Nov 12, 2004 14:55:15 GMT 11
Witty I can handle. Part of Dameon's sensitivity to situations I guess.
But laughing at his disability... Hmmm. Poor taste.
So I hope it was the former. I am with you Kayt.
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Post by Gray baldwin on Nov 12, 2004 14:58:51 GMT 11
well i have to go, but if you would like to ask more questions... email me at gray.baldwin@latis.net.au
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 13, 2004 10:39:07 GMT 11
It sounds awesome! Hope you had fun doing it!!
Cat
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Post by brydie on Nov 13, 2004 16:58:25 GMT 11
lol, kayt, you seem so stressed!! i'm sure he meant witty. and if he didn't then you can always track down the script writer and....well, we won't go into that!! but faramir, on the other hand!! i'm still not happy with the way they did him in the two towers!! and yes, we got to see him that close to crying in the third movie - BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND EOWYN?  argh!!! *shakes fist* |
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Post by Dameon on Nov 13, 2004 17:00:47 GMT 11
*squeezes Brydie's hand*
Extended Edition... Extended Edition... Extended Edition...
KSL
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 13, 2004 17:18:04 GMT 11
I know! I want to see some Saruman action!! I know they shot some, so they better put it on the extended DVD!!
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Post by brydie on Nov 13, 2004 17:18:34 GMT 11
IT'S NEVER GOING TO COME OUT!!!
THEY KEEP SAYING IT WILL BE OUT SOON BUT WHERE IS IT!?!
LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*starts crying*
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 13, 2004 21:32:29 GMT 11
Relax, I've got the previous 2 collector's editions for Christmas, I'm sure it'll be out by then so people like me can get the third one for Christmas ;D
And while we're at it, I WANT AN ARAGORN THINGY WITH MY COLLECTOR'S EDITION!! I love the bookends (my brother kept trying to nick them though) and Gollum was awesome, and I'm hoping there's something about Aragorn with the third one. Maybe him and his sword? Or that statue they made of him? But it just couldn't be anyone but Aragorn... And of course they'll do a brilliant job like they did on the last two things, so it'll be awesome whatever it is ;D
Cat
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Post by avra on Nov 13, 2004 22:08:25 GMT 11
Looks like you're out of luck with Aragorn... sounds like its going to be: "Collectible Minas Tirth polystone keepsake box created by Sideshow Weta" |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 14, 2004 9:33:12 GMT 11
hehe, I read that as Polystyrene not polystone and was like :oWHAT?!?!?!?!?! THEY'RE GIVING US POLYSTYRENE!!!! and then I realised...  Meh, as long as it's good. I'll just have to go out and buy an Aragorn doll... My brother's getting the LOTR trivia set for Christmas ;D Can't wait... He already got the LOTR chess set (although we've never played chess on it... Recently for his birthday he got 2 sets of shot glass chess... Haven't used them either...) Cat |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 14, 2004 9:38:53 GMT 11
Checking out the details, how come Viggo Mortensen is never on the commentary? But the cast one still looks awesome :
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Andy Serkis, Lawrence Makoare, Smeagol & Gollum
;D Yeah... ;D;D;D;D
I love how in I think it's the cast commentary on the first one, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan with Sean Astin made this game and then Elijah Wood was trying to play it and he thought it was a real game and they just kep making up rules and he could never get it right, and for like 6 months he was wanting to know where he could buy a rule book, until they told him they'd made it up... ;D;D;D;D
Cat
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Post by Dameon on Nov 14, 2004 10:52:36 GMT 11
Yeah, I loved that one too, Cat!
Has anyone else noticed how all the hobbits seem to get drunker and drunker over the course of the commentary?
KSL
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Nov 14, 2004 11:44:42 GMT 11
Yeah... although hearing Merry and Pippin debate which one of them is the tall one in real life was hilarious... And I want an official Cup cup!!
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Meh, as long as it's good. I'll just have to go out and buy an Aragorn doll...