The Arts
Discussion of group 6 subjects: Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, Music, Film (pilot subject), Dance (pilot subject)
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IB art HL 2nd year students- are you guys freaking out too???How are you guys coping???? Post by: Mahuta Do not type in all caps, it's very irritating.
Last reply by Wide Eyed Wanderer, -
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I am not coping with IB Theatre. The assessment and workload is just too much and I'm dying :/ I want to switch to Art, which is possible, but I was just wondering what the assessment is like? Is it hard to get a 7? I'm pretty confident, I adore visual arts, I only chose Theatre because it's less subjective, but I will probably fail if I continue :L Thoughts? Advice?
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Double Arts
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Hey, people! I'm positively starting at Music HL next year, but now I'm thinking about taking E-systems so I can take Theater as well. Is it worth it, or just loads of stress? Cheers, Engel
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So I want to make a table looking at the differences between the two works but I do not know how to compare these categories at all? Does anybody have any tips on how to get kick started? These are my current headers: Tone Colour Harmony/Tonality Rhythm/Phrasing Structure How would I go about comparing them? I have my works annotated but I have not got down any real notes which has suddenly become a serious problem when it comes to answering Section A. Some tips on how to go about it would be great. Thanks, P.S. I noticed the title fail, ESM*
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I am doing my RI AGAIN because apparently I have messed up my previous one. I did put so much effort into it and unfotunatley my teacher was not experienced enough to warn me about my mistakened question rather than approve of it. My question was as follows: How Does Meilziner’s Stage Design Integrate Features of Expressionism, Selective Realism and HarlemRenaissance to Visualize Williams’ Perspective toward the Two Different Worlds of Blanche and Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire? I thinkI should also let you know that after already submitting my RI, my teacher read in the eximer's general notes for the course that students are not to conduct reaearch on prod…
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So I have to turn in my RI research question soon and I'm having a really hard time coming up with it! I chose absurd theatre and the play "The Bald Soprano" by Ionesco. I love the play but I have no idea what to write about. Any ideas? What have people done for their RIs in general?
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Hi! I'm moving to a new school in September where I'll do Visual Arts HL. As preparation for the course, the Art teacher has sent us summer work in which we have to present a toy in 20 different ways each time linking it to an artist and writing about his/her techniques etc. I'm half way done but I have no idea if I'm on the right track or if everything I've done is wrong. I have no experience in IB research workbooks, and I've never looked at a real one. I've researched it on google a lot, but I think it would be really helpful to see how people set out their IB RWB. So I was wondering if people were willing to show just a page or two out of their book, or link me to a s…
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I'm going into my second year of IB this year, but I've been kind of undecided about which classes to take for the SL/HL credits. Right now, my HL courses are English, History, and Math, but I'm certain I can't pass the Math HL so I plan on switching to Art HL and taking an SL class for math instead. I took a general art class during my freshman year, but I haven't done anything for IB at all. My art's not very good, so I should opt for HLB, right? I'm still in the process of changing my schedule; I just wanted to check if it would be possible for me to take the Art HL. It seems like a lot of work, but it's got to be better than Math HL.
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At our school the past art results were rather disappointing and I heard that it is damn hard to score good easily. I think the highest grade in SL was a 5 and the highest in HL a 4 for this year's graduates. I'm doing option B at SL and was wondering if it is as easy to score at least a 5 in art as it is in other subjects. What do I need to do in order to do well and what does the examiner look for? cheers
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Anyone else doing HL art Option B? How are they coping?
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Hai fellow IBers! I have just stared my final year of IB and am thus in need of starting my Art projects for the exhibition! I haven't chosen my topic yet, and that is not what I'm looking for here either, though the desicion depends slightly on my question. Is it possible to have a video as a piece of work for the exhibition? I am not thinking about having the whole exhibition with videos, only one of the pieces. I have tried to find information about this, but failed. So if anyone know the answer, I'd be grateful!
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[/size Hi guys,I have a serious question.How to work in IWB? I mean does it always have to relate to studio work? or we could work on our areas of progress? I know experience in art is really necessary.So if we want to experiment with different media on different theme? Our teacher had given two three assignments on which we had to work and reflect but I was not satisfied with my work cause I'm completely inexperienced I wanted to do some free works ? Can I do it in IWB?
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Hey, I have registered for retaking theatre( exam retake). Since we had no exam in theatre I do not know what part I am to re do. Does anyone know what works I am to do again. Is it all four works or an exact number them? Please help. I am desperate.
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I don't know if any of you guys out there have/are writing an extended essay on film but is it okay to do an analysis of simply one film? P.S I'm doing Miyazaki's Tonari no Totoro.
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Hey I have to do an 18 days project for art, but i am completely out of ideas, could anybody help me out? I need to know what i am going to do by tomorrow.
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Hey, I'm considering on doing IB next year and I was wondering whether IB Film was a worthwhile subject because I'm considering it. Many people are saying that it isn't an academic subject- is this true?
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Hello! I am just starting IB art, in exactly 3 days actually. I was wondering how most of you have gone about starting the IWB? What did you put on your first pages (after the TOC of course)? Just looking for some tips! Thank you.
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Here are my ideas so far: The role of women throughout the ages women in today's society third culture (inspired by the years I spent living in Africa) the effect of words on the way we think (inspired by what a wise mentor once said to me: "When folks use words such as "always" and "never", they are "all or nothing" thinkers and as such will always be sheep and never shepherds. The reason for this is that shepherds have to think and reason, sheep simply follow a familiar and unchanging voice. Keep thinking, young woman.") I need help narrowing it down to just one or two ideas to present to my teacher. Any new ideas would also be appreciated. What is your theme?
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I really need help with my Written Task in media. I am running out of ideas, or worse... i cannot think of anything. Can someone explain me what exactly do i have to do in the written task in media?
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Hey there! So, I have like a thousand questions about IB Music, although I won't haunt you with all of them. And yes, some of them might sound stupid, but I want to see if I actually get the whole thing. Would really appreciate an answer, as my nearest IB Diploma School who teaches Music is like... three countries away (I'm moving off for UWC in the US, yay!). 1. The syllabus, am I correct if I say that it's about 1/3 musical theory, 1/3 composition and 1/3 performance? 2. How's the exams? I see it's okey enough to write an exam on musical theory and analysis, but what about the rest? Is it recording/oral? 3. Do I have to be a world-class singer if I want to take IB Music…
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I need some help on ideas that I could use to put into my IWB. I'm supposed to be done with an entire book my junior year, but I still have about 50 pages to go. Any creative ideas would help.
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My IB Music (HL) teacher (and I, by extension) was unaware of curriculum/syllabus changes that occurred in 2011, and so I'm afraid that there might be a mistake on the compositions that I submitted for my IA. On the form, I should have put that my compositions were "Music Technology Composing", since I used software to both compose and to create the soundtracks, but instead it was simply listed as "Composition". Will this cause problems in grading, and does it jeopardize my HL Music score and my ability to get the Diploma?
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Oh her eyes are underneath the ground I have heard the crying sound No one can stop you now No one can stop you now Oh her eyes are basking in the sun No one knows why she did the thing she�s done Ocean, swallow me now Ocean, swallow me now In the garden with my mother I stole a flower With my mother and in her power I stole a flower I saw six eyes glistening in my womb I felt you calling to me in the gloom Rest assured, your love is pure Rest assured, your love is pure In the garden with my mother I stole a flower With my mother in her power I chose a flower
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Theatre RI
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Well, you see, my theatre teachers pretty much have no idea what they are doing and this is the first year that our school has had this class. So far we have been told to choose our topic and start researching. We did a practice RI for our midterm and they messed it all up but never explained how to actually complete the paper sucessfully. So I've chosen to research Japanese Noh theatre, and I've started finding some sources. Now I know we need to read a play from that practice, but can someone who has done this, or knows what they are doing explain to me how the paper is structured/ what to write about in the paper??? Thanks so much!
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Hi! I'm a senior and they didn't offer IB Music at my school nor was AP music theory offered. how do you suggest i prepare myself this summer before i begin as a freshman studying music education? btw: I studied piano for 3 years, have taken voice lessons for 4, and studied some music theory with my piano teacher, 12th grade level only.
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I thought it would be interesting to see what other Visual Arts students have researched. For instance, after doing some work with watercolors I looked into Alex Pardee's work and also discovered this amazingly talented watercolor artist named Lora Zombie So what are some things that you guys have researched?
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I was hoping to use Drum & Bass as one of my genres, probably to be compared with African drumming. My questions are: 1. Is Drum & Bass... easily workable? (Will it be considerably more work than the average topic choice?) 2. If not, then can anybody let me know of some good sources for research on Drum & Bass? 3. What are some true Drum & Bass classics? 4. What are good sources to check up on African drumming? I guess I'd really like the first two answered as soon as possible, and don't expect you to do all the work for me. I just need to show my teacher that a comparison of these topics is able to "write the paper for itself."
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IB Film - What exactly is Psychoanalysis in Film?
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Hi Guys, I can't find a definition of psychoanalysis in film that I can fully understand. Could anyone help? Thanks
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HI everyone, I'm in my first year of IB theatre (HL) and right now we're doing a "fake" RI, just to try. I already chose realism as my style and narrowed it down to Henrik Ibsen's " A Doll's House" but now I'm stuck. I have absolutely NO CLUE how to formulate a question and how a good question would sound like... So maybe could anyone tell me a question or just give me some advice on how to formulate one?? This would really be a great help thanks
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Unfortunately my music class has a horrible teacher, who knows nothing about either music or IB Music. Can someone please tell me how the exam is formatted? What kinds of questions will be asked? Will they be general, as in "Write an analysis of this piece," or more specific? Any links to past exam questions would be greatly appreciated.
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For the three sections of the IB Music exam,, do we have to write in a specific format? For example, I know that for Section B, we're allowed to use bullet points. Can we answer sections A and C in bullet point format? My test is tomorrow, so if anyone has any idea, I'd really appreciate it. =)
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Just a little background: In my IB music class there are 9 students including myself, and sadly the teacher that used to teach IB music at our school left and became a vice-principle, so we got someone new. What's even worse is that this new teacher has not really taught us anything this year. All she had us doing for both semesters is watching video lectures, reading the textbook, and working on our own. She has not really helped us in any aspect of the course, not even with the MLI. Knowing this, when I asked my friend who'd taken the course last year, he very quickly offered to help and even gave us some of his study notes. This was written for the IB music class at my…
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How would you reccommend to do the research paper, and the Independant Project Portf.? I need as much help as I can get.!! For Standard Level, btw.
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So do we have to have a title for one of our pieces for the musical investigation? One of my pieces doesn't have a title. Its just a Kurdis folk song. here's the link: Also, do we need to attach scores? Because I can't seem to find scores for both of my pieces.... TT_TT
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So I have chosen my two cultures (Barque fugues and African Traditional Music) and I have chosen my African piece (does it matter its quite short?) and I have only one link so far which is polyphony. I was wondering if links in instrumentation is a good link as well? So now that I have chosen my African piece and almost chosen my fugue, how do I start writing this? I honestly have no idea where to begin? What structure should I use and what should be discussed in the intro and body paragraphs? Thanks for the help
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Hello! For the MI, does IB want both a comparison AND a contrast of the works used, or just a comparison? In the examples at the IB website (http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/documents/dp/gr6/music/d_6_music_spp_0904_2_e.pdf), I noticed that the top scoring one (which scored a 19/20) only compared elements of the pieces, with no contrast whatsoever. Yet one of the mark schemes I read online (http://www.stedwards.oxon.sch.uk/images/musicib.pdf), briefly mentions contrast in Criterion B. Is this what IB wants? Should works be compared and contrasted, or just compared?
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Hey, I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light as to where I can find good websites to help me revise (world music, different era's..stuff like that). Im doing HL Music and I'm in my second year, the school decided to get a brand new music teacher who has never taught the IB syllabus before so she hasn't been as helpful as I would like. Turns out my class is EXTREMELY behind in all of our work. I've only submitted one piece of coursework, had one solo performance and have NO CLUE how to do this Musical Links. I can't even recall what it was we did last year. Also, would anyone know where I could find some good websites which provide analytical works on Copeland…
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Hey, I chose my theme to be wonderland and now I am lacking ideas for my projects. Does anyone of you have an idea how to incorporate culture and self-identity into this? Especially in regards to the current self portrait painting project...what if I made myself into Alice from 'Alice in Wonderland'?
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i was trying to do my RI on commedia dell arte but im confused on what aspect would be easiest to focus on. any ideas?
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I have to come up with a topic including an annotated bibliography with 5 sources, for my IS (Independent Study) by April 27. But still I have no idea what my topic/films should be. Any suggestions? The only idea I have so far to is to compare the romance in British and French films. The films I would use for this would be Love Actually, Love Me If You Dare, Notting Hill, and I don't have a 4th film.
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I chose the topic dance because I have a love/ hate relationship with it. Initially, I was content just painting/ drawing people dancing, but now i think it needs to go beyond that. So i put colours on a paper and danced with it so they ran down the page. Then I drew a kathak dancer with the big bells used in hindu temples instead of ghungroos ( any number between 20 and several hundreds, depending on experiece of dancer) . Do you have any ideas? I do not want to draw people merely dancing. Something else. And I know ibo gives marks for using different media, so any suggestion for media that doesn't take very long? ( VA is my 7th subject so I barely have more than 6-7 hou…
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I'm very lost in terms of how to go about writing my IR, and I think it has to do with my question, which is currently "How can an actor playing the role of Truffaldino in A Servant of Two Masters utilize lazzis to improve characterization?" The only version of the script I can find are in 'scenario' form, meaning they don't indicate where or when to use lazzis, making it very difficult to pinpoint. I think I need to research something more concrete and factual than lazzis/movement. However, I have very little time (2 days at most) to research and write the entire IR and turn it in to the IBC. I'm really not sure what to do... I was thinking of maybe changing my topic to…
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Does anyone know if quotes and citations count in the word count for the RI?
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So my got the Stimulus for the PPP from my drama...and I'm thinking of using the song that was apart of it. My question is: are we allowed to use the music video that is on youtube as apart of our inspiration or is it just the song itself? Also, when we're creating our play, does it have to be in a specific type of theatre? Or can we just not conform it to a type?
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Does anyone know the guidelines for the compositions? I think mine are due in a week and I know very little about it. Thank you
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I've finished my compositions, got mp3 files for all of them, got them on CDs, blah blah blah. The sample compositions I've seen that IB provides all have some sort of background information or something that the composer wrote. What exactly do I need to write, and how much? Thanks.
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Hello, So I am comparing Finnish folk music (using the song Vot Vot Ja Niin Niin by Varttina) and modern day Western Finnish rock (using the band HIM, The Rasmus, Poets of the Fall, or Negative... haven't decided on a song yet). I am having trouble finding a common link between the two, however, since I don't have physical music to look at. Any ideas?
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Hello, every IB genius. i am a bit stuck in finding a nice RQ for my RI I start doing the RI in IB theatre. and my topic is about JAPANESE KABUKI my research question is how do the coustumes influence the play love suicide at sonezaki in the theatre of KABUKI? i am not sure if it is ok question and the play is a bit short... I DONT KNOW, but i want to focus on coustume or make-up thanks for everyone. please advising me or suggesting me
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As all theatre students know ( i assume), it's better to keep a record for every theatre-related stuffs that happened to you, so that you can (maybe) talk about it in your TPPP? I have chosen to record it by blogging Here you go (read it when you're procrastinating. leave a comments if you wish (actually, that helps a lot if you do ) (sorry for my poor english, as im an english language B student ) Blog of an IBTheatre student
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