From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V4 #92 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Friday, April 2 2004 Volume 04 : Number 092 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fw: [chakram-refugees] Eye of the Beholder [] Re: Fw: [chakram-refugees] Eye of the Beholder [IfeRae@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:47:13 +0300 From: Subject: Fw: [chakram-refugees] Eye of the Beholder Ife: > > > >This may sound weird (where is Sophia -- our actress on the list -- > when I > > > >need her?), but Claire seemed to use her size by >>>diminishing it. Hey!!! I'm here!!! Oh :( Where's everybody. I guess I' m too late.. Anyway.. > >>It's > > like > > > >she shrunk herself down in that shamaness costume, adding to the > > impression > > > >of a decaying, boneless hag. With her height, she could do that and > still > > > >appear formidable without emphasizing it. At first I thought she was > > > >trying not to be taller than Lucy (which could be part of it), but it > > > >worked to help create the image she wanted. > > > > > Ife!!!! Do you want to direct me!? The actor's appearance is actually important for a role and a strange role like Alti's. I think the one who imagined Alti gave more emfasis to unite the costume with the face and the voice of the actress. I think her size would have been a final guide to the direction because this particular role can be given as good from a tall actress as from a short one. We can't imagine now the second option because we are used on the first one. I think they chose Claire for her face and facial expressions and especially from her voice. She has a wonderful phonetic (I don't know if it is the right word) abilities. Her height was an extrra benefit. She was directed to use it by giving a special characteristic to the role. She was moving by knowing her benefit of her height but she doesn't use it to win Xena with it. If she was short she would have given to her role a move which would have started from the earth and she would have moved to catch the victim or the power from down. But now she used the opposite direction by starting from up to down. But I think without her face and voice and of course her abilities us an actress (she is very talented) maybe she would not have played the Alti. cr: > > > Hmm, let's see, I think Claire's size was apparent without being > > > obtrusive, if that doesn't sound too obscure ;) > I agree with that. I hope I don't confuse you too much Sophia ========================================================= > > This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with > > "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. > > Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. > > ========================================================= ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 00:07:12 EST From: IfeRae@aol.com Subject: Re: Fw: [chakram-refugees] Eye of the Beholder In a message dated 4/1/2004 12:50:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, sgitzou@periaktoi.gr writes: > Ife: > >>>>This may sound weird (where is Sophia -- our actress on the list -- > >when I > >>>>need her?), but Claire seemed to use her size by >>>diminishing it. > > Hey!!! I'm here!!! Oh :( Where's everybody. I guess I' m too late.. > Anyway.. >> No no! We're here! You're never too late! Thanks for sticking your head out. :-) > > > >>It's > >>like > >>>>she shrunk herself down in that shamaness costume, adding to the > >>impression > >>>>of a decaying, boneless hag. With her height, she could do that and > >still > >>>>appear formidable without emphasizing it. At first I thought she was > >>>>trying not to be taller than Lucy (which could be part of it), but it > >>>>worked to help create the image she wanted. > >>>> > > > Ife!!!! Do you want to direct me!? >> Um, I'm already poor enough, but thanks anyway. > > The actor's appearance is actually important for a role and a strange role > like Alti's. I think the one who imagined Alti gave more emfasis to unite > the costume with the face and the voice of the actress. >> Yes! And the make-up too. I think her size> > would have been a final guide to the direction because this particular role > can be given as good from a tall actress as from a short one. We can't > imagine now the second option because we are used on the first one.>> I thought it was a nice change of pace, since all the main female characters were smaller. Two of Xena's main female adversaries -- Callisto and Njara -- seemed particularly little in comparison. > I think they chose Claire for her face and facial expressions and > especially > from her voice. She has a wonderful phonetic (I don't know if it is the > right word) abilities.>> Can you describe what you're getting at? Her height was an extrra benefit. She was directed > > to use it by giving a special characteristic to the role. She was moving by > knowing her benefit of her height but she doesn't use it to win Xena with > it. If she was short she would have given to her role a move which would > have started from the earth and she would have moved to catch the victim or > the power from down. But now she used the opposite direction by starting > from up to down. But I think without her face and voice and of course her > abilities us an actress (she is very talented) maybe she would not have > played the Alti.>> Oh, wonderful summation of my impressions. > I hope I don't confuse you too much >> Nope. Especially since you're helping "translate" somebody else's (thanks!) comments. - -- Ife ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V4 #92 *************************************