I was a volunteer for the drama “The taming of the shrew” last year with a lot of my classmates, and our supervisor was our English teacher Ms. Mitschrich. She is a very kind teacher, she gave us lots of snacks as the energy to work, and been successful at each end of the volunteer day.
As the volunteer of this drama, we need to do too many things, for example, someone might make the props, and someone might draw the background. My job was making a “treasure chest” and made the ornament of the top of a tree. The treasure chest was made by a shoes box, a piece of yellow cloth, some pages of newspaper, some little tiny stickers, and a can of spray paint. First, I cut the box into two pieces, and then I cut two cotton threads as two hands to contact the two parts that make sure the “Treasure Chest” would not be destroyed because of the actor’s power, I have tried a lot of times to cut the same length threads, maybe sometimes the two hands would not balance. After that, I tore a lot of papers of newspaper and made them like balls, then I filled them into the bottom of the box, I need them to make the “Treasure Chest” could give the audiences a sense of fulfillment. Then I put the yellow cloth on the paper balls, used the glue to fix the cloth, finally we need to change the appearance of the shoes box like a “Treasure Chest”. First, I used the spray paint to paint the outside of the box full of black, second, I used the scissors to cut a lot of shapes like stars, moons on a big page, then I got the big page covered the box, and used the red spray paint to paint, so I got too many red stars and moos on the black box, so we need to wait the paint become dry for about one day, after I got the little tiny stickers on it, the “Treasure Chest” was done.
The ornament of the top of the tree’s work was easier than the “Treasure Chest”. I just need a pair of scissors and a stapler. Cut the green paper like a steeple of a gothic architecture building, then cut the green paper to make then strip, finally used the stapler to contact them as one body, the “ornament was done too!
From this volunteer work, I have learned a lot, if it is a group work we need to be unity, we need to use our minds to think what I can do, and how I can try my best in the work; we need to think about one plan, and make some details of the process; we need to help each other in many ways, do not just think about yourself in the work, do not just think about your own benefits and ask others to do the work, Because cooperation can improve the efficiency. I also know there are too many people behind the scenes to prepare too many things for a drama, they use their sweat to make the props and the background, try their best to ensure each things’ special, when we watch a drama, we can not only appreciate the actor’s acting, we also need to find the props fantastic point and thanks to the worker who make them but never show their face on the stage.
I must thanks to this experience in my life, it made me learned a lot of the life skill-----use my hand to change the life, improve the skill, however I do not be good at it, do not give up forever an ever, however that was a big barrier to me.
As the volunteer of this drama, we need to do too many things, for example, someone might make the props, and someone might draw the background. My job was making a “treasure chest” and made the ornament of the top of a tree. The treasure chest was made by a shoes box, a piece of yellow cloth, some pages of newspaper, some little tiny stickers, and a can of spray paint. First, I cut the box into two pieces, and then I cut two cotton threads as two hands to contact the two parts that make sure the “Treasure Chest” would not be destroyed because of the actor’s power, I have tried a lot of times to cut the same length threads, maybe sometimes the two hands would not balance. After that, I tore a lot of papers of newspaper and made them like balls, then I filled them into the bottom of the box, I need them to make the “Treasure Chest” could give the audiences a sense of fulfillment. Then I put the yellow cloth on the paper balls, used the glue to fix the cloth, finally we need to change the appearance of the shoes box like a “Treasure Chest”. First, I used the spray paint to paint the outside of the box full of black, second, I used the scissors to cut a lot of shapes like stars, moons on a big page, then I got the big page covered the box, and used the red spray paint to paint, so I got too many red stars and moos on the black box, so we need to wait the paint become dry for about one day, after I got the little tiny stickers on it, the “Treasure Chest” was done.
The ornament of the top of the tree’s work was easier than the “Treasure Chest”. I just need a pair of scissors and a stapler. Cut the green paper like a steeple of a gothic architecture building, then cut the green paper to make then strip, finally used the stapler to contact them as one body, the “ornament was done too!
From this volunteer work, I have learned a lot, if it is a group work we need to be unity, we need to use our minds to think what I can do, and how I can try my best in the work; we need to think about one plan, and make some details of the process; we need to help each other in many ways, do not just think about yourself in the work, do not just think about your own benefits and ask others to do the work, Because cooperation can improve the efficiency. I also know there are too many people behind the scenes to prepare too many things for a drama, they use their sweat to make the props and the background, try their best to ensure each things’ special, when we watch a drama, we can not only appreciate the actor’s acting, we also need to find the props fantastic point and thanks to the worker who make them but never show their face on the stage.
I must thanks to this experience in my life, it made me learned a lot of the life skill-----use my hand to change the life, improve the skill, however I do not be good at it, do not give up forever an ever, however that was a big barrier to me.
