Katherine | May 29, 2009
I generally like working with a character’s insides first, because then the outer details write themselves once you start focusing on them. However, that does not make the details insignificant. Quite the contrary. Good storytelling is more about showing than telling.
The fact that a character chooses to send pink carnations instead of roses on a [...]
Katherine | May 28, 2009
A year and half back I went to The Gov open mic night in order to find some talent to include in the Fly Glass Wings variety show. I very fortunately heard the talented Jamaica Bastiras that night and convinced her to join us. She was one of the big hits of that show. I [...]
Katherine | May 25, 2009
We live in a big crowded world where rules are necessary for the smooth conduct of life.
Imagine what a busy intersection would look like if we had no traffic rules. The crash repair guys would love it. These rules frequently feel annoying. Perhaps you are late for a meeting and would dearly like to be [...]
Katherine | May 25, 2009
I’m not certain why I’ve been sucked into doing poetry recently. I redeem myself by most of it being silly, like Dr Seuss after a spin dry in a virtual reality machine. I have a poem I plan on taking with me to The Gov in order to check out their open mic night. I [...]
Katherine | May 23, 2009
Eek! It’s Saturday! How did that happen? Probably because I spent part of Friday crying that I was about to lose a customer, money, and a friend all in one fell swoop. Nothing like running your own business to get into these sorts of tangles. I even forgot to clean the kitty litter.
So, let’s buck [...]
Katherine | May 17, 2009
The RU-Funny event was amazing. I turned up an hour early, so that the organisers could run all the comedians through the housekeeping. Twenty people turned up to compete. At five minutes each plus Mark Trenwith’s incomparable compering we had a long night ahead of us.
I had to quickly write a new routine Friday a [...]
Katherine | May 15, 2009
I ran an animation society for seventeen years. So yes, I am mad for good quality animation. At first I was overjoyed by the upswing in animation production in recent years, fueled largely by the popularity and increasing ease in creating CGI animation. Lately I’ve been a bit dispirited by the sameness of storytelling and [...]
Katherine | May 15, 2009
After doing last week’s character exercise (What? You skipped it because you had a pop quiz coming in potions class?), you should have three characters with names, occupations, and the beginnings of a personality.
Now find yourself a mirror. I want you to say each character’s name in the mirror several times. Use a different voice [...]
Katherine | May 15, 2009
I shall be performing Saturday 16 May 8pm at Star Theatres, 145 Sir Donald
Bradman Drive Hilton at the RU Funny Competition. Mark Trenwith is MCing!
Please come and help cheer me along for a win or at least a good time. Tickets
are only $5.
My soft toy Tiki Mbulu will be making an appearance to assist me [...]
Katherine | May 9, 2009
I am the queen of storytelling skills, well doctor at least. I’m bucking for goddess. For the next several weeks I thought I would focus on character building skills. So to start things off I thought we’d try generating some comedy names, then link those names with a few beginning characteristics.
Many comedians and sketch performers [...]
