by qikit | 11:31 PM

As much as I like being on stage acting, I am also greatly interested in backstage work. My involvement with the English Drama Team sparked a new interest in me. Apart from acting (which I never did) I am incharged of making props witht he help from the rest of the team and doing stage management ( How the props and backdrops should be brought in) Amazingly, our team is the only team (I guess) that do not have a Director. The whole team directs the whole Drama. It consists of 15 students. These fifteen students comprises of Actors, A Writer, An Editor, Directors, Backstage Crew. Nearly everyone has double roles. Now, let the pictures speak.

The Script which changes now and then. This is where I start on making my props.

A Gun that we totalled(damaged) during breaktime as a result of a game that we created. Its like a game of tag. We chase each other around with guns and loaded with rubber bullets. Childish but fun! We get our guns from the local hypermarket and spray them. This one here is halfway through its paint job.

Loads of newspaper for paint jobs, and stuffing bags and cleaning up.

Money! Yes we need money. We have a lot of money till we use it as notepad.

Just joking. This is fake money that I scanned and printed. I think I printed RM4,000 worth of fake RM50 notes. 

Loads of duct tape. A very useful invention. Secures a lot of stuff from light stands to backdrops.

Fake Blood!!! My favourite and my trademark(sorta). This is my own concoction, BTW.

This is what we do when we get bored while waiting for the bus to our competition venue for rehearsal. We rob unsuspecting visitors at our school parking lot.

The unsuspecting visitor is non other than our teacher advisor Ms Ellina

The Stage with the old backdrop. Yeah this is the type of backdrop we use. Couldn't afford the drop down backdrops.

The New backdrop.

The foreign exchange board is my masterpiece.

Through all the hard work and last minute work we emerged State Champs. This picture was taken from the T-Shirt

This is how "selamba" we were during rehearsal at the competition venue.

Note the word "JOHAN" and the dust and the cobweb. Kept it under my bed.

My Trophy.

The Big trophy.

The Team

Me, My Trophy and "The Champs"
T- Shirt

Questionable Motives : Everyone Has a Rent to Pay Trivia

-The script for the Preliminary, State and National Rounds are all different though the same storyline. With different scenes and different character names.

-The participants for the Preliminary, State and National Rounds are not all the same. For the National Round, Kevin and I  was replaced by Julius and Firdaus. Kevin had to go to Highland Park, Essex, UK for the International Scouts Jamboree while I stayed due to some personal problems.

- The Idea was spawned by the High School Psycho Killer - CHO

- Only had 2 weeks of practice before the Preliminary Round

More Trivia from Izzat

- Script was completed less then a week before competition

- The laptop kept screwing the first gunshot all the way till nationals so much so it became part of the script for the antagonist and protagonist

- an incident where the laptop really got screwy and restarted itself as the props were being arranged on stage

Images of the original drafts can be found on:
the-walk-that-lasts-a-lifetime.blogspot.com

All in all, it was a trully great and awesome experience. One word to end it -

Satisfied

Questionable Motives : Everyone Has A Rent To Pay Production Team, Cast & Crew

Idea

Muhd Izzat

Kevin Hoong

Jonathan Chin

Jason Theng

Alvin Kiang

Andrew Matthais

and Yours Trully

Script

Muhd Izzat

Script Editor

Marvin Wong

Director

The Whole Team except one guy. =)

Actors

Marvin Wong

Muhd Izzat

Jonathan Chin

Kevin Hoong

Ivan Ang

Izzaz Iskandar

Andrew Matthais

Phillip Jason

Jason Theng

Alvin Kiang

David Tan

Andy Yong

Backstage Crew

Suren

Jason Theng

Andrew Matthais

Soh Wai Keat?? =)

and Yours Trully.

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