The document summarizes the process of creating and performing a skit about kidnapping. The skit is titled "The Ransom of the Red Indian Chief" and tells the story of a mischievous boy who is kidnapped but ends up torturing his kidnappers. In creating the skit, the student worked with classmates to develop characters, props, dialogue, and scenes. Some challenges included memorizing lines and facing the audience clearly. The performance went well overall, though there were minor mistakes. The student learned about using elements of drama and how research informed aspects of the performance.

1. ,<br />BRAINSTORMING<br />22860099695<br />Kidnapping Someone:<br />We chose this idea, as we could have a scene where 2 people kidnap someone like a child for money, and this could be our climax. It has a lot of action involved, which is very good for a performance.<br />Kidnapping Someone: Research<br />5080348615I chose this picture because it shows the cunningness of the kidnapper, how he moves his eyes, and the way he grabs the person. It would help me built the kidnapper personality and some points on how to hold the person you are kidnapping.

2. The Kidnapper has a very good mask, which would be useful for my performance.<br />What may be some reasons for kidnapping?From my research I have found out, it might be for money or for political or ransom purposes. The kidnappers do not really kill the people, but they just threat them till they get (like money) or whatever they want. But some of the kidnappers are not very mercy.<br />0184785I chose this picture, because it gives me an idea of how the person who’s been kidnap can act like. The boy has his hands tied his legs tied, and a cloth around his mouth.

3. The boy’s expression is not calm, he looks worried.

5. How has the practicing of kidnapping been known since the beginning of the story?The practice of kidnapping, in the wider and not strictly legal sense, has been known since the beginnings of history. It was common as a method for procuring slaves, and brigands and revolutionaries to obtain money through ransom or to hold hostages whose safe release was dependent on the freeing of political prisoners have also employed it.<br />457200457200<br />I chose this picture because it shows the position of the person getting kidnapped, like he is all crumpled and curled up , with his stuff like tie hanging, and he is helpless.The Ransom of the Red Indian Chief: Annotation<br />25400177165<br />The two chairs act like a bed.

6. I am jumping in the air, as I am a naughty boy.

7. Dong Hyun has a broom in his hand, which means he is a servant cleaning a room.

8. 050165Joe, is the father of the kid.

9. The small box on the chair is the letterbox.

10. Joe is taking out a letter from the box.

11. 0113030I have the stick in my hand, like I am the chief of this group.

12. Joe has his hands, behind him, which means he has his hands tied by me.

13. Dong Hyun too has his hands behind himself, like they are tied.

14. 097790Dong Hyun, the kidnapper is calling Joe, as his hands look like a phone.

15. I am still with the stick, swinging it around troubling the kidnapper.

16. Because Joe is the father, he has respect and is sitting on a big chair.

17. 050165Dong Hyun has an expression like he is tired of the kid.

18. I have my hands tied behind, which means the kidnapper is about to release him.

19. I have a happy-face, as I am going to my dad.

20. Joe has his hands spread-out with a smiling face, as he the dad is happy to have his son back home.SCRIPT FOR THE PERFORMANCE<br />Story: The Ransom of the Red Indian Chief.<br />There once lived a very naughty boy , whose Dad is a very rich business man. He always troubled and annoyed everyone- his family member. Once he gets kidnapped my these two kidnappers, in the town of Alabama. The kidnappers want $10,000 in order to release him from his dad, but wait his dad is not shocked about his son getting kidnapped, weird ha? Well it’s because Chiku is the world’s naughtiest boy. He is going to give a hard time to the kidnapers.<br />Characters:<br />Sana- Chiku<br />Dong Hyun: servant; kidnapper<br />Joe: Dad; kidnapper<br />Where: Alabama<br />Time: morning<br />Sana: I am the Red Indian Chief!<br />Dong Hyun: Chiku your breakfast is ready. Go and eat your egg.<br />(Chiku goes, to his desk and grabs his egg, but then throws it on the maids face)<br />SPAT!<br />Dong Hyun: AAAHH!! Chiku!<br />Chiku: hahahahaha!!<br />Chiku: well, whatever I am going to the park to play.<br />Dong Hyun: (wiping his specs) well, be careful you naughty boy. Anything might happen in this town of Alabama. <br />Chiku: Whatever.<br />(Next scene: with Joe opening the letter)<br />Joe: So my son is kidnapped, how is that supposed to make me sad? Ha, well I guess the kidnapper s is going to have a hard time then.<br />(Next Scene: Instead of Chiku being tortured by the kidnappers, he tortures them by tying them up)<br />Chiku: Well, Well, Well. So you freaky guys thought you could kidnap me huh?<br />1 Kidnapper: (with his mouth tightened, shakes his head sideways saying “No”.)<br />Chiku: I guess that’s not true because I am the Red Indian Chief, and you all my subjects and followers. Be good boys and DO AS I SAY! Get it?<br />1 Kidnapper: Yes, Yes, Yes.<br />Chiku: good.<br />1st kidnapper: (in a whisper) hey Dee do as this boy says, or Mann she is going to be real mad at us.<br />(Next Scene: MIME- one kidnapper, calls the dad saying that they do not want any money, but they just want him to take the kid as soon as possible)<br />(Last Scene is our still image- where I am finally released, from the kidnappers, and free to go to my dad. My dad is very happy and so am I)<br />**************************** THE END*********************************<br />Kidnapping Someone<br />CREATING:<br />While we were creating the performance for “Kidnapping Someone”. I had a really good idea about making a nice headline like “The Ransom of The Red Indian Chief”. Me and my group members came up with different characters which could be involved in the group, like 2 kidnappers, a rich business man as a dad, a maid, and of course the naughty boy Chiku. Some of my strengths were this that I had bought really good props, like a bow and arrow to show how mischievous the boy is, the robber’s black mask so that the audience could understand who are the kidnappers, an egg to make them believe in the scene. Me and my group members made a pretty good script divded in – role-plays, mime and still image. We had easy dialogues, which were easy to remember. My group members were not lazy, instead they gave feedback, tried there best to speak loud and clear as I had told them.<br />Some of the weaknesses I had during the creating stage were that, one of my group members – Dong Hyun had a bit of a hard time memorizing his lines, as he did not speak a lot of English. Another thing was that some of the group members like the dad, had to really act like one, with a heavy voice. Some of the times, Dong Hyun and I used to accidently show our back to the audience side while practicing. The things I would change would be that I thought instead of the second scene, Joe opening the letter, I could have either show myself getting kidnapped by the kidnapper. I would even change the way Joe wore his clothes, because his clothes did not really look like a dad.<br />The things I would improve on would be to use more spaces and levels, an element of drama. I would even want to practice not showing my back to the audience. I should have my voice like my character who was a naughty boy Chiku, to really make people believe in the scene and to make our story look humorous. Ms.Rankin told me once while performing to make sure my back does not show in the audience, and I tried my best to follow and remember that. Another of my friend Yuanyuan said that we could have the characters speaking in a bit of the middle, kind of facing the audience in a diagonal way, so that he is obvious to the audience instead of keeping him at the far end of the other side where he’ll be hidden. My group member said that, to make our performance look realistic I can actually bring a bow-and-arrow, to bring the feeling in and so I made my own. <br />152400114300The mask is used as an idea for our performance, to make it look realistic.Performance:<br />I ENJOYED MY PERFORMANCE A LOT! That is my first strength, I had all the things to make me confident- my dialogues were memorized, I had good interesting props, and a fairly good story to go with. Everyone in my group knew their lines, which was the best thing, because no one had forgotten it. We had a bit of humor in our performance/story. We had the three main important things- role-play, mime and still image. We remembered the change of scenes and how to set it up. <br />Some of the weaknesses I observed during our performance were that, in one scene I forgot to freeze- for the lights to go down. Another was that in the mime we were not suppose to make a sound, but by accident I let a sigh and then realized I was not supposed to so I carried on with the play. I was surely supposed to be a bit more mischievous and naughty, but I did the best I could. I would change the position of where Dong Hyun was standing during the mime, because he was not been able to be seen by some of the audience. I would even change the way I was in the first scene, Instead of being on a bed, I could be spying on my maid, and then with the help of my bow-and-arrow shoot an egg on her.<br />I used my knowledge of elements of drama in my performance in a lot of ways, we used gestures, in the mime indicating the dad to take Chiku back home, and in order the kidnappers wanted no money. I used emphasis on words when I said to the kidnappers” “SO DO AS I SAY! Get it!” I used spaces- levels, when at the end I had to hug my dad, So I was in the medium level. We used props like bow-and-arrow, egg, robber’s mask, and especially the letter, which were points of interest. We used the dramatic tension- tension of task Chiku’s task was to trouble the kidnappers so much that they actually let him free, and he succeed that in the end when the kidnappers got tired of him, and did not want any money. We used Movement and stillness to show that when we froze that means for the lights to go off for the next scene. I used my research in a lot of ways, In my research there was a kidnapper wearing the mask, so from there I got the idea of the robber’s mask and bought two for the kidnappers in my group. In one picture, it shows how a boy is kidnapped and tied, so when Chiku ties the kidnappers to the chair, I told them to act like the kid in the research image, like you are struggling. Over all it was a very good experience, I thoroughly enjoyed everything in it -acting, improvising, using props. It was fun!<br />-457200168275<br />2096135268605Research image helped in Performance, for showing how to struggle when tied, your legs and hands and sealed mouth.<br />