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[vandine-design-blog]

It is an honor to have 3 of my pieces accepted into the SCC Graphic Design Expo this year! @scottsdalecc has a really phenomenal Graphic Design program that I believe has made me a really well rounded designer. The first piece is a creative resume. When you open it the bottom half of the book says “my name is Angie Vandine.” The book opens to some of my design pieces, my work & school experience and contact info. The second piece is a promotional program I made for the SCC design program The third is a an Asian fusion menu to show I could take a lot of information & make it organized & legible. #vandinedesign #scottsdalecc #graphicdesign #visualcommunications #selfpromotion #indesignnerd #designshow #layoutismyjam #asianfood #promotionalbrochure #scottsdalecommunitycollege #artichokes https://www.instagram.com/p/BqcvUohhyXh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wu7y91weyzno

[chollysea]

My piece is on page 37, Joy Writes Checks to Airport Janitors

[thulie1811]

Shooting Best Take for the December show for MCTV! #SCC #Scottsdalecc #TV #media #BestTake #MCTV (at Scottsdale Community College)

[ida-2016-blog]

All of a sudden some one a man of course jumped out from behind the trees and there was another with him. Ida said to the aunts go on go on quickly I will walk back of you to protect you, the aunts hurried on, Ida hurried a little less quickly, she turned toward the men but they were gone.

[vandine-design-blog]

I came across this flier today & it embodies an idea I think is important to address. ✨✨ When hiring a graphic designer it’s very important they understand more than software programs & putting words and images on a page. ✨✨ The Head of our design department at @scottsdalecc has blessed me with two major keys to design: hierarchy & contrast. The idea is that if everything is bold, nothing is bold. Also, if everything is treated as the most important things then nothing is. ✨✨ This is a great reason to hire a professional graphic designer. Putting words on a page is very different than engaging a reader & compelling them to do what you want them to do. It’s the implementation of design knowledge, it’s marketing knowledge, it’s a specialized talent that is worth investing in. ❤️ #graphicdesignisatalent #graphicdesignisacrucialinvestment #marketing #advertising #vandinedesign #scottsdalecc #hireprofessionals #investinthebest #prettybutpointlessbeatsuglybutuseful #allofthethings #fundraisingsuccessisdesignsuccess https://www.instagram.com/p/BpCz3x6lJHA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g5iznax04e43

[thulie1811]

The Hero's Journey Musical... Setting up and getting ready to shoot and the weather is perfect today #Scottsdalecc #scottsdale #arizona #musical #theherosjourney #productionday #spring #filming

[sia-alex]

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Go Artichokes! #video #scottsdalecc #scc #scottsdalecommunitycollege #homecoming #Americanfootball #AmericanExperience

[vandine-design-blog]

I had such a great time at the @prismagraphic kick off for Phoenix Design Week! Between the tour of their GIGANTIC facility, the complementary food from delicious food trucks and the awesome band, the Copper States, I had a lovely time! @thecopperstates #prismagraphic #design #graphicdesign #printindustry #phoenixdesignweek #scottsdalecc #artichokesontheprowl (at Prisma Graphic) https://www.instagram.com/p/BolGl0ClJn5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4ri3iro9jtm7

[vandine-design-blog]

I am so excited to finally share the program I made for the @scottsdalechamber 33rd Annual Sterling Awards! The event theme was kept secret and revealed the day of the event and was inspired by the Harry Potter series. My concept was inspired by common room doorways each Hogwarts house (Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff & Slytherin). I am so incredibly happy with how it turned out! ✨ Congratulations to the nominees & winners of this prestigious award! Celebrating local businesses helps build a vibrant and prosperous community. ✨ If you told me three years ago that I’d be capable of doing graphic design for an organization like The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce I’d tell you that you suffered from delusions of grandeur. ✨ Thanks to the amazing graphic design program at @scottsdalecc I will soon graduate with confidence of a professional. Thank you @thestrategicartisan for being a wonderful internship instructor! @nationwide @prestigecleanersaz @coxbusiness @azoutdoorfun @act_crm @banner_health @plexusworldwide @russlyonsir @vipmortgage @ymca @srpconnect @merestoneproductions @patron_media @sundeviltrophyandawards @maricopacolleges @jordanphotographyscottsdale @proonemediaproductions @vandine_design @embassysuitesscottsdale #nationwideisonyourside #nationwideinsurance #comericabank #sterlingawards2018 #prestigecleaners #justosgym #luxtransportation #technicalsolutions #coxbusiness #azoutdoorfun #swiftpage #titusbrueckner&levine #bannerbehavioralhealth #plexus #russlyonsothebys #vipmortgage #aps #communitycelebratingdiversity #noah #neighborhoodoutreachaccesstohealth #valleyofthesunymca #ymca #srp #merestone #partronmedia #sundeviltrophyandawards #peterjordanphotography #proonemediaproductions #thestrategicartesan #vandinedesign #scottsdalecc #graphicdesign #maricopacommunitycolleges https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqf9jxkB-Hk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f90415ndynk8

[vandine-design-blog]

It was super cool to see a fellow @scottsdalecc Artichoke be recognized & awarded a scholarship from the @phxchamber #artiehasheart #scootsdalecc #artichokes @maricopacc #maricopacommunitycolleges #investinthefuture https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVI1VeF80j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zjdrsrl5e6pf

[vandine-design-blog]

It’s such a blast to help promote the Sterling Awards, a signature event from @scottsdalechamber and be one of their design interns! Today I attended their Scottsdale Rising Young Professionals breakfast hosted by @nationwide and my flier was on the table. @scottsdalecc sure has some great partnerships! #scottsdalerisingyoungprofessionals #nationwideinsurance #scottsdalechamberofcommerce #scottsdalecc #graphicdesign #visualcommunications #sterlingawards2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9ofwzldD1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8yhxq78snw0k

[vandine-design-blog]

I have the coolest team for my first graphic design internship! @katierburgess1 , me and our ships captianess @thestrategicartisan Thank you @scottsdalechamber for taking us in and @scottsdalecc for having such a rad graphic design program! #peggydeal #peggydealrocks #cleareyesfullheartscantlose #graphicdesign #scottsdalecc #scottsdalechamber #internship #badmammajamas https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAbPtnF6FO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x33094wogafv

[ida-2016-blog]

Rehearsal 9/29:

On Thursday, we mostly worked on some of the dialogue piece while incorporating some of the movement we’ve worked on into the text. Matt worked a lot with Dorothy, a performer in the show who mostly has monologues. He had a realization while working with her: that we work in the opposite of what normal society portrays women in terms of power. “Let’s make Jimmy your bitch” was what he said that caused the epiphany. He had somebody fill in for Jimmy, since he was working on a wrestling piece (that’s right, we have wrestling in the show). The blocking is that Dorothy speaks sone monologue to the audience while dragging Jimmy on her arm. Dorothy said the monologues were difficult to grasp at first due to the language. After a long time with Matt, however, she gained clarity and a great sense of direction for almost all of the pieces.

A student from SCC sat in on the rehearsal and enjoyed watching the process. “It’s similar to the process of collaboratively writing a piece, it just seems very visual instead of verbal. I was very surprised at how quickly everyone analyzed the text.” I was as well since they only spent about fifteen to twenty minutes on each monologue, seeing how it was their first time working on these pieces and how far they got.

- Zachariah

Scottsdale Community College School of Film + Theatre and Orange Theatre present “Ida."

Ida–a woman who is well known for being well known–is the figure at the center of this new work of contemporary theatre based on the novel by Gertrude Stein. Featuring a live band led by Mario Yniguez, the show combines original music, movement, video, and text from Stein’s novel.

This production is the result of a collaboration between professional ensemble Orange Theatre and Scottsdale Community College theatre students.

Tickets available here.

[ida-2016-blog]

Oh said he excitedly, and where are you. I am not here, she said, I am very careful about that. No I am not here, she said, it is very pleasant, she added and she turned slightly away, very pleasant indeed not to be here.

[ida-2016-blog]

Rehearsal 9/27/2016

Joya and Matt had a meeting on Sunday to figure out where all of the material that he and the cast generated should go. Because of this, the entire structure of the show is different. Instead of running on a two-act structure with each act containing roughly eight short scenes (in accordance with the structure of the book) the play is now in a three-act structure with each act containing about two scenes. We spent almost all night figuring out exactly how we are going to start off the piece. The director had each performer act out 5 masculine or feminine gestures, depending on their gender. With one performer in front repeating their gestures, the rest of the cast interacted with each other silently upstage while keeping a very “sophisticated” demeanor.

Of course when the director comes in half way through the rehearsal process to propose  whole new organization, the actors (and technicians) all tend to panic. But seeing as this structure shift wasn’t totally major and how this is a scriptless show, there was no panic. We all just took this as a new perspective, and the actors kept their minds open in order to create the best material they could. Watching everybody form individual and unique ideas is always something that gets me genuinely excited. Of course, getting to photograph and record the performers during the generation of content is a definite bonus. This allows me to capture the small moments in the production that truly make it unique.

- Zachariah

Scottsdale Community College School of Film + Theatre and Orange Theatre present “Ida.“Ida–a woman who is well known for being well known–is the figure at the center of this new work of contemporary theatre based on the novel by Gertrude Stein. Featuring a live band led by Mario Yniguez, the show combines original music, movement, video, and text from Stein’s novel.

This production is the result of a collaboration between professional ensemble Orange Theatre and Scottsdale Community College theatre students.

Tickets available here.

For interesting visuals and sneak-peaks into our process, follow us on Instagram: Ida_orange_scc And our Snapchat: Ida2016

[ida-2016-blog]

Week One: 8/27 - 9/3

To officially start off the rehearsal  process, the director gave the actors a set of exercises to create a skeleton for the movement in the piece. He mapped off a section of the stage into 9 boxes. Essentially, the idea of this exercise is to set a base emotion for each box which the actor has to jump into, and immediately assume the emotion corresponding with the box. The actor must take up an original pose, then let the emotion carry them into a breath. After that they add a sound and then a fluid, repetitive motion, all while keeping in mind what the tempo, duration and topography is that influences the actor’s choices in the box. This exercise is a variation of what is known as Rasaboxes (If you desire more education on this subject, please visit this link).

The set designer created a rough sketch of a floor plan in a design challenge made to get the creative juices flowing. The challenges all gave the designer a limited amount of stageable objects and a few artists for her to draw inspiration off of. For instance: “Hell has frozen over and time is running backwards because Robert Wilson has decided to let somebody other than himself design his production of Ida. Please choose one of the ‘Places Where Ida Can Be Found’ and create 5-7 concept sketches for this production, setting it at one of those places in the style of Robert Wilson”. One of the locations was a movie premiere. Of course, it was not a replica of one of Robert Wilson’s sets, but simply what the designer thought a red carpet premiere would look like if it were influenced by Robert Wilson. We mapped this floor plan out onstage and incorporated the boxes over it. This way, the performers could get a feel for what mood or emotion would take place in a certain spot of the set for the character. We decided that this set-while being an amazing set- would not work for the production. However, we saw many ideas that came from this rough outline that could be (and have been) used in the creation of our set.

Later in the week, the actors worked on an exercise where they paired up, and each person in the pair would run at each other then collide. The collision started a very close embrace between the actors, which would be ended by one member of the pair attempting to slowly back away. While this happened the other performer would continue holding the one backing away while not moving, and would slide down until their hands smacked against the floor. They slowly rolled onto their backs, then pushed themselves offstage using their legs. 

That Saturday the actors choreographed a robbery scene. To spare the details in order to keep this specific part a surprise (if we do indeed keep it) I will just say that it was a very intricately choreographed scene that involved the robber chasing the other actors around the stage while the actors tried to find ways to hide behind each other, and eventually break off from the clumps they made.

Throughout the process, the actors would start rehearsals with warm ups, then went back to Rasaoxes to keep in mind what emotions, gestures, shapes, tempos and topographies are present in the piece.

This is the first time I have ever worked as a dramaturg, as well as my first experience in the devising process. it is very interesting to watch as the piece progresses. Instead of following the “traditional theatrical process” of making a play, we are starting with the movement. This isn’t necessarily the finite “blocking” of the production, but merely a way for characters and possibly dialogue to organically develop in the piece. It is also different not having one direct influence in the making of the production. The director stated that for this production he would like influences to be drawn from three aspects: The novel we are using to devise a script, any possible outside artists or artistic pieces we can derive influences from, and our own life experiences. Due this particular process, the production is becoming a very unique piece of art that both challenges peoples’ perception on what “theatre” is or could be. This piece is very entertaining,  as well as a way to make people think about themes that are being represented. It is very intriguing to watch this piece as it is being created by every single cast member and technician.

- Zachariah

Scottsdale Community College School of Film + Theatre and Orange Theatre present “Ida."Ida–a woman who is well known for being well known–is the figure at the center of this new work of contemporary theatre based on the novel by Gertrude Stein. Featuring a live band led by Mario Yniguez, the show combines original music, movement, video, and text from Stein’s novel.

This production is the result of a collaboration between professional ensemble Orange Theatre and Scottsdale Community College theatre students.

Tickets available here.

For interesting visuals and sneak-peaks into our process, follow us on Instagram: Ida_orange_scc And our Snapchat: Ida2016