FORUM GAMES - Amateur Dramatics Online (what's ADO?)

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Involvement could be therapeutic !!

Amateur Dramatics Online – that is ‘ADO’ – be a part of it.

I post this in the hope that there will be participants.

We need:

A theme. A back story.

A script writer.
A script.

Actors/actresses. Participants performing their contribution at home.

Producer. Central organiser Co-ordinating and collecting the parts.

Movie director. Assemble the collection of shots into a production.

Is this possible? Obviously we need to work together.

I’ll wait to see if this thread stimulates any interest.

If we start with a five minute clip then that might get things rolling.
So my suggestion – a five minute short to get the thing off the ground.

Answers? Suggestions? The beginning of something?

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Would you have a go at this in some way?
You could make the difference we need.
Please tick a box.

  • I’d like to be a part of this
  • No way – not for me
  • Maybe I could be in the audience and just watch
  • I’ll have to think about this
  • I’ve got some ideas of my own
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I like the idea of filming an action, stitched together with narration maybe, possibly a few talking heads. It’s all about drafting an idea or two and brainstorming. Even just doing this is a good way to fire up the old neurotransmitters.

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having ADO

We could have an online session simply to discuss the project.

Open to anyone interested.
You can just sit back and listen
or speak up
an informal meet up.

I’ve posted a link above so you can join the session at 2.30 pm

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I’m looking for three or four players.

Will you volunteer to have a go at a small pilot project?

It isn’t a big commitment and won’t take much of your time.

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Can’t do 2:30 pm but can do a bit later.

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@Rups

name your time.

I suspect no one is going to turn up at 2.30.

I’ll wait a few minutes to see what happens.

I can restart later if I know when.

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Anytime after 5 pm. Name your time.

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@Rups

I think apart from you and I no one sees any value in this. That is okay, dreams can be good. I much prefer them to nightmares.

I’m wrecked had a physically demanding day and need to relax.

We can discuss the matter of movie making another day. I am convinced there are opportunities and possibilities in a post stroke life.

Even a poetic stroke life.

We will exchange ideas another time.

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All ideas need time to stew, one day, I will show you how to make stone soup, it is delicious and so simple. :smiley:

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I’ve created a chat channel to help exchange ideas and meet up.

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Hi Bobbi - I think this might not be the case.
It’s as Rupert says, ideas need time to stew (I am looking forward to the stone soup - sounds very interesting).

I think in your enthusiasm to get this off the ground you were working at a pace others cannot keep up with. Members of this forum don’t always pick up these things right away - some come along weeks after the original post and think “Wow, that sounds interesting”.

I am pretty sure the skills required for this project are here - in the last few weeks alone, there have been members sharing their stories and these have included writers, reviewers, filmmakers and musicians. So the people are there and I know a few but I dare not mention them as I do not want them to think I am “pushing” them into something they would rather not do. With you and Rupert and a few others I have got to know, I am happy to take that risk because I feel I know you and what you might or might not be willing to do.

I note Roland Pando is now busy with his YouTube channel and so not here as often as he used to be and he certainly would be able to add to the project. but again, I am conscious he is now working on his other activities, but I expect he will find his way here soon.

It will happen - You and Rupert will be the driving forces :slight_smile:

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Sorry @Bobbi I missed this would have attended if I’d seen it in time❣️ 🜁

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@Mich-mm

No problem I’m in too much of a rush.

It will all come together in time.

. . . and thanks @ManjiB for your encouraging remarks.

:writing_hand: :grinning: :+1:

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I’ve been thinking about this and perhaps trying to start with a script is too far for first steps.

Maybe if we took a popular song and each in turn spoke a line of the song, it would bring us together and give feeling of what we are capable of.

One person, one line, recorded separately then brought together as a whole. Maybe two or three lines each, maybe a ballad with a story, not too long.

What you think?

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I think it’s a very good idea.the song hotel California really represents the stroke feeling for me particularly the line “you can checkout anytime you like,but you can never leave.the song is actually about the consumerist way of life in California

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Hello Bobbi,
I’m not sure if you received my response re the Am Dram group. Pease let me know ‘if’ and ‘when’ you plan to meet and where I can access this project.

Are there any audtionees?

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I think that I agree with you Bobbi. From my point of view, I have made it clear that me and technology are strangers in the night. What about if we suggested that folks might to tell us a bit about where they live, famous people from their location or something that happened that might be of great interest? The idea of a ‘recitation’ of a song etc is a good start. People would then have a little while to prepare themselves with something very familiar. Many of my writings are in the Yorkshire accent so I would put accent on the right words, if you see what I mean? I really would like to go along with something that brings a smile for those who are finding life a bit of a strain in their new (stroke) persona . Something to take our minds into a more pleasant place for a short time. But we would never lose sight of what the intention of this site is. Best wishes, Norma

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Thank you @Mich-mm
I also like the idea of using the lyrics from ‘Hotel California’ and suggest we go ahead with that. We won’t be doing this with a view to making money so shouldn’t have trouble with that, though a slight reorganising of the words might be a good idea.

Yes I did get your message @Cordwrangler and you should immediately consider yourself a member of the group ‘ADO’. For the time being we meet through this thread.

Thank you @Norma751 life, stroke, tomorrow is we are all finding our way through, each of us can be helped with the challenges and each of us have some means of offering support.

With myself and @Rups we are five, perhaps we will be more.

below 60 lines total

Hotel California

Verse 1

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

Verse 2

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin’ to myself
“This could be Heaven or this could be Hell”
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Chorus

“Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here”

Verse 3

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes Benz, uh
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget

Verse 4

So I called up the Captain
“Please bring me my wine”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
Since 1969”
And still those voices are callin’
From far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Chorus

“Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis”

Verse 5

Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice, and she said
“We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device”
And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can’t kill the beast

Verse 6

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
“Relax,” said the night man
“We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave”

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maybe a verse each, then share chorus and last verse.

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I’ll try to arrange a meet we can all attend.

Meeting Times
  • morning
  • afternoon
  • evening
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We might not be able to meet up on the same occasion but I can get input in a one on one meeting if that is the only possibility.

Fill in the above as best you can and I’ll try to work with you all.
I can arrange online meetings any time.
I can help and support if this is unfamiliar territory.

I’ve only developed this speaking out in public thing since stroke.
You lot will likely be better by far than me, but this is all about making some sort of effort to confront stroke, we can and we will do that.

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I’ll step back a bit, ease off the pressure and give you all a chance to shape this and make something of it.

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