POST 8: A SUBJECT YOU ENJOY STUDYING

 

The truth is that I like all the subjects of my career, although I prefer practical to theoretical. This semester I liked a subject that combined from both sides, it was notoriously "Scenic Analysis" that originally we had to go to see plays and then comment and analyze them, but due to the pandemic we had to see records of works that were on the Internet.

The teacher divided the classes into theory and workshop. In theory we saw issues such as space, characters, time, affectivity, emotions, he discussed these issues with different authors. And in the workshop classes we would see plays, and then we would write that we observe with different patterns of analysis, to later share our visions. He also brought guests to the class, people from the countryside, actresses, director, playwright, to conduct interviews where he asked questions, but there would also be space for the class to ask questions.

Here we were able, from an outside look, to discover and learn to create different effects on the viewer. The wonderful thing about commenting on what each one saw in the works was that there were different observations.

POST 7: HOW CAN YOUR MAJOR MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

 

I think that the idea of changing the world is very cliché, a very Disney tale, if perhaps it cannot be impossible, but if we see reality in Chile people do not usually go to the theater, in reality very few Chileans "consume" culture. Obviously I have faith that theater can generate change, for something that I chose to study. What I mean is that for me to cause a change in a person is enough, because that person is a world.

Theater is a learning experience, if you have a reflection, a question, you want to investigate more than one topic, if it affects you in any way, and your mission has been accomplished.

For my theater it is a comfortable place, where everyone can experience what they like or want, which allows self-knowledge, that is why I think it should be part of the school curriculum (I speak from the place of doing) because through the game it is possible to learn.

POST 6: EXPERT OR WEBSITE

 

I do not have favorites in anything, because there is so much that as we are going to have a favorite that makes me too complex. And in the world of acting there are a lot of people to look up to. However, today I am going to talk about an actress who marked me.

Patricia Paola Fernández Silanes, better known as Nona Fernández is fifty years old, is a Chilean actress, writer, screenwriter, playwright and feminist. She grew up in a Avenida Matta neighborhood. She trained as an actress at the theater school of the Catholic University.

She has worked in different fields of acting, (television and theater) both as an actress and a playwright, she has won various awards throughout her career.

I had the opportunity to meet Nona Fernández when I was in third year, through a subject, the teacher got us to be present in the process of the play "I prefer to be eaten by dogs" where Nona worked as an actress, here I came to know more about her.