INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IBDP NEWSLETTER Issue 5 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme IBDP Newsletter July 2013 IssueAMALGAMATION OF DIFERRENT PERSONA IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE IB THEATRE PLAY PHOTOS OF THE DRAMA “No, no, no! A hundred times no! A thousand times no! It doesn’t circulate!”And the play ended with a thunderous applause from the audience. The False Autopsy is a play directed by two IBDP Theatre Art students, Angela Hii Hui Chi and Alisha Azuddin, as part of their Theatre Arts internal assignment. This play centers on a handful of characters whose distinct personalities are differentiated through their reactions and the use ofcostumes and masks. Credit must go to the directors and actors for keeping the audience enthralled and in stitches with their unique brand of humour and sexual innuendos. Another interesting point was that the actors who played their roles did such a good job that the audience was able to relate and identify with them. The interactive session with the directors at the end of the play allowed me to appreciate not only the presentation of the play, but also the style of the play’s presentation. I found the presentation style very effective in engaging the audience and garnering their attention because there was no ‘physical wall’ separating the audience and the actors. It felt as though the audience too, was part of the play and their presence played an important role in relaying the message ofthe play. Besides the interactive session with the director, the audience was also allowed to engage with the actors. A female character , Lavora, played by our male classmate, Zunren made the audience crazy with his crinkling shower cap, daffodil yellow bathrobe and ‘greenish-moss-like-color’ mask in the opening scene of the play. When asked how he played a female character so remarkably, his witty answer - ‘It just comes naturally,’ made the audiencecachinnate in their own seats. In the future, I hope to see the IB Theatre students using different effects such as smoke and water to create an innovative play, which will become an unforgettable experience for the audience. As The False Autopsy is only their first play, I am looking forward for more surprising experiences from this creative group of theatre arts students.A conversation between Lavora and Dottore about their daughter’s marriage. From left: Lim Zunren, Arif Ahmad and Angela Hii The two young aspiring directors interacting with the audience after the theatre play. From left: Angela Hii and Alisha Azuddin The False Autopsy: A short play directed by the TCSH IB Theatre students byTay Zhi Cong
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beneficial to the society. The winner of thecompetition will receive mentorship from
CEDAR (Center for Entrepreneur
Development and Research). Among the
criteria needed in the business plan to win
are expected sales revenue, position maps,
target markets and extensive research.
The first team to present and the winner of
this challenge was “Team Educaid”. Their
concept was to convert academic
textbooks into interactive e-books with
many features such as notes, animations,
customization, etc. in iBook. They already
had their prototype ready and finished
with a ready investor from Taylor’s
University. This was their unique selling
proposition that had differentiated them
from the other 4 teams. The judges were
very impressed by their work.
“Team MrWebStudio” was the second
team to present their business plan about
creating small websites with
customization for small to mediumbusinesses. They were followed by “Team
Fundlic” who had a crowdfunding concept
which was to raise funds through mass
populace like donations for education
funding.
Our group was next, “Team TNA” (The
News Agency) with the concept to
digitalize all the different newspapers into
one application. By doing so, the usage of
paper and landfills would be reduced
greatly. Three of their propositions were
that there was an ease of use of the
application, there was also a changi
trend in reading habits and this wou
reduce the wastage area. There was
market for the business with t
advancement of technology and they we
targeting companies and consumers.
When the presentations ended, the judg
began to deliberate just as they did for t
previous teams. One of the judg
commented that there was a business
Thailand using the same concept as TeaTNA known as “Ukbi” which was wor
over 300,000,000 dollars. In general, t
judges acknowledged that the plan w
well researched and commended the go
effort. However, investing into this pl
would be labour intensive and costly
proper costing must be done along w
knowledge on the competitors. Althou
the IBDP team did not win, they still did
proud.
A group photo of the team with their lecturer. A group photo of the team with the other finalists and judgesFrom left: Tay Zhi Cong, Chin Kar Yern, Lee Wei Jie, Natasha Sheree Jetly
and Ms. Sujata
The Business Plan Challenge at Taylor's UniversityLakeside Campusby Mohamed Adam bin Mohamed Azlan