OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
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Our open dress rehearsal went very well. I think the fact that there was an audience there made the experience so much better and they all seemed to enjoy it. I think that I really tried to make every movement exaggerated as the audience was very young. After performing to them, we received some lovely letters from a Year 3 class. This boosted our confidence and made the cast a lot less worried for the final performance.
REHEARSAL
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After our open dress rehearsal, we decided that one of the things we needed to work on was our end bows. We quickly took to this and then had to clean up the set before the performance later that day.
PERFORMANCE
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The final performance went really well and I'm very proud of Split Clarity. There were some occasional slip ups, however, we improvised our way through it. For example, Hugo jumped on the earlier music than he was supposed to but when that happened, Louis and I improvised and made it look like we were frightened by the wolf in that piece of music. I, yet again, tried to really exaggerate my movements and make my through-line objective of wanting to eat the bird or get food from the humans, obvious.
Thursday, 19 December 2019
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
18.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
In the warm up, we played a focus game called Samurai. There are two groups of people with one leader from both and the leader has to do a specific action to which the other team will do the corresponding movement. If the leader claps, the other team has to spin around. If the leader puts both arms up, the other team has to do a squat. If the leader kicks, the other team has to jump. If the leader puts their arm in a direction, the other team has to follow that direction. I found this game very fun and interesting and I did quite well in it but I struggled to keep a straight face throughout.
REHEARSALS
Today, rehearsals went a lot smoother. My character didn't look like as big of a role as the rest of them so we did an improvisation game where my main objective was to get a burger that my class mates had. I struggled with this exercise in the beginning but after a while it really helped me form my through-line objective the day before the show. With this new objective, I made some drastic differences to my choreography which is a lot better than what I have been rehearsing for months. I'm glad I've now changed it and I'm prepared for the performance. The rehearsals with the orchestra went a lot better as now all of the musicians were there and we were a bit more used to the instruments and timing.
In the warm up, we played a focus game called Samurai. There are two groups of people with one leader from both and the leader has to do a specific action to which the other team will do the corresponding movement. If the leader claps, the other team has to spin around. If the leader puts both arms up, the other team has to do a squat. If the leader kicks, the other team has to jump. If the leader puts their arm in a direction, the other team has to follow that direction. I found this game very fun and interesting and I did quite well in it but I struggled to keep a straight face throughout.
REHEARSALS
Today, rehearsals went a lot smoother. My character didn't look like as big of a role as the rest of them so we did an improvisation game where my main objective was to get a burger that my class mates had. I struggled with this exercise in the beginning but after a while it really helped me form my through-line objective the day before the show. With this new objective, I made some drastic differences to my choreography which is a lot better than what I have been rehearsing for months. I'm glad I've now changed it and I'm prepared for the performance. The rehearsals with the orchestra went a lot better as now all of the musicians were there and we were a bit more used to the instruments and timing.
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
17.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSALS
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WARM UP
For the warm up we did the same Sally song as yesterday and two other songs. For the Sally song, we did lunges for the first part of the song and squats for the second half. My legs were already aching from all of the squats we did the day before so I really struggled. Mr Lemon told the cast that your mind quits before your body, so I really wanted to keep going to prove to myself that I could do it even when my mind quit. By the end of the song, I ended up crying because I was in so much pain, but I felt stronger and happier afterwards.
We did Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem:
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Every time Rihanna sang, we held a crunch position and every time Eminem rapped, we did sit ups. This was a lot easier than the Sally song we did in my opinion as I have stronger ab muscles than leg muscles.
We also did Thunderstruck by ACDC:
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In this song, every time the word "thunder" was said even in the word "thunderstruck", we had to do a burpee. By this time we were all absolutely worn out so we struggled to carry on.
REHEARSAL
For the rehearsal, we had a bit of a tough time, especially Tristan, the narrator, to adapt to the orchestra as this was our first rehearsal with them. One of the musicians wasn't able to make the rehearsal which was even more difficult and stressful. Some of the music was faster and some was slower than the recording that we had previously been rehearsing to. For example, my music when Tristan says, "In a twinkling, the cat climbed up the tree" was significantly faster than the recording. Despite all of this, we still managed to make things work. Our first run through was even worse than the day before, so all of us got down hearted for a bit but then we pulled ourselves together and did a much better second rehearsal.
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WARM UP
For the warm up we did the same Sally song as yesterday and two other songs. For the Sally song, we did lunges for the first part of the song and squats for the second half. My legs were already aching from all of the squats we did the day before so I really struggled. Mr Lemon told the cast that your mind quits before your body, so I really wanted to keep going to prove to myself that I could do it even when my mind quit. By the end of the song, I ended up crying because I was in so much pain, but I felt stronger and happier afterwards.
We did Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem:
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Every time Rihanna sang, we held a crunch position and every time Eminem rapped, we did sit ups. This was a lot easier than the Sally song we did in my opinion as I have stronger ab muscles than leg muscles.
We also did Thunderstruck by ACDC:
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In this song, every time the word "thunder" was said even in the word "thunderstruck", we had to do a burpee. By this time we were all absolutely worn out so we struggled to carry on.
REHEARSAL
For the rehearsal, we had a bit of a tough time, especially Tristan, the narrator, to adapt to the orchestra as this was our first rehearsal with them. One of the musicians wasn't able to make the rehearsal which was even more difficult and stressful. Some of the music was faster and some was slower than the recording that we had previously been rehearsing to. For example, my music when Tristan says, "In a twinkling, the cat climbed up the tree" was significantly faster than the recording. Despite all of this, we still managed to make things work. Our first run through was even worse than the day before, so all of us got down hearted for a bit but then we pulled ourselves together and did a much better second rehearsal.
Monday, 16 December 2019
16.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
Today was our first rehearsal from 6-9pm. This was quite challenging as I'm not used to rehearsing this late but I had quite a fun time. For our warm up, we were introduced to a workout to a song:
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When the song said "bring Sally up" we had to stand and when it said "bring Sally down" we had to squat. Mr Lemon made sure we were in the proper form. This was so difficult for me as I'm not very physically fit. Ms Trono told me that a part of being an actor is having that physical ability and strength so I will be doing more exercise in order to increase my fitness and stamina.
REHEARSAL
We found out today that Georgia has been in quite a serious accident which means she is unable to do the show so Silvana had to step up to her role. As Silvana had to take on Georgia's role in a previous rehearsal where Georgia didn't show up, she was already very familiar with the choreography which was helpful. Silvana really embraced the duck role and accepted the stress, hard work and dedication that came with it. For this rehearsal, we spent a bit of time helping Silvana with her new role and did our first full run through with costume. This run through wasn't as smooth as the one yesterday which we were quite upset about as we wanted to prove how hard we worked on Sunday. After the first run through, our morale was pretty low because we were annoyed with ourselves but we didn't let it stop us.
Today was our first rehearsal from 6-9pm. This was quite challenging as I'm not used to rehearsing this late but I had quite a fun time. For our warm up, we were introduced to a workout to a song:
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When the song said "bring Sally up" we had to stand and when it said "bring Sally down" we had to squat. Mr Lemon made sure we were in the proper form. This was so difficult for me as I'm not very physically fit. Ms Trono told me that a part of being an actor is having that physical ability and strength so I will be doing more exercise in order to increase my fitness and stamina.
REHEARSAL
We found out today that Georgia has been in quite a serious accident which means she is unable to do the show so Silvana had to step up to her role. As Silvana had to take on Georgia's role in a previous rehearsal where Georgia didn't show up, she was already very familiar with the choreography which was helpful. Silvana really embraced the duck role and accepted the stress, hard work and dedication that came with it. For this rehearsal, we spent a bit of time helping Silvana with her new role and did our first full run through with costume. This run through wasn't as smooth as the one yesterday which we were quite upset about as we wanted to prove how hard we worked on Sunday. After the first run through, our morale was pretty low because we were annoyed with ourselves but we didn't let it stop us.
Sunday, 15 December 2019
15.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
For our warm-up, we all followed Amelie and Silvana doing stretches and exercises. These were very effective and warmed up our bodies.
REHEARSAL
Today, Amelie booked a dance room for the cast to rehearse in so we spent about 3 hours rehearsing. We did a run through and then decided which parts needed the most amount of work. We choreographed the hunter and wolf's scene but Seth didn't know what to do as he wasn't in the rehearsal when we choreographed it. He took on the dance quite well and Georgia and Silvana were helping him. I was quite distracted in this rehearsal as I wasn't as needed that much. We also helped to block Tristan correctly and involve him more in the scenes. This breaks that fourth wall, however, we made it very entertaining for what we believe children would want to watch.
For our warm-up, we all followed Amelie and Silvana doing stretches and exercises. These were very effective and warmed up our bodies.
REHEARSAL
Today, Amelie booked a dance room for the cast to rehearse in so we spent about 3 hours rehearsing. We did a run through and then decided which parts needed the most amount of work. We choreographed the hunter and wolf's scene but Seth didn't know what to do as he wasn't in the rehearsal when we choreographed it. He took on the dance quite well and Georgia and Silvana were helping him. I was quite distracted in this rehearsal as I wasn't as needed that much. We also helped to block Tristan correctly and involve him more in the scenes. This breaks that fourth wall, however, we made it very entertaining for what we believe children would want to watch.
Thursday, 12 December 2019
12.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
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In this rehearsal, the wolf character came back from time off so we spent most of the lesson helping him with his blocking, choreography and making his movements larger and more exciting. As our play is directed at young children, we need the characters to have over-the-top and large movements to keep them excited and interested. We helped Hugo with this and made his body language more extreme. It looked much better by the end of it. We also decided to play with the music a bit and have Hugo move in time with it. Most of his music is slow and eerie but there is one part in this section where his music becomes quite a fast beat. We made Hugo walk in time to the music to make it more interesting for the audience. The cast was quite distracted and out of it today, however, Hugo carried on throughout.
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In this rehearsal, the wolf character came back from time off so we spent most of the lesson helping him with his blocking, choreography and making his movements larger and more exciting. As our play is directed at young children, we need the characters to have over-the-top and large movements to keep them excited and interested. We helped Hugo with this and made his body language more extreme. It looked much better by the end of it. We also decided to play with the music a bit and have Hugo move in time with it. Most of his music is slow and eerie but there is one part in this section where his music becomes quite a fast beat. We made Hugo walk in time to the music to make it more interesting for the audience. The cast was quite distracted and out of it today, however, Hugo carried on throughout.
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
11.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
SHORT CLIP OF REHEARSAL
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REHEARSAL DISCUSSION
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This rehearsal was a very tricky one. The cast's morale was down as we were expecting the two main characters to be there (as those parts are the ones we need to work on the most). There was a conflict between the theatre company but things were resolved that night. We decided to spend our time on the parts where we have interactions with the characters who were available for rehearsal (which ended up being 5 of us). The part we worked on the most was my interaction with Amelie after the duck dies.
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REHEARSAL DISCUSSION
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This rehearsal was a very tricky one. The cast's morale was down as we were expecting the two main characters to be there (as those parts are the ones we need to work on the most). There was a conflict between the theatre company but things were resolved that night. We decided to spend our time on the parts where we have interactions with the characters who were available for rehearsal (which ended up being 5 of us). The part we worked on the most was my interaction with Amelie after the duck dies.
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
10.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
DISCUSSION IN REHEARSAL
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REHEARSAL
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We believe that the beginning and end is quite smooth so we decided to work on the fighting scenes with the wolf. Our lack of characters made it quite difficult to rehearse the parts we wanted to. Georgia, as the duck, is in the first half and Hugo, the wolf is in the second half, so without either of them it was very difficult to find things to be able to rehearse. Our space was also quite inconvenient as it is a lot smaller than the auditorium where we will be performing. We also wanted to focus on linking all of the scenes as we've worked on each scene separately. We also need to work on the procession with the amount of space provided in the auditorium.
We decided to rehearse in costume as we needed to get used to the tutus and leotards etc. We did a full run through at the beginning to see what needed the most work on. Louis and Amelie spent a bit of time cleaning up their interaction with each other. Silvana and Amelie helped Georgia with her entrance. We then spent a bit of time on Silvana and Seth's hunter's scene. Then we helped Louis and Amelie with their interaction with the hunters. I liked the idea of having Louis help Amelie down off the tree so we tried it a few times and decided to keep it. We made the overall interaction with the hunters a bit more choreographed and into a routine. At the end, we spent some time choreographing my movements for when I climb up the tree. This is so much better now than how it was before.
I'm very happy with the way this rehearsal went. The entire cast was dedicated and motivated and it really shows as to how much work we got done. We were all sharing ideas and helping each other succeed.
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REHEARSAL
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We believe that the beginning and end is quite smooth so we decided to work on the fighting scenes with the wolf. Our lack of characters made it quite difficult to rehearse the parts we wanted to. Georgia, as the duck, is in the first half and Hugo, the wolf is in the second half, so without either of them it was very difficult to find things to be able to rehearse. Our space was also quite inconvenient as it is a lot smaller than the auditorium where we will be performing. We also wanted to focus on linking all of the scenes as we've worked on each scene separately. We also need to work on the procession with the amount of space provided in the auditorium.
We decided to rehearse in costume as we needed to get used to the tutus and leotards etc. We did a full run through at the beginning to see what needed the most work on. Louis and Amelie spent a bit of time cleaning up their interaction with each other. Silvana and Amelie helped Georgia with her entrance. We then spent a bit of time on Silvana and Seth's hunter's scene. Then we helped Louis and Amelie with their interaction with the hunters. I liked the idea of having Louis help Amelie down off the tree so we tried it a few times and decided to keep it. We made the overall interaction with the hunters a bit more choreographed and into a routine. At the end, we spent some time choreographing my movements for when I climb up the tree. This is so much better now than how it was before.
I'm very happy with the way this rehearsal went. The entire cast was dedicated and motivated and it really shows as to how much work we got done. We were all sharing ideas and helping each other succeed.
Monday, 9 December 2019
09.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we covered the movements from the duck coming out of the pond and then getting eaten by the wolf up until the procession. There was a bit of confusion as to why the duck was getting out of the pond in the first place, but now Georgia understands her character's motif and it's smoother. She thought that she was getting out of the pond because she was scared of the wolf, but now her objective is to instinctively fight the wolf, then realises how scary he is and runs away. I think we need to fix the section after the duck gets eaten as the wolf isn't doing much and it's a bit boring, especially for a young audience. I think the rehearsal, despite the little working space we had, went quite well as the cast was more lively and energetic today.
In this rehearsal, we covered the movements from the duck coming out of the pond and then getting eaten by the wolf up until the procession. There was a bit of confusion as to why the duck was getting out of the pond in the first place, but now Georgia understands her character's motif and it's smoother. She thought that she was getting out of the pond because she was scared of the wolf, but now her objective is to instinctively fight the wolf, then realises how scary he is and runs away. I think we need to fix the section after the duck gets eaten as the wolf isn't doing much and it's a bit boring, especially for a young audience. I think the rehearsal, despite the little working space we had, went quite well as the cast was more lively and energetic today.
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Hunters Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION

WHAT I DID
To create the hunters' look, I simply added some dark browns and blacks in splotches on their faces. This was to make them look muddy and dirty.

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WHAT I DID
To create the hunters' look, I simply added some dark browns and blacks in splotches on their faces. This was to make them look muddy and dirty.
Wolf Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION
WHAT I DID
I went around the outside of his face with a black liner on a brush making lines and stripes as I went. I also extended this under his cheek bones and added it onto his eyebrows. Then I lined his eyes and extended that down to the inner corner. Under that, I added another line and filled in the gap with white. I then added the lines and stripes coming off of the lowest line. After that, I filled in his nose and added the line down his cupid's bow. I then finished it off by added white lines wherever I had the black lines. For the actual performance, I will apply the liner closer to his hair line so it doesnt look as disconnected.
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WHAT I DID
I went around the outside of his face with a black liner on a brush making lines and stripes as I went. I also extended this under his cheek bones and added it onto his eyebrows. Then I lined his eyes and extended that down to the inner corner. Under that, I added another line and filled in the gap with white. I then added the lines and stripes coming off of the lowest line. After that, I filled in his nose and added the line down his cupid's bow. I then finished it off by added white lines wherever I had the black lines. For the actual performance, I will apply the liner closer to his hair line so it doesnt look as disconnected.
Peter Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION
WHAT I DID
For Peter, I liked the idea of rosy cheeks and freckles. I added a lot of blush onto the apples of his cheeks in a circle. I then scattered some freckles over his cheeks.
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WHAT I DID
For Peter, I liked the idea of rosy cheeks and freckles. I added a lot of blush onto the apples of his cheeks in a circle. I then scattered some freckles over his cheeks.
Grandfather Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION

WHAT I DID
I made Seth do different facial expressions to see where the natural contours and wrinkles would be on an old man. I first made him make an angry face, causing two lines between his eyebrows. I then made him raise his eyebrows to form the wrinkles on his forehead. After that, I made him scrunch up his eyes to get the wrinkles around there. I lastly made his smile to get the smile lines. I blended these lines a bit and then added some concealer to his eyebrows and eyelashes.
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WHAT I DID
I made Seth do different facial expressions to see where the natural contours and wrinkles would be on an old man. I first made him make an angry face, causing two lines between his eyebrows. I then made him raise his eyebrows to form the wrinkles on his forehead. After that, I made him scrunch up his eyes to get the wrinkles around there. I lastly made his smile to get the smile lines. I blended these lines a bit and then added some concealer to his eyebrows and eyelashes.
Duck Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION
TIMELAPSE
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WHAT I DID
First I applied a bronzer to her crease and dragged it outwards slightly. I then took a darker brown and darkened the crease. After that, I concealed her eyelids then applied a yellow, shimmery eyeshadow over the top. The reason I concealed before was to brighten that yellow colour, however, the eyeshadow I have isn't very bright or pigmented so I will need to find one that is. I then blended the yellow eyeshadow into the brown in the crease. I then added a dark brown/black to her outer corner to give more dimension. After that, I applied a shimmery, teal blue under her waterline and added a subtle blue highlighter to her inner corner and over the teal blue eyeshadow. Finally, I added black eyeliner with a wing. I think that the eyeliner would possibly be better without the wing as Georgia's eyes suit it more. For the actual production, I would give her stage makeup as well.

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| My Pinterest Board for the makeup |
TIMELAPSE
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WHAT I DID
First I applied a bronzer to her crease and dragged it outwards slightly. I then took a darker brown and darkened the crease. After that, I concealed her eyelids then applied a yellow, shimmery eyeshadow over the top. The reason I concealed before was to brighten that yellow colour, however, the eyeshadow I have isn't very bright or pigmented so I will need to find one that is. I then blended the yellow eyeshadow into the brown in the crease. I then added a dark brown/black to her outer corner to give more dimension. After that, I applied a shimmery, teal blue under her waterline and added a subtle blue highlighter to her inner corner and over the teal blue eyeshadow. Finally, I added black eyeliner with a wing. I think that the eyeliner would possibly be better without the wing as Georgia's eyes suit it more. For the actual production, I would give her stage makeup as well.

Cat Makeup - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
MY INSPIRATION

As head of makeup, I have made a pinterest board for the looks I would like to do on each of the characters. I even tried out the cat makeup on myself to see what would look good.
WHAT I DID
For the eyes, I did a brown, light smokey eye and dragged the darkest shade under my waterline and then pulled that down to create an animalistic look. I put white highlighter in my inner corner and dragged that down till it reached the brown line. I did winged eyeliner to add to that cat eye effect. I believe contacts would be a good idea.
For the face, I added a lot of bronzer (which is quite hard to see in these photos) and also contoured my nose to be wider than normal. I put a black liner on the tip of my nose and pulled that down my cupid's bow to my top lip. I extended my top lip out and put 3 dots on each side of my cupid's bow. I then finished off with adding 3 whiskers on each cheek.

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| My Pinterest board for the makeup |

As head of makeup, I have made a pinterest board for the looks I would like to do on each of the characters. I even tried out the cat makeup on myself to see what would look good.
WHAT I DID
For the eyes, I did a brown, light smokey eye and dragged the darkest shade under my waterline and then pulled that down to create an animalistic look. I put white highlighter in my inner corner and dragged that down till it reached the brown line. I did winged eyeliner to add to that cat eye effect. I believe contacts would be a good idea.
For the face, I added a lot of bronzer (which is quite hard to see in these photos) and also contoured my nose to be wider than normal. I put a black liner on the tip of my nose and pulled that down my cupid's bow to my top lip. I extended my top lip out and put 3 dots on each side of my cupid's bow. I then finished off with adding 3 whiskers on each cheek.
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Assignment 1 questions
Sound Designer/Technician
- Who is this person most likely to be in contact with the most and why?
- The sound designer and technician is most likely to be in contact with the director the most. This is because the director will share their vision with the sound designer and technician and they will then have to create what the director wants. There will most likely be quite a few different drafts of these sounds and the sound designer and technician will work together with the director until it is all up to standards and portrays the message the director is trying to make come across.
Set and Props Designer
- Why must this person read the script in detail and do contextual research before beginning a job? In a larger scale production, can you tell me 3 different roles in the props team and what they do?
- The set and props designer must read the script in detail and do contextual research before beginning a job to make sure that they are prepared. The script will usually give a large amount of clues to the set and props used within the play. Doing other contextual research will help make it more factually correct and/or accurate. For example, if a play is set in the Victorian times, the set and props designer would need to do a lot of research on the items used in Victorian times and what houses looked like, otherwise the audience wouldn't be immersed in the experience. In a larger scale production, in the props team there will be a prop master, prop maker and prop storeman. The prop master is responsible for purchasing, acquiring, manufacturing, properly placing and/or overseeing any props needed. The prop maker physically makes each prop and they make a large variety of different props from jewellery to furniture. They also may alter already existing props, such as distressing an object to make it look older or worn. The prop storeman deals with organising the delivery, transport and storage of all hired and bought props for the production. They must also organise the the props storage area in accordance with the production schedule.
Director
- List 3 people that the director needs to collaborate with pre-production and what needs to be said.
- The director must schedule rehearsals with the actors to make their acting/tone/objective/movement completely portray what the director had envisioned. The director will give the actors advice and different exercises to help them create the piece of work that the director wants to convey to the audience. They will also collaborate with the sound designer and/or technician. The director and sound designer/technician will discuss the sounds that the director wants throughout the play. The sound designer/technician will then go off and make these sounds in creative and practical ways. If the director doesn't like what the sound designer has come up with, the director will arrange another meeting and discuss the areas to improve on and give constructive criticism. The director will also meet with the lighting designer/technician for the same reason, however, this time with lights instead of sound.
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Things I Know To Be True
PLOT/THEMES
- Rosie comes back from her trip in Europe to see her family who live in Adelaide. We are then introduced to her overprotective mother, loving father, business savvy sister, brother who wishes to transition and criminal brother.
- Rosie's sister, Pip, decides to move from Adelaide to Canada to take up a job for 12 months and has to leave her entire life behind. We then find out she'd been having an affair.
- Rosie's brother, Mark, tells his family he wants to move to Sydney and transition to Mia.
- Rosie's other brother, Ben, has been stealing money and spending it on cocaine.
- Rosie's parents, Bob and Fran, try to help all the children with they problems.
- The children don't appreciate their parents' concerns and excessive worry which is why they needed to move from Adelaide in the first place.
- Rosie then decides to take up a creative writing course in Brisbane.
- Soon after she left, Fran with all her stress and fatigue, fell asleep on the expressway and flipped her car and died on impact.
- The family then reunites in Adelaide to attend her funeral and support Bob.
- Relationship, family, marriage, heartbreak, sense of belonging, tragedy.
STRUCTURE
- Naturalistic and non-naturalistic - moments of dialogue as well as moments of direct audience address and physical theatre.
- Linear timeline - chronological, with ellipses - shown through physical theatre, direct audience address monologues, music
- Sort of cyclical structure - Rosie talking about the things she knows to be true before coming back to Adelaide and after her mother died.
SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS
- The first scene of Rosie explaining her trip to Europe - heartbreak she felt foreshadows the events in the play.
- Meeting the family - sets the base of the play, we get some exposition on the relationships of the characters.
- Pip explaining she wants to go to Canada - after she's left, Fran reading the letter Pip wrote admitting to having her affair - Fran lies to Bob about the letter - foreshadows lies that the family keep from each other.
- Mark telling his parents and Rosie about transitioning to become female - a lot of selfishness is shown from both parties - Mark wants the entire conversation to be about him coping and doesn't think about it being hard for his family to deal with all this information at once.
- Finding out Ben is a criminal - see a scary and threatening side to Ben - "I want mum" shows he relies on his mother for help but almost abuses it
- Fran dying - so tired from trying to help her entire family and just as things appear to be getting better, she falls asleep on the expressway and dies.
ACTING / MOVEMENT
- First scene physical theatre - shows relationships between family members and portrays the way Rosie was feeling without her needing to say it.
- Table when Rosie gets home - transitions from garden to kitchen in a smooth way.
- Physical theatre - showing the passing of time.
- Fran and Bob dancing - the proxemics of how close they are emphasises the love they have for each other (even if it wasn't always there).
- Monologues - providing exposition on the play and also showing the situation from a different point of view.
TECHNICAL DESIGN
- Different lighting - sometimes a low light with a spotlight (usually during monologues) - sometimes a brighter light covering the entire stage (when the family were in the kitchen in the beginning) - sometimes a blue light (usually during times with physical theatre).
- The garden - signified the passing of time (through the seasons with the rose bushes) - at the end, when Bob had lost everything (his wife dying and the children all leaving him) ripping out the rose bushes.
- Bridge - only used once for Mark's monologue - water signifying rain drops coming down on him.
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Dealing with Clair
PLOT/THEMES
- Clair, a real estate agent, is helping the couple, Mike and Liz, sell their house. They ask Clair to accept the first offer. A perfectly good offer is made, however, then a potential buyer, James, enters the scene and offers a higher bid. All ethical notions go out of the window and Clair is stuck in the middle of the couple's double dealings and receives too much male attention from both the buyer and seller.
STRUCTURE
- Non-linear - The story wasn't in chronological order from what I saw. It was quite hard to tell as there appeared to be 2 story-lines, however some points seemed to be as if these 2 story-lines were happening at the same time, like when the Italian girl and the investigator wire up the house to hear all conversations going on in the house. At the end there was a jump in time from when Clair appears to be dying on the floor to when Mike and Liz get another estate agent to help them sell the house.
- 2 narrative story-lines - What occurs within Mike and Liz's house and the investigator.
- Dramatic irony (audience knows outcome but characters don't) - There are a few lines during Clair's phone call that signify something will happen and then this is anchored by the unwanted male attention from the buyer and seller of the house. There is also a very poignant part when Liz says to her husband that he would "rape" Clair. Even though the husband isn't the one to kidnap her or rape her or whatever happens at the end, it still foreshadows events.
SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS
- Clair's phone call - seems to be studied by investigator and foreshadows events later on - also sets mood and tone for play as eerie and ominous.
- The Italian girl's Italy call - find out she's involved in the investigation.
- Mike and James giving Clair too much attention - foreshadows events later on in play.
- James and Clair playing snap - clearly unprofessional and they both know it - finally seems like a tipping point which it is.
- James on the phone - see Clair on the floor barely moving - find out what happened to her.
ACTING / MOVEMENT
- The set was a model village with a room behind it and a walkway on top of the room.
- The actors would use the model village space as if it was a room in a house and interact with the model houses as if they were seats, rooms and props.
- The first scene, containing Clair's phone call had interesting movement as it portrayed a passing of time.
- The proxemics of the character revealed a lot without having to explicitly say - for example, James and Mike would get very close to Clair indicating their interest in her.
TECHNICAL DESIGN
- As I said before, they had a model village which they used as if it was furniture and seats etc in a house.
- The stairs to the bridge were used as part of the house and underneath that was the investigators room.
- There were also model trains behind the wall upstage to signify Clair's house by the railway.
- Most of the time there was quite a plain white lighting, however, right before the very end, all the lights went off and there were people in masks with torches on stage and walking around in the audience to make it more interactive.
- Liz's shoes were set in a parking lot of the model village as if they were parked there but she changed her footwear when getting changed for James to come over. Clair wore 3 outfits, a towel, blazer and skirt and blazer with trousers. The investigator wore a plumber's outfit as a disguise to get into the house.
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03.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
For our warmup, we started with a game of Splat to get our blood pumping and bodies moving. This helped with our energy later on when rehearsing as we were all ready and warmed up
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we solidified our movement for after Peter lets the rope down for me to put over the Wolf. This time we had the actual tree we intend to use, however, it was quite difficult as the tree was taller than we expected so throwing the rope over was hard. We came up with a solution to throw the rope out of one of the holes in the tree. This seemed to end up working, but then we faced another problem. When I have to jump out of the tree, I have to make sure I jump more forwards than up like I was doing before as I would hit the tree. We then carried on to do the procession and just went over our movements.
For our warmup, we started with a game of Splat to get our blood pumping and bodies moving. This helped with our energy later on when rehearsing as we were all ready and warmed up
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we solidified our movement for after Peter lets the rope down for me to put over the Wolf. This time we had the actual tree we intend to use, however, it was quite difficult as the tree was taller than we expected so throwing the rope over was hard. We came up with a solution to throw the rope out of one of the holes in the tree. This seemed to end up working, but then we faced another problem. When I have to jump out of the tree, I have to make sure I jump more forwards than up like I was doing before as I would hit the tree. We then carried on to do the procession and just went over our movements.
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| Peter and the cat with the rope |
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
19.11.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
Last week we completed our blocking, so in this rehearsal we did a game at the beginning to see if we remembered each segment of sound and run to where our characters should be. The only problem with this was that there are many times when the same piece of music repeats so it was difficult to immediately get into position. This game was, however, very fun and got everyone moving.
REHEARSAL
We kept going over our movements and blocking to improve some details or just to engrave everything in our minds. We went over the bird and Peter interaction at the beginning of the piece. This has come a long way from where we started. I think we need to focus on the wolf a bit more and help him with his choreography. The cast did get a little tired at points leading to us being quite unmotivated which is something I think we all really struggle with. I think we need to work on our stamina a lot as this play is 30 mins of movements so we need to have that nailed.
Last week we completed our blocking, so in this rehearsal we did a game at the beginning to see if we remembered each segment of sound and run to where our characters should be. The only problem with this was that there are many times when the same piece of music repeats so it was difficult to immediately get into position. This game was, however, very fun and got everyone moving.
REHEARSAL
We kept going over our movements and blocking to improve some details or just to engrave everything in our minds. We went over the bird and Peter interaction at the beginning of the piece. This has come a long way from where we started. I think we need to focus on the wolf a bit more and help him with his choreography. The cast did get a little tired at points leading to us being quite unmotivated which is something I think we all really struggle with. I think we need to work on our stamina a lot as this play is 30 mins of movements so we need to have that nailed.
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| Peter and the Bird |
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
12.11.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we re-blocked the procession so that it makes more sense with the music and the storyline.
Before, our procession was boring and lifeless but we changed it because that wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience as they want it to be interactive and exciting.
We now have Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen interacting with the audience and walking around whilst the cat and grandfather perform their segment.
Then the cat and grandad come off stage and meet Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen and interact with the children whilst the bird performs.
Then we all go off stage and come back on for the curtain call.
This has been improved greatly and now the cast is more confident in the piece.
In this rehearsal, we re-blocked the procession so that it makes more sense with the music and the storyline.
Before, our procession was boring and lifeless but we changed it because that wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience as they want it to be interactive and exciting.
We now have Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen interacting with the audience and walking around whilst the cat and grandfather perform their segment.
Then the cat and grandad come off stage and meet Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen and interact with the children whilst the bird performs.
Then we all go off stage and come back on for the curtain call.
This has been improved greatly and now the cast is more confident in the piece.
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| Actors interacting with the audience |
Sunday, 10 November 2019
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
05.11.19 Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we tried to block the rest of the piece that we haven't been through to establish where everything will be. We also figured out a way to catch Hugo, the wolf, with the rope. We've decided that Louis will hold the rope on either side and then throw it around Hugo's waist. We've also figured out how to make the stone wall. We will get some staging blocks and then stick a stone wall wallpaper on top of it.
The footage from this rehearsal:
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In this rehearsal, we tried to block the rest of the piece that we haven't been through to establish where everything will be. We also figured out a way to catch Hugo, the wolf, with the rope. We've decided that Louis will hold the rope on either side and then throw it around Hugo's waist. We've also figured out how to make the stone wall. We will get some staging blocks and then stick a stone wall wallpaper on top of it.
The footage from this rehearsal:
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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
22.10.19 Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
In this rehearsal we did the warm up game Chinese Whispers but with actions to get our bodies moving. We had to use movements from the characters from Peter and the Wolf and it would go down the line until we had a movement that should have but didn't look anything like the movement at the start. For example, I did the duck's waddle, Peter's skip and the hunter's walk. This then had to go down the line of people in our theatre company and see how the movements turned out at the end. Some people had a hard time recreating the movements as they required some skill, e.g. I struggled to recreate Amelie's bird motif as it was too difficult. Some other people had a hard time to remember what movements were done.
PROCESSION
We then looked at the procession and watched some videos online to help us figure out how we want to choreograph this section. We looked at contact improvisation for ideas on how the characters could interact with each other as there is no dialogue. We didn't do too much physical work this
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We also looked at some procession videos.
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In this rehearsal we did the warm up game Chinese Whispers but with actions to get our bodies moving. We had to use movements from the characters from Peter and the Wolf and it would go down the line until we had a movement that should have but didn't look anything like the movement at the start. For example, I did the duck's waddle, Peter's skip and the hunter's walk. This then had to go down the line of people in our theatre company and see how the movements turned out at the end. Some people had a hard time recreating the movements as they required some skill, e.g. I struggled to recreate Amelie's bird motif as it was too difficult. Some other people had a hard time to remember what movements were done.
PROCESSION
We then looked at the procession and watched some videos online to help us figure out how we want to choreograph this section. We looked at contact improvisation for ideas on how the characters could interact with each other as there is no dialogue. We didn't do too much physical work this
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We also looked at some procession videos.
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Monday, 21 October 2019
21.10.19 Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal we managed to finish the blocking for our piece from before the procession. I think that it will be a lot easier to progress with our movements and choreography now we know where we need to be and at what point in the music. I believe I need to work on my choreography for in the tree when I'm next to the bird. I think I need to have a more cat like movement and possibly have some interactions with the bird. Our energy was a lot better than the last rehearsals however, I think that some people weren't in the best mood.
In this rehearsal we managed to finish the blocking for our piece from before the procession. I think that it will be a lot easier to progress with our movements and choreography now we know where we need to be and at what point in the music. I believe I need to work on my choreography for in the tree when I'm next to the bird. I think I need to have a more cat like movement and possibly have some interactions with the bird. Our energy was a lot better than the last rehearsals however, I think that some people weren't in the best mood.
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| Example of a procession |
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Bullying Piece Ideas - Mrs Williams
WHY CHARACTER IS BULLIED?
- Single parent, dad
- Bullied about mother (bullies make up stories)
- Has to care for parent at home - always late for school
- Don’t judge because you don’t know what’s going on
TIMELINE1
- Mel goes to teachers (who don’t help)
- Teachers snitch to their child who goes to that school
- That child tells the bullies and then bullying gets worse
- Go into hospital - parent seriously ill
- Bullies realize what they’ve done
TIMELINE2
- Boy moves to new school
- Gets in with wrong crowd
- Gets dared to do things in class
- Gets suspended
- Comes back to school and doesn’t want to do anything
- Bullying gets reported and stops
EXPOSITION
- Start with tragic ending
- Mel in hospital - mum has passed away
- Mel stopped eating - having treatment for anorexia
BEGINNING
- Mel’s first day at new school
- Comes in late - nothing prepared
- Nice students
- Gets detentions after time
- Detentions turn into suspension because he can’t go to them
- Gets taken around school by bad person
- Gets into wrong crowd
- Everyone bullies so he feels he has to as well
- Lies about background and family life
MIDDLE
- Keeps bullying because feels he has to stay that way to stay in group
- Gets suspended for bullying (victim tells teacher)
- Friends go to his house - discover he was lying about his wealth and his mum
- Has argument with mum so goes to park
- Friends bully him
- Gets phone call that mum is dead
- Goes to hospital
ENDING
- Stops eating - becomes anorexic
- Physically bullied as well for dead mother
- Hospitalized
DEVISING STRATEGIES
- Improvisation
- Physical Theatre
- Writing in role
- Verbatim - direct audience address or dialogue
Monday, 14 October 2019
14.10.19 Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
In this rehearsal, we figured out that having a thrust stage would be too difficult to perform in. I believe if there wasn't a tree we had to "climb", a thrust stage would be possible. We are now going to perform on the stage of the auditorium rather than the floor with the chairs pushed back. We carried on choreographing this piece but it was quite difficult to think about the rearrangement of the stage and where the pond, tree and fence will be. I changed my movements to make it more exaggerated which I think a younger audience will enjoy. I also payed more attention to my music and now have choreography which works better with it.
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| A thrust stage |
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| Our auditorium |
Saturday, 12 October 2019
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Chair Duet - Mrs Williams
FRANTIC ASSEMBLY
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We took inspiration and a lot of tips from this video to help us form our chair duets. There were 9 people in our group so we got into pairs with one group of three. We each made a chair duet and then found a way to link it all together. I found this exercise very fun and interesting to find different points of contact and ways to link things together. I found it difficult at the start to figure out a way to make our movements rapid but smooth however, the video helped with that a lot.
OUR CHAIR DUET
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We took inspiration and a lot of tips from this video to help us form our chair duets. There were 9 people in our group so we got into pairs with one group of three. We each made a chair duet and then found a way to link it all together. I found this exercise very fun and interesting to find different points of contact and ways to link things together. I found it difficult at the start to figure out a way to make our movements rapid but smooth however, the video helped with that a lot.
OUR CHAIR DUET
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Children's Theatre - Mrs Williams
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| Unicorn Theatre |
Specialises in children's theatre
Shows for ages 4-7:
Anansi the spider - 55 mins
This is an immersive and highly engaging experience. Instead of conventional seating, children and adults will sit together on the floor in the world of Anansi. We will have some seating for people who need it and will be able to accommodate you on the day.
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The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse - 50 mins
One day Mouse is gobbled up by a wolf. ‘Oh woe’ says Mouse, who fears this must be the end. But then we discover Duck, who was, until Mouse arrived, taking a nap. As it turns out, it’s pretty nice living inside the belly of the beast with a new friend. There’s delicious food, dancing and – better still – no more fear of being eaten! Meanwhile, outside in the forest, things aren’t quite as rosy for Wolf who is being stalked by a hunter. Realising their fates are intertwined, Duck and Mouse hatch a winning plan… Join us this Christmas for the stage adaptation of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s brilliantly subversive picture book which finds joy and friendship in the darkest and most unusual of places.
Wild - 50 minsWild’s home is the forest. Bears teach her how to eat, birds help her to speak, and foxes show her how to play. She is irrepressibly wild. Then one day, some new animals arrive. They look oddly like her – and they want to take Wild away. But what if she was happy where she was? Adapted from the glorious picture book by artist Emily Hughes, Wild is brought to life by inventive young company How It Ended (The Little Gardener, UK tour). This energetic story, told with atmospheric sound, movement and puppetry, celebrates the free spirit in all of us.
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| Little Angel Theatre |
Specialises in puppets
Shows for ages 4-7:
The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-Cat - 45 mins
When their beautiful golden ring is stolen, the Owl and the Pussy-cat must travel far from the safety of the Bong-tree glade as their search for the thief leads them across the sea, to the Chankly Bore and beyond.
Find out what these two beloved characters did next and join them on a journey through a nonsensical land full of adventure.
Julia Donaldson and Charlotte Voake’s sequel to Edward Lear’s classic poem is brought to life on stage for the first time with stunning puppetry, enchanting rhyme and original music.
The Pixie and the Pudding - 50 mins
It’s Christmas Eve on the farm, and the chickens, pigs and cows are fast asleep. Inside the farmhouse, the fire is roaring and a delicious, steaming pudding is left out on the windowsill…
When Charlie and her dad move to the farm from the city, everything seems to go wrong. Dolly the cow’s in a grump, there’s not an egg to be found, and even the cockerel has stopped crowing! If only they’d paid attention to the mysterious note left on their windowsill about a curious pixie and the pudding she likes to eat on Christmas Eve…
This brand new musical brings a tale from Scandinavian folklore to life with puppetry, original music and a sprinkling of pixie magic.
Me... - 40 mins
The world is a very big place, especially for a tiny baby penguin who is just finding her feet. The shimmering stars and glistening snow spin around our little hero, while the mountains tower high and the wind rushes to and fro. And although baby penguin may be small, her family know she’s the biggest thing of all.
This early years favourite is a lovely and touching story about a parent and their love for their child by much loved children’s author Emma Dodd.
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| Polka Theatre |
First theatre created specifically for children
Shows for ages 4-7:
The Paper Dolls -
When a little girl makes a string of paper dolls, she takes them by the hand on a fantastical adventure. Whirling through the home and garden they fly through the air, until they are confronted with some very sharp scissors…
Adapted from the acclaimed picture book created by former Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and award-winning illustrator by Rebecca Cobb, The Paper Dolls comes to life with stunning puppetry and original music in Polka Theatre’s much-loved production.
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