WORKSHOP
We did a workshop in the morning with Larisa Faber. She is a successful actress in Germany and Luxembourg. We started off with getting our bodies moving with a quick game of Stuck in the Mud. This was quite a good ice breaker with people we hadn't met before as we had to get quite close to them. We all worked well as a team. Then we did some stretches and massaged our legs and feet. This was very soothing and well-needed. We then started massaging our faces and stretching them out to make our jaws relaxed. To help relax our jaw, we put our hands in front of our face and shook them with our mouth open. We got into pairs and I went with Louis. We then had to do an exercise where one person was the actor and the other was the director. We had to each hold the other person's right hand with our right hand. Then the director would move the person around how they wanted the actor to move. For example, if the director rolled on the floor, the actor would have to roll too. We had to have a lot of trust in our pairs so we could trust that they wouldn't make us do any movement that would hurt us. I was quite lucky as Louis and I are friends so we have trust in each other whereas some people paired up with people they didn't know. Then we switched roles. Then we started saying our monologues within this activity. Louis used his fragmented monologue with James and Tristan and I used my monologue after the mirrored chair duet. When the director would move a certain way, the actor had to try respond with their voices as well as their bodies. For example, if I pulled Louis closer to me, he would whisper because I would be right next to him and he wouldn't need to be so loud. Then we did the same activity without holding each other's arm. If the director ran back super fast, the actor would have to run after them attempting to keep the same distance between them. This was obviously a bit harder to react to as it wasn't as authentic, but when doing a piece of theatre, it won't be authentic like it's happening in real time, but we, as actors will have to portray it like it is authentic. Larisa was very accepting of everything we did and praised moments when we felt uncomfortable or shy because we could learn off of them. After that, we discussed what our objective was for our monologue. It was a bit more difficult for the characters doing direct audience address, but we soon figured out an objective for why everyone was saying what they were saying. My reason was to try get the audience to sympathise with my character. With this new objective in mind, Larisa went round all of us and made us try and get our partner to stay interested on what we were saying and not loose interest. Larisa wanted us to experiment entirely with absolutely everything, even if we didn't plan on using it in our piece. There were points where we were shouting, singing, dancing and jumping around. It was a lot of fun and gave us an entirely new perspective on things which were hilarious.
WARM UP
Once we finished the workshop, we went to go have a little break and eat. Then we started to do our makeup and get into costume. We then went upstairs to have a small warm up. First we played Zip, Zap, Boing to make ourselves more energetic. After that, we stretched our muscles and then did a speed run through. This was to see if we knew all of our cues and it was so much fun. Everyone was saying their lines but in double speed so it was super funny to see us all running around.
PERFORMANCE
The performance went really considering we were all feeling very nervous. I think the nerves properly kicked in when we were backstage and we could hear the audience coming in. Once the music was on I think we all just got our head's in the game and went for it. I'm glad that we had a physical theatre movement at the start as it was a comforting way to begin the play. We were all very smooth and made sure we had eye contact so a relationship was shown through the characters. I like that we all really committed and even though we should have thought of it earlier, we added in a few lines when we thought it would make more sense. For example, I added that Tristan lied to me too so the audience wouldn't get confused that I'm not a bad person after all. Although I'm very happy with the outcome, a few things could have gone better. For example, I messed up one of my lines in the fragmented monologue between Amelie and I. Luckily, she noticed and picked it up quite quickly. Another thing that went wrong is that the sound cue was slightly off for our mirrored chair duet. What made it even harder to fix was that Amelie and I had the first move but couldn't see the other person. Luckily, Tristan and Louis could see what was going on so they made sure that we timed it perfectly. When I was doing my scene with Tristan, I spilt the "gin" all down my arm and face. I tried to carry on and just roll with it. The final thing that didn't go to plan was that because the staging blocks were too far forward, I tripped on them. Luckily, as I'm the "local drunk", this wasn't too much of a bad situation. Overall, the audience reacted very well to this piece. They were laughing a lot at many different things I didn't expect to get such a large reaction out of. I'm really happy with how everyone did and the energy we kept up throughout. I'm really proud of us for creating something so fun and amazing.
Showing posts with label warm up. Show all posts
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Saturday, 7 March 2020
Friday, 6 March 2020
06.03.2020 - FEST - Mrs Williams
WARM UP
We started by having a little group warm up with the drama group from the year above. We did some body and voice warm ups. For the body warm ups we did some stretching. For the voice warm ups, we did the sing sirens and uh-oh's.
SFX AND LFX CUES
We then started sorting out the lighting and sound cues. First we had to sort out the script as although we knew what was going on, the script didn't have precisely what we were doing. If the sound and lighting technicians saw the script, they would be quite confused over what cue goes where. Once that was sorted out, Louis and I went to go find the music we were using to put on a USB stick. The music we were previously using was on Spotify so we needed to find versions to download. We were very lucky in finding all of the songs quite quickly. We did have to make some alterations with the timings of the audio but it all went smoothly.
VENUE
We then went to the Mierscher Kulturhaus which was the venue we were going to perform at. We got a little tour of the venue including the backstage and the stage.
SOUND AND TECHNICAL REHEARSAL
We spent an hour doing a sound and tech rehearsal. This was very helpful to see the size of the stage considering it is a lot bigger than what we've been used to. There was one issue that arose which was that the lights were bit more forward than we were expecting. This meant that the staging blocks had to be further forward than we were used to leaving us not a lot of space in the front. We all acted very professional during this sound and technical rehearsal and we overcame problems together as a group. Another big type of difference is the fact that we had to project our voices throughout the room. There are many more seats and the venue is a lot larger so we need to make sure everyone will be able to hear clearly. We were told that we need to watch out for the floor mics as they are very expensive and we will break them if we stand on them. We also taped down where our set is going to be in the performance. We eventually chose a song to play during the bows which was Sweet Caroline as it is very wholesome and will make the audience feel happy hopefully.
REHEARSAL
We then spent some time fixing the middle scenes when Hugo enters as the energy seems to drop. The beginning and end have high energy but then middle just needs a little boost. Once that was fixed we decided to do a speed run-through for a bit of fun and to make sure we all knew the lines and our cues.
PERFORMANCES
Amelie, Silvana and I stayed after this to watch some of the performances in the festival. The first one we watched was not my favourite, to be honest. Some of the actors were very quiet which was probably due to nerves and opening the entire festival which reminded us we need to really be louder than we think. The second show was more to my taste and everyone seemed to be quite excited especially the main character played by a girl named Marta.
We started by having a little group warm up with the drama group from the year above. We did some body and voice warm ups. For the body warm ups we did some stretching. For the voice warm ups, we did the sing sirens and uh-oh's.
SFX AND LFX CUES
We then started sorting out the lighting and sound cues. First we had to sort out the script as although we knew what was going on, the script didn't have precisely what we were doing. If the sound and lighting technicians saw the script, they would be quite confused over what cue goes where. Once that was sorted out, Louis and I went to go find the music we were using to put on a USB stick. The music we were previously using was on Spotify so we needed to find versions to download. We were very lucky in finding all of the songs quite quickly. We did have to make some alterations with the timings of the audio but it all went smoothly.
VENUE
We then went to the Mierscher Kulturhaus which was the venue we were going to perform at. We got a little tour of the venue including the backstage and the stage.
SOUND AND TECHNICAL REHEARSAL
We spent an hour doing a sound and tech rehearsal. This was very helpful to see the size of the stage considering it is a lot bigger than what we've been used to. There was one issue that arose which was that the lights were bit more forward than we were expecting. This meant that the staging blocks had to be further forward than we were used to leaving us not a lot of space in the front. We all acted very professional during this sound and technical rehearsal and we overcame problems together as a group. Another big type of difference is the fact that we had to project our voices throughout the room. There are many more seats and the venue is a lot larger so we need to make sure everyone will be able to hear clearly. We were told that we need to watch out for the floor mics as they are very expensive and we will break them if we stand on them. We also taped down where our set is going to be in the performance. We eventually chose a song to play during the bows which was Sweet Caroline as it is very wholesome and will make the audience feel happy hopefully.
REHEARSAL
We then spent some time fixing the middle scenes when Hugo enters as the energy seems to drop. The beginning and end have high energy but then middle just needs a little boost. Once that was fixed we decided to do a speed run-through for a bit of fun and to make sure we all knew the lines and our cues.
PERFORMANCES
Amelie, Silvana and I stayed after this to watch some of the performances in the festival. The first one we watched was not my favourite, to be honest. Some of the actors were very quiet which was probably due to nerves and opening the entire festival which reminded us we need to really be louder than we think. The second show was more to my taste and everyone seemed to be quite excited especially the main character played by a girl named Marta.
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
04.03.2020 - FEST - Mrs Williams
RUN THROUGH
We did a run through once we got into costumes. As this was the first time putting on the costumes, some didn't fit or were too difficult to move in so some people have to try get some other things to wear. We didn't do a warm up so we weren't more flexible or energised.
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NOTES
We did a run through once we got into costumes. As this was the first time putting on the costumes, some didn't fit or were too difficult to move in so some people have to try get some other things to wear. We didn't do a warm up so we weren't more flexible or energised.
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NOTES
- Didn't warm up so too tired at beginning
- Like the overlapping lines but need to look at the way they say them
- Need a transition between fragmented monologue to the mirrored chair duet
- Need to include the relationship between Jane and Dave in fragmented monologue and include Dave's jealousy
- Need the boys to react more to Meredith and Jane's monologues
- Need to show that the boys being up all night
- Then need to show the passage of time from 7am to Jane coming into the bar
- Laurent saying 'she doesn't have friends'
- Laurent and Charles need more energy in their voice
- Scene 9 and 10 need help
- Charles hair in eyes
- Could have the Brighton folk in the brother's bar - Marie planning the wedding
- Fred puts the music on because joke didn't make sense
- Need a scene between Dave telling Harry about Meredith cheating to Harry telling Meredith to get up
- Possibly have yoga with Marie and Meredith planning wedding
- Charles react more to the speech to Marie
- Have music playing after everyone says Happy Engagement - plays - all awkward and silent with "I think I wanna marry you" playing - Fred turns it off
- Jane accents
SCENE 2-3
There isn't enough of an introduction to my character so we've decided to add in a little bit of context into the boys' fragmented monologues. When they say "boys", Amelie and I come in and hug our significant others and James explains our relationship. This is a good transition to scene 3. James also suggested that we start the mirrored chair duets too soon so with this new transition, it works quite well and lets us have the music playing for a little longer.
SCENE 5
We've added in a short monologue for my character before she goes into the bar to see Dave. This shows the passage of time as the scene before makes it appear that it's very early in the morning but this technique helps to show it's later on in the day. I felt like my character was too much like myself so I've exaggerated an accent so that the whole characterisation is different.
WARM UP
After lunch we did an actual warm up. First we did some solo stretching to loosen our bodies and then we got into pairs. In these pairs, one person had to hold the other person's wrists and try to keep them away from touching their shoulders. We then switched who was holding and who was trying to hit the shoulders. Then we did an exercise where we had to hold hands in a circle besides one person. That person had to try touch a specific person in the circle but everyone in the circle had to keep that person safe. It was a lot of effort and warmed us up.
SCENE 9
This scene is a bit lost within the plot so we've attempted to rephrase it and make it more prominent. Then we did some improvisation with Amelie, Silvana and I to pretend we see each other for the first time in a while. After completing that scene, it just still seemed a bit too lost so we've scrapped it and now they're going to see each other in the bar. We had to change a few lines from the previous scene to make it work however, it's not too much. Now it goes from Seth and Silvana's scene to a split scene of the bar, then James shows the passage of time in audience address and then Seth and Silvana being in the bar planning the party. There isn't the meeting point now which helps.
RUN THROUGH
We then did some more run throughs to help us some more. In this run through, we tried altering some scenes as we went along.
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There isn't enough of an introduction to my character so we've decided to add in a little bit of context into the boys' fragmented monologues. When they say "boys", Amelie and I come in and hug our significant others and James explains our relationship. This is a good transition to scene 3. James also suggested that we start the mirrored chair duets too soon so with this new transition, it works quite well and lets us have the music playing for a little longer.
SCENE 5
We've added in a short monologue for my character before she goes into the bar to see Dave. This shows the passage of time as the scene before makes it appear that it's very early in the morning but this technique helps to show it's later on in the day. I felt like my character was too much like myself so I've exaggerated an accent so that the whole characterisation is different.
WARM UP
After lunch we did an actual warm up. First we did some solo stretching to loosen our bodies and then we got into pairs. In these pairs, one person had to hold the other person's wrists and try to keep them away from touching their shoulders. We then switched who was holding and who was trying to hit the shoulders. Then we did an exercise where we had to hold hands in a circle besides one person. That person had to try touch a specific person in the circle but everyone in the circle had to keep that person safe. It was a lot of effort and warmed us up.
SCENE 9
This scene is a bit lost within the plot so we've attempted to rephrase it and make it more prominent. Then we did some improvisation with Amelie, Silvana and I to pretend we see each other for the first time in a while. After completing that scene, it just still seemed a bit too lost so we've scrapped it and now they're going to see each other in the bar. We had to change a few lines from the previous scene to make it work however, it's not too much. Now it goes from Seth and Silvana's scene to a split scene of the bar, then James shows the passage of time in audience address and then Seth and Silvana being in the bar planning the party. There isn't the meeting point now which helps.
RUN THROUGH
We then did some more run throughs to help us some more. In this run through, we tried altering some scenes as we went along.
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Monday, 2 March 2020
02.03.2020 - FEST - Ms Trono
WARM UP
For our warm up, we played the 1,2,3 game again. It helped us get our head into a concentrating mode so we could have a good run through.
RUN THROUGH
We did a run through for as long as we had time in the lesson. We did very well but yet again we need to focus on some of the scenes to improve. We will focus on these scenes in our after school rehearsal.
For our warm up, we played the 1,2,3 game again. It helped us get our head into a concentrating mode so we could have a good run through.
RUN THROUGH
We did a run through for as long as we had time in the lesson. We did very well but yet again we need to focus on some of the scenes to improve. We will focus on these scenes in our after school rehearsal.
Sunday, 1 March 2020
01.03.2020 - FEST - Own Rehearsal
WARM UP
In this rehearsal we made sure everyone had learnt their lines before so we could have the smoothest and most effective rehearsal. We warmed up with a couple games of splat. We played with high energy to get in the mood and so we were all warmed up.
RUN THROUGH
We spent the whole rehearsal doing run throughs to see which scenes needed working on. It was quite difficult to do the entire run through as we had a cast member who wasn't able to come. Some aspects of the plot we thought could be improved were the bar scene. We think that these movements could be a little more synchronised as it looks a bit muddled up at the minute. We also need to work on some scenes like the plotting scene between Jane and Dave.
In this rehearsal we made sure everyone had learnt their lines before so we could have the smoothest and most effective rehearsal. We warmed up with a couple games of splat. We played with high energy to get in the mood and so we were all warmed up.
RUN THROUGH
We spent the whole rehearsal doing run throughs to see which scenes needed working on. It was quite difficult to do the entire run through as we had a cast member who wasn't able to come. Some aspects of the plot we thought could be improved were the bar scene. We think that these movements could be a little more synchronised as it looks a bit muddled up at the minute. We also need to work on some scenes like the plotting scene between Jane and Dave.
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
25.02.2020 - FEST - Ms Trono
WARM UP
We started out by playing a game called Samurai. This made us really concentrate on the movements that the other group were doing which helped us get in the mood for rehearsals to properly concentrate.
RUN THROUGH
We tried to run through the scenes we had but a lot of us got confused because of the new plot changes and where the scenes were placed. After clearing up the order of the scenes, we were able to do a second run-through that went much smoother and motivated us again.
SCRIPTING
Amelie then went ahead and scripted the whole piece to make it a lot easier for us all. She left some scenes in red that she didn't know exactly what happened within them so I tried filling out as many of those as possible.
We started out by playing a game called Samurai. This made us really concentrate on the movements that the other group were doing which helped us get in the mood for rehearsals to properly concentrate.
RUN THROUGH
We tried to run through the scenes we had but a lot of us got confused because of the new plot changes and where the scenes were placed. After clearing up the order of the scenes, we were able to do a second run-through that went much smoother and motivated us again.
SCRIPTING
Amelie then went ahead and scripted the whole piece to make it a lot easier for us all. She left some scenes in red that she didn't know exactly what happened within them so I tried filling out as many of those as possible.
Saturday, 22 February 2020
22.02.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
WARM UP
For our warm up we did some sprints from one side of the room to the other. After a few sprints, we added in a jump in the middle of the room. We had to run to the middle, jump, run to the end of the room, run back to the middle, jump again and then run back. After a few times of that, we had to jump up then touch the floor and run. Finally, after a few times of that, we did a few runs with touching the floor, then jumping, then touching the floor again. This made us all warm and ready to work.
MIRRORED CHAIR DUET
We first started off by doing the mirrored chair duet between Louis and Amelie, and Tristan and I. We've already learnt the choreography for this chair duet but I think Tristan and I need to practice this a lot. We aren't confident enough yet so this really needs to be improved so that Amelie, Louis, Tristan and I are all in sync.
RUN THROUGH
After the mirrored chair duets, we did a run through of everything we had done from start to as far as we got. This went quite well but we needed to sort out the order of the plot and our fluency from one scene to another.
PLOT CHANGES AND ORDER
We've changed the plot a bit to make the ending make more sense. Before, we didn't have a complete understanding of what happens to our characters and it was all a bit vague. This is the new scene order:
ENDING
We finished off our rehearsal with figuring out the ending to our piece. First, we had a scene in the bar where David needs to get through all of the people he's hurt. We used physical theatre with round, by, through to show this. Then once he passes Jane, Meredith and Harry, he gets to Fred at the bar and downs a pint as Jane, Meredith and Harry give him a hateful stare. He gets another pint and sits at the edge of the stage, centre stage. Jane, Meredith and Harry walk up to him until he's enclosed and then walk away. After this, Fred has a monologue describing what all the characters are going through. Then the prologue we have at the start is done again, but as an epilogue. We are also with different characters depending on our new relationships with people. Then, in this physical theatre movement with lifts and round, by, through, we find a good position to freeze in to show the relationship between the characters. After that, we all come together to do a bow.
For our warm up we did some sprints from one side of the room to the other. After a few sprints, we added in a jump in the middle of the room. We had to run to the middle, jump, run to the end of the room, run back to the middle, jump again and then run back. After a few times of that, we had to jump up then touch the floor and run. Finally, after a few times of that, we did a few runs with touching the floor, then jumping, then touching the floor again. This made us all warm and ready to work.
MIRRORED CHAIR DUET
We first started off by doing the mirrored chair duet between Louis and Amelie, and Tristan and I. We've already learnt the choreography for this chair duet but I think Tristan and I need to practice this a lot. We aren't confident enough yet so this really needs to be improved so that Amelie, Louis, Tristan and I are all in sync.
RUN THROUGH
After the mirrored chair duets, we did a run through of everything we had done from start to as far as we got. This went quite well but we needed to sort out the order of the plot and our fluency from one scene to another.
PLOT CHANGES AND ORDER
We've changed the plot a bit to make the ending make more sense. Before, we didn't have a complete understanding of what happens to our characters and it was all a bit vague. This is the new scene order:
- Prologue
- Fred's monologue
- Bar movement involving everyone
- 3 boys fragmented monologue
- Mirrored chair duet
- Jane and Meredith's fragmented monologues
- 3 boys argument
- David and Jane plotting
- Jane planting seeds inside Harry's mind
- Swindon 5 train station
- Meredith asking Laurent to walk her down the aisle
- Charles explaining why he doesn't want to marry Marie
- Swindon 5 train station
- Laurent, Charles and Marie talk
- Awkward bar scene - David ranting, Laurent there, Fred splits it up
- 3 boys singing Sweet Caroline - David tells Harry that Meredith is cheating
- Harry and Meredith get into fight
- See Charles and Meredith's past relationship as Charles comforts her
- David's reveal of lies about cheating - Jane breaks up with David
- Harry and Meredith happy
- Charles and Marie argue but then propose
- Laurent and Jane happy
ENDING
We finished off our rehearsal with figuring out the ending to our piece. First, we had a scene in the bar where David needs to get through all of the people he's hurt. We used physical theatre with round, by, through to show this. Then once he passes Jane, Meredith and Harry, he gets to Fred at the bar and downs a pint as Jane, Meredith and Harry give him a hateful stare. He gets another pint and sits at the edge of the stage, centre stage. Jane, Meredith and Harry walk up to him until he's enclosed and then walk away. After this, Fred has a monologue describing what all the characters are going through. Then the prologue we have at the start is done again, but as an epilogue. We are also with different characters depending on our new relationships with people. Then, in this physical theatre movement with lifts and round, by, through, we find a good position to freeze in to show the relationship between the characters. After that, we all come together to do a bow.
Saturday, 15 February 2020
15.02.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
WARM UP
For the warm up, we joined with the LAMDA drama group and did a jumping exercise. We stood in three rows all facing the front. The first row had to jump 8 times and on the 8th, face the other way. The second row had the then jump 8 times and on the 8th, face the other way. Then the 3rd row had to do the same but once they jumped to face the other way, they had to jump 6 more times and on the 6th go the other way. This carries on going down the line from 8 to 6 to 4 to 2 to 1. It took a lot of concentration as well, so both our bodies and minds were warming up. The next exercise was called "Should Have Said". We got into pairs and had to tell the other person about our morning. Every time the person listening thought it was boring, they would say "should have said" so the first person would have to change the last thing they said to something more exciting until the stories became wacky.
CHAIR DUET
Louis and Amelie decided to use their chair duet but include Tristan and I to show the relationship between us as well. We thought it would be cool to have the chair duet mirrored. It was very fun but quite difficult to learn. We will need to practice quite a lot to remember all of the moves smoothly and also get in time with Louis and Amelie.
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For the warm up, we joined with the LAMDA drama group and did a jumping exercise. We stood in three rows all facing the front. The first row had to jump 8 times and on the 8th, face the other way. The second row had the then jump 8 times and on the 8th, face the other way. Then the 3rd row had to do the same but once they jumped to face the other way, they had to jump 6 more times and on the 6th go the other way. This carries on going down the line from 8 to 6 to 4 to 2 to 1. It took a lot of concentration as well, so both our bodies and minds were warming up. The next exercise was called "Should Have Said". We got into pairs and had to tell the other person about our morning. Every time the person listening thought it was boring, they would say "should have said" so the first person would have to change the last thing they said to something more exciting until the stories became wacky.
CHAIR DUET
Louis and Amelie decided to use their chair duet but include Tristan and I to show the relationship between us as well. We thought it would be cool to have the chair duet mirrored. It was very fun but quite difficult to learn. We will need to practice quite a lot to remember all of the moves smoothly and also get in time with Louis and Amelie.
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Saturday, 8 February 2020
08.02.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
WARM UP
For our warm up, we played Zip Zap Boing to get our brains working and our bodies moving. We started very early and a lot of us were very tired so this helped.
NEW STORY LINE
James then introduced a new story line which is closer to our original stimulus, the play Art. He has replaced the plain white canvas with Meredith. It starts with three friends from university, like Art, and one of the friends doesn't like Meredith and the other is more of a people pleaser but also wants to keep everyone together.
IMPROVISATION
Louis, Tristan and James tried to improvise a fragmented monologue. It started off strong and effective but I think it started to go downhill as there was no proper aim for what they wanted to.
FRAGMENTED MONOLOGUES
Louis, Tristan and James went to write their fragmented monologue. They started with writing their own monologues and then finding places where they link so they could fragment it. It worked so much more after they did this. They included some choral speaking which was really effective and I also liked the touch of dialogue when James described something that happened in the past and Louis acted it out.
NEW STORY LINE
There were still some aspects of the story line that we thought needed improving so Amelie, Seth, Silvana and I worked on completing it.
London
- 3 friends - Harry, Fred and David - friends from university
- Harry meets Meredith and they fall in love
- David gets mad and thinks that Meredith has taken Harry away from the friend group
- David and Harry almost get in a fight but Fred calms them down
- David then meets Jane
- Everyone is a happy family again
- Harry proposes to Meredith
- She then suggests moving to Hawaii and Harry thinks it's a great idea
- David and Jane act like they're happy
- Behind Harry and Meredith's backs, they plan to split them up
Brighton
- Meredith's brother, Jeff, his roommate, Charles and Charles' girlfriend Marie
- Charles suggests that they all move in together when they go to London
- They all agree
- Jeff goes house hunting
- Jeff finds a place but they can't move in for a couple weeks / a month
- Jeff calls his sister Meredith and asks if the three of them could live with her and Harry
- Meredith says yes
London
- Marie gets angry because Jeff and Charles are messy
- Jeff overhears Jane and David plotting to split up Meredith and Harry
- Their plan is to tell Harry that Meredith is cheating on him with Fred
- Jeff tells Meredith that they're plotting something and she doesn't believe him
- Jeff tells Charles and Marie
- Marie then tells Jane that she shouldn't do it and she agrees
- Jane goes to David and says they shouldn't carry on
- David says they should break up if she doesn't want to carry on
- They break up
- David tells Harry anyway
- Harry believes Jane and David and Meredith gets annoyed that his friends aren't nice so they break up
- Jeff talks to Fred and tells Fred to talk to Harry whilst Jeff talks to Meredith
- Meredith tells Jeff that Harry thinks that she cheated on him with Fred
- Jeff runs to stop the fight between Harry and Fred
- Jeff says that Fred couldn't have gotten with Meredith because he is gay
- Fred says he isn't gay and Jeff is confused
- Harry and Meredith understand the misunderstanding
- They get back together
- Jane and Marie are best friends
- All is good
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
05.02.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
WARM UP
We did a massive warm up with the another year group. We started off by doing the game samurai which is about concentration. The class splits into two groups and there is a leader for each group. The leader then does a movement which the other team has to reply with another movement that correlates. If the leader punches, the other team must cross their arms. If the leader kicks, the other team must jump. If the leader claps, the other team has to spin. If the leader moves their arm either way, the other team must move in the direction of his arm. If the leader puts his hand up, the other team must squat. We then did another warm up which was to move around the space until the teacher said something and then we did what they said. When the teacher said to clear the space, we had to run to the closest wall. If they said opposite, we would have to sprint to the other wall. If they said shell, we had to curl into a ball on the floor. If they said sprawl, we had to have 3 points of contact on the floor. If they said neutral, we had to stand in a neutral position and if they said favourite we had to point to a specific point in the room. Then the teacher played Bohemian Rhapsody and we had to sing throughout the activities. It warmed us all up and motivated us.
PLOT POINTS
Louis gave us some more plot points which were very useful and gave us a great place to start from when creating the other story lines. He created a story for Silvana, Seth, Hugo and my characters. Some of the points he thought of were that Hugo and I are in a relationship but Hugo spends all of our rent money on clothes etc. and then we get evicted so he tries to get us to live with his brother but my character and his brother don't get along at all so I say that I don't want to live with him. I then go and live with my sister and then when we're more stable I want to get another apartment with Hugo but he's more interested in the rich life with his brother. We then break up and then I realise how great life is being single and then Hugo wants me back. We then both realise that we're better off without each other.
IMPROVISATION
We tried to do an improvisation of the bar scene like our Party Quirks exercise in the improvisation unit. This was to show us going in a bar and meeting some of the people. We each had objectives for our characters. My objective was to somehow portray that I had slept with the barman who was Silvana's ex. I found it quite difficult to show it without straight up saying it. We then decided to dissect this scene into two different ones as there were too many conversations going on at once. One of the scenes was focused on my character and her sister Silvana and the bartender. Silvana and I already knew our objective but James didn't so we tried to show him through the scene. I started off quite slow but then figured out ways to portray it in a comedic way. The second scene was Tristan, Louis and Amelie. Tristan's objective was to get in between Louis and Amelie. Yet again it was quite slow to begin with but then they came up with some great ideas. We then improvised some more scenes related to Louis' ideas about Jane and David. We improvised the scene between Jane and David (played by Louis today because Hugo wasn't here) about when he tells her that they're getting evicted. After a couple of tries with different ideas, this turned out quite well. We then did the scene between Jane and Marie which went well so we decided it would be best to script it, and then the final discussion between David and Jeffery. We thought that it would be best to keep these scenes quite short as there is no need to waste time just to get an easy message across.
SCRIPT
Jane and Marie discussion
*Jane and Marie sitting down*
Jane - Ugh! David!
Marie - What's he done this time?
Jane - Blown all our money.
Marie - *Gasps* On what?
Jane - Clothes and shoes.
Marie - He's so stupid.
Jane - But guess what's even better?
Marie - What?
Jane - He couldn't pay our rent and now we're evicted.
Marie - I told you he was bad news. Why do you never listen to me? Didn't I tell you? Huh? I'm always right and you never listen.
*Silence*
Marie - So where are you planning on living then?
Jane - Yours?
WARM UP
For our afternoon warm up, we did something quite similar to this morning with the teacher giving us instructions but this time, when "favourite" was called, we had to point at James and he had to face the audience in neutral. Then pointing just went to looking at him. We did this with a few other people as well to see which looked most powerful. I think that it looked most powerful with James. We also did a game where we all held hands and one person stood in the middle of this circle and then one person on the outside had to try touch the person on the inside but the people holding hands had to try protect that person.
FREEZE FRAMES
We then did some freeze frames. The first one was of the bar scene which everyone was involved in. The other freeze frames didn't involve everyone so the other people just pointed at the scene. Then we made another set of freeze frames for the second plot line in which the first freeze frame was the same. We then tried to come up with a third plot line / freeze frames for the barman.
RUN THROUGH
We then did a run through which was difficult for my character as Hugo wasn't here so I did the movements at the start by myself. The rest of it went well and it was helpful to see where we were at.
IMPROVISATION
We did some improvisation for the scenes involving Frederick, Charles, Meredith and Harry. The rest of us did some script writing and compiled it all in one word document.
We did a massive warm up with the another year group. We started off by doing the game samurai which is about concentration. The class splits into two groups and there is a leader for each group. The leader then does a movement which the other team has to reply with another movement that correlates. If the leader punches, the other team must cross their arms. If the leader kicks, the other team must jump. If the leader claps, the other team has to spin. If the leader moves their arm either way, the other team must move in the direction of his arm. If the leader puts his hand up, the other team must squat. We then did another warm up which was to move around the space until the teacher said something and then we did what they said. When the teacher said to clear the space, we had to run to the closest wall. If they said opposite, we would have to sprint to the other wall. If they said shell, we had to curl into a ball on the floor. If they said sprawl, we had to have 3 points of contact on the floor. If they said neutral, we had to stand in a neutral position and if they said favourite we had to point to a specific point in the room. Then the teacher played Bohemian Rhapsody and we had to sing throughout the activities. It warmed us all up and motivated us.
PLOT POINTS
Louis gave us some more plot points which were very useful and gave us a great place to start from when creating the other story lines. He created a story for Silvana, Seth, Hugo and my characters. Some of the points he thought of were that Hugo and I are in a relationship but Hugo spends all of our rent money on clothes etc. and then we get evicted so he tries to get us to live with his brother but my character and his brother don't get along at all so I say that I don't want to live with him. I then go and live with my sister and then when we're more stable I want to get another apartment with Hugo but he's more interested in the rich life with his brother. We then break up and then I realise how great life is being single and then Hugo wants me back. We then both realise that we're better off without each other.
IMPROVISATION
We tried to do an improvisation of the bar scene like our Party Quirks exercise in the improvisation unit. This was to show us going in a bar and meeting some of the people. We each had objectives for our characters. My objective was to somehow portray that I had slept with the barman who was Silvana's ex. I found it quite difficult to show it without straight up saying it. We then decided to dissect this scene into two different ones as there were too many conversations going on at once. One of the scenes was focused on my character and her sister Silvana and the bartender. Silvana and I already knew our objective but James didn't so we tried to show him through the scene. I started off quite slow but then figured out ways to portray it in a comedic way. The second scene was Tristan, Louis and Amelie. Tristan's objective was to get in between Louis and Amelie. Yet again it was quite slow to begin with but then they came up with some great ideas. We then improvised some more scenes related to Louis' ideas about Jane and David. We improvised the scene between Jane and David (played by Louis today because Hugo wasn't here) about when he tells her that they're getting evicted. After a couple of tries with different ideas, this turned out quite well. We then did the scene between Jane and Marie which went well so we decided it would be best to script it, and then the final discussion between David and Jeffery. We thought that it would be best to keep these scenes quite short as there is no need to waste time just to get an easy message across.
SCRIPT
Jane and Marie discussion
*Jane and Marie sitting down*
Jane - Ugh! David!
Marie - What's he done this time?
Jane - Blown all our money.
Marie - *Gasps* On what?
Jane - Clothes and shoes.
Marie - He's so stupid.
Jane - But guess what's even better?
Marie - What?
Jane - He couldn't pay our rent and now we're evicted.
Marie - I told you he was bad news. Why do you never listen to me? Didn't I tell you? Huh? I'm always right and you never listen.
*Silence*
Marie - So where are you planning on living then?
Jane - Yours?
WARM UP
For our afternoon warm up, we did something quite similar to this morning with the teacher giving us instructions but this time, when "favourite" was called, we had to point at James and he had to face the audience in neutral. Then pointing just went to looking at him. We did this with a few other people as well to see which looked most powerful. I think that it looked most powerful with James. We also did a game where we all held hands and one person stood in the middle of this circle and then one person on the outside had to try touch the person on the inside but the people holding hands had to try protect that person.
FREEZE FRAMES
We then did some freeze frames. The first one was of the bar scene which everyone was involved in. The other freeze frames didn't involve everyone so the other people just pointed at the scene. Then we made another set of freeze frames for the second plot line in which the first freeze frame was the same. We then tried to come up with a third plot line / freeze frames for the barman.
RUN THROUGH
We then did a run through which was difficult for my character as Hugo wasn't here so I did the movements at the start by myself. The rest of it went well and it was helpful to see where we were at.
IMPROVISATION
We did some improvisation for the scenes involving Frederick, Charles, Meredith and Harry. The rest of us did some script writing and compiled it all in one word document.
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
04.02.20 - FEST - Ms Trono
WARM UP
For the warm up we did the same game as yesterday with the numbers and actions in groups. There were a lot more people in todays lesson so at the end we joined into one big group which made it easier to think about what comes next but the flow isn't as good. We also did some stretching to get our bodies moving.
MOVEMENT
Our movement at the end of the yoga scene is quite good but we thought it should be a little bit longer. We decided to add the Swindon 5 by Frantic Assembly at the end. Once Louis gets into the position to propose to Amelie, the rest of us do a Swindon 5 through them with the objective to not let them hold hands. We also wanted to add another layer to this, so every time Hugo and I walk past each other, we hold the eye contact to portray the relationship.
IMPROVISATION
Then to come up with more ideas, we improvised the scene where David and Jane meet for the first time at the bar. We gave each character objectives to portray in the scene. Silvana's objective was to stick with me because she doesn't like being alone in big crowds, my objective was to speak to Hugo (played by Louis in this scene as Hugo wasn't there) and Hugo's objective was to just dance and have a good time. There were a few good points in this scene but we think that this was more of a character development instead of an actual scene to use.
For the warm up we did the same game as yesterday with the numbers and actions in groups. There were a lot more people in todays lesson so at the end we joined into one big group which made it easier to think about what comes next but the flow isn't as good. We also did some stretching to get our bodies moving.
MOVEMENT
Our movement at the end of the yoga scene is quite good but we thought it should be a little bit longer. We decided to add the Swindon 5 by Frantic Assembly at the end. Once Louis gets into the position to propose to Amelie, the rest of us do a Swindon 5 through them with the objective to not let them hold hands. We also wanted to add another layer to this, so every time Hugo and I walk past each other, we hold the eye contact to portray the relationship.
IMPROVISATION
Then to come up with more ideas, we improvised the scene where David and Jane meet for the first time at the bar. We gave each character objectives to portray in the scene. Silvana's objective was to stick with me because she doesn't like being alone in big crowds, my objective was to speak to Hugo (played by Louis in this scene as Hugo wasn't there) and Hugo's objective was to just dance and have a good time. There were a few good points in this scene but we think that this was more of a character development instead of an actual scene to use.
Monday, 3 February 2020
03.02.20 - FEST - Ms Trono
WARM UP
We started off the rehearsal with a warm up for our minds. We were in a group of 2 and 3. I was in the group of 3 so we had to go round and count up to 4 so each time we would say a different number. We had to concentrate and try be as quick as possible. After mastering that, we replaced the numbers with actions. I became more difficult but very fun.
RUN THROUGH
We tried to do a run through but it was very difficult due to the lack of people. It didn't really go to plan and we all got frustrated and had a lack of motivation.
IMPROVISATION
We then decided to try improvise some scenes. These were mainly based on the characters Harry and Charles. The first objective that Tristan had was to plant seeds of doubt in Louis' mind. This didn't end up working so they changed the objective. The new objective was that Tristan would try to get Louis to be like how he used to be and drink beer but Louis' objective was to not drink beer. They then decided to include drinking a shot which looked quite good. The part about Tristan planting seeds wasn't really working so Louis decided to quickly play Charles instead of Harry to give Tristan some ideas for the piece. We then came to the conclusion that Louis and Tristan need to script the scene of them in the bar, Silvana and I to script the yoga scene and Amelie to write a monologue about her doubts.
YOGA SCRIPT
*Doing yoga whilst boys are doing their scene*
Marie - Wow what a great class
Jane - Yeah... so Meredith, how's it going-
Marie - With Harry? It seems pretty serious
Meredith - I guess... I mean it's nothing special
Jane - Oh right...
*Jane and Marie look at each other confused*
Marie - Anyway... Love that ring you've got there
Meredith - Yeah it's 100% vegan and made from reeds of hemp when I was in the Himalayan mountains, truly connecting with myself.
Jane - Wow I'm more of the diamond type but to each their own
Meredith - Diamonds?? So tacky
*Jane and Marie look confused again and long silence*
Marie - Could I try it on?
Meredith - Why?
Marie - Oh I've been meaning to buy myself one of those. Save the environment and all hahahah. I just don't know what size to get.
Meredith - I made this one myself.
Marie - Oh right...
Jane - Yeah I agree with Marie, but I don't know if hemp is really my colour, do you mind? *clearly looking at ring*
Meredith - Sure... I guess
Jane - Mmmm.. I don't think it suits me.
Meredith - Yeah I knew it wouldn't. See I have a calm blue aura so green compliments it, but you... one minute, let me check. You have a violent orange aura so it clashes.
Jane - Oh okay never mind. You're right, okay see you next week.
Marie - *whispers* We're coming next week?!?!?
We started off the rehearsal with a warm up for our minds. We were in a group of 2 and 3. I was in the group of 3 so we had to go round and count up to 4 so each time we would say a different number. We had to concentrate and try be as quick as possible. After mastering that, we replaced the numbers with actions. I became more difficult but very fun.
RUN THROUGH
We tried to do a run through but it was very difficult due to the lack of people. It didn't really go to plan and we all got frustrated and had a lack of motivation.
IMPROVISATION
We then decided to try improvise some scenes. These were mainly based on the characters Harry and Charles. The first objective that Tristan had was to plant seeds of doubt in Louis' mind. This didn't end up working so they changed the objective. The new objective was that Tristan would try to get Louis to be like how he used to be and drink beer but Louis' objective was to not drink beer. They then decided to include drinking a shot which looked quite good. The part about Tristan planting seeds wasn't really working so Louis decided to quickly play Charles instead of Harry to give Tristan some ideas for the piece. We then came to the conclusion that Louis and Tristan need to script the scene of them in the bar, Silvana and I to script the yoga scene and Amelie to write a monologue about her doubts.
YOGA SCRIPT
*Doing yoga whilst boys are doing their scene*
Marie - Wow what a great class
Jane - Yeah... so Meredith, how's it going-
Marie - With Harry? It seems pretty serious
Meredith - I guess... I mean it's nothing special
Jane - Oh right...
*Jane and Marie look at each other confused*
Marie - Anyway... Love that ring you've got there
Meredith - Yeah it's 100% vegan and made from reeds of hemp when I was in the Himalayan mountains, truly connecting with myself.
Jane - Wow I'm more of the diamond type but to each their own
Meredith - Diamonds?? So tacky
*Jane and Marie look confused again and long silence*
Marie - Could I try it on?
Meredith - Why?
Marie - Oh I've been meaning to buy myself one of those. Save the environment and all hahahah. I just don't know what size to get.
Meredith - I made this one myself.
Marie - Oh right...
Jane - Yeah I agree with Marie, but I don't know if hemp is really my colour, do you mind? *clearly looking at ring*
Meredith - Sure... I guess
Jane - Mmmm.. I don't think it suits me.
Meredith - Yeah I knew it wouldn't. See I have a calm blue aura so green compliments it, but you... one minute, let me check. You have a violent orange aura so it clashes.
Jane - Oh okay never mind. You're right, okay see you next week.
Marie - *whispers* We're coming next week?!?!?
Monday, 27 January 2020
27.01.20 - FEST - Ms Trono
MAIN REHEARSAL VIDEO
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WARM UP
For our warm-up we spent some time playing Zip Zap Boing to get our bodies moving and to put us in the right mindset. This gave us a lot of energy and set the tone for the rest of the rehearsal which was good.
OPENING CHOREOGRAPHY
We continued to practice our opening choreography and refresh our memories. We then performed it and I think it went quite well.
FIRST MONOLOGUE
We decided as a group that it would be best to have James' character to be the first to speak. He, as the bar tender, is pretty much the middle of all the action so I think having him open it would be most effective. We also thought that it would be quite interesting to include some physical theatre around him whilst he is talking, which he could also be involved in. We got this inspiration from DV8 doing Enter Achilles.
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James was having a hard time doing improvisation for this monologue so we hot seated him to help him think of subjects to talk about. I think this has helped him, and the rest of us, enough to be able to write a monologue for James' character.
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WARM UP
For our warm-up we spent some time playing Zip Zap Boing to get our bodies moving and to put us in the right mindset. This gave us a lot of energy and set the tone for the rest of the rehearsal which was good.
OPENING CHOREOGRAPHY
We continued to practice our opening choreography and refresh our memories. We then performed it and I think it went quite well.
FIRST MONOLOGUE
We decided as a group that it would be best to have James' character to be the first to speak. He, as the bar tender, is pretty much the middle of all the action so I think having him open it would be most effective. We also thought that it would be quite interesting to include some physical theatre around him whilst he is talking, which he could also be involved in. We got this inspiration from DV8 doing Enter Achilles.
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James was having a hard time doing improvisation for this monologue so we hot seated him to help him think of subjects to talk about. I think this has helped him, and the rest of us, enough to be able to write a monologue for James' character.
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Tuesday, 14 January 2020
15.01.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
BRAINSTORM
Loyalty
Loyalty
- standing by someone at all times
- cheating on s/o
- compromising beliefs to defend people you're loyal to
- brand loyalty
- biological family vs the people who actually raised you
IMPROVISATION
Tristan and Emma
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- Silent entrance - showing the desperation
- Narrative enigma
- Shift of emotions from angry to wanting help and advise
Louis, Amelie, James and Hugo
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- Amelie entering
- Amelie being very controlling - parental controls on phone etc.
- Bar tender character knowing everything
- Relationship between Louis and Amelie's character
- Conflict in Louis - whether to stay in bar or go with Amelie - apparent in walk
- Wedding in the air but it never quite happen
- Possibly the morning of the wedding but doesn't go right.
Seth, Silvana and Hugo
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- Betrayal of trust
- People finding out
- Misunderstanding - Hugo not knowing and then calming down once understood - shift
- Introduction of Hugo's character
5 POINT PLOT IDEAS
- Bar scene with Amelie, James, Hugo and Louis
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- All together at house party - find out all know each other
WARM UP
We did some warming up after lunch which we had planned in the previous lesson. In our pairs we lead a warm up. It was important to get our bodies warm and moving around as we were doing Frantic Assembly.
Seth and I lead some stretches and also used the song Roxanne by The Police. Every time it said "Roxanne", the girls had to do a push up and every time it said "red light", the boys had to do a pushup.
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Amelie and Silvana also lead some stretches.
Hugo and Tristan made the group do push ups for 1 minute as well as sit ups for 2 minutes.
Louis and James used the song Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem. When Eminem was rapping, we had to hold a plank position and when Rihanna sang, we would break.
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At the end, we played a hand game where everyone lies on their stomach in a circle facing the middle with their hands in front of them. Then everyone put their right hand over the left hand of the person to their right. Then we would go round in a circle and everyone would tap the floor in order of the hands. It gets very difficult because you think that your hand is next when it isn't. Whenever someone messed up, they would have to get up and run around the circle before everyone has slapped around the circle. If they didn't get there in time, they would have to do 10 push ups.
SWINDON 5
We tried a Frantic method from Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. We started by having all of us walking around in a big figure of 8, trying to weave us together. Then we added in points where we would change from walking forwards to walking backwards. We then had Tristan in the middle who's objective was to get our attention but we didn't give it to him. His next objective was to pick up a book from the ground but the rest of us had the objective of not letting Tristan pick it up. This could be used in a panicky scene where the person in the centre feels like they can't get a hold of something or they're frustrated. We also thought that this would be good in a train station, a school hallway and a busy hospital.
LIFTS
We moved on to lifts by Frantic Assembly. The first lift we looked at was the hip lift. One person had to have their arm around the other's waist and squat down to get their hip below the other persons. Then they would take a step and then, with pressure applied to the hip area, would lift the other person up.
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The second lift we looked at was the clipboard lift. One person had to squat to get their hips lower than the other persons and then the other person would put their arm over their shoulder and clamp it together.
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The last lift we looked at was the one rock lift. There were two people standing opposite each other and one was squatted down. Then the other would go up to them and press down on their shoulders and lift one leg up. Everyone else would then lift the person from underneath. The person in the air could then let go of the first person's shoulders.
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LOYALTY CHOREOGRAPHY
Using this music as a stimulus, we then had the task to create a piece about loyalty using Frantic Assembly's methods. We could use the ones from last week as well, such as chair duets and round, by, through.
This is what we've created so far.
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This is what we've created so far.
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Wednesday, 8 January 2020
08.01.20 - FEST - Mrs Williams
ART
In the beginning of today's lesson, we tried to improvise a scene from Art and a scene that is spoken of but not included. We were 2 boys short today so the remaining 3 staged the "waving away cigarette smoke" scene about Marc's wife Paula. The 3 girls (including me), then tried to improvise Paula waving away the cigarette smoke which is mentioned but not included in the play. This was all to help create a theme or characters for us to go off of.
DINNER PARTY
We then had an improvised dinner party with contrasting personalities to hopefully give us some more inspiration. Louis, Hugo and Seth were friends from school, now adults, with their three girlfriends/fiancées/wives. This exercise was very useful in developing some of these characters. The improvisation part of it was funny and surprising with some people's ideas.
WARM UP
Later on, we did a warm up when we had a bigger rehearsal space where we could move around. We started with finding 3 different focus points around the room, then we were just walking to each one. Then we had to run from no.3 to no.1, slo-mo walk backwards from no.1 to no.2 and then go from no.2 to no.3 with our bodies as close to the floor as possible in creative ways.
CONTACT IMPROVISATION
In this exercise, we got into pairs. With our pairs we had to find three points of contact on the other's body. Then we added these together into a sequence and then used the Frantic Assembly Shift, Through, Round to add to the sequence. After that, we explored eye contact. This set of movements had so many different meanings just by changing the point of focus. For example, when both people looked into each other's eyes, it made the bond between the people look very strong, but when someone looks away it could portray a lack of trust. We collectively decided we liked this a lot and wanted to include it in our piece.
MONOLOGUE
There were 6 different sheets with 2 different columns to write a monologue in. Each sheet had a sort of relationship between 2 characters and each column was to be from their point of view. We then had about 2 mins to write whatever we wanted on the sheet and then move onto the next. I found it quite difficult to start the monologue but after changing sheets, it got easier as there was already something to go off of. After we went around to all the sheets, we read out the final product. We got some pretty good monologues, characters and relationships to use for inspiration. We liked the relationship between a bar tender and a regular customer the most.
In the beginning of today's lesson, we tried to improvise a scene from Art and a scene that is spoken of but not included. We were 2 boys short today so the remaining 3 staged the "waving away cigarette smoke" scene about Marc's wife Paula. The 3 girls (including me), then tried to improvise Paula waving away the cigarette smoke which is mentioned but not included in the play. This was all to help create a theme or characters for us to go off of.
DINNER PARTY
We then had an improvised dinner party with contrasting personalities to hopefully give us some more inspiration. Louis, Hugo and Seth were friends from school, now adults, with their three girlfriends/fiancées/wives. This exercise was very useful in developing some of these characters. The improvisation part of it was funny and surprising with some people's ideas.
WARM UP
Later on, we did a warm up when we had a bigger rehearsal space where we could move around. We started with finding 3 different focus points around the room, then we were just walking to each one. Then we had to run from no.3 to no.1, slo-mo walk backwards from no.1 to no.2 and then go from no.2 to no.3 with our bodies as close to the floor as possible in creative ways.
CONTACT IMPROVISATION
In this exercise, we got into pairs. With our pairs we had to find three points of contact on the other's body. Then we added these together into a sequence and then used the Frantic Assembly Shift, Through, Round to add to the sequence. After that, we explored eye contact. This set of movements had so many different meanings just by changing the point of focus. For example, when both people looked into each other's eyes, it made the bond between the people look very strong, but when someone looks away it could portray a lack of trust. We collectively decided we liked this a lot and wanted to include it in our piece.
MONOLOGUE
There were 6 different sheets with 2 different columns to write a monologue in. Each sheet had a sort of relationship between 2 characters and each column was to be from their point of view. We then had about 2 mins to write whatever we wanted on the sheet and then move onto the next. I found it quite difficult to start the monologue but after changing sheets, it got easier as there was already something to go off of. After we went around to all the sheets, we read out the final product. We got some pretty good monologues, characters and relationships to use for inspiration. We liked the relationship between a bar tender and a regular customer the most.
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.
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
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, 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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