29/11/13

Walking around the space : As self/character

This is a useful warm up for getting into character and making sure there is a different between yourself and the character.

B-B-B-B- exercise with actions, helps build stamina and articulation

The Thesaurus is the best acting tool - I can use this to find objectives for my characters and better words such as "Happy" - "Ecstatic"

Paralanguage - (Audible breathing, mmmm, coughs etc" - Need to improve on

Continuity of Energy need to be improve on - analyse script.

21.11.13

Warm Up - Got into the centre, Humming - matching the same picture as Chris followed by an "A" resonation exercise - we do this because this is warming our voice up for rehearsals

Blow through lips and Chew exercise - Warms up Mouth, got the circulation going and improves articulation.

Act Like Animals -

• Cheetah 
• Dinosaur 
• Eagle 
• Ant 
• Mouse 
• Chicken 
• Kangaroo 

People 

• Toddler
• 9 Year old 
• Upper Class British 
• French Man 
• Black African 
• Chav 
• Japanese 

This Exercise was useful because we where able to think about how vocally and physically we can create other characters such as a Cheetah - I got on my hands and knees and moved really fast with little sound. Where as a Dinosaur I was on my tiptoes with my arms belt at the elbow and I created a "Rawing" sound. 

Additional cast members - 

Emma - Robin 

Lizzie - Peggy 

Herb - llama 0 Split between Niall/Dan 

Prepare Ye -

Character are spirtually lost with no faith and frustrated with life. No point to it. John the Baptist is offering a way out.

Initial Ideas- My character is harder to convince, scared and stubborn. React with others

After Baptism - my character finds hope

To do - :

Rehearse "Beesech Thee"
Create Through Lines
Development of Relationships.

Production Roles

Stage Managment

Everyone

Set and Props

Sarah + Hannah

Admin

Niall
Dan
Lizzie
Molly
Emilie

Costume

Emma
Shannon
Lauren
Sarah
Lizzie

Choreography

Emma
Shannon
Lauren
Dan
Kathy

12.11.13 - Prepare Ye Review

We had Good Energy

Improvements -

Tuning on end note focus on Vowel Shape, Breath Support and Ending Constonants.
Clapping in time
Everyone needs to match the level of hannahs vocals - this will be done by being confident in what I am singing.
Making sure we are being blessed in different body parts to show contrast. I will do this by being blessed on my finger, to show feeling nervous. I'll extend my arm and little finger however while walking leaning away from Molly.
Audience Interaction - By engaging more with the audience.
More Facial Expression - singing while looking in the mirror.
Individualise the style of claps - I will do this by doing my claps to the floor left  - right side and then upwards left - right.
Improvisation - Being more creative and not feeling scared to go crazy.
More Energy
Onset
React Earlier - Make it seem fresh

We Beeseech Thee -

Don't rely on others - I will do this by learning the dance with another member  of the cast

+ Bring Costume next lesson so Chris can have a look.

Vaudevillian patter/comic duos

A comic duo otherwise known as a double act sees the features of two artist - one who is more serious and the other who is more comic. The contrast between the two characters is what creates the humour. Famous pairs are such as "The Two Ronnies" and "French And Saunders" 

Ronnie Corbett is more serious which contrasts against Ronnie Barker (The Liberian) because he's making a joke out of a stereotypical library. 

Addition French And Saunders 

In this case French and Saunders work together against other characters (The Serious People) to create the comedy. 

I think The Two Ronnie's is a good example of how Jesus and Judas act throughout the Musical specifically during "It's All For The Best" because Judas is more Serious and Jesus tries to lighthearted which makes it funny to the audience because of the different rhythm of each characters solos. I think this idea should be incorporated between these two characters throughout the play. 

Performance Roles

Jesus - Hannah
Judas - Molly

Targets - To Improve focus in lesson

Today - We learnt and blocked "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord"

Gym

I went to gym again today, I was able to run for 7 minutes without getting out of breath, I rested for 30 seconds then did another 4 minutes before I needed to stop. I have improved by being able to run for a longer amount of time. I shall continue doing this to help build stamina.