We are getting very close now to the big show!, which means we are running through scenes very quickly, scenes themselves are already blocked however we still need ideas for the scene transitions.
After workshoping a few ideas which me and Miss Eastwood had come up with, this encouraged the children to come up with some great ideas (one of my favourite being brook who lassoos himself offstage) the rehersals are 2 hours long now which means i have to be escpecially vigilant on keeping the kids active and interested in the rehersal. However so far they have been doing very well at concentrating.
Injecting comedy into the scenes is another element i have been concentrating on, such as a "fight" scene with swords, after experimenting with a few ideas the children and us came up with the idea of the sowrd being thrown and a character in the background being effected by it ( which left me and Miss in fits of laughter, which is always a good sign) one more rehersals before holiday and after that its scripts down and trying to run it fully!
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Wednesday and Monday rehersals
IT HAS HAPPENED!
We have offically blocked all scenes and now we are running it, i came up with a brillient and funny way to end the show on wednesday which we workshoped and it worked perfectly, the script says how the character is burnt with hot tapers, and i thought it would be very funny if they "burnt" him into doing a jig, after trying this out we found out it worked BRILLIENTLY.
On Monday i started with a very NOISY and rowdy crew a warm up and most of all CONCENTRATION exercise which helped them to focus before we moved on to running scenes togethor, they went through scenes 13 through to 16 with only a few hicups but after we explained to them that there is only "7 REHERSALS LEFT" they ran it again and it was perfect, the power of attitude ey?
also towards the end of Monday rehersal we finalised the look of each character (finally deciding on a modern countryside look) as me and Miss said it "7 REHERSALS LEFT" it sunk in for me to, we are getting very close and rehersals are now 2 hours long instead of 1, WOW exiting times.
We have offically blocked all scenes and now we are running it, i came up with a brillient and funny way to end the show on wednesday which we workshoped and it worked perfectly, the script says how the character is burnt with hot tapers, and i thought it would be very funny if they "burnt" him into doing a jig, after trying this out we found out it worked BRILLIENTLY.
On Monday i started with a very NOISY and rowdy crew a warm up and most of all CONCENTRATION exercise which helped them to focus before we moved on to running scenes togethor, they went through scenes 13 through to 16 with only a few hicups but after we explained to them that there is only "7 REHERSALS LEFT" they ran it again and it was perfect, the power of attitude ey?
also towards the end of Monday rehersal we finalised the look of each character (finally deciding on a modern countryside look) as me and Miss said it "7 REHERSALS LEFT" it sunk in for me to, we are getting very close and rehersals are now 2 hours long instead of 1, WOW exiting times.
Royal Shakespeare!
ive lost internet recenly -_- upside is last monday we too the cast to where we will be putting on the show at the lovely richmond theatre!
The royal Shakespeare company performed a workshop where they took the children through exercises which helped them to develop their voices and also how to speak shakespearian. While they did this i helped to finialsie the details as well as work out how themusic would be uploaded so it will be ready for the big night. i then returned to see how the workshop was doing, the way they motivated and encouraged the kids while also helping them gget to grips with the shakesperian language was great, and i took insparation from that to use when i next run a warm up. also the games they did to help them use their voices in difference ways also influenced me.
its getting closer now!
The royal Shakespeare company performed a workshop where they took the children through exercises which helped them to develop their voices and also how to speak shakespearian. While they did this i helped to finialsie the details as well as work out how themusic would be uploaded so it will be ready for the big night. i then returned to see how the workshop was doing, the way they motivated and encouraged the kids while also helping them gget to grips with the shakesperian language was great, and i took insparation from that to use when i next run a warm up. also the games they did to help them use their voices in difference ways also influenced me.
its getting closer now!
Sunday, 29 September 2013
wednesday to wednesday
Wednesday the 11th went really well and things are begining to really shape up, one group worked on the big scenes while i took a smaller group and worked on there specific lines pulling out funny things as well as helping them to understand shakespeare a bit more.
i started to do this by a few improv games where they had to use shakespeare words in response to the other character, this seemed to work really well.
Sadly i was ill on monday and couldnt make it :( (dam my cold) BUT i was well and rearing to go on Wednesday.
this Wednesday we worked on a few of the smaller scenes i warmed everyone up with a few warm up games and then a few concentration games to get everyone focused. the accents of a lot of the characters are coming on well and we have had a few role changes (so fingers crossed they will learn their new lines in time)
But all in all everything is ticking along nicely 10 more rehersals to go till the tech rehersals though!
i started to do this by a few improv games where they had to use shakespeare words in response to the other character, this seemed to work really well.
Sadly i was ill on monday and couldnt make it :( (dam my cold) BUT i was well and rearing to go on Wednesday.
this Wednesday we worked on a few of the smaller scenes i warmed everyone up with a few warm up games and then a few concentration games to get everyone focused. the accents of a lot of the characters are coming on well and we have had a few role changes (so fingers crossed they will learn their new lines in time)
But all in all everything is ticking along nicely 10 more rehersals to go till the tech rehersals though!
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Monday Rehersals
Monday rehersals went well and the scenes are shaping up really well,
I started by doing a warm up exercise to get the children focused, it used walking in sync as well as a new game one of the kids suggested (which i enjoyed so much ive remebered it for next time)
i helped to direct one of the opening scenes and one of my points about the three characters realising the other character is at the other side of the stage would be more funny if they all turned one by one, seened to work really well and we are now using.
On review,i also think we should try replacing the wine with perhaps a drink like umbongo, but i will bring this up next time we do the scene.
All in all its getting there!
I started by doing a warm up exercise to get the children focused, it used walking in sync as well as a new game one of the kids suggested (which i enjoyed so much ive remebered it for next time)
i helped to direct one of the opening scenes and one of my points about the three characters realising the other character is at the other side of the stage would be more funny if they all turned one by one, seened to work really well and we are now using.
On review,i also think we should try replacing the wine with perhaps a drink like umbongo, but i will bring this up next time we do the scene.
All in all its getting there!
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Holidays over!
The summer holidays are over and so are the big rehersals,
me and Miss eastwood have done a lot of work on the big end scene, and i have coreographed a large section of it, we started with warm up exercises which got the children to work in teams and then we used the game grandmothers footsteps to find interesting and funny ways for the kids to stand as they approach the front of the stage.
my other job of finding music has come along well, the first rehersal in the holiday, saw me try songs such as the Maryln Manson cover of "sweet dreams" to jux oppose the funny events that are taking place. this idea of jux opose worked well however, that particular song was a little to dark for what we are trying to achieve. we then tried it the other way round with the kids bhaving them do more violent moves while there was silly music on but this created too much of an eerie effect.
at the second rehersal we tried a few songs and we have finally found it, it is Omen by the badn Prodegy and can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGUcwNNu5g
Another activity we tried, was breaking down the shakespearian words so that the kdis understand what they are actually saying, this was achieved by saying the shakespearian word and then asking the kdis tot hink of a modern day way of saying it. this worked really well and helped the kids to really get an understanding of what the words mean. i decided to try and make a short scene with this and make it funny by having the kids talking through text and text speak. this was very funny, but also worked incrediabally well so much so that we have decided to use mobiles in the production.
we are doubling up rehersalsd now, on Mondays and Wednesdays so full steam ahead!
also we have the exiting workshop with the royal shakespeare company coming up soon as well!
me and Miss eastwood have done a lot of work on the big end scene, and i have coreographed a large section of it, we started with warm up exercises which got the children to work in teams and then we used the game grandmothers footsteps to find interesting and funny ways for the kids to stand as they approach the front of the stage.
my other job of finding music has come along well, the first rehersal in the holiday, saw me try songs such as the Maryln Manson cover of "sweet dreams" to jux oppose the funny events that are taking place. this idea of jux opose worked well however, that particular song was a little to dark for what we are trying to achieve. we then tried it the other way round with the kids bhaving them do more violent moves while there was silly music on but this created too much of an eerie effect.
at the second rehersal we tried a few songs and we have finally found it, it is Omen by the badn Prodegy and can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGUcwNNu5g
Another activity we tried, was breaking down the shakespearian words so that the kdis understand what they are actually saying, this was achieved by saying the shakespearian word and then asking the kdis tot hink of a modern day way of saying it. this worked really well and helped the kids to really get an understanding of what the words mean. i decided to try and make a short scene with this and make it funny by having the kids talking through text and text speak. this was very funny, but also worked incrediabally well so much so that we have decided to use mobiles in the production.
we are doubling up rehersalsd now, on Mondays and Wednesdays so full steam ahead!
also we have the exiting workshop with the royal shakespeare company coming up soon as well!
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
rehersal34
Rehersals are on the way, me and Miss Eastwood have decided apon doing a variety of games which is based roughly apon the script before showing the children the big shakespearian lines as to not intimidate them.
we first started with warm up exercises such as torpedos, we did this to help create a team atmosphere then after that we began to work practically. we got everyone to stand in a circle and we started to create some "eerie" woodland soundscapes which helps to buidl the tentsion towards the end of the play. we were expecting some good feedback but not as good as we received. oen of the best suggestions being the idea of one person saying something and then the next person repeating it until the noises gets louder and louder and LOUDER. this created a great effect!
towards the end of the rehersals me and Miss Eastwood had a short meeting and decided to make our adaptation of the Merry wives of Windsor 1950s style!
we first started with warm up exercises such as torpedos, we did this to help create a team atmosphere then after that we began to work practically. we got everyone to stand in a circle and we started to create some "eerie" woodland soundscapes which helps to buidl the tentsion towards the end of the play. we were expecting some good feedback but not as good as we received. oen of the best suggestions being the idea of one person saying something and then the next person repeating it until the noises gets louder and louder and LOUDER. this created a great effect!
towards the end of the rehersals me and Miss Eastwood had a short meeting and decided to make our adaptation of the Merry wives of Windsor 1950s style!
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