Session one Story

Political or Social message:

Education-We have to pay for education over a carton age over the age of 18 we have to pay for our education,
Transport- Train tickets are more expensive.
The Election-this effects us as a whole like country and also as an individual.

Media-We find this information from the news,News papers, Social media,


Things i have experience as a teenager.
1. Addiction
2.Teenage pregnancy
3.Money issues
4.Depression


Who's has most power.
I think the public have more power because the government need to try and keep us happy over wise we would start fights.

First clip.
The test has come back as the person was more emotional
1. Introducing extra facts
2.Take an argument and turn it around
3.Prospective are different


My Character-Barrister
The other Character- The other side/Lawyer

Barrister:
My Client is innocent they never did the crime. she was not even there when it took place.
She does not even know the person that was attacked, I am telling you she is innocent.
I know for certain that on the night of the 24th of October 2013 my client was at home with her family.

Lawyer:
But she knew where and when it was going to happen, We all know the she knew the person who attached Mr James this attack was carefully planed out because she knows that Mr James was going to be at home so we all know that your client is the ring leader in all of this she just got someone else to do her dirty work.
  

Check list

Natalie Noone

 

1. Make sure you are doing all work in posts and linking the posts correctly to their Unit (See Ashley or Katie for help if needed)
2. Check spelling and punctuation

Costume

     3. Upload pictures of each page in your Costume Portfolio, you should have;

1.  Character and text analysis
2.  Costume research – Period and social status
3.  Costume plot for THREE characters
4.  Written work about how no. 1 has contributed to no. 2
5.  Colours, fabric swatches and measurements
6.  Initial designs - Based on established period and social status
7.  Established designs with written work about practicalities, character portrayal, portrayal of  mood/emotion

Drama

1. Make sure all PAB work is uploaded to blog including slides, notes & presentation recordings
2. Look at each show of Electra and how well you are doing identify strengths/ weaknesses and what you could do to improve for the next one.
3. Include a review of Electra Performance at Old Vic

Dance

1. Upload Rush Review

 

Electra Rehursals

Electra Rehursals:

Strenghs:
In rehursals my strenghs i know where im moving around on stage and i know where to come on and say my lines, I also know how to deliver my lines.


Weakness:
I need to learn my lines and be more confident with what i am saying and when i am saying it, and be more confident with conecting with the aurdiance and Electra when saying my lines, Act like the Charater not myself.

Devloping my Cats solo

In my Cats aurdition i have chosen to use the Jellicle cats music i as find it easy to chorograpth a Solo to. The movement i have chosen is Jazz because the Musical is mostly Jaz style, i have chosen to use different Chorgraphic devis such as Repation, The use of Levels, Turns, Jumps.

Dr Faustus Evaluation

Dr Faustus Evaluation:

Mime:
The mime at the begging of the performance was more affective from an audience onsite to the performance, at first i personally did not think it looked that good at the start but it work really well with what was happening during the performance.

Costume:
The costume we all had worked well because we were all in the same sort of clothing, we all wore black this represented the darkness of hell, and Depression. This showed Dr Faustus feelings and moods thought out the performance.

Lighting:
The lighting worked well with the performance because using blackouts between scenes made it clear to see that the scene was changing, also having very little light at the back of the stage, was good because it showed that the rest of the cast was watching them all the time, this was showed because for staging we used stage blocks at the back of the stage in twos and it showed shadows, this was kinda creepy, but the performance is creepy so it worked really well.

Overall Acting:
Overall i think the performance was really good because we all helped  each other throughout the performance and we all gave it our best, i like the fact that some of us used props because it brought the performance to life with something more than just dialogue, I believe i stayed in my character, i had multiple character's to play but i did sty in character.
 

Cats Characters

The Characters in Cats are:
These descriptions, in alphabetical order, are based on more recent versions of the show, although there are minor variations from production to production.

• Asparagus / Gus – The theatre cat. One of the oldest tribe members. He was once an actor, and is one of two cats who is only seen during his song.
• Bombalurina – A red female. She is not the subject of a song herself, but plays a leading part in introducing several of the cats, and also sings of Macavity.
• Bustopher Jones – A fat cat, a "twenty-five pounder." Dresses in a snappy tuxedo and spats. Respected by all, as the upper class "St. James's Street Cat". In most productions, the actor playing Gus also plays Bustopher, perhaps because both are only seen during their song, though in early productions the part was handled by the actor playing Old Deuteronomy.
• Demeter – A very skittish female cat. She is not the subject of a song, but plays a lead role in several.
• Grizabella – The former Glamour Cat who has lost her sparkle and now only wants to be accepted. Grizabella left the tribe when she was younger to see the world for herself; she has experienced the harshness of the world and is a pariah in the cats' society.
• Griddlebone – A fluffy white Persian female cat. Growltiger's lover in Growltiger's Last Stand, where she sings The Ballad of Billy M'Caw or the mock Italian aria In Una Tepida Notte (depending on production) with Growltiger. Almost always played by the actress playing Jellylorum. In some productions the role is played by the actress playing Jennyanydots. "Growltiger's Last Stand" was a play in which Gus, the Theatre Cat, acted, and a scene from it is used as a dream sequence, but it is omitted from some productions. Whether she is the same Griddlebone who is one of MacAvity's agents is not known.
• Growltiger – A theatrical character Gus recalls playing in his youth, and who appears in Gus' memory of the production of Growltiger's Last Stand. In some productions he is portrayed as a vicious pirate; in others, he is more comical.
• Jellylorum – A female who watches out for the kittens, along with Jennyanydots. She is Gus' mate. Named after T. S. Eliot's own cat. The actress who plays Jellylorum usually also plays Griddlebone in Growltiger's Last Stand.
• Jemima – A kitten interchangeable with Sillabub, though Jemima is used in most international productions. She is the kitten who sings the Memory refrain in The Moments of Happiness for Old Deuteronomy. Jemima sings the happier parts of Memory, while Grizabella sings the sadder parts. She is the first cat/kitten to accept Grizabella by singing with her and not judge her.
• Jennyanydots – The old Gumbie cat. She sits all day and rules the mice and cockroaches at night, forcing them to undertake helpful functions and creative projects, to curb their naturally destructive habits.
• Macavity – the show's only real villain, who only appears briefly and has no dialogue. The character is a literary allusion to the Sherlock Holmes character Professor Moriarty. Usually played by the same actor as Plato or Admetus.
• Mr. Mistoffelees – A young black tom (with some white) who has magical powers which he doesn't fully control. His signature dance move is "The Conjuring Turn", twenty-four fouettés en tournant. In the UK production, Mistoffelees has an alter-ego named Quaxo, who appears as a general chorus cat throughout the show, and is dressed slightly differently.
• Mungojerrie – Male half of a pair of notorious cat-burglars, with Rumpleteazer. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are most commonly remembered for their featured dance number where at the end, they do a "double windmill" across the stage.
• Munkustrap – The show's main narrator. A tabby tomcat who is storyteller and protector of the Jellicle tribe. He is Old Deuteronomy's second-in-command.
• Old Deuteronomy – The lovable patriarch of the Jellicle Tribe. He is very old and dignified.
• Rumpleteazer – Female half of a pair of notorious cat-burglars, with Mungojerrie.
• The Rum Tum Tugger – A flashy tomcat. His temperament ranges from clownish to serious. He is Munkustrap's brother, though they differ in temperament.
• Skimbleshanks – The railway cat. An active orange tabby cat, who lives on the trains and acts as an unofficial chaperone to such an extent he is considered rather indispensable to the train and station employees.
• Victoria – A pure white kitten gifted in dancing. The "official" Jellicle Ball begins with her solo dance. She also does a Pas de Deux with Plato during the Jellicle Ball. She is also the first to touch Grizzabella.
• Alonzo – A black and white tom cat in most productions; in the Broadway and early European productions, he was depicted as being a black and gold tabby. Sometimes considered the third in command after Munkustrap as he also fights Macavity. However, he is not the subject of any song, and has no dialogue.

I got this information from Wikipedia.

Cats

In  Dance class we have been looking at starting our Solos for Our Cats Audition. We came up with ideas of what we could use in our solos,  We know that the style of dance is Jazz so we are looking at mainly Jazz style movements.

Movements in Cats

• Leaps 
• Jumps 
• Turns
• Pointed feet
• Extension
• Sharp
• Relationships
• Head roles
• Kicks
• Levels
• Unison
• Animalistic 
• Aerobic
• Balletic
• Over the top

Assiment 2

Assessment 2:

Click here to watch our presentation

Casting Director 

This is the person that is responsible of finding the Actors who will be right for the production roles, they will also be more likely to be connected to agents, Most specialise various ares such as television, comedies or actions films.
When you first go to an audition your normally only meet a Casting Director, Whereas if it was a film audition you would meet a Director.
It is the Casting Directors jobs to put you to the next level so you shouldn't save your best performance till last.
Casting Directors can belong to CSA (The casting society of America).

The Bugsy Project

Today we got handed the Bugsy Script, I have had past knowlange of Bugsy by watching the film, This means that i know the chacters very well.

When it comes to costume desgin, i am considering desgining Tullahs and Bugsy costume, i have chosen these because i think it is easier to protry these chatacters in a costume because they are different but the same in a sence that Tullash is very girly and giliz and glamor. Whereas Busgy is very much typical guy that every girl wants to be with and every guy wants to be because he has the charm and hes very genuin whole the whole thing.

Tullah:

• Blacks, Greys
• 1920's ere
• lots of sparkle 
• Flapper
• Sexy

Bugsy:

• Suited
• White
• Bow tie
• Stylish
• Well dressed to show power/Status

Fat Sam

• White shirt
• Braces
• Black hat
• Black Trousers
• Cigare

Mini Project, Childish Royal

Kim asked us to think about:

1. How old they are?
2. Socail Status?
3. Where from?
4. Contribution to the story?
5. Why are they there?
6. Main character? Side character?
7. Gender?
8. Personality?

Childish Royal: We have created a back story to help us develop the character in more detail and give us a bit more of an insight to what we will need and will need to use in order to prostrate this character of a childish royal.

The back story:
William Smith is a 10 year old Prince from France who's father, the King dies in a battle Unexpectedly which only leave William to become the air to the throne. William does not understand his responsibilities as he is too young and wants to continue having a normal childhood. His mother died in childbirth so the only mother figure he has had in his life is his nanny who has brought him up from the beginning. William likes to mess around and the idea of him becoming King does not impress him at all.  William's Personality is he is still a child and dose not want to take over yet, He still wants to play child games and  be a child.

This is a classic crown as it is gold and its looks very bold and child like, This is like Williams personailty, and it shows his age.

  This does not go with his backstory because this is a dark crown and the aurdince would not see this a child friendly, because of the colours and the shape of it.

This would really not work with the story as it is very abstracte in a way that is not really child friendly because again of the colours and shape and size. it may also be a sharp and hurt the actor or a member of the aurdience.













If i ahd to chose between all of these crowns i would chose the first crown because it is a classic crown and easily reconsiable by the aurdience and it is also very child friendly because of the colours and shapes on it.





Video:









Anysis:

Lesson 1 Costume

What is Costume?
Costume is destictive to people from different time periods, Different class, It can be a particular style of clothing worn to represent a character.

Theatrical Costume?
One of the most common places you see Costume is in the Theatre,Film,and Telivison. Theatrical costume can help an Actor portry a character's Age, Gender, Class, Personality, Ethnicity. This also helps portry what time period it is, And what time of day, The season, Time of year.

National Costume?
A reginal costume that expresses local identity, Different Cultures, Pride, for example The Scotsman wears a kilt.


Why do we have Costume?
We have Costume to represent different calutres and different time periods, Also to help portry different chacrcaters, What time of day it is what season it is, If it was warm you might wear shorts and a vest top, Whereas if its cold you would wear jeans and a jumper and a coat. Also to show Class and wether someone has power or not because if they do their costume would be more smart and tidy whereas if they didn't have much power they would have messy cloths and look kinda dirty. 

 

 

 

 

 

We got given this wig and got asked to come up with a short story line that we could use this with, So my group came up with the story of someone was at the hairdressers and they hairdresser messed up the hair, But the costmer loved the purple hair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also got given a boot and asked to do the same thing come up with a short story and work around this boot, So my group came up the story line that everything had to go in one shop and we were fighting over this boot.









We got given this Bowler hat and asked to do the same thing so My group came up with the idea of someone getting married as this is the best we could do with the time we were given.











The benifits of this task we that we could realise that a small bit of costume could have a big impact on a whole performance, and we had to improvise so it improved these skills. It also gave us a chance to work out as a group what we could do in such a small amouth of time.

 

Electra set

Ideas for the flooring:

                                                                                  I like the idea of putting leaves on the floor to show that we are outside and it goes with the colour theme it

Also shows that it is warm but cold this would go with

the whole theme of the play because it warm in parts 

but also very cold when Electra talks to her mum 

she is very cold.

but when she talks to her sister and brother she is very warm

towards them.

Electra Set

Ideas for the set:

I like the colour of this door because it goes with the colour theme. It also looks very old fashioned and this is look we are going for. This door is also very Large this would help with not struggling to get in/out of the door.












I like this door because it is Very large and this could show royalty because of how high the door is and how big it is. I also like the colour o this door because of how dark it is.

Rush Review

Akram Khan Rush Review:
Rush is a Dance sequence of 3 people dancing it is a contemporary dance phase. 3 people are performing at different speeds thought out the phase. It is a form of Indian classical dace called 'Khatak'. The phase explores spatial freedom and associated with the unpredictable journey of falling out of a plane. When they used different Dynamics it made it more visually pleasing, On the contrast there were moment of stillness in the piece this makes you feel more aware as they were one minuite going rerally fast and then they just stop. The dancer had alot of control over their body this can be seen when they forse for 10 seconds. this also shows they have good stamina.
The dance its self had alot of canon, Unison, And solo moments. the effect of canon shows that the dancers have got commincation with each other, The use of unison this shows that they are one big group of people not just danceing alone, the effect unison had on me is being aware of timeing and dancers around me in my own performance. There were times when only one dancer would be performing this was intresting because it showed that they were also very alone, and their individual skills. The use of repatation and imitation was intresting at first however i felt as if it became tedious as i was seeing the same thing over again.
 Overall i thought it was really good how they used the different types of dance techniqe to show a moving piece. It was very intents to watch because of the rapied movments, However they could of not used repatation as much as they did.


My own opinion:
I wasn't sure to start with when we first saw the video i thought that it would be boring. But it was actually really good fun. it also challenged us. I also liked it because i got to work with people that i didn't normally work with and it got me talking to everyone in the class.

Assiment 3 Artistic Policys

DV8 artistic policy


DV8 are all about taking ricks and are edgy.This is most important to them.

Greek theatre

The design:


The design of Greek Theatre is like arena shaped this is because the seats were really high up and because they did not have a mircophone they had to shout the words and it was easier to hear the actors so they did not strain their voices.



















The chours:

The chours is a vital part of Greek theatre and normally is made up of 15 men the role of the Chours was to sing and dance in the orchestra as part of the traig action.

Universitys

Roehampton Uni
Birkbeck uni
Surry Uni
Guildford school of acting
Dance contempory
Pineapple dance

Performers CV

Performers CV:

Name: Natalie-Anne Noone
Height: 5.3
Skin colour: Olive
Build:  Medium
Skills: I am a bubbly person talk to anyone, i am good at dance but can do acting and singing, I am good with children, i can roller skate, i can swim, i have also worked with children in the past for work exprience at the Wick bourne center in Littlehampton. I have done Acting at college and also Performing arts and Musical Theatre  and Dance. My strong point is dance and movment.

Experience:

Seven deadly sins, Gluttony Sea, Chichester college, Isabel Higglet

How the theatre works

Production house:
The Sealight theatre is a production house because it is a college theatre and the work that is shown in the theatre is all produced in within the theatre. The Sealight theatre does not bring in any work it creates and puts on all its own work. Everything is created within the theatre e.g Costumes, props. Also the National Theatre is a Production house because it puts on its own work.






Receiving house:
All the theatres on the West end are Receiving houses because they bring in shows that are really good and make the most money and that are touring around. These threaders do not produce the work that is shown in the theatre. Also the Connaught Theatre in Worthing in a Receiving house because again in choses the shows that are shown inside the theatre and what they think will bring in the most money.



Artistic Director:

Admin: 
 Front of house, Finance/Accountant, Marketing/Publicity/Design, Education- this could be teaching or doing workshops.

Production:
Production Manager/Stage Manager/Touring manager, Lighting/Sound/Props/Set/Costume Designer, Operater. ASM (Assistant stage manger) DSM (Deputy stage manger)   Director this is the most importent Person an Actor could know They employ everyone that will be involved in the Production from the Actors to the Stage manager.

Performers:
Casting Director Actors should know.
Director employs the choeogrphers Also employs the Casting Director and Musical Directors. There is different types of of perfromers Musical Performers, Classical Performers, Musicians, Dancers, Actors, Chores, Swing performers are the most important because they learn multiple roles so if someone is off sick then they can take over but play different roles different days depends if the whole cast is there of not these type of performers also get paid the most.



 

Actions: What you do:

1.  Jump
2. Travel
3. Turn
4. Contraction
5. Expresion

Dynamics: How:

1. Soft
2. Sharp
3. Fast
4. Slow
5. Smooth
6. Egey

Space:Where:

1. Upstage
2. Downstage
3. Levels

Relationships:

1. Duets
2. Solo
3. Trio
4. Group dances
5. Prop
6. Audience
7. Bodyparts

Motif:
A seris of movement linked togther and often repeted thoughout the dance.

What is Choreography:

1. Expression
2. Motif
3. Choreography Devis
4. The use of dynamics
5. Movement
6. Stmuli
7. Secrence

Key Words:
Motif
Choreography Devis
Stimuli

Places to be

Places to be:

Events and Gigs
Student/ Low budget films
Open Auditions
Agency
Andrams. (Not if you want to be a professional)
College and other training
Own productions


People you need to know:
Other performers
Casting directors
Agents
Musical directors
Directors
Choreographers
Photographers
Media Students
Television Directors
Broadcasters

Professionalsum.

Publicity:
 You are the product
Become Facebook famous
Use Youtube
Twitter a profile towards what your doing
Social media
Use different pages to get followers
Use Youtube to promot Showreel
Use own channel
Instergram: Short videos
Sound cloud
Busking: Videos of peoples reactions
Local events and gigs
Blogs: Writing about whats going on
Link to other websites
Photos/Videos
Bussisness cards
Casting Profiles/Starnow
Fantasic Performance CV
Linked in.

Profesulism/Conduct

Attitude:

1. Performance CVS
2. Headshots
3. Showreel
4. Put on own project
5. Bussiness
6. Work creates work
7. Cattle call (Open Audition)

Appearence:

1. Hair Versital (Neutral)
2. Look as same as Photo
3. Make up Neutral
4. Shoes, No heels, Comfotable, Versital

Attendice:

1. Double Minamum Time and 1 hour and half
2. Character Jazz sheet music Dance Shoes
3. Make sure you have warm cloths Blanket Food/ Coat, Umbrella, Water.