Creative and media diploma
Georgia Alice Addis
performance
Frantic assembly
Frantic assembly are a physical theatre company (this means that the performance is driven by movement)
The company was founded by Scott graham and Steven hogget in 1994. They perform in and direct frantic assembly productions
They are Production Company (they produce their performances and tour around to different theatres to perform)
They are heavily influenced by film
Their productions are highly energetic and involve lots of choreographed movement
Frantic assembly take their shows all over the world
Frantic assembly collaborate with writers and musicians to create their shows
Frantic assembly include
Beautiful burnout – about boxing Music by underworld
Pool (no water) about jealousy and resentment. Music by Imogene heap
Othello –a modern adaption of the shake spear play set in a pub on a rough estate
Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company specialise in contemporary dance
The company was founded by Marie Rambert in 1926
They are based in Chiswick
They are Production Company
They perform all over the world .they often perform in a theatre which specialises in dance performance called saddlers wells .this is a in Islington (north London) .another famous dance performance space where they perform is the place in kings cross.
Royal shake Spear Company
The rsc are an ensemble company. This means that everyone has a part to play in the making of the productions.
They are based in Stratford upon Avon –where shake spear was born
They are a producing theatre (repertoire)
Not all of their productions are shake spears plays. in 2010 they performed their own musical version of matilda
They are dedicated to working with teachers to inspire a life-long love of Shakespeare in young people .They had been working with lampton school since 2009 and in march 2011, lampton hosted a shake spear festival where seven schools in Hounslow worked together to put on a production of king Lear
Fork beard fantasy
Fork beard fantasy is a multi –media Theatre Company
They were formed by a group of artists in 1974
Their work includes film, animation, performance, poetry, street theatre, installations and interactive exhibitions
They performed the colour of nonsense in river side studios Hammersmith
Their work is surreal
Their extremely different using animation during the performance but also creating art while performing. They have really unique charters and masks too.
Frantic assembly are a physical theatre company (this means that the performance is driven by movement)
The company was founded by Scott graham and Steven hogget in 1994. They perform in and direct frantic assembly productions
They are Production Company (they produce their performances and tour around to different theatres to perform)
They are heavily influenced by film
Their productions are highly energetic and involve lots of choreographed movement
Frantic assembly take their shows all over the world
Frantic assembly collaborate with writers and musicians to create their shows
Frantic assembly include
Beautiful burnout – about boxing Music by underworld
Pool (no water) about jealousy and resentment. Music by Imogene heap
Othello –a modern adaption of the shake spear play set in a pub on a rough estate
Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company specialise in contemporary dance
The company was founded by Marie Rambert in 1926
They are based in Chiswick
They are Production Company
They perform all over the world .they often perform in a theatre which specialises in dance performance called saddlers wells .this is a in Islington (north London) .another famous dance performance space where they perform is the place in kings cross.
Royal shake Spear Company
The rsc are an ensemble company. This means that everyone has a part to play in the making of the productions.
They are based in Stratford upon Avon –where shake spear was born
They are a producing theatre (repertoire)
Not all of their productions are shake spears plays. in 2010 they performed their own musical version of matilda
They are dedicated to working with teachers to inspire a life-long love of Shakespeare in young people .They had been working with lampton school since 2009 and in march 2011, lampton hosted a shake spear festival where seven schools in Hounslow worked together to put on a production of king Lear
Fork beard fantasy
Fork beard fantasy is a multi –media Theatre Company
They were formed by a group of artists in 1974
Their work includes film, animation, performance, poetry, street theatre, installations and interactive exhibitions
They performed the colour of nonsense in river side studios Hammersmith
Their work is surreal
Their extremely different using animation during the performance but also creating art while performing. They have really unique charters and masks too.
researching musical theatre
what is a promoter
??
london symphony orchestra
What type of performances are most popular
musical theatre
comedy
tragedy
dance
circus arts
musical performance
comedy
tragedy
dance
circus arts
musical performance
The one i was most interested was tragedy
popular productions at the moment
* grease - grease is one of the most popular old movies and is also a theatre production even though i have not seen it in the theatre i do own it on dvd and its one theatre productions id loved to go see .
The new production of Grease, which incorporated all the hit songs from the movie, opened at the Dominion Theatre in 1993 starring Craig Maclachlan as Danny Zuko. Having been discovered in Neighbours the producers realised that Craig exuded the charm that was essential for the character of Danny. They had already seen eight hundred girls for the part of Sandy, but when introduced to American actress Debbie Gibson she was offered the part immediately. The show was taken on tour in 1997 starring Shane Richie and then Ian Kelsey as Danny Zuko and due to its success ran again with Luke Goss heading the cast.
* Shrek : is one of my most favourite films and its most recently come to the theatre.
Before Shrek was a musical, or even a movie, he began life as a story book character Created by famous New Yorker cartoonist and author, William Steig in 1990. In this gallery you can view the original artwork for Steig's children's book, and you might just spot some other familiar characters too!
The new production of Grease, which incorporated all the hit songs from the movie, opened at the Dominion Theatre in 1993 starring Craig Maclachlan as Danny Zuko. Having been discovered in Neighbours the producers realised that Craig exuded the charm that was essential for the character of Danny. They had already seen eight hundred girls for the part of Sandy, but when introduced to American actress Debbie Gibson she was offered the part immediately. The show was taken on tour in 1997 starring Shane Richie and then Ian Kelsey as Danny Zuko and due to its success ran again with Luke Goss heading the cast.
* Shrek : is one of my most favourite films and its most recently come to the theatre.
Before Shrek was a musical, or even a movie, he began life as a story book character Created by famous New Yorker cartoonist and author, William Steig in 1990. In this gallery you can view the original artwork for Steig's children's book, and you might just spot some other familiar characters too!
research different theatre's and visiting them ...
we went on a trip to london to view the types of places where performances look place . We went into some on the most popular theatres in london and looked at information on their performance that were taking place.
preparing our performance
we choose to base our performance on the theatre show the women in black ....although we wanted to focus on the story with in the play which is not really explained very well so our aim was too make the story of the sister's as clear as we could .
we needed to think about the two sister's when it came to preparing our script , i was put in charge of the script i knew i need to focus on the feelings and emotions both sisters went through , jennet was doing what she thought was best so i created her character to be quite emotional always talking about her child praising him . Alice was more of a posh character and was a bit of a snob , she wanted a child and jumped for the chance to have her sisters , she used her money against her sister promising the baby boy a wonderful life which was a offer that jennet could not turn down .
choosing our audience was good , we choose to use yr. 9 as they are just about to choose they option and they are in the middle of their secondary years so we felt they were mature enough to understand the performance .
where to perform ? due to the media suite not being big enough we choose to use the drama huts , which was a great chance for us to use there knew LED lights ,which i have to say was amazing !
we needed music for our performance , so we research on children lullaby , we thought it was the best kind of music to suit the performance below is the music we used
as a group , we were able to keep in touch through using our school email accounts to keep motivated !
we needed to think about the two sister's when it came to preparing our script , i was put in charge of the script i knew i need to focus on the feelings and emotions both sisters went through , jennet was doing what she thought was best so i created her character to be quite emotional always talking about her child praising him . Alice was more of a posh character and was a bit of a snob , she wanted a child and jumped for the chance to have her sisters , she used her money against her sister promising the baby boy a wonderful life which was a offer that jennet could not turn down .
choosing our audience was good , we choose to use yr. 9 as they are just about to choose they option and they are in the middle of their secondary years so we felt they were mature enough to understand the performance .
where to perform ? due to the media suite not being big enough we choose to use the drama huts , which was a great chance for us to use there knew LED lights ,which i have to say was amazing !
we needed music for our performance , so we research on children lullaby , we thought it was the best kind of music to suit the performance below is the music we used
as a group , we were able to keep in touch through using our school email accounts to keep motivated !
The script
job roles we needed to think about
lighting department :
lighting operator , this was important because the lighting designer decided which lights will help tell the story .
sound department:
sound designer and sound engineer
these jobs are important because they both add to the impact of the story
wardrobe/costume departments
costume designer and wardrobe , theses jobs were important because it ensured the characters looked the part
work shop
set designer
this was important to make sure the set suited the story line and the performers .
work shopping to help develope idea's:
* to help us develope ideas , we brain stormed the events that happend throught the women in black , we started noting the events that we found most interesting
* the main event was the story line between the two sisters , alice and jennet
* we choose to base our performance around this , even though the imformation given to us was a brief of the story we wanted to right a script that would explain it in more detail
* we hoped for a performance to be a bit like the west end musical wicked because wicked is base around the story between the two witches in the wizard of oz .
working effectively during the performance : work effectively and making good use of our time was extreamly important , we split into groups so we were able to get everything done in time ,
erica : was organizing costumes as her costume was most important she needed the time to try things on and she also takes textiles for a gcse so it helped us to gain access to the textile department .
paige : was organizeing the set design and the auidenece , she needed to schudule the class that we would perform to and how much time we would have to perform the short peice , also we was able to choose what props we have in class that we could use for our set to make it look like it was from the past.
me: my job was simply to write the scrip even though it proved to be harder than i thought , i need to ensure the contrast between both sister's were clear , it need to explain the story in some detail but also needed to be entertaining.
schedule :
period 1 : writting scrip and editing to make sure all characters are happy with lines
period 2 : try on costumes to ensure they all fit and look the part
period 3 : perpare set for reherals
period 4 : find helpers for lighting and sound
period 5 : run through the hole piece
lunch : practise
period 6 : run through the performance
period 7 : perform and collect feedback
being safe : we ensured that saftey was included when doing our performance , we checked things like costumes for e.g. erica's costume was quite long so to ensure that erica didnt fall over or hurt her self in any way or form we made sure the costume didnt quite touch and that the floor infront of her was clear before and during the performance .
another saftey option was when using props such as glasses we need to ensure their was no possible way of them getting broken or falling .
when using in the lights we made sure we had someone who understood how to you them , to ensure that it was safe
* to help us develope ideas , we brain stormed the events that happend throught the women in black , we started noting the events that we found most interesting
* the main event was the story line between the two sisters , alice and jennet
* we choose to base our performance around this , even though the imformation given to us was a brief of the story we wanted to right a script that would explain it in more detail
* we hoped for a performance to be a bit like the west end musical wicked because wicked is base around the story between the two witches in the wizard of oz .
working effectively during the performance : work effectively and making good use of our time was extreamly important , we split into groups so we were able to get everything done in time ,
erica : was organizing costumes as her costume was most important she needed the time to try things on and she also takes textiles for a gcse so it helped us to gain access to the textile department .
paige : was organizeing the set design and the auidenece , she needed to schudule the class that we would perform to and how much time we would have to perform the short peice , also we was able to choose what props we have in class that we could use for our set to make it look like it was from the past.
me: my job was simply to write the scrip even though it proved to be harder than i thought , i need to ensure the contrast between both sister's were clear , it need to explain the story in some detail but also needed to be entertaining.
schedule :
period 1 : writting scrip and editing to make sure all characters are happy with lines
period 2 : try on costumes to ensure they all fit and look the part
period 3 : perpare set for reherals
period 4 : find helpers for lighting and sound
period 5 : run through the hole piece
lunch : practise
period 6 : run through the performance
period 7 : perform and collect feedback
being safe : we ensured that saftey was included when doing our performance , we checked things like costumes for e.g. erica's costume was quite long so to ensure that erica didnt fall over or hurt her self in any way or form we made sure the costume didnt quite touch and that the floor infront of her was clear before and during the performance .
another saftey option was when using props such as glasses we need to ensure their was no possible way of them getting broken or falling .
when using in the lights we made sure we had someone who understood how to you them , to ensure that it was safe
Lighting
Through out most of the performance we used a simple spot light , but to increase the tension when the women in black appeared we used flashing strobe lights this means that for health and safety we had to ensure that non of the
safety
we made sure for health safety reasons that we were :
*wear appropriate clothing and footwear that allows you to dance , move , and act correctly
* being careful about wearing jewellery , as it might get caught pr pulled during physical movement in scene's
* behaving professionally and appreciate that you need to trust each other .some improvisation or physical work can be dangerous if you are not concentrating
*being careful when lifting heavy equipment or large pieces of set furniture
*do use any equipment that may cause danger with out adult supervision
*wear appropriate clothing and footwear that allows you to dance , move , and act correctly
* being careful about wearing jewellery , as it might get caught pr pulled during physical movement in scene's
* behaving professionally and appreciate that you need to trust each other .some improvisation or physical work can be dangerous if you are not concentrating
*being careful when lifting heavy equipment or large pieces of set furniture
*do use any equipment that may cause danger with out adult supervision
props and costumes
list of props :
wine bottle
wine glass
baby basket
doll
two table clothes
two tables
paper
fever pen
baby blanket
costumes :
women in black -
a black dress
over coat
mask
jennet- a long skirt
a old shoal
and a blanket
alice : a silky shoal
pearls
wine bottle
wine glass
baby basket
doll
two table clothes
two tables
paper
fever pen
baby blanket
costumes :
women in black -
a black dress
over coat
mask
jennet- a long skirt
a old shoal
and a blanket
alice : a silky shoal
pearls
the performance
evaluating
succeeding my intentions :
i personally think the performance was a little short , it was only around 7 -8 minutes but the 7-8 minutes we performed was to a great standard as we all remembered our lines and no major mistakes were made . All my goals were reached in the performance , i was extremely confident and i projected my voice well .
things we needed to change : we originally only had three scenes which gave a insight to the story but due to time we found that our performance was too short so we added a extra scene , we were unable to find the time to add this scene to the script which i would have liked to do .The extra scene was a solo scene were paige (jennet ) performed on her own , it was quite short but it was full of emotion which i think had a great impact on the audience .
what worked well : i think the lighting and sound worked amazing with the story line , it reached all my intentions , it made the story come to life , i describe it as freaky , spine shivering and a thrilling story .Also the actor's worked great together which also helped when rehearsing because it made it easy to expression options and contribute idea's.
what did go so well : from feedback we found that the audience wasn't to impressed with how quick the performance was , they liked it so much that they wish it was longer .
feed back : their were comments made after the performance , people said things like , i wasn't expecting it to be so good , i really liked the sound and lighting , it was a great performance , the women in black as actually quite scary .
meeting deadlines : we managed to pull the performance together quite quickly but the script took a incredibly long time to complete so we had less times for rehearsals . so the deadline was quite hard to meet .
suggesting idea was a strong part of the group because as we are all friends , it made it easy for us to express our idea together and made it easier to try new things without feeling embraced in front of each other .
keeping focused was quite easy for my as i really enjoy performing up for some of my group they found it hard so i found myself taking a lead role and trying to keep everyone focused .
we all tried to work to the best of our ability and i believe we did because we managed to put our nerves aside and work as hard as we could and i believe we did great .
If i was to perform again i think id like to perform with a bigger group , or maybe even try a different style of performance .
i personally think the performance was a little short , it was only around 7 -8 minutes but the 7-8 minutes we performed was to a great standard as we all remembered our lines and no major mistakes were made . All my goals were reached in the performance , i was extremely confident and i projected my voice well .
things we needed to change : we originally only had three scenes which gave a insight to the story but due to time we found that our performance was too short so we added a extra scene , we were unable to find the time to add this scene to the script which i would have liked to do .The extra scene was a solo scene were paige (jennet ) performed on her own , it was quite short but it was full of emotion which i think had a great impact on the audience .
what worked well : i think the lighting and sound worked amazing with the story line , it reached all my intentions , it made the story come to life , i describe it as freaky , spine shivering and a thrilling story .Also the actor's worked great together which also helped when rehearsing because it made it easy to expression options and contribute idea's.
what did go so well : from feedback we found that the audience wasn't to impressed with how quick the performance was , they liked it so much that they wish it was longer .
feed back : their were comments made after the performance , people said things like , i wasn't expecting it to be so good , i really liked the sound and lighting , it was a great performance , the women in black as actually quite scary .
meeting deadlines : we managed to pull the performance together quite quickly but the script took a incredibly long time to complete so we had less times for rehearsals . so the deadline was quite hard to meet .
suggesting idea was a strong part of the group because as we are all friends , it made it easy for us to express our idea together and made it easier to try new things without feeling embraced in front of each other .
keeping focused was quite easy for my as i really enjoy performing up for some of my group they found it hard so i found myself taking a lead role and trying to keep everyone focused .
we all tried to work to the best of our ability and i believe we did because we managed to put our nerves aside and work as hard as we could and i believe we did great .
If i was to perform again i think id like to perform with a bigger group , or maybe even try a different style of performance .
