Tuesday 14th October
Performance
workshop
In the lesson
this week we had the same set up for class as we had last week. We had about 2
hours to have lunch and get some more of our toy’s scene done. We had some time
to strengthen some of the ideas and we added some more trap to catch Mel. We
choose to use a rope and tied it in a lope so Mel’s leg gets caught in it but
the yo-yo gets caught instead. We also use a net that Barbie get caught in. we
choose to use one of my ideas with Matthew in a wig acting as action women this
one works. We had to show what we had come up with from the last weeks on
camera and in front of our classmates which was good because we had strong
start to our scene, we added this week talking when we are in the sack because
the feedback we got last week from our teacher was that it was little dead when
we are in the sack. We are also introducing our self to the audience not to
each other because we are already in the sack and we not need to introduce each
other. So next term we need to strength the last bit of our scene and we had
going to have different objects I get out of backpack so we don’t go straight
in to doing the traps, thinking about this idea we could have each person get
something out of the backpack instead of being one person.
Theatre
for Children
In theatre
for children this week, we went over our on solo piece then we went over our
pairs dance but my pair wasn't in to I had to show one of my classmates what me
and my pair did. We then were put in to groups and had to combine all of our
dances in to one. I was in a group with Ky, Shazzy, Sam which was good because
we all have good ideas which focus our movement piece on excitement and family.
We came up with the idea that we would all start one of the waking up stages
which included: sleeping then waking and getting out or bed then yawing and
standing then stretching. We would all move so we end in the last position and
the hug each other so we would stand in a square then hug the person opposite
then the person on the side. I feel that one member though that we would wake
up excited then that would be all we need to do for that main point and I feel
we need to bring it all the way though the dance because everyone feels excited though out christmas young and old. So
I think we need to work on showing excitement all the way thought the dance
next week. We then start on our whole class dance which include each of us
waking up for 4 counts then lay back down and then wake up in a Mexican wave
which work really well because everyone wakes up at different times on christmas
and when we all wake up at the same time and then go back to sleep it feels
like at christmas some people wake up at wrong time like a 5 because they are
so excited. I think maybe we should add checking the time to show that we are
wondering if it’s time to wake up mum and dad to get them to let us open our presents.
Research
I'm thinking about working in a children
company like Cbeebie or Cbbc because I enjoy making children smile and bring a
little sunshine to their days so I am going to look at what you need to have
like qualification or experience to get in to the industry. I have find and it same
you need to be able to do the following things: confidence and an outgoing
personality, excellent communication and presentation skills, a flexible
approach, the ability to improvise when necessary, research and interviewing
skills, calmness under pressure, the ability to work to strict deadlines, a
good memory, for recalling scripts and facts, the ability to work on more than
one task at a time, great team working skills. But for preparation you could
take some of these universities courses: theatre, television and
performance as well as Performing Arts (Film, Television and Stage) and if you
wanted to extend you knowledge you can do a masters in MA media production:
Children’s TV production.
I still haven’t had any response
for my letter.
Till Next Time
