Nearly show time!!

We had finally finished plotting the entire show and all we needed to do was polish and define. We worked very hard to get to where we were before show week and we finally got ourselves into a position for the show, we started to line bash and start to play our characters way over the top which helped us see where we needed to average them out to. We also spent a rehearsal plotting where we needed to put costumes for quick changes and who needed to move them. We also set up a props list and map to show where they all needed to be as well. This helped so much because we then all walked through it which made us ready for the performance.

When we started placing the scenes in the actual places and running them with transitions it was finally coming together and it brought all of our spirits up. We decided that the beginning and end suicide scene needed something more so we adapted it and made a daring move which turned out fantastically and gave the piece more depth. Then when the lighting and sound was added in it pulled the piece together and brought it to life

Show nights and after

Show nights for me went really well. We could have slowed down a little bit but to be honest I think we did brilliantly! With a few costume difficulties through the rehearsal process I am pleased to say that we had none through performance. There was one technical difficulty in the first show but I still had comments saying that it still looked effective! This show has been a real achievement for all of us and it has brought everyone closer together... Despite some disagreements of which there weren't many. After all of the year above pa class telling us that it will break friendships and ruin everything, for me it did the opposite. I felt more included than ever and even being in hospital and unable to come to rehearsals for a few days, I was still brought back into the piece slowly enough for me to cope with getting better yet quick enough that we had enough time to play around with it before show nights. This really brought out my creative side and it has finished off the year well for me.

Rehearsal process

We have worked on a lot recently and sectioned the scenes out so each person in the group has 1 scene to direct. This has really helped us all focus on something and to bring our own take, as well as advise from others, into the piece. We have also drawn out a timetable to see who is working on there scene on certain days so we know when to have our own plans and what we need for those set scenes.

So far we have set, blocked and walked through  every scene and now we need to start working on characters and padding out the scenes with scripted dialogue, Shakespeare and modern day. This should then solidify what we want to achieve.

3/4/14 rehearsal

In today's lesson we decided which parts of the Shakespearian text we are going to use in each scene and written it all up to present tomorrow. I am getting very frustrated with our group still as people are still not understanding the story we have had set in place for a while now. As soon as we get it up on its feet we will start to cooperate more.

Funding layout and breakdown

The most stressful lesson in my entire life!! Gah! But we got a lot down despite getting frustrated at george being a big poo

Amy and I have decided to work together on the individuals section of funding and this is what I have to contribute.

 

 

Funding - Individuals

 

Kickstarter- Instructions for Kickstarter and how much we will give them for pledges.

 

·         Must be a project for example, an albumn, film  or new game

·         It must fit into categories e.g. Arts, comics, dance etc…

·         Any one setting up a new kickstarter must be over 18 and within the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

 

Now onto pledges.

 

·         We researched new theatre pieces on Kickstarter and compared some that we similar to ours. We came up with an asking price of £3,000.

 

What we will ask for:

 

£2- Thank you credit

£20- Thank you credit and poster

£30- Thank you credit, poster and discounted tickets

£50- Thank you credit, discounted tickets and backstage tour

£100- Thank you credit, poster, discounted tickets, backstage tour and meet the cast

£350- Thank you credit, poster, 2 free tickets, backstage tour, meet the cast, try on costumes and use Props

Scene structure

Pkaces where the svene are going to be set and the structure of it

New scene layout.

New idea, based on original but added and exapanded

Scene layout - rough copy

Meeting 3

Today we solidfied the 3 ideas we had discussed and started to elaberate on one of the ideas (Hotel Idea) we worked really well today and came up with the basic storyline and the layout and started plotting which characters we woyld need and how many of us wpuld need to multi role. I think we are all really excited with this idea and the endless possibilitys that we can do with this piece. It will work really well if we keep this mind set.

Meeting 2

We finalised 3 ideas today and decided the order of which we would do. The orders are in the picture. It took us a while but we finally came through with a rough idea of whhich road we want to go down with our interpretation.  We are going with the hotel idea (top left)

Production Meeting

• Created Gmail account
• Worked out how to use the entire blog... painful!
• Took forever but it all worked out in the end :)