In the first week of prep for the show we looked at our Character Traits for the roles which we had been given for the show.
Is your character funny?
Yes, I think Joe is funny because he is witty and quick on the ball when it comes to jokes and understands what makes his friends laugh. His humour also comes from being with his too mates Joe and Emmo. They all compliment each other with their comedy and bounce off each other.
Do you have any real friends?
Yeah Joe does have real friends within Emmo and Lewis, they stand by him in times of need and always lend and hand if he is trouble. He also has a good relationship with Sarah but some parts are quite rocky.
Do you hold a grudge?
Joe holds multiple grudges which are realised and created in the play for example from the start, he has one against his dad for leaving him when he was a child. Another is against Reecey for killing his mum.
Do you make irrational/stupid choices?
Yes he does especially as bad Joe. Throughout the show when it is his bad life he makes constant bad choices without thinking about them and it all leads to worse things for him until the ending when his mother is killed in a fire which was consequently created by Joes bad decision making
He is careless and not too bright however he has the nest intention at heart and tries to help out as best as he can.
Does you have a secret agenda?
Not an obvious agenda and a set target but he does try to impress people when he's with them whether its through talking or accomplishing tasks.
Park Scene
In the park scenario, I originally made a few friends within Naomi, Andy and Harry but then Andy accidently stood on my pet tortoise called Philip, THEN, Valencia's character came over and punted poor little dead Philip and his shell came off. This then escalated into me, Harry and Andy trying to put Philip the tortoise back together. Reecey killed my tortoise e.g. my mum (mad metaphors).
Week 2
This week we looked at another performance company's version of our house and how they performed the first musical number of act 2 'Wings of a Dove'. This meant analysing things such as actions and dynamics of their performance and looking at things that we could also potentially use in ours.
Actions - what specifically you do
Jumping/dancing about in the style of a party
Walking about
Spinning around
Skipping
Kicks
High fiving (happy gestures)
Kangaroo Jumping
Piggy Backs
Dynamics - How you do the action
Sharp movements on the step motions
Energetic movements
sloppy and relaxed to show character
All people on the stage are friendly to each other and look like a big family.
I feel like I contributed to this class by adding in the ideas from the compiled lists above and sharing this with the rest of the class in ways that we could integrate them into a potential musical sequence.
Week 3
Our House Dance Routine
Today we started to devise he dance routine for the song Our House. I think it went really because we all contributed towards the dance in the duets section. I feel I also contributed because I helped create some of the dance moves and steps for the piece. I think we could have improved in the part where we run between each other not that it was bad but it could be smoother.
Basic understanding of the movement
Lots of good energy towards the dance
Week 4
Today we started choreographing baggy trousers. This song revolves around the theme of being in a school in a class of naughty children. We started by watching some other versions of it and a previous one that some people in our class had performed and we built them up around that.
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The energy and the dynamics of the piece was good because we all looked like we were in a class and the characteristics were good.
We used various levels such as sitting and running along chairs.
Week 5
We had about an hour in individual groups to stage and choreograph a song from our house. We got given driving in my car.
I think our rehearsal was quite good because we all took it seriously and all have ideas into how the scene should be performed. For example the way the car is set up and where people sit, the motions we make in the car such as moving side to side to show the car going round corners. Once we had rehearsed it we performed it to the other group in the class. Overall it went we because we all stayed in character and acted really well even if sometimes we forgot lines or movements. One way olive contributed to the scene was by singing the song because in the show it is done by Joe which is my character. Another way was by coming up with choreography.
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Rehearsal Process
SCENE 1
My first scene as Joe is when he gets introduced to the audience in a scene where he comes home to talk to his mum about Sarah. We approached in various ways such as having him come down from the audience or from the rafters but then decided to have me come on from the wings to find Kath (Vicki) on a sofa in the centre of the stage. After some dialogue between in we went into the first musical number 'Our House'. So we devised a dance to go with the song using spacing, levels e.g. on the scaffolding and synchronised choreography. During this dance apart from the group sequences, I as joe would just walk around chatting to people. One things we uncounted within the majority of the musical numbers was that people struggled to do the dance and sing at the same time. To tackle this, we had individual sessions on the singing and the movement which would hopefully then help us.
This video shows the character development, research and inspirations for the way i played the role of Joe.
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