Today's lesson was our drama lesson. This lesson we used to rehearse the song as much as we can. At the begin of the lesson we had one of our group missing as they had to be somewhere. This means it was harder for us to rehearse as we didn't have everyone to go over everything with. This means when we got to the box section we struggled quiet a bit because in that section we all have to work together to make sure the boxes get to the right place at the correct time. Even though only one person missing it still means we all had to try and work around it as best as we could. Half way through the lesson we had our whole group which then made it so much easier to rehearse as we could go through all of it and show her which bits we had sharpened and made bigger and stronger. When we rehearsed we did it with the music and without the music. We did it without the music so we could do it slower to ensure we had a ll got the choreography correct and no one forgot any bits. We also did it with the music so we could make sure we was in time with the music so we could tell if we was to fast or to slow. We knew that we was always to quick on the section which begins "You listen hear my dear" until "Extremely careful". We sang through this a couple of times to make sure that we were all in time and not to quick.
After we had made sure all the choreography which we had done was correct and sharp we worked on our characterisation and making our characters a lot bigger. We started doing this by putting our hair up into two pig tails so that we could feel more like school kids and more childish. We all think that this helped us a lot because our hair wasn't coming into our face when it was down and also it made us feel like our character which then makes it easier to portray to the audience. It made us feel not like ourselves and as though we were an actual school kid.
Near the end of the lesson, my group went into the other room to watch back the video we had recorded of us rehearsing the number. Whilst we was all watching it we all said that we wasn't putting all our energy into it and we all knew we could do so much better. I knew personally that my characterisation was poor and that i still need to work on that a lot. To improve this i think that i need to make all my movements bigger and bold and have more facial expressions.After we had watched the video a couple of times we sat and discussed what we thought would be the best costumes. We all said that we should wear black school skirts and a white blouse as we think this portrays school children. We said for the younger children they should wear everything neatly and have their hair in two bunches. For the older children, we all said we should make the uniform look scruffy and as though we didn't care about it. We also said that our hair should be in high ponytails as this is slightly more grown up.
My target for next lesson is to focus more on the singing side of the piece as i now feel confident in the dance and choreography element of it. I feel as though for some sections of the song we go out of tune which then make the harmonies sound bad. Furthermore, in the section which begins "You listen hear my dear" we always all speed up on that to much and we finish that verse before we are supposed to and you can really tell. Next lesson i think that the whole group should work on this so we can become stronger in it.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Monday, 27 February 2017
Matilda- Monday 30th January 2017
Today's lesson was our singing lesson. We began our lesson by warming up. We did a half an hour warm up to ensure that our vocals were all warm and our bodies were warm too. When we were warming up our bodies we made sure that we had stretched our muscles out. After we warmed out bodies up we moved onto our vocals. Some of the warms up we did included warming up our diaphragm and ensure we are using it properly. We also did breathing exercises which were to help work on expanding our rib-cadges and when we are performing it should help us when singing and dancing at the same time. We then moved onto technique, this included exercises to help us with our diction and holding notes. We had to work on diction because the song is up tempo and quiet fast so this means we need to sing quicker but we still need to sing all of the words correctly and not slur all of them.
After we had all made sure we had warmed up properly, we split into our dance groups so that we could rehearse the song. My group ran through the number once to see how much we could remember and what bits looked really sharp and also what other section we needed to work on. We knew that we needed to work on the section with the boxes (props) because there was little things in that which we kept messing up such as the bit when one of the younger children is supposed to push a box to one of the older girls, she kept forgetting to do it so we ran it over and over so she could remember. After we had made sure that all of the section what we had done with the section was sharp we ran through the number again and again so that we could keep making the performance stronger each time and we can all still become more confident in it. Also in this lesson we worked a lot on staging to make sure that we was using as much of the stage as we could and to make sure that we wasn't all to crowded.
I still haven't worked on my facial expressions much because i am focusing on my facial expression so much. For next lesson my target is to improve my characterisation and my facial expressions. I think now that we all know the choreography very well and we all know where we have to be at what time it will be easier for us to work on charaterisation.
After we had all made sure we had warmed up properly, we split into our dance groups so that we could rehearse the song. My group ran through the number once to see how much we could remember and what bits looked really sharp and also what other section we needed to work on. We knew that we needed to work on the section with the boxes (props) because there was little things in that which we kept messing up such as the bit when one of the younger children is supposed to push a box to one of the older girls, she kept forgetting to do it so we ran it over and over so she could remember. After we had made sure that all of the section what we had done with the section was sharp we ran through the number again and again so that we could keep making the performance stronger each time and we can all still become more confident in it. Also in this lesson we worked a lot on staging to make sure that we was using as much of the stage as we could and to make sure that we wasn't all to crowded.
I still haven't worked on my facial expressions much because i am focusing on my facial expression so much. For next lesson my target is to improve my characterisation and my facial expressions. I think now that we all know the choreography very well and we all know where we have to be at what time it will be easier for us to work on charaterisation.
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Matilda- Friday 27th Janurary 2017
Todays lesson was our dance lesson. We began in the lesson by talking about what we had learnt this week and what new skills we have developed. This week I feel as though I have developed many new skills. One being that I have developed my facial expression and being ale to use my face more to show my character and to be more intimidating. Another skill I feel as though I have developed is my eye contact with the audience, I know that I can still have much more eye contact with the but I feel as though I have become more confident in it and I don't feel awkward whilst doing it now.
After we had discussed this, we started with our warm up. We did our normal warm up to ensure that we had warmed up all of our muscles and to make sure that we wouldn't pull any muscles. After we had done our physical warm up we focused on our vocals so we warmed them u too. We done this by doing different exercises like we do in our singing class such as scales and diction exercises. Once we had warmed up we ran through the number to show Nadine what new skills we had developed and what we needed to work on. I felt like the first time we ran through it went well because we were all using our facial expressions and our special awareness was really good. This lesson was the lesson which we started to learn and choreograph with the alphabet blocks. The alphabet blocks are our props in the number. To begin with we all struggled to think of moves which we could do to show the audience the letters and to make them big movements. After we had a bit of time to think about it we soon managed to get lots of ideas for different moves which we could add in. We didn't get all of the letters done but we wanted to make sure that the letters that we had done were polished and we all knew where we had to be at what time.
My target for next lesson is to make sure that I am still strong with my facial expressions and to make sure that all the choreography is still really confident and big.
After we had discussed this, we started with our warm up. We did our normal warm up to ensure that we had warmed up all of our muscles and to make sure that we wouldn't pull any muscles. After we had done our physical warm up we focused on our vocals so we warmed them u too. We done this by doing different exercises like we do in our singing class such as scales and diction exercises. Once we had warmed up we ran through the number to show Nadine what new skills we had developed and what we needed to work on. I felt like the first time we ran through it went well because we were all using our facial expressions and our special awareness was really good. This lesson was the lesson which we started to learn and choreograph with the alphabet blocks. The alphabet blocks are our props in the number. To begin with we all struggled to think of moves which we could do to show the audience the letters and to make them big movements. After we had a bit of time to think about it we soon managed to get lots of ideas for different moves which we could add in. We didn't get all of the letters done but we wanted to make sure that the letters that we had done were polished and we all knew where we had to be at what time.
My target for next lesson is to make sure that I am still strong with my facial expressions and to make sure that all the choreography is still really confident and big.
Matilda- Tuesday 24th January 2017
Todays lesson was our drama lesson. In this lesson, we focussed on our characterisation and having more eye contact with the audience and other performers. Even thought it was a dram lesson we still warmed up our vocals so that we wouldn't strain them as we would be still be singing whilst rehearsing. We also done a physical warm up so that we could warm up our muscles so that we didn't hurt ourselves. It is important that all performers warm themselves up because if they don't ten they could seriously injure themselves which may end up with them ending their career in the business. Also, warming up helps performers improve their skills and learn new ones.
To start the lesson off, we split into our two groups to performer the song to each other to show what we had done. My group went first. I felt as though we could have performed a lot better and we could have lots more energy. I don't think we was sharp enough with our movements or big enough. I think that our singing was okay but we could still work on our harmonies more to make sure that the audience can really hear them. After we had performed our number the audience gave us feedback. They said that we need to have more of a relationship with each other and sing and interact with each other more and also we should have more eye contact with the audience so it would show our character more as our character is an intimidating character.
After we had both performed our version of the song to each other we split into groups of 4. We did an exercise which will help with our characterisation. In this piece we wasn't allowed to talk we had to use our expressions and our movements so that the audience could understand our routine. My group had to do a piece which had year 9's in it which were picking on a year 7. The year 7 wanted to walk past us and get through but we wouldn't let her and we was being horrible to her and intimidating her. I realised whilst doing this exercise that I need to use my facial expressions much ore and make all my movements 100 times bigger.
After we had done this exercise we had to apply the things we had learnt into "School song". I think that this exercise helped me a lot in building my character and making me a stronger performer.
My target for next lesson is to learn more of the dance and make sure that I apply all the facial expressions into the number and making sure that I have more eye contact with the audience.
To start the lesson off, we split into our two groups to performer the song to each other to show what we had done. My group went first. I felt as though we could have performed a lot better and we could have lots more energy. I don't think we was sharp enough with our movements or big enough. I think that our singing was okay but we could still work on our harmonies more to make sure that the audience can really hear them. After we had performed our number the audience gave us feedback. They said that we need to have more of a relationship with each other and sing and interact with each other more and also we should have more eye contact with the audience so it would show our character more as our character is an intimidating character.
After we had both performed our version of the song to each other we split into groups of 4. We did an exercise which will help with our characterisation. In this piece we wasn't allowed to talk we had to use our expressions and our movements so that the audience could understand our routine. My group had to do a piece which had year 9's in it which were picking on a year 7. The year 7 wanted to walk past us and get through but we wouldn't let her and we was being horrible to her and intimidating her. I realised whilst doing this exercise that I need to use my facial expressions much ore and make all my movements 100 times bigger.
After we had done this exercise we had to apply the things we had learnt into "School song". I think that this exercise helped me a lot in building my character and making me a stronger performer.
My target for next lesson is to learn more of the dance and make sure that I apply all the facial expressions into the number and making sure that I have more eye contact with the audience.
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