In our tech production session today, we first started off with some Christmas carolling with Lena as a whole group which was rather fun and got everyone in the mood which was a good way top start the day. I think in doing this it egged us on to work in our tech class with Kim and it helps warm up the brain when working early in the morning.
After this we began finishing the props and parts of set for the snow queen on Tuesday, I attached another branch on to the smaller tree and then spray painted the tree silver to cover up the missing bits. We did this to make the trees look more icey and fit in with the scene of 'the robber girl' and it made it easier than hand painting them with a brush. Bethan made a start on finishing the slay which looked AMAZING! I helped her out a bit by adding newspapers on to the sides which she then spray painted silver. She then put tinsle around the edges of the open of the slay. Max, Emily and I started putting balls of tinsle on the branches of the trees to make it look more sparkly and easy on the eye.
The girls, Sarah, Jess, Lindsey, Abi and Polly all did thier bit in the crafts making more flowers, Sarah and Jess made some icecals to hand from the ceiling. Again this gave our scenes more of an icey/snowy/cold feeling and mood and added more imagination to the audience.
I think today we all made a good effort in getting the props and set done, including Kim with her DIY skills.

Yesterday, 28th November, we went through the play to add the cues for lighting and sound. We went through the first and last lines of each scene to know the cues. This is a rather important aspect to the play because everything must go perfect and the people who are operating the lights have to make their timing right so performers aren't confused on stage. It's the same with the music, as we know, the music in a performance makes the mood different and changes the atmosphere, but if the music cues go wrong then it could make the mood go away from the performers and audience. Before this session we hadn't had much work done on it but I think this helped us and we can go through the play on Monday in rehearsals with the lighting and music to test it.

So today in Lena's lesson, i buddied up with Max and we practised our singing techniques and discussed what we're going to be singing for our first milestone assessment in december, this preparation has really helped me decide what songs i am considering performing foir the assessment.
A few songs I've considered so far are
'I just cant wait to be king' from the film and musical theatre production Lion King.
'Elephant love medley' from Moulin Rouge as a duet with Lizzie.
'Sandy' From Grease

When we decorate the trees they should look a little something like this

The Snow Queen (Worthing 2012 Version)
Scene	Title	Development Suggestions
1	Grandma’s Introduction	We need to build the 'six senses' in this scene as it introduces the audience to both the play and life for the characters Gerda and Kai before the Snow Queen. **The audience have to care about them getting this life and their friendship back or there is little point to the story** Better description of the environment. An activity for Kai and Gerda before the story that can show how close they are. Introductory music
2	Snow Queen Kidnaps Kai	We need to establish a distinct change in atmosphere via lighting and sound for the Snow Queens entrance. The dialogue needs additional detail particularly the benefits of living in the snow palace. **There has to be a plausible benefit for Kai to go with the SQ as he is fascinated by her before she puts ice in his heart** Snow Queen Music or snow sound effects Additional tempting description of Snow Queen Lifestyle in dialogue Design/Make sleigh  (Jackie in Art is willing to help)
3	Magic Flower Garden	A playful introduction would improve this scene. Perhaps Gerda could wonder at least for a little while if she should just make new friends whilst being enchanted by the flowers. **The scene will work best if we feel a bit sorry for the flower witch and the flower girls and if it contrasts more with the other scenes** Demonstrate the girls having fun together before we see the witch Gerda to use '6 senses' to ensure we understand more about the magical garden Find way of making flowers stand!
4	Snow Queen collects Flower Children	We need this scene to have more clarity. The best way to do this would be to strongly establish an ongoing relationship between the SQ and the Flower Witch. **This scene is the second time we see the SQ and once again she is abducting children. We have to make her heartless but not too scary!** Reveal Snow Queens bigger plans and the control she has over her magical kingdom Make some reference to life before the Snow Queen's reign Ensure the sleigh can work with two passengers
5	Palace and the Princess’s Party	This scene needs to have a funny side to it. The King is the centre of the humour. - King, Queen, Princess and Crow introduced to the audience. - King is unhappy with Gerda coming through whereas the Princess and Queen welcome her and offer help. From this scene we'll see the funny side of the story and also as actors we'll test our strengths and weaknesses of keeping in character on stage.
6	Snow Queen Plots & Plans	This scene needs to have a scary mood but not too scary as they are little kids after all. - Floor lighting could be of good use here, with just 2/3 lights and the rest of the room dark. - Slow, scary music. This scene will show the audience how devious the Snow Queen really is.
7	Robbers in the Woods	This scene is probably going to humour the audience, it'll be fun for the kids to watch. - A happy, jolly soundtrack would work well with this scene for when the reindeer first appears. This is another scene where our strengths and weaknesses will be tested. There are another few comical sections of this scene.
8	Journey to Lapland	This is going to be quite a cute scene i suppose, with the reindeer and Gerda speaking about how the reindeer eded up in the Robber girl's prison. - some happy magical music could ad effect to this scene.
9	Minion Reports	This scene will have to be dramatic! There should be dramatic music. - floor lighting focusing on the snow queen and the minion .
10	Finn Man’s Wisdom & the Gossips
11	Ice Palace Rescue & Release
12	Back to Grandma

  

Tuesday 6th November-
*3 facts to include in scene
- Super power reindeer
- Reindeer's background
- The King and Queen's name

*3 props for each scene
- cage, robber girl
- leaves, robber girl
- crown, the kings castle

*1 objective
- Make sure Gerda gets to the Snow Queen's palace safely

Name: Frosty
character traits- warm and friendly, wise, bit of a coward but yet brave.
appearance- Silver antlers and ears, white body

Found this on the internet, could use this for fake snow for Snow Queen!

Following on from the previous post... we designed our mood boards according to what participation we played in the Snow Queen so far. Also we found pictures of ideas we have but not yet discussed or developed and what pictures we felt associated with the Snow Queen.

Thursday 8th November- Production with Kim
In this session we created mood boards...

MT Chicago

Video below- 10th of October
Me and Bethan Cave, performing our street jazz dance, originally meant to be in a group of 4 but the others were abscent. After watching this i realised i had a problem with starring at my partner trying to keep up with her. I now know in the future to try my best to keep my eyes forward and keep in time.
I think we both did our best, Beth was probably better than me but you know! I thought it went well and I've developed my dancing skills and have improved over the first six weeks.

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7th November- Chicago Jazz dance 'All that Jazz'
Today we began learning the 'all that jazz' dance from Chicago which we'll be performing in the dance show on the 27th of November. This was our first rehearsal and will be rehearsing it again over the next 3 weeks.

Recap of last term:
We learned about the 6 senses- Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, mood.
This we learned in the first drama session with Rachel, these 6 senses are essential when performing, allowing the audience to feel the mood of the character or even the scene can draw the audience in and make them feel as if they're there with you.

Using these senses makes you a better performer, and allows you to engage with the audience and creates an atmospheric performance.

On the 25th of September, we were put into different groups and each group had a different story about different cultures around the world. I was paired with Elizabeth and we were performing a story of 'Obatala creates life' this was a story about the gods and how the World was created and life was brought life.
This was part of our story telling assessment and our performance was recorded by camera.
From this I learned a story of which I'd never heard before and found it interesting although found parts funny!