We started this lesson by warming up, we then gathered around the board and discussed what we were doing for todays lesson. This lesson was focusing on devising and adding more material to our childrens theatre performance. We then split up into three groups and were ech given a situation in which had to take place in oujr scenes, i was with Max and Megan. Our situation was that we found a misunderstood creature wither from space or under the sea, this was so that it linked with our themes but specifically with the space, the key stage two national curriculum. As a group we decided that it should be from space as that was more efficient for the piece as it slipped in easier than if t was an underwater scene.
I came up with the idea that we each think of an animal and combine them to come up with our strange creature i came up with an Ostrich and then the other two came up with a jelly fish and a sloth so overall i came up with the name of the Jelliostroth, a creature that was one of the last of its kind that lived on space, had the head of a jelly fish, legs of an ostrich and arms of a sloth, to make it understood we decided that becuase it had been apart from others for so long it had its own language so no would undertstand it. This would appeal to our target audience as children like weird and crazy things especially if they are funny. I was then nominated to be the creature as i was the smallest of the group, we also decided that we should structure the scene like it was a documentary of the going extinct Jelliostroth. The scene has to be around 5 minutes this was so that it wouldnt drag as with our target audience you have to make it energetic and dynamic so they dont lose interest, becuase of this we decided that the creature gets a bit of time at the beginning by itselfs before they creep up on the creature and start talking about it beofre they go to capture the creature in a net ti get a closer look at it however the cretaure notuces them to soon and scares them they then try again but this time the creature grabs the net and chases them back before catching them this is effective for our audience as it adds a bit of comedy to the scene so it doesnt get boring, within our scenes we had to incorporate skills in which had been scene in another childrens theatre group called imagine menagerie. One of these features was the use of silence we included this in our piece when they the creature and the people meet to show the shock as well as put a hint of comedy in the scene.
At the end of the scene they have become friends and we had to involve a dance routine of some sort within our scene so we decided as a group that it would fit best at the end so then everyone could be in it and it would give our scene a climax. The creature leads the dance and the others follow just after using canon as well as a bit of action reaction. The dance is effective becuase its a bit of fun and creates an upbeat and happy atmosphere within the audience. My character really impacts this piece as the creature adds comedy elements to the scene but also helps tell the story, my character starts off not liking the new people but then once they come to an understanding it forgives them for what they tried to do.
I think that within this lesson my strengths were my focus and my characterisation, my weaknesses would be my projection as i need to involve myself with more lines and be more open for lines and to be more confident.
Next time i think we could add more dialogue into the scene to give it a more detailed storyline to malke it more interesting and so it could then go further.
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