Week 4:
This week is our final week on Matilda which meant we had a lot of work to do because we had only learnt half of the dance to the “School Song”.
At the beginning of the week, we worked on the singing in the song "School Song" again because this helped us to make sure we were all loud and projected the words perfectly. This means that we had to warm our voices up properly through doing many different tongue twisters which made it easier to sing the songs because it meant we could fit all the little words in to the song. Practicing the song was very useful because it meant that we were able to sing good enough as a group and that we were all understanding and singing exactly how the characters we were portraying in "School Song" was good enough. We also practiced the dance moves we learnt for the song because it helped us adapt our moves to what we wanted to do and the way we wanted to make it. Overall I feel today was very useful because we were able to work together as a group to learn adapt our characterisation.
As the week went on, we started to learn the main bit of the "block scene", which meant that we had warm up properly before doing this. The warm up was brief but allowed us to have warmed up our voices, mobilized our joints and we did a pulse raiser to pump the but quickly round the body. The block part was a lot harder than my group thought but after a while of getting used to the moves and when and where we each had to go, it got a lot stronger and smooth. In the "block scene" we had to be careful of our spacial awareness all the time because there were blocks been chucked everywhere and people walking in gaps which meant everyone had to make sure they were in the right place at the right time. Today we got up to the part where we the other group was and that was up to the letter "Q" in the song. Overall I think today went very well as we got a lot done and everyone learnt that spacial awareness in this dance was very important.
At the end of the week we had to, not only perform it but to actually learn the end of the dance. We were first did a really quick warm up through doing a pulse raiser and warming up our voice with alliteration. We also worked on our breathing holding our breathe for a certain amount of time so that we could hold any long notes. We started our rehearsing standing next to the other group who had the blocks and I’m the same position as they were. The number of people we had in our group was the same as them so each person had someone they knew they had to concentrate on. The end of the block bit was quite easy to pick up and I found it was just common sense where you had to put the blocks. After a few goes from each group, everyone was able to pick it up. Then we did the very end of the dance which was also quite simple, all the moves were sharp and had made the dance really dramatic. We then recorded our final try and in my opinion it was one of the best rehearsals we have done, even though someone messed up the block scene but I managed to sort everything out and get the block there in time.
Overall I think this week was really practical and useful and we were able to complete the whole dance as a group working together. Although it was very time consuming and caused everyone to work super hard, we finished it well.
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Week 3:
This week we worked mainly on our performance skills and adding more to the dance in "School Song".
At the beginning of the week we worked on the singing of the “School Song” which meant we had to warm our voices up through doing many activities. The first activity was using alliteration and tong twisters to make sure we can fit the many words we need to, into the song. This helps everyone because we are able to not only practice the lyrics but work together as a team to get the words write. We also worked on our breathing by holding notes for a certain amount of time to make sure any long note we need to hold can be powerful and that we practice not only using our head voice but and chest voice. As this song was still quite new to the class everyone had to work on the part which is really fast because it meant everyone had fit a lot of words into such a little space of time but my group managed to finally get it which meant that was longer a problem when we were performing and that everyone knew the words. I had to learn the words for my solos which were quite simple but I also realised I definitely wanted to do a kids voice because my voice sounded very much like a little child. Overall I believe today went very well as the whole group made massive progress with the song and learning it.
Later on in the week we started to learn the block routine but many people were missing therefore it was quite hard to do the routine but we made sure we warmed up our body my mobilizing our joint and doing a pulse racer to pump the blood round the body and the heart. Although we didn't learn much of the "block scene", we did learn all the beginning of the dance which was helpful because we were able to be more aware of our surrounding when working together. I found this quite useful because it made everyone know where exactly they were meant to be. Overall I feel this day was quite useful because we went over the parts we didn't quite understand at the beginning of the dance and were able to help each other.
At the end of the week, we worked on the beginning of the routine which was really useful because we were able to work on all our performance skills and clean everything up. The warm up was very useful because we sang the song and did a pulse raiser which helped our stamina and made us all ready and prepared for musical theatre.
This week I feel I have improved on my performing skills because I was able to make my body language exactly the way I wanted my character to be portrayed. In my opinion I need to improve my dancing in the performance but long term I need to start stretching so I can have greater flexibility when dancing.
This week we worked mainly on our performance skills and adding more to the dance in "School Song".
At the beginning of the week we worked on the singing of the “School Song” which meant we had to warm our voices up through doing many activities. The first activity was using alliteration and tong twisters to make sure we can fit the many words we need to, into the song. This helps everyone because we are able to not only practice the lyrics but work together as a team to get the words write. We also worked on our breathing by holding notes for a certain amount of time to make sure any long note we need to hold can be powerful and that we practice not only using our head voice but and chest voice. As this song was still quite new to the class everyone had to work on the part which is really fast because it meant everyone had fit a lot of words into such a little space of time but my group managed to finally get it which meant that was longer a problem when we were performing and that everyone knew the words. I had to learn the words for my solos which were quite simple but I also realised I definitely wanted to do a kids voice because my voice sounded very much like a little child. Overall I believe today went very well as the whole group made massive progress with the song and learning it.
Later on in the week we started to learn the block routine but many people were missing therefore it was quite hard to do the routine but we made sure we warmed up our body my mobilizing our joint and doing a pulse racer to pump the blood round the body and the heart. Although we didn't learn much of the "block scene", we did learn all the beginning of the dance which was helpful because we were able to be more aware of our surrounding when working together. I found this quite useful because it made everyone know where exactly they were meant to be. Overall I feel this day was quite useful because we went over the parts we didn't quite understand at the beginning of the dance and were able to help each other.
At the end of the week, we worked on the beginning of the routine which was really useful because we were able to work on all our performance skills and clean everything up. The warm up was very useful because we sang the song and did a pulse raiser which helped our stamina and made us all ready and prepared for musical theatre.
This week I feel I have improved on my performing skills because I was able to make my body language exactly the way I wanted my character to be portrayed. In my opinion I need to improve my dancing in the performance but long term I need to start stretching so I can have greater flexibility when dancing.
Friday, 1 February 2019
Week2:
At the beginning of the week we worked further on our singing because the main chorus in which I do not sing, was not very good therefore it was important we improved that. But to begin with we had to warm up our voices, we started by controlling our breathing through taking dead breathes for 8 to 10 seconds which helps when holding long notes in the song. We also worked on the short words we have to say in the song by singing songs with alliteration in it. I also stretched to make sure my body was in the right way to sing and dance. We started by singing the chorus all together, in our groups, which was very useful as the more times we did this the more people got used to singing it and started pick up the words. We then went through the whole song, giving out parts in the song for all the little kids in the song, I was not too sure about the parts they wanted me to sing because they were very high but I managed to hit the notes when we went through the song all together. I thought this week was very productive and the song got better the more we did it together and we all helped each other to achieve the parts we have done so far. I also learnt more about the character in the song and realised the little kids are very scared to begin with but then they become more confident as the song goes on and they are with the big kids. This was very good information because it will later help me develop my character in the song. My short term target is to work on the syllables in the fast bit of the song. My long term target is to work on the way I act when performing the song.
At the beginning of the week we worked further on our singing because the main chorus in which I do not sing, was not very good therefore it was important we improved that. But to begin with we had to warm up our voices, we started by controlling our breathing through taking dead breathes for 8 to 10 seconds which helps when holding long notes in the song. We also worked on the short words we have to say in the song by singing songs with alliteration in it. I also stretched to make sure my body was in the right way to sing and dance. We started by singing the chorus all together, in our groups, which was very useful as the more times we did this the more people got used to singing it and started pick up the words. We then went through the whole song, giving out parts in the song for all the little kids in the song, I was not too sure about the parts they wanted me to sing because they were very high but I managed to hit the notes when we went through the song all together. I thought this week was very productive and the song got better the more we did it together and we all helped each other to achieve the parts we have done so far. I also learnt more about the character in the song and realised the little kids are very scared to begin with but then they become more confident as the song goes on and they are with the big kids. This was very good information because it will later help me develop my character in the song. My short term target is to work on the syllables in the fast bit of the song. My long term target is to work on the way I act when performing the song.
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