After Show

Liam Payne
Thanks guys, Iv got 'time of my life' stuck in my head :@ lol
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Leanne Amy Hollingsworth and Katieann Bird like this.

Sarah Sharp Thanks for your help Liam :)
8 December 2011 at 10:42 via Mobile · Like

Liam Payne No problem :) al in a days work lol x
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Taz Maguire
All photos are visible!
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Liam 'Bidz' Singh
TEAM!! Congratulations BTEC, orchestra and crew alike. A lovely company to work with all week. Every show was really entertaining, sounded great and worked seamlessly. Best wishes for the future everyone x
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Leanne Amy Hollingsworth
Just want to say a massive thank you, to the back stage crew, liam singh, the brilliant extras, & dancers without you guys this show wouldn't have happened! You've all been great & made a huge impression on us all! & this is to btec; well done guys, you've done not on me, but your parents and the teachers proud! Woo! Go btec!!! Love to everyone ♥
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Mollie Martin
everybody did absolutly brilliantly in all of the performances! iv only been with it for a few weeks but iv enjoyed every minute of it and it really was the best panto iv ever seen! a brilliant panto to end the lutterworth anual pantomime! well done everyone! ♥
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James Sampson, Jacob Phoenix Smith and Leanne Amy Hollingsworth like this.


Sarah Sharp
AMAZING JOB EVERYONE :D XXXXXXXX
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Matt Mcloughlin, Jacob Phoenix Smith and 2 others like this.

Tweaked Photo's

Taz Maguire
OK guys, Ive sorted through and tweaked the photos (Some were a bit dark - My fault) I've also cropped out the lines of the projector screen (Again my fault) A few peoples programme ones need to be redone quickly on monday because they were blurry:

Joe
Abbi E (Although it might just be my eyesight)
Alys

Hayley there is two of you and I dont know which you wanted
Leanne and Rach - Yours may need to be redone because you are very close to the bottom of the shot but thats up to publicity

Hayley im leaving you to deal with the character ones but Abbi F and Beckie...Do you want me to turn the programme ones into squares? Because at the moment they are rectangles and some need some work if they are going to be turned into squares

Okk...thats about it - Photos going up on the group in a min

xx
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Hayley Quinn Cooper thanks (: if you've uploaded the photos i can start work on some tonight (:
29 October 2011 at 00:01 · Like ·  1

Taz Maguire if the quality isnt good enough let me know and i'll fix that :)
29 October 2011 at 00:01 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper coolie, where abouts are they? :') the character shots i mean
29 October 2011 at 00:03 · Like

Taz Maguire different album
29 October 2011 at 00:04 · Like

Taz Maguire somewhere on this group
29 October 2011 at 00:04 · Like

Taz Maguire somewhere...
29 October 2011 at 00:04 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper xD...
29 October 2011 at 00:04 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i can't find them ):
29 October 2011 at 00:04 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i don't think they uploaded
29 October 2011 at 00:05 · Like

Taz Maguire Oops cancelled the upload ... my badddddd
29 October 2011 at 00:05 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ahaha explains it, s'cool (:
29 October 2011 at 00:05 · Like

Taz Maguire https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?id=701409953&qn=1319843071&tid=123075221082959&success=6&session_id=0&start_time=1319843071&failure=0&set=oa.237451212978692
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?id=701409953&qn=1319843071&tid=123075221082959&success=6&session
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29 October 2011 at 00:05 · Like

Taz Maguire THERE YA GOO
29 October 2011 at 00:06 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper also, i'm a silly bastard and i forgot to do it today, but i need to get a photo of me normally but smiling, because rather than do all the makeup for my poster, i was going to just photoshop it so that just my eyes and mouth were in shot, simply because as well as being a silly bastard, i'm a lazy bastard.
29 October 2011 at 00:06 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper and thanking ye
29 October 2011 at 00:06 · Like

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Table Cloth ( sorted )

Taran Sorted this. All of the places, food and cups are glued to the cloth meaning that it's a lot quicker and easier to set up and clear off. However the comic joke of trying to eat the food then getting interupted can't work because we can't lift the food.
Solution one = make a joke out of the fact that they are stuck to the table.
Solution two = everyone has a biscuit / jaffa cake which they can down by the end of the scene.

Opening Projection

Taz Maguire
Guys I think we should cut the projection on the book and just paint words on it (Sorry set) I really really doubt its gonna work
Like ·  · Unfollow post · 13 November 2011 at 21:31
Leah Peirson I still think we should try it x
13 November 2011 at 21:45 · Like

Abbie Flitton whats getting projected on it ?
13 November 2011 at 21:46 · Like

Taz Maguire Alice falling down the rabbit hole, I've done some more research and talked to Beth and Beth doesn't think it'll work

Plus I can't legally get the clip anywhere so we won't have the rights to use it and could get in a lot of trouble for it
13 November 2011 at 22:04 via Mobile · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth oh fuck my life.. your telling me we painted over the words to put them back on? ahhh
13 November 2011 at 22:49 · Like

Taz Maguire SORRY! If its any consolation I just watched 3 weeks of research into projection and an amazing idea fall apart. and i have like no internet left
14 November 2011 at 07:48 · Like


This was such a disappointment to me and perhaps the group though it wasn't voiced. I very much enjoyed the projection that we used to open Sweeney Todd as it set's the feeling for a production really well. Also the credits at for the production were going to be projected on the screen along with thank you's as the group agreed that they became very laboriousness when they are done at the end of productions. Finally though it made the overall production seem smarter and at a more professional level which is what BTEC Performing Arts as a company which is how we aimed to be perceived.

Poster Oopsy

Hayley Quinn Cooper
Balls.

i put the fax number instead of the telephone number on the posters xD

around school it won't matter, but i'll change it on all of them so that the ones that don't go around school can be changed :')

MY FUCKING BAD GUYS D:
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Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎Abbie Flitton and Beckiee Durham don't print any more yet, i'll send you the new ones as soon as i've altered the number
14 November 2011 at 00:02 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper right sorted the posters, about to reupload them
14 November 2011 at 00:29 · Like
Leah Peirson Oh the schools normal number changed last week aswell
14 November 2011 at 07:21 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ah that's it then
14 November 2011 at 07:33 · Like

On a publicity stance this meant that posters did not go up everywhere as was planned. This is mainly because all of people printer credits were used up on the first copies and it was simply tooo expensive. This in my opinion impacted greatly on the audience that came to watch, the evidence being in the fact that there were many empty seats on the Friday night.

Being Evil

Hayley Quinn Cooper
Hello all, Cheshire here, just wanted to drop a message to say that after our daily "Push a child off of their bike" activity, i am calling a meeting with all of us baddies, this weeks topic of discussion is: How Can We Be More Evil?! Be there, or i'll poo in your garden and drag a dead bird onto the porch.
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Taz Maguire likes this.

Taz Maguire SHIT IN THEIR BAGS!
10 November 2011 at 21:43 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper DON'T SHIT IN MY BAG! XD
10 November 2011 at 21:43 · Like

Taz Maguire ‎:D:D XD
10 November 2011 at 21:44 · Like

Sarah Sharp Well I think you and your crew are simply horrible and think you should stay away from myself and my dear prince charming. We do not want any bags with shit in thankyou.
10 November 2011 at 21:45 · Like ·  1

Taz Maguire MOO HAHA
10 November 2011 at 21:45 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Oh Cinders, not you again, honestly, you're such a stick in the mud, when you're sleeping i'm going to catch those mice you keep such close acquaintances with... right after my *yawn* nap.
10 November 2011 at 21:47 · Like

Taz Maguire PUT THEM IN HER BAG!!
10 November 2011 at 21:47 · Like

Taz Maguire She didnt say nothing about putting mice in her bag!
10 November 2011 at 21:48 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper WONDERFUL IDEA!
10 November 2011 at 21:48 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Ahahaah oh what a dreadful surprise, i love it! I see why Hook keeps you around!
10 November 2011 at 21:48 · Like

Taz Maguire Im helpful :$
10 November 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper That you are Smee, that you are...
10 November 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎(and no, that's my other number)
10 November 2011 at 21:49 · Like ·  1

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Oh Chessy, you are a evil kitty, but i'd much appericate it if you didn't shit in my bag... i'd like to keep my cookies clean for my grandma
10 November 2011 at 22:26 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper I'MA SHIT ON ALL YO COOKIES.
10 November 2011 at 22:37 · Like ·  1

Hayley Quinn Cooper I do apologise... i don't know what came over me.
10 November 2011 at 22:37 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i shall not defecate in any bags, though evil, it is also undignified... instead i shall take all of your things when you aren't looking, move them to other places, and then you will think you're going mad
10 November 2011 at 22:38 · Like ·  1

Hayley Quinn Cooper then i'll run in and out of all your wires so that they get tangled.
10 November 2011 at 22:38 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Followed by knocking over every bottle in the house, dragging dead animals in and tearing up the curtains.
10 November 2011 at 22:39 · Like ·  1

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth oh chessy! :')
10 November 2011 at 22:39 · Like


Me, James and Hayley all met in the library and boasting as I may be, I came up with the idea that the evil characters could be boasting about being how evil they are to assert that they are in fact evil. The result of which was given to the cast, specifically the evil ones. It was rehearsed and slotted into the pantomime in act one.

Evil's and Goodies Task

James Sampson
id like to speak to everyone before we get started tomorrow. i just wanna say some stuff about panto and shit. and i am suggesting that we skip doing a scene tomorrow in one of the lessons. and set you some evil and goodie tasks.
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Abbie Flitton, Taz Maguire and 2 others like this.

Hayley Quinn Cooper I look forward to it Queenie... ♥
10 November 2011 at 21:58 · Like ·  4

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Okay :)
10 November 2011 at 22:25 · Like

The problem with the evil characters is that becuase there were a lot of us and the only really evil characters were Hook, chessy and evil step mother as the other evil's are comical. I personally feel that the rest of the evils were overshadowed by James as the red queen and though the rest of us wanted to be evil we did have the lines to assert us as such.

Making Evil Stepmother Evil

I was being far too nice. Initially I was able to perform very strongly as an evil character however as the rehearsals went on I frankly lost it. Whether this was through over rehearsal, tiredness, stress or a general lack of self confidence I had to get it back for the show. This surprisingly for me was one of the hardest things I've had to do during the whole course. I couldn't bring my self to enjoy being violent, though I didn't expect this when I started the role. It was completely against my nature and honestly just felt wrong in the whole performance. But I pushed through it and honestly acted the most that I've ever had to do in my life. I was successful. This was proven when one of the little boys from the school performance walk past me, gave me and exceptionally evil look and said "I don't like you". Proof.

We Can Do It

Hayley Quinn Cooper
I really think after tonight, we can do this, seriously guys we can, but we have to be huge, shout if you think you're not loud enough, use the stage, we have to do everything we've been advised to, because you know for a fact, that when we do, the second we make the conscious choice to really move on and give it every last fibre of our being, you know it's going to all click into place and be fantastic.

now, i'm off to learn my lines and lyrics and practice doing the weird ass knee thing in the finale.

wish me luck because i seriously suck so much arse at it.

Also, if anyone wants any help with anything let me know, also doing Charmign and Cinders photos tonight, and if Taz Maguire's internet works, could you send me the Red and Rapz photos? Ta'! :D doing April and Alys tomorrow and then they will all be made over the weekend.
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Hayley Quinn Cooper also, i think if we are in rehearsals and someone else is in the audience watching, i think it would be perfectly acceptable to just shout "LOUDER." or "BIGGER." or "REACTIONS!" or as rach put it... "MORE PIZAZZ."
10 November 2011 at 19:18 · Like

Though to some this is encouraging idea to some I find that it doesn't help at all and instead making people retract into their shells. It also creates chaos, and in a group that's prone to getting a little too excited not useful at all.

Publicity Task List

Leah Peirson created a doc.

Publicity task list
Liaise with Primary Schools
Design Tickets
Design Posters
Design Programs
Producing prototypes
Work out poster Locations
Bulletin advertisement
Organise clip for assemblies
Print out Tickets
Take photo’s for Posters
Take photo’s for Programmes
Print out Posters
Print out Programmes
Organise meeting with Front of House
Put posters up
Plan and film trailer
Sell tickets
Like ·  · Unfollow post · 7 November 2011 at 20:27
Leah Peirson ‎Abbie Flitton & Beckiee Durham this is what I have soo far for your task list tell me if there are anymore you with to add to this list. We will work through and tick off the finished one xx
7 November 2011 at 20:28 · Like

Though I posted this for them to check they never did which I was honestly upset about as my production role was rendered null by another figure.

Risk Assesment Forms

Leah Peirson
I gave out some risk assessment forms for you all last week could you please fill it out and return it back to me by the end of the week, cheers xx
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James Sampson what do i write on mmine?
7 November 2011 at 16:39 · Like
Leah Peirson urg papercut, straining your throat by yellling ...
7 November 2011 at 16:49 · Like

Chloe Sian Harrison haha talk about health and safety getting too much, you have to fill out a form just in case you get a papercut
7 November 2011 at 16:54 · Like ·  1

James Sampson ucking joke. really have to do that?
7 November 2011 at 16:58 · Like
Leah Peirson yups I have to get everyone to do one and I have to go around checking
7 November 2011 at 17:00 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Ummmm... I didn't get one :)
7 November 2011 at 18:32 via Mobile · Like

STRIKE !

guys. um. well.
theres a strike for teachers on the 30th november, and its a huge one, like most staff are more than likely gonna be on strike, both at primary and college.
i mean, it is the wednesday morning performance that is affected by this, as i doubt that schools will take a school trip if half the teachers are on strike already.
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Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Fuckkkk
5 November 2011 at 00:09 via Mobile · Like

Abbi Ellingworth my thoughts exactly! the only reason why i know this is because brocko have the day off that day because of the strike and my mum is considering striking this time! lots of the groups are striking including the main one NUT, which the majority of staff at lutto are in..
5 November 2011 at 00:53 · Like

Beckiee Durham No primary school has said they're coming wednesday yet?
5 November 2011 at 18:07 via Mobile · Like

James Sampson OLD FOLKS HOME! if we dont have primary school kids... get the old folks home hha
6 November 2011 at 11:25 · Like ·  2

We found out at a later date that the strike meant we would not be allowed to use the school premises at all not to perform or rehearse. Closer to the time the group agreed to use this strike day as a rest before the performances.

Christmas Song Finale

Abbie Flitton
I know this could be quite a big thing but it kinda isn't... Last year they did the finale and went off then came back on and sang a christmas song, I know we said about winter wonderland as there leaving but I think it would be good if we had a song we all sang, not choreographed or nothing we just come back on sing a song (christmas) well known and
Jolly the whole audience can
Join in and last year it worked really well! It won't be hard to do we all just come back on and sing and dance like normal. Opinions ? x
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Abbi Ellingworth its easily done whether it was through orchestra or not, i mean they were gonna do it whilst people were leaving :)
4 November 2011 at 19:19 · Like

James Sampson you know what i was thinking about this the other day, and dont have the orchestra play it, i reckon they should clamber on stage and sing it with us, they should have some spot light too ntil they play people out. I want christmas every day.... my fav hhe
4 November 2011 at 19:20 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ahaha yeah but winter WONDERLAND ;) i think singing it to the audience with the orchestra would be wonderful (:
4 November 2011 at 19:22 · Like

James Sampson its just not very get up and go
4 November 2011 at 19:22 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper hmm, even so, it's a great way to round off the evening, especially as We Go Together is SO get up and not be able to dance because hayley is an unco-ordinated nobface.
4 November 2011 at 19:27 · Like

Abbie Flitton I think we come back on after we go together, sing a jolly song like I wish it could be Christmas everyday or merry Christmas everyone! And then we go off and then winter wonderland is played! xx
4 November 2011 at 19:37 via Mobile · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i honestly don't mind (: a lot of the time after shows, the actors stay in the hall to talk to family and friends (:
4 November 2011 at 19:41 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper so i'll be coming out to come and see them, but i dunno if we'll be coming out of the curtains or out of the side doors (:
4 November 2011 at 19:42 · Like

Abbie Flitton if we do, i like shakin stevans - merry christmas everyone
4 November 2011 at 20:09 · Like

The week before the performance the songs that people liked were played for everyone in the group to listen to and make up their minds about. When we did choose the song we wanted, Abbie got to work on reproducing the lyrics as the year previous song they didn't know the words.

Scenery Team Effort

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth
Okay, this is going to sound crazy but I am now aiming to get all set that is out done by next friday! So Rachel Howard we need to work really hard next week to get this done! so then we can get the boards for the side stage done the week after! if anyone wants to help that would be great!
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Rachel Howard likes this.

Hayley Quinn Cooper drop me a message if you need me and i'll let you know if we've got frees together (:
3 November 2011 at 20:48 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth when do you have frees lovely?
3 November 2011 at 20:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper next week, i have monday 1st, 2nd and 5th, and... i forget the rest xD
3 November 2011 at 20:52 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i'll get the timetable in a bit
3 November 2011 at 20:52 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth okk :P
3 November 2011 at 20:53 · Like

Abbie Flitton I'll help :)
3 November 2011 at 20:59 via Mobile · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper team effort guys! :D
3 November 2011 at 21:05 · Like

Practise

During this lesson we did act one in the side room of drama. There isn't really that much to say about the lesson I don't recall any corrections or comments. However I do recall sitting down comforting Becky which ment that they spent more time working on the goodies scene. This was the scene of the white queens castle and going over the scene and the fall into it from the goodies journey song.

Ticket Price Debate

Abbie Flitton
beckie, do you think the tickets should be cheaper, like £4.50 sounds silly, but think £5 sounds alot!! xxx
Like ·  · Follow post · 1 November 2011 at 19:39 near Leicester

I really think this should not have been changed as the budget had been created around the original price. The only ticket price refuction that I think should have been allowed was when you have disabled people that bring their own chair and so don't take up an space and they also normally get a really bad view of the performance.

Posters

Hayley Quinn Cooper
This is the finished version, i went back and tweeked the poster because it didn't stand out enough, hope this is pleasing to all of you :')

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Abbie Flitton If were putting them around different places we need to say where it is ? Or something ?
29 October 2011 at 21:40 via Mobile · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Oh you mean like Lutterworth College, i'm on it, i'll add it on
29 October 2011 at 21:41 · Like

Abbie Flitton Thanks Hayley :) :) xx
29 October 2011 at 21:42 via Mobile · Like ·  1

Hayley Quinn Cooper i've put "Lutterworth College Proudly Presents across the top, just above Tales in wonderland (:
29 October 2011 at 21:43 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper cause i wanted to sound dead cool...
29 October 2011 at 21:44 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎:D No problem lover, onto hook and smee! :DDDD
29 October 2011 at 21:44 · Like

Beckiee Durham how many do you think you'll have done by wednesday?
29 October 2011 at 21:45 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper well it all depends on how many more photos we take (:
29 October 2011 at 21:45 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i can get hook and smee done probably by tonight
29 October 2011 at 21:45 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper but i cant do charming and cinders because i need to retake cinderella with better makeup once it arrives
29 October 2011 at 21:46 · Like

Taz Maguire i wasnt sure if sarahs was a makeup photo or not so i just stuck it in there
29 October 2011 at 21:46 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper you can start printing the ones i've done as soon as i have (: i'm working out now how many posters there will be so you know how many to have for each character so you can go and print those ones off and not have to worry about not having any, i think over the week the posters will basically just build up until we have the whole collection (we sound like trading cards.)
29 October 2011 at 21:47 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ima collect one of each of us for my bedroom wall.
29 October 2011 at 21:47 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper but like i'll be able to do aprils on monday, chloes, rachel, alys (probably, it just takes a long time to do is all) me (i'm not having makeup in my photo because i'm just editing it so all you can see are the eyes and mouth, which i'll photoshop to curve further than it does) James, if abbi brings the wig in for him, and probably some others (:
29 October 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Beckiee Durham could you send what youve done too me at TJABDURHAM@sky.com instead please so i can print them :)
29 October 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper but hopefully the makeup will arrive by tomorrow or tuesdayish
29 October 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper will do :D
29 October 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Beckiee Durham cheers baby chops
29 October 2011 at 21:49 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper what colour for hook and smee's background, i'm thinking red or green
29 October 2011 at 21:50 · Like

Beckiee Durham yeah i think green, or blue
29 October 2011 at 21:50 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ooo yeah, like ocean blue...
29 October 2011 at 21:51 · Like

Beckiee Durham yeah, as they are men of the sea!
29 October 2011 at 21:51 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper SEAMEN. Wait...
29 October 2011 at 21:52 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i don't think i'll put "This show has seamen!" on their posters :')
29 October 2011 at 21:52 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper however, i was thinking of coming up with a tagline for each character poster, but i can't really think of anything right now :P
29 October 2011 at 21:53 · Like

Beckiee Durham yeah its whether you can think of any that everyone will understand :@)
29 October 2011 at 21:54 · Like

Abbie Flitton BECKIE how many we thinking to print of off each character if were having about 60?
29 October 2011 at 21:58 via Mobile · Like

Beckiee Durham i say do about 5 of each because theres no harm in doing more than 60 is there?
29 October 2011 at 21:59 · Like

Trailer?

Hayley Quinn Cooper
Right guys, this is something that needs to be addressed, right now.

This bloody trailer thing.

I hate to burst everyones bubble but it won't happen next week, and tbh i don't think it should happen at all, and it's not "Oooo i can't be bothered." I went through the pros and cons, this is what i came up with...

Pros:
-We can send it to other schools to widen our audience
-We can play it in forms
-It could look really awesome and draw in crowds
-It could be funny and amusing and really effective
-It could make our panto more memorable

Cons:
-We can only do headshots
-We can't even do everyones headshots next week because i have only just ordered makeup this afternoon, meaning half the cast will be in makeup and half won't.
-If we are only doing from "Mirana." to "MAD HATTER!" It is going to only be 10 seconds long, and quite ineffective if we are trying to sell our panto, because it gives absolutely no information as to what our panto is even about, it just shows the characters, but if we go past "MAD HATTER!" All shots will still be above the neck and it will look like we don't know how to zoom out.
-If it is about 10-20 seconds long, it is really really not worth the time it will take to apply the makeup we don't own, and the hours it will take to edit (i heard a few people say it will take five minutes to edit, you people have clearly never had to edit anything... it will take a long time to get the timing swift and right.)
-The years that have gone before us have packed out every single night and they didn't have a trailer.-If it looks like cack, it will more likely drive people away that bring people in.
-Most people already understand the idea of a pantomime and the posters and broadcast takeover should give them an idea of what it's about.
-All of this is going to suck up what little rehearsal time we have left, and considering we are already so scarily far behind where we should be, i think we need all the time we can get.
-Did i mention i can't do any of your makeup?
-Did i mention that at all?
-You'll all have naked faces :P
-Just sayin'.

The posters i can do over this coming week, as soon as my makeup kit arrives, i will get on it like anything and stay up late doing some serious editing if i have to, but really, this can be spread out, but it's doable and will look good once i'm done with it.

But the video... it just feels as though we've wasted an entire week faffing about with it... and we have balls to show for it... i think the time would be far better spent rehearsing.

Please tell me someone feels the same way about this, because it's doing my head in so much... it seems like so much effort for so little a result that people will forget by the end of the day... I hate to be such a moany bitch but it's driving me up the wall that this has become such a big deal...
Like ·  · Follow post · 28 October 2011 at 19:01
April Rose Hill, Abbi Ellingworth and Katieann Bird like this.

Abbie Flitton i feel exactly the same as i said today! me and beckie were going to go at lunch to tell mr cooper its off anyway :) we need to prioritise what is going to happen on the night as we dont want to look like a bunch of students who have pulled off a shit performance and we had a great trailor?
so yeah i totally aggree with you hayley!
28 October 2011 at 19:05 · Like ·  2Hayley Quinn Cooper oh thank god someone agrees with me, i felt like i was going to have the whole class being like "WTF HAYLEY. SHUT UP NO ONE CARES."
28 October 2011 at 19:05 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Such a relief, you have no idea xD ♥
28 October 2011 at 19:06 · Like

Abbie Flitton haha oh hayley!! do not worry, i think alot of other people agree!! your just the one to get it out in the open :D
28 October 2011 at 19:10 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ahaha i feel so much better now that i have, it's been on mind all week xD i've been so stressed about panto i only slept for 3 hours last night xD talk about freaking out :p
28 October 2011 at 19:11 · Like

Abbie Flitton oh god!!! SLEEP WOMAN SLEEP!!!!!!!!
28 October 2011 at 19:12 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i plan to! XD
28 October 2011 at 19:12 · Like

Katieann Bird I said this last week! :')
I'm saying no to the trailer!
28 October 2011 at 19:14 via Mobile · Like ·  2

Hayley Quinn Cooper eugh thank fuck, no one listened to me when i said it in radders class and no one else seemed to be that against it, so i was worried the whole class still wanted it.
28 October 2011 at 19:16 · LikeAbbie Flitton i thought it was a good suggestion when we first said about it, but it think we all thought costume and our scenes where all going to be perfect we are meant to be doing a "pretend run" at the beginning of november!
28 October 2011 at 19:19 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper exactly xD we just have to rehearse, we should be off scripts now, although a lot of us are now, so that's great :D
28 October 2011 at 19:28 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth As am i, i really do agree with this hayley, we need to prioritise the actual panto rather than the trailer.. i preferred the james going to the head broadcast thing :') x
28 October 2011 at 19:30 via Mobile · Like

James Sampson im fine for this, but i wouldnt mind you guys asking me first, i feel like im getting walked over a bit. also hayley, how come youve orded the make up?
28 October 2011 at 21:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i ordered it because 1)we have shit all at school, and i have a very limited amount, 2)beth keeps going on at me to do these posters and can't without makeup 3)i haven't been given budget myself to order them and because of beth being on at me, i have to get it as soon as possible, and 4) we need makeup xD
28 October 2011 at 22:02 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper oh and i went to the market first, yes :P they didn't have what i needed
28 October 2011 at 22:02 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i checked every stall when i went to buy the fur for my outfit
28 October 2011 at 22:03 · LikeHayley Quinn Cooper they were either not enough colours, or the wrong sort :P cause they suckkkk
28 October 2011 at 22:03 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper and in regards to running it by you, although you are director, and make directorial decisions and shit, things like this ultimately fall down to the production roles, like for the trailer it would concern publicity, makeup and tech, because of filming and editing, so me, abbie, beckie and taz, but mainly abbie and beckie really, cause if it sucks ass it's on their heads because they put it out there. I get what you mean about you wanting to know about these things, which if it'll effect a massive lot on stage is fair enough. But just so long as you know that you may be playing one, but you're not really a queen ;) so don't feel personally offended if individual departments haven't let you know something straight away, don't worry, they will (: ♥
28 October 2011 at 22:07 · Like

Taz Maguire so...no trailer?
28 October 2011 at 23:52 · Like

I was gutted that we didn't do a trailer as they are a lot more convincing to get an audience to watch the show. This was based on the fact that when you perform a little segment of the panto is honestly looks rubbish.

Birth of The CanCan

James Sampson
OH BTW!!! Me and Alys were speaking, and we decided aht my opening to Proud Mary, as awesome as it would be wouldnt be able to have enough dancers on stage. there for we need something we can have more linear formations... then good ol' genius struck in... so sorry Abbi, but we've changed it to the Cancan :)
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Abbi Ellingworth oh meh. how much do you want so that i can do it right now? if you have a copy of it that would be great, as audacity is still being a bitch to edit from download, which is annoying as fuck.
24 October 2011 at 22:20 · Like

James Sampson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Diu2N8TGKA
24 October 2011 at 22:23 · Like

James Sampson i really want the opening to my enterance on stage too!!!!! i think we can forget about Motzart, sorry. errrrm i want a good lot of it... fck it, lets do all of it :D
24 October 2011 at 22:23 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth james thats not fair. okay i'll put this onto the soundtrack for tomorrow but i'm going to discuss anything related to the orchestra until tomorrow
24 October 2011 at 22:26 · Like

James Sampson no wait stop it aattttt...... 1.04
24 October 2011 at 22:26 · Like

James Sampson whats not fair?
24 October 2011 at 22:27 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth they've rehearsed that one so much its ridiculous
24 October 2011 at 22:29 · Like

James Sampson oh shit i forgot they played the mozart one
24 October 2011 at 22:29 · Like

James Sampson which one have they done again?
24 October 2011 at 22:29 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ones? the mozart one, a piece of sad violin music for leah and the waltz for april. they've started tell everybody, you're a mean one and pure imagination...
24 October 2011 at 22:32 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth however i found this one and found it hilarious http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001QPEXR4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=AE2QNCE40KCLM
24 October 2011 at 22:32 · Like

James Sampson i meant which mozart piece. and promise me that the drum beat isnt in the waltz for april. Your a mean one i really do want the cd, its got all the sound affects on it
24 October 2011 at 22:34 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth i'll email it you.. and it wont sound like that on the waltz because like audacity is a bitch and doesnt do the drummer beat how it sounds.
24 October 2011 at 22:37 · Like

James Sampson i dont like the techno version of the can can :/
24 October 2011 at 22:41 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth i found it hilarious. ;)
24 October 2011 at 22:43 · Like

James Sampson which mozart piece, i wanna recap what it was
24 October 2011 at 22:43 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ive emailed it you.. its like 15 seconds of mozart symphony no40
24 October 2011 at 22:44 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper I gotta agree with Abbi on some of these, if they've worked really hard to learn and rehearse something, it's completely unfair to tell them their hard work was for nothing. We can work around these little things. Oh and Abbi, I think we were in about removing the drum beat from that song, it sounds great but when the drum kicks in it throws the natural delicateness of it off a bit (: oh and also, I think I know why we had the mix up with the last song being on a backing track or not, I think you thought it was going to be an orchestral number because Dr Ratcliffe was pushing for it, but we all know we can't sing it loud enough (or manage any of the crazy fuck words :P) but I'm sure it's easily fixed (: tell Beth Btec really appreciates all the work they've been doing ♥
24 October 2011 at 22:44 via Mobile · Like ·  1

James Sampson what do you mean? i want the mozart in i forgot they were playing it thats all
24 October 2011 at 22:47 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth regards we go together, i spoke to her at lunch and she's really pissed but accepts our apology. i've got a version of it with lyrics on the cd already cuz i'm baddass and have spent too much time doing this shit. i'll talk to beth and the drumming debacle, but yeah... and james so you want both the can can and mozart? and i take it you want the can can on cd?
24 October 2011 at 22:49 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth james i'll email you my re-done list of what is being done where.. it might make more sense to you :)
24 October 2011 at 22:51 · Like

James Sampson yes ill have the mozart still, i completely forgot what piece it was. defo that and i would indeed like the Can can on cd. and what piece are you and hayley on about?
24 October 2011 at 22:53 · Like

Winter Wonderland

Abbi Ellingworth
yo kids, something to discuss tomorrow, what about as people are leaving orchestra do 'winter wonderland' so that there is an xmas song but we also don't have to do it etc...
Like ·  · Follow post · 24 October 2011 at 20:26

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth thanks a good idea
24 October 2011 at 21:24 · Like

James Sampson if we come to it. we have scene 1 and 2 to polish as well as get the dancers in for the first dance
24 October 2011 at 21:40 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth we also have a lesson with sara :)
24 October 2011 at 21:40 · Like

James Sampson in which i also planned on getting alice and mad hatters scene and rapz and lil red scenes finally done
24 October 2011 at 21:43 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth wicked!
24 October 2011 at 21:44 · Like

Abbie Flitton one slight problem but can be sorted, as im a douche and injured i had planned to print the scene off today (as i dont own a working printer) and so i couldnt print it, i also have to go back to hospital tomorrow morning so i dont know if ill be in for my free in the morning to print it again.. ONE OPTION IS, i could send it and someone could print it out? i shall be in for drama!! sorry for my lack of movement ill be able to do as i am on crutches and cannot put my foot down, i will do my best!!! im a trooper and nothing will stop me!
24 October 2011 at 22:05 · Like ·  1

James Sampson i can print it tomorrow for you :)
24 October 2011 at 22:12 · Like

Abbie Flitton thanks james :D want me to send it to you now ?
24 October 2011 at 22:12 · Like

James Sampson jsut as long as i have it by first tomrrow :P
24 October 2011 at 22:13 · Like

Abbie Flitton okayyyy, what do i send it too school ?
24 October 2011 at 22:13 · Like

James Sampson can do :)
24 October 2011 at 22:14 · Like

Abbie Flitton okay ill do that now :) thanks so much
24 October 2011 at 22:14 · Like

Beckiee Durham flitton we have to get those letters to the schools out like NOW. want to send them to me and i will give them to the schools tomorrow?
24 October 2011 at 22:15 · Like

Abbie Flitton yeah can do :) ill send you the message rachel sent me
24 October 2011 at 22:18 · Like

Beckiee Durham thankyou, i hope you get better soon!
24 October 2011 at 22:18 · Like ·  1

Abbie Flitton thanks, school account or normal ?
24 October 2011 at 22:19 · Like

Beckiee Durham TJABDURHAM@sky.com
24 October 2011 at 22:20 · Like

Production Manager Meeting Revised

Leah Peirson
Okay Joe Taylor-chedel, Rachel Howard & Leanne Amy Hollingsworth. I'm calling for our meeting for today, Joe you'll be really quick so you can either do lunch with set people or just do it at break xxx
Like ·  · Unfollow post · 13 October 2011 at 07:51

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Can we not do it in a lesson? I'm going home at lunch as I've said I'm going hospital with my mum xx
13 October 2011 at 08:50 via Mobile · Like

Rehearsing ...

After sorting out the table for the mad hatter scene, we carried on to the final scene


-The White and Red Queens and their friends sit at the table, all of the evil characters sit on the right side (from the audiences point of view, this was done to relate back to the theater convention of having the goodies and the babies on certain sides of the stage) of the table, and all of the good characters sit on the left, all squashed in, and then the queens are sat on their thrones at either end, the Hatter is sat in the center, on a toadstool prop.


The Hatter begins talking in rhyme and everyone else at the table rhyme's too. There is a comic element from The Red Queen with her line of "I won't rhyme not one bit, I find all this rhyming to be quite sh..." at the the characters gasp as  everyone know which word he is about to say. The Hatter explains that he stole the lost pages for himself to stop the fighting in wonderland and says that the pages will go to the most deserving which inadvertently starts a fight, as the Red Queen thinks the most deserving means the strongest, or the one who wins a fight.


"A fight scene commences between the two queens, and The Red Queen distracts The White Queen and then pushes her to the ground, she then snatches the remaining pages from The White Queen and The Hatter, and shows off about having them. As she gloats the good characters use Fairy Gee's want to pop one of The Red Queens balloon boobs, distracting her, whilst the good characters free Alice and capture Hook, Smee and Evil Stepmother. While they do that, Tweedle Dee takes the remaining pages and hands them to Dum as a peace offering, he accepts and gives them to Alice, who in turn, gives them to the Hatter, back to the original owner. The Cheshire Cat sneaks away as The Red Queen is captured and chained up by Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood, and then everyone notices that The Cheshire Cat is missing, he is seen sneaking offstage but is caught by Prince Charming and given the 'Cone of Shame' a pet cone to stop animals from biting wounds, but also greatly humiliating, he is grabbed by the scruff of his neck and with The Red Queen is lead off to her own dungeon."


-Each of the characters are sent back to their books, evil characters are banished from Wonderland, never to return, and the good characters return to their books, but not before a song. The song 'We Go Together' from Grease plays, and this is when the characters go off and everybody takes their bows.


This scene has been very clearly structured now, and is almost perfect, the only thing it lacks is slickness and smoothness, and that is simply due to amount of rehearsal time. When we first did the finale bows the whole group enjoyed it and it was amazing it's just a shame that the same energy is not present in the rest of the panto.


We are roughly 6 weeks away from performance currently, and i believe with hard work, this pantomime is going to be a massive success. 


All scenes are now blocked and staged and ready, all that is left is to rehearse until perfect.

Off Scripts Task

Hayley Quinn Cooper
guys, do you think we should be off scripts in one to two weeks?
Like ·  · Follow post · 10 October 2011 at 17:21

Abbi Ellingworth personally yes, it gives us half term then...
10 October 2011 at 17:22 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper cool shit, i'm learning mine now, just after i've done sarahs log book and double checked all budget costs for costume (no rest for the wicked eh? ;D) but after that, straight onto line learning (:
10 October 2011 at 17:24 · Like ·  1

James Sampson tats what my thing was for friday. to learn scripts aha
10 October 2011 at 21:11 · Like

Rehearsing ...

Tonight we have a 3-7 rehearsal after school, and a lesson 4th period with Sarah on rehearsal.


Rehearsals tonight will be the whole of act one, including extras and dancers with as much costume as we have currently (as some are being rented, but due to price we cannot have the costumes until a week before performance).


Rehearsal schedules have been drawn for the next two weeks.

12/09/11

Lesson 4

1/1

Falling into Wonderland

• Alice
• White Rabbit
• Little Red
• Rapunzel
• Captain Hook
• Smee
• Fairy Godmother
• Cinderella
• Evil Stepmother
• Prince Charming
• Mad Hatter

13/09/11

Lesson 2

1/1 – Finish

• Alice
• White Rabbit
• Little Red
• Rapunzel
• Captain Hook
• Smee
• Fairy Godmother
• Cinderella
• Evil Stepmother
• Prince Charming
• Mad Hatter

13/09/11

Lesson 3

1/2

Meeting the Red Queen

• The Red Queen
• Cheshire Cat
• Evil Stepmother
• Captain Hook
• Smee

13/09/11

Lesson 5

1/3

Characters Meet Alice

• Tweedle Dee
• Tweedle Dum
• Cheshire Cat
• Alice
• White Rabbit
• Rapunzel
• Little Red
• Cinderella
• Fairy Godmother
• Prince Charming

13/09/11

After School Rehearsal

Run all so far

• Whole Cast

(No Taran or Katie)

15/09/11

After School Rehearsal 

1/4

Meeting the White Queen

• White Queen
• White Rabbit
• Tweedle Dum
• Alice
• Rapunzel
• Little Red
• Cinderella
• Fairy Godmother
• Prince Charming

(No Abbi E, April or Taran)

16/09/11

Lesson 3

1/5

Red Queen needs a Rest

• Red Queen
• Evil Stepmother
• Cheshire Cat
• Captain Hook
• Smee
• Tweedle Dee

16/09/11

Lesson 4

Recap anything anyone missed

• Full Cast

16/09/11

Lesson 5

Run All

• Full Cast

Rehearsing ...

Since blocking the scenes and staging the entire script, we have been focused heavily on rehearsal, including the rehearsal of songs, we are now approximately 23 days away from our first performance, and we are having a runthrough of act one during a 3-7 after school rehearsal. We are now at a stage where everything is slowly coming together, and everyone is off of scripts, minus a few forgotten lines, we are not yet ready for performance but I believe the next 23 days will be used effectively and hopefully we will get all we need done.

Posters and tickets are going out this week, I have been designer for these posters, and there are multiple character posters going out, as of yet I do not have photos of all of the characters to make the rest of the postes, due to a techincal issue with the camera, but I aim to have all of the posters done by the end of the week, and they will begin to go out as soon as they are printed.

Performance wise, I have learnt all of my lines, however I need to work on learning cues for when those lines fall, as occasionally I won't realise my line follows another. Other than that I believe I have developed my character effectively, but I need to constantly work on projection, regardless of the fact that i will have a radio mic, I cannot let vocal projection slip

Finale Dance

James Sampson
check us out and our mad finale dance skills!

Rehearsing ...

In this lesson we didn't have a warm up, but we worked on the final scene, Act 2 Scene 4, The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, in which we discussed various ways in which we could set up the table, my original idea, as script writer, was to have one long table, spanning the width of the stage, with the Hatter in the middle, and the two queens on either side, next to The Red Queen would be all the evil characters, squashed in together along one side, and the same with the good characters next to The White Queen, the squashed in look would be funny because all of them would be cramped, too cramped to fit in at that table, whilst trying to eat.

However, as this was not discussed beforehand, most people did not understand how the table had been originally mapped out, meaning lots of people had different ideas, some wanted the table to go down the length of the stage, getting bigger as it got closer to the audience, so at the edge of the stage, it would be large, but at the back of the stage it would be smaller, giving the appearance that the table was very long, however, this would mean it would be hard to see all characters, and some audience members would be able to see some characters, but not others, not just this, but the illusion would only work for those sitting next to the isle, for everyone else the angle wouldn't be right and the purpose would be lost, not to mention the excess material and wood used to craft the table. In terms of practicallity, this idea would just not work, and so was cut.

The other idea that was discussed was the idea of having two tables diagonally at either side of the stage, one side for evil, and one for good, but this would look too much as though it were broken and in bits, which in some aspects may work, seeing as the Hatter is 'Mad' but in the end it was dropped. This idea has a better chance of working, however, in terms of stage space, it may be problematic. So this idea was cut also.

The third idea mentioned was the idea of completely removing tables, and having it laid out as a picnic, however, this was also impactical in terms of stage space, as the fight scene at the front of the stage could not happen, because there would be a picnic blanket with cultery, plastic food and crockery, and so fighting over it would be too dangerous to continue. So we got rid of that idea too.

We later, went back to my original idea, of having a long table, covered in table cloth, that will seperate during the fight scene between the two queens. Because this idea works out of practicallity, which i mentioned at the start, but due to many people having ideas, we had to try all options, just in case we found something better, but as it came down to it, we didn't.

The idea of having the table in a line works in terms of being practical, because it leaves pleanty of space at the front, however, the Queens thrones are moved from next to the Hatter to the ends of the table, simply because the bases that they are on (mounted on wheels for movement) are too large, and would not allow the rest of the characters to be at the table. So the queens were moved to the end, and benches were put along the tables for the other characters, allowing maxium squashing to occur. The reason this works is because the space left at the front works for the fight scene, and the queens being at the edge means that they can get out of their seats easily, without an awkward fuss or knocking the tables over (although this was an original idea that was scrapped due to lack of interest) As the fight scene commences, the tables have to be seperated so that they can allow the evil and good character to rush to the aid of thier queens. The tables would be moved away, to the back, diagonally towards the back of the stage, towards the book, because there was not enough room offstage to fold the tables away, plus it would leave the stage bare.

Real Tree's ?

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth
Hey guys, my mumma had a really good idea today. Instead of us using wood to make the trees she said we could ask a garden centre aka ullesthorpe to see if we can borrow some of there trees if we put them in the ummmmmm leaflet? booklet? um whats the fucking word :(... the things we have when it's the shows? but yeah anyway, she said we can go down tomorrow. So Rachel Howard I think I may be going down third... I shall let Beth know as it is to do with set and if they say that's fine, then we shall go down tomorrow and have a look :) this will be easier for not only our budget, but also make it look more "foresty" (Katie Bird's words) Is that okay? xx
Like ·  · Follow post · 5 October 2011 at 17:34

Hayley Quinn Cooper noice.
5 October 2011 at 17:35 · Like

Beckiee Durham programme babes.
5 October 2011 at 17:35 · Like ·  1

Hayley Quinn Cooper go for topiary plants if you can, they'll look shaped, and mad like they would in a queens castle!
5 October 2011 at 17:35 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth Thanks Beckie! ;D
5 October 2011 at 17:36 · Like ·  1

James Sampson if you do that, try and see if ashby parva plant centre will do it. there smaller and more likely to do it i think.
5 October 2011 at 18:16 · Like ·  1

Lyrics

Abbi Ellingworth
ive emailed you all to your school accounts lyrics to all the songs so far so that you can print them off yourself :)
also i've edited eye of a tiger, barbie girl and i'm gonna redo howl because i made it too short..
audacity has been a pain in the arse.
if you guys have either whip my hair or proud mary or lets get physical can you email me them please so that I can edit them etc thankies..

regards backing tracks i think i'm gonna buy them from amazon and then edit them :) want to get as many proper copies of songs as possible :)

The Unbirthday Song

Abbi Flitton uploaded this to the Facebook group apage to perform it in the Pantomime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZH9a67SZE

Rehearsing ...

To start this lesson off, as usual, we had one of BTEC lead in a warm up, this time it was Beckies turn to lead the warm up session.

She decided to work, simultaneously on voice and movement, by giving our characters emotions to portray. She told us to think of a line that our character would say, and then walk around saying that line, in a particular emotion. For example, walk as if your character was sad, whilst saying your line in the same manner.

We went through happy, sad, angry, scared and surprised.

For this i chose the line "Hello my friendzzz..."

For happy, i just played up mischievous and cunning, as i think Chesh' would only be happy when he was getting his own way, or causing havoc. So i strode around purposefully, yet still delicately on the balls of my feet and toes, with a lot of arm movement thrown in because i like to make his mannerisms quite large and elegant looking, so when he strides, he strides through the air in a bound, and as his feet reach the floor, his arms carefully keep him balanced (key as cats have superb balance) As for the line, i read this with a slight chuckle in my voice as though he were pleased with himself, and to really live up to the cliche... like a cat that got the cream.

Next we did sad, which was harder to put to my character, as i had never envisioned him to be much of a one who had time to be sad, however, needs must and i attempted to put something to the character. I decided he would still attempt to have a spring in his step, but only every now and then, mostly he'd just drag his feet, and hunch his back severely. He would occasionally try to maintain some slyness and slickness but it would be lost in translation as his sadness interrupted his stride. I would say the line in a way that would be almost mumbled, because although the line is "Hello my friendzzz." in order to do this line, i thought he could being saying hello, purely out of politeness (though i don't believe he would be all that big on polite, being evil and all) but i thought that if he were to say it, much like the occasional dragging of his feet and tail (though of course, it's harder to show that without actually having a tail myself...) his voice would drag too, into a gentle mumble.

For the next one, angry, i decided to have my character fly into action, as i thought, if he were angry, he would move faster than he already does, meaning i had to swiftly dart around the room, in and out of people, charging towards whatever he was angry at. After all, he is a cat, if he were angry, i would think it only appropriate he would pounce. When i first tried to find inspiration for my character, i looked towards Scar from The Lion King, as he was a perfect role model to base this character around, and when he gets angry (which is often) he really gets angry. I figured it would be best to take inspiration once again from Scar and put it into Cheshire, and so his actions were very much like that of a much larger wild cat, as apposed to the kitten he sometimes pretends to be (a little like Puss In Boots from Shrek 2) As for the line, i think it was simple enough, i just made it sound cunning, devious and very much as though, even though he was angry, he was preparing for revenge, making the "Hello my friendzzz." sound very sinister.

We moved onto scared for our next emotion. Now i do think my character has tendencies to show cowardice from time to time, but i wasn't quite sure how to put it into action on this one, so i just improvised without thinking too hard on the matter. I ended up making him seem quite twitchy and nervous, as well as quiet and he would hide behind the things in the room, such as pillars, and even other people. Though if this is how i really feel the character would react, i am not sure, he would probably be similar, but not as twitchy perhaps. That seems far more characteristic of The White Rabbit.

Our last emotion to work with was surprised, for this i found the movements easy, as they were just more upright and unsure than usual, very similar to the way a meerkat stands whilst on lookout, but it makes them look very surprised. However, the line didn't really fit at all, but i just said it with a surprised tone anyway.


In the lesson we started to block Act 2 Scene 1, the scene where the good characters are feeling hopeless after the kidnap of Alice, The White Queen then attempts to cheer them up by singing "If You're Happy And You Know It..."

We decided to have an action for each character. As The White Queen started, she had the well known "Clap your hands!" command, to start the characters off, and to give the audience a chance to sing along.

We then created one for each character.

For Prince Charming, we had "If you're happy and you know it, strike a pose!" at which point all character strike a pose.

For Fairy Godmother, we had "If you're happy and you know it, make a wish!" followed by a wand waving action.

Then we had Red Riding Hood, who was hard to find one for, but in the end we decided as she is off to visit her grandma, we had "If you're happy and you know it, wave to gran!" at which point, an extra, dressed as an old lady would come out and say "Hello dear!" dressed as an old woman. But as this happens three times, we have 3 people dressed as old women appearing from different parts of the stage.

For Cinderella we had "If you're happy and you know it, sweep the floor!" and they all mime sweeping actions, this was because of Cinderella's past spent cleaning and cooking for her evil stepmother and stepsisters.

For Rapunzel we had "If you're happy and you know it, brush your hair!" but because this character has the tendency to be very Chavvy, Rachel, the girl playing her, improvised "If you're happy and you like totally know it, brush your hair!" which when she said it fast, and over and over again, was really quite funny and so has been kept in.

Tweedle Dum is on stage at this point, sulking and being upset about not finding his brother sooner, i put forward the idea of The White Queen singing her line again but tripping up Tweedle Dum so when she gets tot the line "and you know it..." she would fall off stage and say "I'M OKAY" so the song would go "If you're happy and you know it *crash* I'm okay! (still in tune)" But we finished the session before deciding what to do fully with that.

We later did an after school lesson where we worked on blocking Act 2 Scene 2, in which we worked on basic staging of characters, and spacing, plus many physical, visual jokes, such as The Red Queen standing over Alice whilst wearing a long dress, meaning Alice is stuck inside her dress. The Red Queen, knowing Alice has the book on her persons still, reaches under the dress to get it and pulls out a number of other items before finding the right one. This joke however, can only work if everything looks right, for instance, the dress must be long enough, and the timing has to be spot on for it to be funny. These are the things we have been working on.

Abbi Ellingworth
right this is the backdrop that HATS have, me and dad pretty easily rolled this out and back up blah de blah..
there are a few slight issues in that there is a hole in it (and when my close ups actually work on my phone i can show you) but if you lot do like it then yeah we can get it to lutterworth...
also i believe that this backdrop is smaller in height to lutterworth stage.. however as i've said to james we can add to it as long as its temporary and then we can get it back to HATS cuz it cost like £300...
but yeahh.. what do you think?

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Leanne Amy Hollingsworth likes this.

James Sampson YESH! me likey that!!! you said we can paint extra things on it?? xx
19 September 2011 at 14:18 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth possibly depending on what it is... it need fixing up a bit because weve used it for lots of pantos previously... really gotta speak to leanne and rachel to see whether they want it, if so i can get it to lutterworth easily but we need somewhere to put it so its safe etc...
19 September 2011 at 20:33 · Like

Leanne Amy Hollingsworth I like it, but looking at it now it doesnt seem very 'alice in wonderland' ish..
20 September 2011 at 23:00 · Like ·  1

Dragons Den Task

Hayley Quinn Cooper
Okay, so i know this looks a bit naff. But keep in mind that a) i used my shit webcam, b) i knocked this up in like 20 minutes, and c) i'm gonna use fancy font, slr cameras, full makeup and airbrushing on this bitch. But this is a really basic (and shit) example of what i meant for the posters :')

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Hayley Quinn Cooper I'll probably draw the 'TALES IN WONDERLAND' myself, and just change the colour for whatever poster we use, so it looks a bit more 3 dimensional and not so flat and plan and one coloured as this does (: also, it'll be easier to do when the pictures are of high quality :') it's impossibly working with a 1.3 megapixel webcam xD
16 September 2011 at 20:22 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper also, might have character names on the poster, not sure, we'll see...
16 September 2011 at 20:23 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth fanks hayley i'll use this for the ticketsss :D
16 September 2011 at 20:23 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎:D no problem, wait til i've got a better one done though :D you don't want my makeupless mug on the tickets, people will go to buy them and change their minds ;)
16 September 2011 at 20:24 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth we could say on monday 'this is a quick mop up of the idea' or something... just gotta find out costs...
16 September 2011 at 20:30 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper yeah definitely, i'll go in my best low cut top ;) we'll all go and get the cheapest deals around ;D we shoudl shop around for quotes on posters too, make sure we get the best deal available :') and haggle too!
16 September 2011 at 20:32 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper my mum might know some good places, she got some stuff printed a while back, i'll see what she says
16 September 2011 at 20:33 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper also, we want to go for semi gloss, it's cheaper but looks great :')
16 September 2011 at 20:35 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i found a site online earlier that does 50 for £40 but it's a bit much so i'm comparing currently, aren't i a good student ;)
16 September 2011 at 20:36 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ohhh yes good idea hays.. currently im looking online for ticket prices.. but really doesn't give you much choice if you want them not busisness cardy...
16 September 2011 at 20:37 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper well i found somewhere that does 100 for £50 XD but that's the minimum! Well poo. I'll keep looking (:
16 September 2011 at 20:40 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper Ah found somewhere you can get some cheap
16 September 2011 at 20:40 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper these are A5
16 September 2011 at 20:41 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper and these are A4
16 September 2011 at 20:41 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ‎..? link me :P
16 September 2011 at 20:41 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎;) my work here is done
16 September 2011 at 20:41 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ah i put the link in -_-
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth do you think we need to have the rippy thing where you can easily rip the tickets as they come in? or is there no point
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper fml.
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper one moment :')
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper http://www.flyers-printing.co.uk/flyer_printing/price.asp?hd=130&size=A5

Flyer Printing, full colour flyers printing, leaflets printing.
www.flyers-printing.co.uk
Flyer Printing, full colour flyers printing, leaflets printing.
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper a5 :')
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper http://www.flyers-printing.co.uk/flyer_printing/price.asp?hd=130&size=A4

Flyer Printing, full colour flyers printing, leaflets printing.
www.flyers-printing.co.uk
Flyer Printing, full colour flyers printing, leaflets printing.
16 September 2011 at 20:42 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper if it's hella expensive, no, if it's not a huge difference in price, go the hell for it :d
16 September 2011 at 20:43 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ‎:D*
16 September 2011 at 20:43 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth you could use a6 rather than a5.. would be bigger than an average ticket but cheaper/
16 September 2011 at 20:43 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper oh this was for posters i meant :')
16 September 2011 at 20:43 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ohhhhhhhhhhhh
16 September 2011 at 20:44 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth my bad ;P
16 September 2011 at 20:44 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i'll keep an eye out for ticket people too :')
16 September 2011 at 20:44 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper but keep that link for publicity on posters, we can give it to abbi and beckie (:
16 September 2011 at 20:45 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth btw, i love the posters round school for the auditions :P and tbh bigger posters = better ;)... and yeahhh :)
16 September 2011 at 20:45 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper its £21 for a5 and £24 for a4 so i think we can stretch the budget ;)
16 September 2011 at 20:46 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth LOL :P
16 September 2011 at 20:48 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper We can ask the group what size they want too (:
16 September 2011 at 20:49 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth yeahhhhhhhhhh :')
16 September 2011 at 20:50 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth hayleyyyy can you send me this without the writing saying the dates on it? xxx
18 September 2011 at 12:46 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper i can try yeah :') one moment
18 September 2011 at 12:46 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper ah, i don't have the file without the writing on it :/
18 September 2011 at 12:47 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ohh you suck... okayy dont worry i got a plan :')
18 September 2011 at 13:40 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth ive done the design/explanation (its far easier to explain it) of the tickets.. however what kinda style is the ticket again, like a busisness cardy one or a proper tickety one? i cant remember! :)
18 September 2011 at 14:26 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper apparently people were thinking a proper tickety one would be good, cause they normally have buisness card ones, and we wanted to be super hipster and edgy and cool and different ;)
18 September 2011 at 16:40 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth my only concern with that is that theres only a £50 budget and there doesn't seem to be any cheap places that can do proper tickety ones... :/ although j'adore the idea
18 September 2011 at 16:55 · Like

Chloe Sian Harrison hav you rang them and asked for quotes??? they sometimes drop the costs for schools especially if you say that the money goes towards helping the schools
18 September 2011 at 16:58 · Like

Chloe Sian Harrison have*
18 September 2011 at 16:58 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper hmm, let me look for you :')
18 September 2011 at 22:02 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper how many do we need?
18 September 2011 at 22:15 · Like

Hayley Quinn Cooper if needs be we'll just have buisness card ones we can print and cut ourselves
18 September 2011 at 22:16 · Like

Abbi Ellingworth exactly... and 252 per night... its cheaper to do it busisness cardy by a long stretch... especially with the offer at vistaprint atm ;) x
18 September 2011 at 22:19 · Like