Portfolios [Research] UNIT:5

PORTFOLIOS:

CHARLOTTE
PROPS


I have researched my character who is Charlotte, she is part of the cheer leading squad who are the popular ones in school.

Charlotte is the wise one out of all of them and sees right through Lucy's intentions and straight away tries to inform Kendra about them, however Lucy quickly tells a lie and claims that Charlotte is just 'Jealous'.

The world of the play Charlotte and Molly get excited over everything and anything.Charlotte's end goal in the play is to make Kendra realize how much of a fake friend Lucy is.

WEEK 3: Weekly Summaries: THIRTEEN

Weekly Summaries

This week our choreographer Marta started showing us cheerleaders/cast the dance routines she's choreographed for each numbers.

The video above is the dance routine to the most exciting song 'Opportunity. I enjoyed learning this piece the most as dancers which is ourselves were able to put our own ideas as well and demonstrated the different talents we have. 

This might be a very easy song to perform to, however I've learnt that it is very important in the piece to keep the energy alive at all times as each movements goes with the beat, which sometimes falls into everything being quite repetitive and boring at times.

So the feedback we got from our teacher/director Ike which I personally took for myself also, is the keep the audience engaging, we should overly exaggerate being always happy and excited about everything.

Imagining how puppies act in the daily basis which really helped me as an character to adapt into they way they move, the way the feel inside. This was quite weir for me at the very start to study a puppy but now i understand why I needed to as it has helped me massively

WEEK 2: Weekly Summaries: THIRTEEN

Weekly Summaries: THIRTEEN

Today we started learning the finale song, 'A little more homework' which I've found got challenging as the songs rhythm goes in hemiola  and in music it means that is in the ratio of 3:2. That is the the reason why everyone in the cast is struggling as we ain't use to singing songs like this, although the lyrics are very easy but the beat isn't.

TOP PART: PATRICE, LUCY, CHARLOTTE & MOLLY

BOTTOM PART: EDDIE, KENDRA, ARCHIE, MALCOLM

In this musical being placed on the top part has been a slight change to my singing career let me just say, as I've always been place at the bottom. So this was definitely something to get use to, I've learnt to liking to take on challenges and trying out new this because you'd never know where you other strengths lays at.

So I could truly say that from singing this song, it has definitely opened me up more as a singer, as in being able to come out of my shell and not being stuck in my comfort zone all the time.

WEEK 1: Weekly Summaries: THIRTEEN

Weekly Summaries: THIRTEEN

Today is the first week of rehearsals and I've found it quite good but frustrating at the same time as we've been learning the opening song Thirteen and I felt quite annoyed that the other cast members we're finding it hard knowing on what beat to sing the phrase 'Thirteen!' on as I understand it comes quite on a off beat. In my opinion my cast members should take out their own time to listen to these songs so the recording could be stuck permanently in their heads. If we carry on like this I do question where we will be at in a few weeks time, as their is other songs to be learnt.

Other than that, I've fell in love with the song immediately as I get a feeling that we can be yourself on stage but just exaggerate being a lo younger. Even during the opening of the curtain call the way each individual character poses in a way to express the personality of the character, which I believe will give a great understanding towards the audience watching.

Therefore as me also being in charge of #PROPS I have decided to include props during the pose at the very start of the scene, mainly for the cheerleaders; Molly: reading a fashion/makeup magazine, Charlotte: Combing/Plaiting her hair, Kendra: Holding a bottle of perfume/Spraying herself and Lucy: Holding a mirror/Lipstick, pretending to put it on.

Ruth Martino