Week 2 18th June

In my group we had a few ideas like making it all cute exaggerated and funny but then I observed and put an ear out to the other groups so I could get a view of the play as a whole in my mind. then I brought my ears back in and let my mind go to work because I didn't want our one to be the same of the others so the play as a whole could have a drop in happiness but then a rise again to bring a bigger effect of inspiration and just to make it more fun to do as actors, give us some inspiration and open us up to new types of development. Our whole idea was to make it all wondrous fantasy with bright costumes and we all become toys and sing songs with the kids with big movements.
Then it becomes a boring work environment with repetitive movement and huffs and puffs and I'm the boss of the dream killers and I kill every body's dreams but then dream hero's come and turn me into  dreamer and its a nice happy ending with a sing along song.

Awesomedevising

The Awesome Book

My first impressions of the book was that it would be very inspiring to little children but if you was in a position in life where you've nearly given up on everything and cant find the drive to pursue your dreams or to even carry on living this book could give you the spark to carry on or to start something special. If any of my peoples are contemplating suicide or any subjects coinciding I would definitely tell them to just read this even if its not there cup of tea its something that could possibly give them a reason to live.

This book is definitely a hit for the audience we were performing to because its cute and simple and leaves you to build on it (performance terms) creatively and imaginatively. The little kids would really love and enjoy it because of all the colourful costumes we could add and all the cool characters we could create around the story of the book. I also think that it would be very inspiring for the children to see people not too older then them showcasing such inspiring and heart filled work, it may even be the start of a superstar.

Evaluation

Evaluation

I thought that the overall performance went very smoothly and there was a lot of energy during all the pieces from dance to music. I liked the way we engaged the little children and I hope that we inspired them through our arts and crafts. I think it was really nice to be able to do something like that because it helped us as actors to be more versatile and use our imagination during the devising work, and it also helped to push us into areas that may have been uncomfortable to us as actors. From the first performance we did (Naughts And Crosses) to this performance I have noticed that my acting has become a lot more versatile and has expanded widely, especially during the physical theatre we did which gave me confidence in using my body to bring extra characteristic's to my character. Our piece was suitable for the target audience because everything we did had engaging moments throughout, the bright coloured clothing drew them in straight away because its nice for little children to see bright colourful clothes because when they watch tv and children programmes that's what they see so for it to be live in front of their eyes definitely engaged them. The use of music and rhythms helped a lot because it kept the play moving swiftly but it brought it to life and kept the energy needed to engage little children. I think the best devising skill I used personally was my imagination and outside of the box thought process because I knew that the most of the play would be happy and bright but in the book there is a section on the 'non-dreamers' so I thought it would be a nice twist especially when that gets broken by the super hero dream savers which made it more inspiring for the little people. The repetitive movement of the non dreamer adult world section had the  'never let go of your dreams' type feel to it which I thought was good for the children. The other group used improvisation to devise there piece as there was a small amount of time to rehearse.