We started college earlier today so that we could get majority of the work we have left in our play done . We manage to go through both Thursday's and Wednesday's group . The first group we done first were the Wednesday group we ran through that group very fast and easy we had a little mistakes but was very good compared to other rehearsals we've had in the past . The way the scene are set up are very easy for the actors . The lighting they've Selected for the scenes were mainly red , which symbolize the colour blood in the name of the play blood wedding . But also was wrong because we were given roles within our production and Rebecca and Remal were in charge of the lighting and most of the lighting they have chose for they're play wasn't used within the play. But within the scenes the red stands for more than one theme for example love hatred or even maybe happy since as we have the same colour in the dance so may also stand for happy .
Me and Remal who plays Leonardo my husband we were able to run through the hole play from top to bottom . We both have learnt majority of our lines but the scene we would need more working on the most would be the scene where we are heading of to the wedding , I couldn't remember my lines correctly . We then done the scene that needs most working on which was when were about to begin the dance . This scene needs a lot of work and every one needs to be focus because multiple of times during rehearsals we are never on stage at the right time that was set . This mistake also happened during our performance but most actors played it off as if it was suppose to happen so that the audience would realize .
The role I played on Wednesday was the third girl I didn't have much of a role I mainly had three lines which I had forgotten throughout my performance on both evening and afternoon because I had become nervous on stage . I found in difficult to look up towards the audience and had kept my head down majority of the performance . How I felt after that performance was dreadful I felt disappointed in myself because I took more time out learning the role as the wife more than the third girl . I thought I would be able to learn my lines on time and play my role good but failed my expectations and had not done as planned , this had me very upset because my parents and siblings were out there in the audience watching me fail . How I plan to not make the same mistake is to learn my lines and make sure I know them by heart and to become more confidence on stage and be more in character rather than being myself worrying about what the audience would think if I do or say something silly .
The dance I found went very good we all was on time and had played it off that we was at a wedding and had showed the audience we were having a good time . We had to keep a smile on our face and do a bit of freestyle if you wasn't paired up with a partner .
The time management were a bit messy there were times actors came on stage at the wrong time and some were even late . this kept going on within most of our performances . the main one was were Obafemi had a role to come on stage behind the bride and Leonardo to represent death but he kept going on stage early and the audience found it funny because of the face he was pulling whilst holding the knife . And it had look strange because the spotlight wasn't there due to the time he had appeared on stage which cause no illusion so it was very obvious he was at the wrong place at the wrong time . The lack of promotion for the show in the afternoon was very poor there wasn't really much of an audience out there other than a few family member's including mine I felt like we should of promoted the play a bit more and probably change the timing so that it could be more earlier and more student would of rather coming. The organization for the play was very good from where we be gone we started off terrible but it slowly become better as we had Jessica and Darcy who were in charge of the props helping organizing props needed for the performance .
LIGHTING ; The lighting for the performance was pretty much the same throughout the hole performance we had a red colour in the background throughout the play . I felt like this was there mainly to represent death love and war that goes on during the play . For the dance we had tropical colours for example pink red and orange , these colours were very bright which drawn a lot of attention toward the audience to let them know we are celebrating . We also then had a little spotlight on the bride and the groom while they were dancing this was because they were the main actors during the performance . We also had a spotlight on Obafemi towards the ending to symbolize death towards him and Leonardo .
My favorite lighting used for our performance was for the woodcutters when they were on stage , they had a green gloomy back ground with an outline of trees to make it look they were actually In the woods . This was one of the best lighting used since as I was disappointed I the lighting used for the permanence since as they didn't use the one planned . Which was suppose to be Rebbeca and Remal ideas because they were in charge of lighting for our production . They had come up with really good ideas for the performance but they have been thrown aside and were over taken by Rob and jacks ideas . The ending scene were we all had to appear on stage for Jessica's who was playing the mother today and the brides monologue , we had to stand as they both say there monologue . The lighting for the ending scene had looked for powerful it had said a lot for the hole play .
For each scene that changes we had a black out so that we could change up the setting off the scenes in time without being notice by the audience .
MUSIC ;
The music for the play was mainly the same song through out the entire play , we had used the same instrumental for the opening of the performance and the end . The only different song we used within the performance was the song for the dance , which i really liked the song it was very catchy and was easy to dance too. the name of the song was Gipsy kings -djobi djoba .
COSTUME ; The costume I wore today was a traditional red skirt that was very long and fluffy I had a red rose in my hair which most other girls had in . I also wore shiny silver heels with a plain black top .
The costume the bride wore today who was played by Dzyire was nice white traditional dress with a few little details .
The dress the mother wore who was played by Rebecca was a nice burgundy dress with some sequence around the neck area
The groom Leonardo and the father were all dresses the same which was very smart in suites and ties .
For the servant she was dressed in a black and white dress which looked very good for her character we then had her hair tied which looked really good all together
The tree woodcutters were in checcard shirts jeans ans some boots with axes in there hands so it was clear to the audience who they were
HAIR AND MAKE UP:
We had to be in different dressing rooms and we had to change Into our costumes and have Maya do our hair and make up , the make up I had today was very cute it would a light shade of red with a brown out line to blend it the make up the father had was to make him look older and have wrinkles so she contoured him and Rebecca's face who were both playing a older character in the play , she also added some grey hair spray so that it can help the audience know they are old .
The make up the father had was to make him look older and have wrinkles so she contoured him and Rebecca's face who were both playing a older character in the play , she also added some grey hair spray so that it can help the audience know they are old . DZyire who was the bride today had light make up on with a rose in her hair which all girls had other than the servant ; she wasn't really apart of the wedding . Remal and Obafemi who was playing Leonardo and the bridegroom didn't have make up on but we're both dressed in suits
SET DESIGN ;
The set design for our performance was set up for easy so that we would be
able to switch into different scenes . We had a table full of champagne glasses a bottle which was always kept on stage for the guest , We had the opening scene with the chairs and a table with a bowl of grapes there . This was for the scene with the mother and son .
The props we had for our performance were mainly chairs we had some for the opening scene and on the table for the guest. We had a two traditional fans that were bought in by Jessica These were used by the brides and the mother during the performance . Jessica and Darcey had also ordered a fake baby for Lauren who played the wife , and Remal because they have a child together in the play . They got some apple juice for when Lauren had to give Remal some lemonade and also a bunch for the bride .
The weakness for our play would have to be timing and lines which were missed by a few characters, which was because most were never and had forgotten a few lines . there were also moments were we had actors coming on stage late or even a bit to early but due to the amount of team work we put in we work together and help each other out by empathizing on stage . The lighting on the stage set was changed and I was disappointed . In that because of the role both me and Rebecca had she was in charge of lighting and I was the production manager. I had talk with her and the ideas she had come up with were brilliant it would of fitted the play very well but her ideas were thrown aside and were taken over by robs which I didn't like much . The lack of promotion was terrible I expected a lot more people in the afternoon but was let then by the amount that attended. there were a few family and friends including mine , which is another thing I was upset about . is that my family came to watch me play a small role and wasn't able to see me play the wife . one thing I could change within the hole process is the amount of time we got to practice in the theatre I wish we were able to get a bit more time so we can space out how we are going to be set out on stage . My personal weakness within the performance would be performing which I found pretty weird but I became very nervous on stage due to the amount of people that was in the audience . My strength within the play were staying on stage whilst I messed up my lines and played it out as if I was done talking . but in the future I would want to work on my confidence and project my voice more while am on stage
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