Costume Unit - Costume ideas, costume plot and initial designs

Costume - fashion influences on my character

Costume unit - my character 'Munkustrap'

Costume unit - fashion concept

Costume designing unit - cats/our concept

Cats Singing Audition

Cats Singing Audition


For our singing audition for Cats we were asked to sing a musical theatre ballad song and an up beat song. We were also asked that the songs chosen for the audition would be an Andrew Lloyd Webber song from a musical other than 'Cats' or a song that is similar to the repertoire of 'Cats'.
I decided to choose the song 'I don't know how to love him' as my Ballad to sing from the musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' which is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. I also chose 'Over The Moon' from 'Rent'. This song  is a complete contrast to my ballad song and the song is very wordy which is how the songs in Cats are. The songs lyrics are extremely wordy and don't make a lot of sense, this is very much how 'Over the moon' is it is wordy and as a whole song.
The top rule is to not sing a song from the show you are auditioning so choosing the song 'Memory' for example for the ballad choice would not be appropriate to sing.
I feel that my choices for my audition were suitable as 'I don't know how to love him' Is within my vocal range and has a nice journey to the song. It starts off rather mellow and then builds when it comes to the chorus. I felt this song suited my voice and it is a good song which can tell a story.
Now looking back at my auditions I felt that I showed the difference between the two songs and the contrast between them. I felt that in 'I don't know how to love him' I had a more of a thoughtful and meaningful performance portraying the emotion of the song. Further developments if I was to do this song for an audition again would be to even further emphasize my characterization to portray the story of the song.
I felt that in the song 'Over The Moon' I gave a different vibe to the song as it was a completely different style of song. I was using my arms to do gestures and create interest to the story I was telling. The song really is quite strange and is a bit out there with a bit of a crazy story so I felt I was  facially expressing myself when I was speaking in parts of the song. For further development if I was to sing this song again for an audition I would go even further and not be afraid. The song is very out there and crazy and I feel I could have done this even more with my gestures and expression.


As a whole audition I felt that my audition material was appropriate to the 'Cats' audition. I felt vocally I performed well and my choices were suitable however as a further development I would like to try and emphasize my characterization by the use of body language, facial expression and gestures.




I don't know how to love him


Over the moon

Dance for camera checklist

General
* Definitions of Choreographic devices used in dance, definitions of the different structures used in dance, definitions of key dance vocabulary. E.g. Motif, Climax, Stimulus.

BUGSY/INTW group choreography task
* Upload your research
* What was the brief/What musical were you creating this dance for…..any research carried out into this musical.
* Posts explaining how you have developed your choreography using various choreographic devices and how you have structured it. Also discuss movement you have discarded and WHY, and movements you have included and WHY
* Diagrams/notes/Pictures/Video clips of the solo choreography in process 
* Video clips of your rehearsals throughout the choreographic process (these can include the videos of the whole class rehearsing.)
* What costume did you decide and why?
* Video evidence of the final performance/film 
* A thorough Evaluation and self-assessment of your choreography (what went well to make it a good choreography, what would you do to improve next time of you had to create the choreography again- REMEMBER THIS IS ABOUT YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY NOT YOUR PERFORMANCE OF IT.


CATS SOLO’S
* Upload your research
* Posts explaining how you have developed your choreography using various choreographic devices and how you have structured it. 
* Discuss movement you have discarded and WHY, and movements you have included and WHY
* Diagrams/notes/Pictures/Video clips of the solo choreography in process 
* Video clips of your rehearsals throughout the choreographic process (these can include the videos of the whole class rehearsing.)
* Video evidence of the final performance/film 
* A thorough Evaluation and self-assessment of your choreography (what went well to make it a good choreography, what would you do to improve next time of you had to create the choreography again- REMEMBER THIS IS ABOUT YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY NOT YOUR PERFORMANCE OF IT.


REVIEWS:
* Rush review 
* Rosas review
Ensure you are using correct choreographic based vocabulary and you offer your own opinion on the success or otherwise of the piece you are reviewing.




DANCE FOR CAMERA
* The different shots and camera angles
* Research, notes on a possible theme/stimulus
* Any rehearsal footage of you creating your dance for camera piece
* How you will structure your dance for camera choreography
* What choreographic devices do you use in your dance for camera piece?
* What dance style?
* What costume are you using and why?
* What music are you using and why?
* Your first 30second draft of your Dance for Camera
* Any peer feedback (not all of you did this but you could ask a friend to make a constructive suggestion)
* Evaluation of first draft- what works well and what changes are you going to make to improve it?
* Final Dance for Camera piece (minimum 1 minute long…can be longer)


CATS:
* Any research you have completed in relation to the scene you are in charge of for CATS
* What are the specific requirements for your scene in CATS, what is the brief for this scene, what are you trying to show and how will you do this?
* Upload rehearsal footage of your CATS scenes (the video of Rachel's
assessment)
* How will you develop the scene further? What works well and needs improvement?
* What choreographic devices, structures, and movements will you use/have you used and why?
* Final video clip of the scene you choreographed