Log questions:

What activities did we do today?

For the whole lesson we worked as a whole class to combine each groups work together, to create a 10minute ensemble piece for little people’s day.

What ideas did you/your group come up with? 

In today’s lesson we didn’t so much as come up with new ideas, but we developed existing ones, what I mean by this is;

Ø  Have Rory as one of the boys on the bed, that are dreaming

Ø  Intertwine lines from his piece with mine and Connor’s group

Ø  Use the triangle and cloud when a ‘toy’ thinks of dream

Ø  Add in Rosebe’s group after the ‘toy’ section

Ø  End with the song, hey world

Ø  Dance around while singing, hey world

Why have you chosen some of these ideas to develop further? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

We decided to develop certain ideas because it makes the section long, but still keeps it interesting and captivating for young children. For example, we decided to add in Rosebe’s groups half way through the piece, because it contrasts the first section and it portrays boring adults as opposed to energetic characters. Therefore hopefully the children will not lose interest.   

Why did you reject some of the ideas? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

 We didn’t reject too many ideas this week due to the fact that there was less production of new ideas. However, we did decide that in hey world to try and dance on the spot or like a small circle, otherwise the space got really inbalanced and made the scene look messy. Also, instead of us all running in from the corner, at the end of Rosebe’s piece, to come in small groups, because a burst of movement and sudden noise may be a bit too over powering at such a young age.

What acting skills/performance skills are you using? EXPLAIN WHY these are suitable for the piece and the target audience. 

Some of the acting skills that I am using are characterisation and audience interaction.  Characterisation is an important skill for our piece and children theatre, because throughout most of the piece I do not say much, so I have to make sure I stay in my character physically and use expression, otherwise the children will lose interest and it will take the magic out of the performance.  Audience interaction is suitable because, in children’s theatre it is important to try and keep the audience interested.  This means perform to them, more than you would in normal theatre. We also use songs in our piece and our aim is to get the children to join in.