Drama - Presenting a Pantomine.
Last year before we broke up for summer, Mr. Keating asked us what we would think about doing a pantomime. Of course we all loved this idea as it sounded challenging and this appealed to us all! He asked us which pantomime we would like to do and asked us to suggest some ideas, the most popular suggestion being The Sleeping Beauty. He told us to go away and over the summer think about it, which is what we all did. It was a very exciting idea and I couldn't wait for the summer to be over to get to work at it!
After the summer we all couldn't wait to get to work on the pantomime and we started off with simple exercises easing us into the actual work on the pantomime. We learnt about having to use the upstage hand and about having to stand in an open line. Also we learnt that when you project your voice it's got to come from your diaphragm. One exercise we did was where some of us stood on the stage while the others we scattered around the hall and the people on the stage had to tell a story and look from one person to another. This was so we learn to look out into the audience during a performance and not always at each other so the audience will feel more involved in the story. As some of us were still quite self conscious we did a lot of free style dancing to music which brought a lot of us out of our shells. We each had a chance of playing every character, which showed we all could easily play any role and proved we were a very versatile group.
This use of everybody playing each part proved vital for the project to be successful. This was because it enabled those with less confidence in their knowledge of The Sleeping Beauty to learn and become familiar with its key aspects. Due to this familiarization with the story itself, those lacking self esteem in the group gained a little confidence. This meant they would not be afraid about experimenting with new ideas, which in turn helped the pantomime develop to its full potential.
Last year before we broke up for summer, Mr. Keating asked us what we would think about doing a pantomime. Of course we all loved this idea as it sounded challenging and this appealed to us all! He asked us which pantomime we would like to do and asked us to suggest some ideas, the most popular suggestion being The Sleeping Beauty. He told us to go away and over the summer think about it, which is what we all did. It was a very exciting idea and I couldn't wait for the summer to be over to get to work at it!
After the summer we all couldn't wait to get to work on the pantomime and we started off with simple exercises easing us into the actual work on the pantomime. We learnt about having to use the upstage hand and about having to stand in an open line. Also we learnt that when you project your voice it's got to come from your diaphragm. One exercise we did was where some of us stood on the stage while the others we scattered around the hall and the people on the stage had to tell a story and look from one person to another. This was so we learn to look out into the audience during a performance and not always at each other so the audience will feel more involved in the story. As some of us were still quite self conscious we did a lot of free style dancing to music which brought a lot of us out of our shells. We each had a chance of playing every character, which showed we all could easily play any role and proved we were a very versatile group.
This use of everybody playing each part proved vital for the project to be successful. This was because it enabled those with less confidence in their knowledge of The Sleeping Beauty to learn and become familiar with its key aspects. Due to this familiarization with the story itself, those lacking self esteem in the group gained a little confidence. This meant they would not be afraid about experimenting with new ideas, which in turn helped the pantomime develop to its full potential.