Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Monday, 11 April 2016
13 The Musical - Proposal
13 – the Musical Proposal
1.
Performance
I have been
assigned the role of Eddie for the show. Eddie is one of Brett’s good friend,
bit of a wanna be always by his side.
My first objective is to be almost off book by the
25th of April and completely off book by the 2nd of May. This is an
ultimate deadline ; but I’ll be off book as soon as possible to be able to
work more efficiently on the acting/singing.
While
learning my lines I’ll also work on characterisation to really get into the
role and make it my own.
I’ll be
learning the songs in rehearsals, reccord them and listen to them after each
rehearsal to memorise them as soon as possible.
I want to
be absolutely into character by the 11th of May and then use the rest of the
time to experiment different ways to play and develop the character and see
what works best.
2. Marketing
As well as
the role of Eddie I am in charge of the marketing for this show. I have planned
to make a photoshoot with the cast and make posters and flyers to distribute
around various departments to advertise the show. I will also email heads of
departments about the show.
I thought
of organising a sort of pre show party where some of the cast members will perform.
This would ideally be a sort of Q&A with drinks where we would have the
opportunity to talk about the show. The idea behind this is to show the
talented cast we have and show them all the work that has been done and
therefore attract more people to see the show. I was hoping to collect money
for charity on the doors. Basically let people put any amount of money in a bucket to attend.
I was also
hoping that we could use a part of the ticket price for charity i.e : if
tickets were to be £3 say that 50p goes to charity. I thought this was a good
way to sell tickets as well as do a good act. The charity I was thinking of is
called Raleigh, it is a team of 18-24 years old and they work on water,
sanitation and livelihoods projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua and Nepal. I think
this charity would really suit the audience we would have for this show, and I
know the person who is going to be the team leader of the 18-24 team.
Finally, I
wanted to do a lot of social media work. As the show is about 13 years old, and
therefore targets a young audience, it would be the perfect way to communicate
about it. I was hoping to have access to the lsc expressive arts twitter
account as it is already and established account with followers. I want to post
daily updates about the progress as well as behind the scenes pictures and
videos. I intend to film some rehearsals (about 30 seconds), have some
interview with the cast, film the making of the set, costumes, lighting, etc.
and post everything on the twitter account.
Sunday, 6 March 2016
LOGS Week ending 06/03
Monday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-061
I think in this recording I still tense my throat far too much although my tongue is out when I get into the high notes and mentally give up before it even happens. I think I also need to focus more on placing the sound forward, in the mask. My target for next week is to relax more and focus on the sound placement.
Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-062
I found this exercise easier to do, there was less tension in my throat and it felt easier to rich the high notes. It is probably due to the fact that the "Nia" sound helps me placing the sound in the mask, I feel like the more I practice this exercise, the easier the Monday exercise will be as I'll find it less hard to place the sound properly. I think next time I need to push myself more and try to go higher.
I think in this recording I still tense my throat far too much although my tongue is out when I get into the high notes and mentally give up before it even happens. I think I also need to focus more on placing the sound forward, in the mask. My target for next week is to relax more and focus on the sound placement.
Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-062
I found this exercise easier to do, there was less tension in my throat and it felt easier to rich the high notes. It is probably due to the fact that the "Nia" sound helps me placing the sound in the mask, I feel like the more I practice this exercise, the easier the Monday exercise will be as I'll find it less hard to place the sound properly. I think next time I need to push myself more and try to go higher.
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
PRACTICE SCHEDULE PART 2
This term I'd like to focus mainly on developing my head voice. I decided to dedicate five days to it, while one will be used to work on my chest voice and the last day will be used to indirectly work on my voice by releasing the tension in my body.
Monday – Tension. Stick tongue out while singing various exercises.
To start the week I want to work on releasing the tension from my tongue and throat. Tension is one of the main reasons why I struggle to use my head voice, I'm fine when I don't need to make myself heard and just sing softly, but as soon as I need to make the sound come out more loudly, I tense up and make it impossible for myself to use my head voice. Sticking the tongue out while doing various arpeggios will help me releasing some of this tension and also get me into the habit of keeping the tongue forward.
Tuesday – Breath. Baby crying/glottal oh oh
I noticed that my head voice tends to get hairy, to get rid of that hairy sound, I will be doing some glottal sounds (oh oh) highly pitched as well as imitate the sound of a baby crying, as this helps starting a note without air.
Wednesday – Resonance. Nia nia, placing the sound forward
Then I want to work on the resonance of my head voice. I think one of the reasons why I don't do well in head voice is because of the classical training I had for a while, I think I try to make the sound resonate too far back in my head. This exercise will help me place the sound forward, in the mask.
Thursday – Vocal chords. Woop woop high pitched
This exercise will help me pulling the vocal chords together, which will result in a less hairy sound and will make it easier for me to sing in my head voice, as well as prevent cracks. The sound "p" is what will help the vocal chords being closer together.
Friday – Practice Vocal Technique in short or “normal songs”
CHEST OR MIXED VOICE
Friday will be dedicated to singing either full or part of songs as well as short singing routine in my chest voice and apply the techniques practiced and developed last half term,
Saturday – Practice Vocal Technique in short or normal songs
HEAD VOICE
Saturday will be like friday but focusing on the head voice.
Sunday – Physical upper body warm up to help releasing the
tension which will help increasing range
Finally I'd like to finish the week by resting my voice but still work on it indirectly. Therefore this will be a day dedicated to a physical warm up helping me releasing the tension from my body and therefore making easier for me to sing hard notes/parts.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
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