Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Viewing the Video February 16th

I was looking at the calendar.  We need to find another day or time to rehearse.  There are many golf and baseball tournaments on our rehearsal nights.  Very few things are on Wednesdays if we want to rehearse after school or after church. It is a great play, but not good enough for contest yet.
Please look over cut lines. These are on a few posts back.  Keep hitting older posts down at the bottom to find the post.


February 19, 2014 – Discussion on video

Everyone
1.       PEOPLE NOISES
REACT
STEP ON LINES
2.       STAY IN CHARACTER WITH EXITS
3.       Remember that first Group therapy, You are closer to Ratched, but farther apart from each other. Each ensuing meeting – farther from Ratched and closer together.
4.       Chicken scene – step on lines.  Ratched leaves with “..close it until discipline has improved.”  Speak to Williams as you exit. He watches the scene,then gets Ratched with “getcha money down.” She comes in with Williams behind her.
5.       With the second meeting, Warren takes the card table and exits with it.
6.       Remove chairs in front of card table in Betting chicken scene.
7.       Move Mac and Hardings lines to after Billy runs out.
8.       Spacing is not good in first dance or the second.
9.       Jake, the director from Brownfield, said that Billy was always in the scene – others drifted in and out.  To make this a great ensemble, everyone must be in the scenes, in character – all the time.
10.   Billy is outacting everyone during the box scene – cheering.
11.   There should be more tension before the attack on Ratched – also before the other fight with Warren.
12.   More reaction to “tramp”
13.   Jake said – I wanted to hurt when Billy died, but there was not enough time to do it.
14.   If you have a larger part or are one of the men – find a line or lines to cut.
Aides
Enter earlier at the beginning.
On Sunday, the walking through with flashlight seemed rehearsed.
Bromden
Step on each piece of music
Spivey
Be more sure of yourself on stage.  Have confidence.
Scanlon
Look out there . Step on what choice we got (Cheswick)
Look under your chair for ?
Mac
More like you don’t understand what defunct means, but you are amused by the sound of the word.
Warren
Put Ratched’s desk DSL before bell rings.
Take card table out after Candy scene.
Williams
Move card table before the bell rings for Group therapy.  It will be funny if you do it while Mac is still dealing cards.
Tell Ratched about the box.
Martini
Good moving chair
Mac
Sure thing – crazy face
Savannah
Stop at the pylons, walk DSC, take out compact and mirror.  You see the boys dying in the compact, see your decision to move US of the table. Sit and wait for MCMURPHY
Flirt with Warren
Music
Music was too loud during  the baseball scene – announcer’s commentary
MUSIC MUST FADE IN AND OUT – This has been noticed several time, so make sure to do it.
Ratched
Be Bigger with puppets
BE cold, but conniving.  Smile when you get your way, chuckle (so only the audience hears or sees it.  We need to hate you.
Take the time to react to what is being said or what is happening. Your voice must carry and be louder – commanding.
Your voice needs to match the boys when you are reprimanding them.  
Break the party up with your presence.
Billy
Jake, the director from Brownfied, said you were brilliant. You were always in the scene

 


8 comments:

  1. I think we need to work on staying in character, girls need to be be more open towards boys, and more people noises! other than that it was great:)

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  2. I think the practice on the 20th way amazing! Everybody had LOTS of energy. I still feel that the girls need to be more flirty, but other than that it was great.
    -Brooke

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  3. The practice on the 20th was by far the best rehearsal we have had all year. Mac and Martini were really energetic to start out with and everyone fed off of what they were doing. We need to work on staying in character the entire performance and not laughing at other characters (that would be me). Also I need to work on looking meaner and making my mannerisms back up my character.

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  4. I agree with Brooke and Austin, rehersal on the 20th was by far the best we have had all year. We had fun and made strides of progress. For those who were not there the little funny quirks that the paitents have and the growing energy throughout the show will make our show amazing. -Paige

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  5. I must agree with everyone else last nights practice was really good. However, that doesn't mean we can start slacking off. There is still a lot of work to do, and you have to be willing to put in the time and effort to make this play come to life. Make the audience feel for you and get to know you so well that after the play ends they feel as if they were there. Not only should the audience be a part of it you should as well. Walk, talk, think, and act like your character would the whole play, and that includes off stage.

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  6. Today was amazing! good people noises and freezes! on the 2nd dance i can see Paige's arm when she's counting, que 10 short, tone it down a little bit when Mac comes in after shock treatment so Nurse Ratched can say her line, Sandra and Candy need to giggle moe, too heavy stage right during the party scene, and react when Billy kills himself

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  7. today i noticed that we need more PEOPLE NOISES, actors need to cheat out to the audience, y'all need to react, and the music needs to fade in and out.

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  8. what a nice job! everyone played thier part with so much energy! wha a great chow that was performed on the th we can get better before our next clinc and our next performance for family and friends

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