Jessica

I haven’t blogged in awhile.. so i thought its about time i should. I have been very busy lately, but we have been keeping an ensemble book of our process.

Our ensemble started off full steam ahead, as our group’s acting skills complemented each other such as Maddi being a creative script writer, Heather setting the scene on the performance area, and Leah for her humour. Our First lesson was filled with brainstorming and ideas from all ends, as we were excited to have a bit more freedom than the rigid structure of a solo with only yourself. We were excited to be doing a comic structure (except for Maddi :P).

We decided in the first lesson that it would be best if we kept an ensemble book with all our thoughts and research, as it is easier to access in class time. Maddi was kind enough to get the book for us, and Leah to decorate it :].

After the second lesson we settled on the idea of demonstrating the changes of technology over the centuries, with mini-scenes beginning from the 1920’s. This basis allowed us to set our scenes in a clear order and sophisticatedly. We started to develop scenes from the 1990’s, as MSN was big in that decade, we decided to use that idea, and play on the audiences experiences with the parents and the kids. Me and Heather were the parents in this scene and discovered that it is harder than we first thought to come up with sophisticated language from the top of our heads that doesn’t drag, never the less, we completed this scene and moved on to the 2000’s. This would be a scene with Heather as a little child and me and ‘Santa’. Heather stereotypes and kid, and what all children really want for Christmas.

 So our ensemble was developing smoothly after 3 lessons.