Dress Rehearsal
Saturday, 24th June
It is all coming together! The 'cast' could see how the parts make up the whole and how important their 'part' was in the final production. The children demonstrated the key competencies in being wholehearted, taking responsibility, self managing, collaborating, participating, helping each other and throwing themselves enthusiastically into the day. Their demeanour and attitude illustrated their growing confidence and willingness to be part of a collaboration. Having Mr Jacobsen manning the lighting and sound desk and bringing to life all the work they had done to put together the show, was so appreciated and needed. Seeing their work projected onto the big screen was awesome and they loved being part of the changing 'scene' and teleporting through time with the sound they had created.
This has been an ambitious project for these Yr 5 & 6 children and they took their responsibilities seriously in the group tasks they were set. They needed to do a lot of research in their groups and complete the group slides with reflections, evaluations and a PMI. Researching brought up interesting facts and information and helped them to compare the differences in creating a production back in time (ancient Greek Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe theatre). They realised the power of the digital medium in enhancing what they were doing, which was evident in the backdrops, sound creation and music and lighting. 
Each of the groups could see how their part was needed to fit into the whole creation. When the script was added they had to then learn their part, understand the sequencing, where the other actors fitted and how the dancers integrated into the scene. There was a growing awareness of the need for keeping up the pace and action and watching each other, taking cues from dialogue or sound effects or change of scene. It was also important for keeping in role the whole time and not reverting back to their person. The stage craft developed, but we had limited time to practice so in the reflections we would look at what they had learnt about position, levels, placement, looking at the audience, keeping energised and interpreting the scene with movement, facial expressions and body language. The day was hard but also wonderful in seeing this project of create come together. Next post will include photos of the production.
Saturday, 24th June
It is all coming together! The 'cast' could see how the parts make up the whole and how important their 'part' was in the final production. The children demonstrated the key competencies in being wholehearted, taking responsibility, self managing, collaborating, participating, helping each other and throwing themselves enthusiastically into the day. Their demeanour and attitude illustrated their growing confidence and willingness to be part of a collaboration. Having Mr Jacobsen manning the lighting and sound desk and bringing to life all the work they had done to put together the show, was so appreciated and needed. Seeing their work projected onto the big screen was awesome and they loved being part of the changing 'scene' and teleporting through time with the sound they had created.
This has been an ambitious project for these Yr 5 & 6 children and they took their responsibilities seriously in the group tasks they were set. They needed to do a lot of research in their groups and complete the group slides with reflections, evaluations and a PMI. Researching brought up interesting facts and information and helped them to compare the differences in creating a production back in time (ancient Greek Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe theatre). They realised the power of the digital medium in enhancing what they were doing, which was evident in the backdrops, sound creation and music and lighting. 
Each of the groups could see how their part was needed to fit into the whole creation. When the script was added they had to then learn their part, understand the sequencing, where the other actors fitted and how the dancers integrated into the scene. There was a growing awareness of the need for keeping up the pace and action and watching each other, taking cues from dialogue or sound effects or change of scene. It was also important for keeping in role the whole time and not reverting back to their person. The stage craft developed, but we had limited time to practice so in the reflections we would look at what they had learnt about position, levels, placement, looking at the audience, keeping energised and interpreting the scene with movement, facial expressions and body language. The day was hard but also wonderful in seeing this project of create come together. Next post will include photos of the production.
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