Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Everyone
·         Shall we gather at the river must be loud at the get go.
·         First freeze not good.
·         There was fifteen seconds between music (freeze) and bad speech.
·         It is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Bugs are biting.  Horseflies are as big as horses.
·         No one can walk behind Willie with the red scrim.
·         There was 8 seconds between Anne singing exiting the beach scene to Willie’s hello Jack.
·         It is your right – freeze – click of camera and lights
·         Do you  hear me? – freeze – click of camera and lights.
·         After the good speech, carry Willie out.
·         At the end.  Sugar Boy move a little LS so that Jack has room to get up. Jack rises first.  On his first step, everyone unfreezes.

CROWD
·         Traditional remedy – crowd go out then (15 seconds lapse)
·         Choose to call sorry – crowd go out.
·         Something will turn up – picketers go USL and CSL freeze  until your name will be mud.
·         Sadie – he can’t do WITHOUT me- go out.  30 sec. lapse
·         Between Jack’s I quit and the start of the Adam, Anne, Jack scene there was a 33 second lapse.
·         Sadie and Jack’s 3 timing scene, start singing immediately.
Women
·         Purses and skirts – all women and use the purses.  We will put handkerchiefs,
Men
·         Hats caps & tip them to ladies.  Let ladies go first.
·         If you are wearing a suit, you need to either carry your jacket or have it over your shoulder. Exception – Nathan as paperboy.
Hugh and Tiny
More emotional at funeral scene – think about the racial conflicts we have had recently with police in US.   The protesters were not stating facts.  They were emotional – over the top.
Lucy- look at pauses -//
I taught six years and nobody ever said I wasn’t all right,// but now they write a letter and say there are complaints about my work. //(Change) I don’t want to teach in a schoolhouse they build just so somebody can steal some money.// (Change) And Willie doesn’t want to be County Treasurer either, if he has to associate with those dishonest people. 
Sadie
More direct – Joe Harrison …..state the facts.  Hit the verbs.
More seductive with men. 
Judge
Coordinate outfits with Mom.
Jack
Look at your book to jog your memory.  React to different memories – some before … some after.
When Tiny starts walking off (Star Spangled Banner) – get Sadie to look.
Pinch em in the ….. when he does it – react – a clap – clasped hands
Mom
Work on your lines after phone call.
Disheveled after phone call.
Bench people – decide who is doing this – can be several, but it needs to be done in character. 
·         Willie Stark is from nowhere – cross USL to DSC. Scrapbook on the bench.
·         At the beginning of the hospital speech, move the bench with cloth and leaves in front of the trunks DLS, then move it to CS before Jack and Anne’s scene. Cross left stage. Move bench after the scene.
·         Move judge’s bench and table and decanters, etc. during Lily’s scene. Do it in character.  Move USR or CSR to DSR.
 
Newspapers
 
Anne
Don’t back up and put up hands with – I’m sorry scene.
Music & Carly’s lights
Thunder after Willie exits before Anne and Jack talk about her relationship with Willie.
Bueprint scene – thunder and lightning.
Willie
Don’t touch Adam’s face.  You are trying to woo him, but you can’t help but be sarcastic at the sterile hospital, etc. line.
 
Willie - Sadie
We need to see you make your decision or see that it is clarified in your last office scene.  You can move Sadie – say something to her, etc. must be quick.
Adam
React angrily with the hospital line…. We have to see your need to be head of the hospital top Willie’s insults.  You are angry when Jack stops you.
Lights
Quitting certain things – quick light change.
Willie , Tiny, Dolph, Jack
Cut Dolph’s line in the last scene -
 
 

 

15 comments:

  1. Make sure the newspapers are able to be read. They move the story along throughout the years

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  2. Willie in the second scene that you are seen in (your house) show up a little earlier and payton when you get a vase for the flowers fo it a little quicker so you dont just walk in say your line then leave...

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  3. I think we should give them things to say during the crowd scene

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  4. It was a great practice tonight! We still need some work on the music but tonIght was a huge help!! Can't wait for Saturday!!

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  5. Tonight working on the crowd scenes really helped now that we have the singing down better it will help transitions move more slowly and cut down on time

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  6. on the new crowd scene yall worked on tonight (with the flashes) I think we should do it sharp and precise or not do it at all. it stands out if one person is not frozen. I think Mac is waiting on the flash so he can say his line. so we may need to do the light earlier. I love the way it looks when we get it down!!

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  7. if we had more time the singing could do amazing

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  8. The name Macmurphy is it Mac Or Mc

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  9. I think the singing really came along last night since we worked on it! And the crowd scenes are getting a lot better! We just need a few tweaks on characterization so you can tell the girls apart!:)

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  10. When we where walking during warm ups most people looked the same. It is critical that we all walk differently. Now that the people singing have worked on the songs, you can't hesitate or be unsure of when to sing. We can't do the singing half way. Another thing is that we have to be able to hear the signing every single time. There is a clinic on Saturday, and we need to make it count since we were not able to attend the last one. Everything we have worked so hard on needs to be worth it all. Time is ticking, but that doesn't mean that we can't keep improving. There is always room for improvement.

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  11. I am really glad that we worked on the singing last night. Now that we worked on it don't be afraid to mess up. The audience has to be able to clearly hear every word. There is no reason that we should question whether or not you are supposed to sing. Hesitating to sing might still be a problem, but eventually it should be a strong entrance. One thing I noticed as we where walking on the grid was that most people are still walking the same, and that has to stop. The judges will hound us over it. The last clinic before district is on Saturday. We have to make the most of it, because we missed our last one due to weather. There is always room for improvement. Taking advantage of our clinic and practices is the key to the improvement we need to make it passed district.

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  12. We really need to rework the assassination scene. I like what Lou said about distracting the audience before shooting someone. We also need to work on the slow motion after Willie gets shot and before Adam gets shot. We all seem to be going different speeds.

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  13. We really need to rework the assassination scene. I like what Lou said about distracting the audience before shooting someone. We also need to work on the slow motion after Willie gets shot and before Adam gets shot. We all seem to be going different speeds.

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  14. Maybe if some men draw out their words, they will sound more intimidating. I think Austin should also walk slower because his body would hurt if he was an old man. Each character needs to make their age more distinct, Maky does a really great job of that!

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  15. I think the photo taking freeze scenes are brilliant, but will look like poop if we dont freeze differently and at the same time

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