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Example of a Rehearsal Log (any previous documentation was lost with the script)

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This was a productive week, I had learned all my lines and I was hoping my whole class had too.
We completed all scenes and the transitions between them with the help of Mandy. We polished up some scenes on Thursday and everything was swell. But some students were very stressed because of how close the show day was.
But luckily everyone was ready on show day.
Thursday was show day and we rehearsed constantly throughout the day.
Feedback: Lift up your head. I feel like I was able to implement that on the show.

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This was a week off due to exams. Me and Holly came into college to paint the steps in a colour we had agreed in the production meeting. On the Thursday most of us showed up to do a small photo shoot for the programme handed out on the night of the show. The girls also did a short clip which was related to a scene. We were told to just learn lines and be ready for the show night.

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Week 4 and 5 marked  weeks of progress. We started to stage and block a lot of scenes for example the Jeremy Kyle scene was created with the help of Wyn with swiftness. We also had a production meeting on the 5th week where we talked and discussed: props, set and projection. By this time I was confident with my lines.
Feedback: Work on characterisation, lift your head up more.

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This was the week to start kicking everything into gear, rehearsals were mandatory and progress needs to be made. We worked on a small amount of scenes for example we staged the history class scene and blocked the Party scene and a dance was showcased to class. (dances wasn't made into the final show because as a collective the dancers didn't put effort into that area).
Feedback: Learn lines and when doing a scene lift your head to show the audience any facial expressions

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During this week we started rehearsals even though we hadn't fully allocated lines to everyone. Me, Jamie, Jason and Tomek started work on a scene with all of us in it ( this scene came to be known as the "Lad Scene". Feedback I got was "The scene was made very quickly, we all were capable of learning our lines well but my characterisation wasn't very strong." There was silence in small areas in the scene so we decided to make a change. My next plans were to acquire all my lines and start learning them.

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We just got back from Half Term Break and we have been told to return to college with a request of what character/s we would like to play. Throughout the course of this week we allocated lines to people. This was a slow week, no rehearsals were done during this week so I got given no feedback or targets for improvement.

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In scene 13, its Rosie's monologue and the final flashback.

This scene tackles the issues of sexual harassment in the workplace.

is scene is very basic and didn't have much work done to it. It shows a young girl being moved upon by her superiors in a law firm.
This scene is very light in terms of how far the boss goes in his actions. But still tries to put forward the message that girls don't have to live with all the harassment they get from their bosses.

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This scene was the interviewer and the girls expressing their grief on tv.
This scene was developed later on the production cycle.
The girls decided to use the projection to their advantage and created a video that would play, expressing their grief for Scarletts disappearance.

This was played after the interviewer expresses his concerns for Scarletts whereabouts.

The girls would move away from centre stage and sit on the steps which were separated earlier to watch the video

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Scene 11 was a party scene with all boys and the St Helens Girls, this is where we show the attitude towards the girls and the girls express that they want to be in the space inbetween. Not a slut but not a cocktease the same time.

Later on in the scene, everyone goes to MacDonalds and they see Scarlett on a date, so they decide to torment her by sending the boy her naked photo.
Showcasing the issue of bullying.

The staging took a couple of changes, at first we had the 2 on the steps at the back with the girls looking up stage and berating her.
But it was changed to have the 2 down stage and the others looking on the same direction. This changed helped show the performers faces and expressions more clearly to the audience.

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Scene 10 is the 3rd flashback of the 4.

This is a scene that tackles the issue of Abortion and the rights for women to choose.

Its a scene that consists of a man pleading for his girlfriend to keep the baby, but the girlfriend is having none of it.
This scene went through a couple of changes in terms of the movement and flow of both the performers. We originally had both of the performers standing and talking to each other. Moving in a pre-made pattern. Nearing the final show day we changed it so where I was on the steps in which I looked like I was talking to myself but in reality I was talking to her. When it was round 3/4 of the way through the monologue she would return to her original position and I would be talking to her normally.

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Scene 9 was a scene made to inject some comedy in the show. The Jeremy Kyle Scene.

This scene was originally going to be a small scene in a corridor where a fight brakes out between Scarlett and a no-named girl who is presumed to be Russell's girlfriend. The tension between the 2 grow to the point that the girl starts to fight Scarlett.

Security Steve is seen to stop the fight before it starts but after learning all about how much of a slit Scarlett is seen as, he decides to give up and let the girls fight. This would be the breaking point for Scarlett as it is stated she has nothing to lose.
This was a scene that was to be seen as a metaphor for how violent things can get in a school.

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This scene is made to show the gender equality issues in school.

This scene has the characters talking about how great Russell is by having is photo around while still mentioning how slutty Scarlett is for having her one spread.

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This scene is Esthers monologue, the 2nd flashback.
This is more of a light hearted standpoint on gender equality as she gets payback on the male pilot she tried to help out.

This scene was very basic and didnt see much work done to it as Esther was a no-show for most of the rehearsals and we didn't have the time to wait for her to actually attend rehearsal. So we just advised her to sit on the steps and do her monologue.

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This scene is where we all are huddled around a phone trying to call Scarlett as the result of the picture has forced her to disappear from school.
The group of students decided to prank call her and torment her about the picture pretending to be magazine companies want her to do a photoshoot.

This further shows the torment she gets because of the picture.

Later in this scene a group of girls receive a picture of Russell naked.

This is a key moment in the story to emphasise the gender equality that happens in the school, as instead of Russell getting mocked for it like Scarlett did, he is praised for it.

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Scene 5 was referred to as the "lad" scene as it consisted a short section where me, Tomek and Jason mock Jamie's character for not wanting to look at the picture of Scarlett. We start calling him gay and make a nickname called "GayJay". Before that segment begins we can see a group of girls huddled around Emily looking at an area above the audience. This is done to show the girls examining the naked picture and comparing themselves to her.

This shows the audience the two perspectives people had on the picture. The girls start belittling  Scarlett while the boys start making jokes about it.

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Scene 4 was the first flashback of 4. This scene consisted of a monologue performed by Sydney.
This is one of the first times we could show the gender roles and equality that was 1928.
The scene had all the cast on stage, it was a party.
Sydney, Jason and Holly were downstage talking to each other and the audience as the main focus of the scene while everyone else filled up the space behind them by conversing to each other, drinking and smoking. This also contained a moment were Jason slaps Sydney, this needed staging and blocking down to it.
While Sydney is doing her monologue everyone else is in slow motion to make the scene seem a lot more interesting.
We needed props for this scene, props such as : Fake cigarettes and champagne flutes. I was able to get the champagne flutes and Coral acquired the fake cigarettes.

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Scene 3 is where everything goes wrong for Scarlett. This scene is set in History class in present time. In this scene a whole group of students receives the naked picture of Scarlett.

This scene took a few hours to stage as it also contained a sequence of movements that would represent us spreading the picture even more.

This would be built around a sequence of message alerts. The first 2 sequences are short and snappy. The third movement sequence is extended to show the audience how quickly an image can be spread through a school.

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Scene 2 was a throwback to the St Helens Girls first day at school.Each character had a small set of dialogue that was used to introduce the characters and their personalities to the audience.
We set this scene very early on in the production time scale as I believe from a story line centred perspective, its a very important part of the story.
We originally staged it where by the end of the scene Harriett, Coral and Emily would move to the centre of the stage and position themselves to show the hypothetical hierarchy they have formed.
But at the last minute it was switched up so that instead of just Harriett, Coral and Emily moving, it was changed so everyone in that scene would move into a formation. They would constantly move places to show the continuous flux of power and status in the group

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For scene 1 we decided to repeat a similar formation to the one we used in our very first showcase called "MK50" Where we all formed a triangle formation.

When we have fully formed  the triangle, we have Emily in the centre with everyone  facing her. We begin to belittle Emily calling her names such as "slut" and "Skank".
One by one we insult her and while we do that we step in her direction in a sharp dynamic to show our aggression.
By the very end we decided to have everyone call her a slut at the same time. This was a good idea because it was a clear point to transition into the second scene.

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http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/personal-safety/staying-safe-online/

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Scene 1: Slut Triangle
Scene 2: 5 Year Old Playground
Scene 3: History Class
Scene 4: Girl In Flapper Dress
Scene 5: "Lads"
Scene 6: Prank Calls
Scene 7: Girl With Aviator Helmet and Goggles
Scene 8: Corridor Group
Scene 9: Jeremy Kyle Scene
Scene 10: Girl With Flower In Her Hair
Scene 11: McDonalds Date
Scene 12: Scarlett Goes Missing
Scene 13: Girl With Shoulder Pads
Scene 14: Scarlett's Monolouge

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Make sure you maintain the high standards of punctuality demonstrated in term 1&2.

Develop characterisation for the lad character and the boyfriend in 1968 and work with Holly to stage that scene

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After me and Holly finished painting the steps we were questioned to why we painted one of the steps blue. Understanding that we messed up, me and Holly returned to the paint and re-done the blue set of steps to match the same colour of the grey steps. Safe to say the steps dried fast enough and we were able to used both of them.

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Before any proper rehearsals could be done, me and Holly took it upon ourselves to design the steps that we used in the play. I originally assumed that we would have two steps, one was painted in a grey colour to resemble stone steps. Then the other set of steps would be painted in a dark blue to resemble the Jeremy Kyle scene.

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After the show I asked my mother for feedback.

"I noticed that you were much louder and clearer, compared to the beginning of the year"

Cheers mum.

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Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Dion, and The Everly Brothers.

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In the beginning we agreed to implement a "Missing Persons Report" slide on the white projector screen when the reporter is on stage.

We later on decided to implement a PowerPoint projection during the whole performance.

It consisted of pictures to help the audience identify where the scene was set. At the beginning there was facts dotted around the projection. We later added the views of each character on the situation. So for example in Hollies monologue my characters view is "Mens decision is the right decision" which is the very controversial view given the circumstance of the scene.

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Lad Character
(WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT MAY BE SHOWN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSI_aHIsLZM

(Skip to 2:58 - 3:13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQQE2eeJu44

Security Guard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUVaGG22FoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RcEaR-vZJ8

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Name: Jack Rhodes

Height: 6'2

Hair Colour and Style: Blonde, Short on sides, longer on the top but short enough to push to the side.

Eye Colour: Blue

Mannerisms: Day dreams often, pinches the area between the thumb and the index finger to keep his mind active. Face palms a lot. Is often quiet and mindful of what he says.

Popularity and Social Status: Is mates with most people, he believes he chose his friends wisely. He is in the middle of the hypothetical hierarchy.

Clothing: Untidy school uniform, barely follows the dress code as he wears tracksuits and trainers. Wears his top button undone, shirt hanging out at all sides, wears a watch on his left wrist and rubber bracelets to show his support for a cause.

Ambitions in life: He wants to own a business one day, but never talks about it with his mates because he believes that no one would care so what's the point. His real aim is to be able to retire at an early age and prove his parents and everyone around him wrong. But most importantly prove to himself that he is capable of great things.

Intellect: He is smarter than he looks or acts. Probably just under the level of intellect and maturity that Jay has, but is significantly smarter than Tyler or Russell.

Mental state: stable, most of the time. When he puts his focus to something, he gets what he's aiming for.

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How does E-Safety link to Girls Like That?

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How does E-Safety link to Girls Like That?

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Cyber bullying is becoming increasingly common nowadays, and Girls Like That tackles that topic as well.
Scarlett is the victim and everyone else is the attacker. She has her naked photo sent around the entire school and eventually to another school she transfers to.

There is a scene in the play where a group of girls are examining the body of Scarlett through the photo and comparing themselves to her while insulting her at the same time. "And I feel good because my breast are bigger than hers".

In an act to make themselves feel better after seeing Scarlett starting to enjoy her life more after she transfers to another school, they seize the moment and in an act of jealousy sends her date the naked photo. Which starts the whole cycle again.

When Scarlett tries to change her life around, the St Helen's come ruin it for her.

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We set out to perform a thought provoking play that tackles issues of social views, gender equality and the hierarchy in modern times.

We explore different events in the past and present expressing these views and changes in individual scenarios.

We started "Girls Like That" around 2 months ago, and within that time frame we needed to: learn lines, gather essential props and costumes, picture the set and then make that imagination into a reality and then build character. When doing this we had to take into consideration that our budget for any props or costumes was very limited and thankfully everyone that had to was able to provide the funds that was needed. With the time frame of 2 months we had to act fast in terms of: creating the set,  learning lines and gathering costume and props.
But with a diverse group of people, means a difference  in abilities for example I was one of the first to have learnt my lines which allowed me to focus on my actual acting while on stage and it allowed me to have time to build my characters.

It was a week before show day and we all began to feel the pressure. There was a handful of people that still had their scripts in hand while rehearsing which didn't help with the nerves.

Our show day was on Thursday 9th June. It was the Tuesday before the show day and we all were off script which was great but we still have 2 scenes to stage, block and set the transitions between them. So we spent the last days working on them and running through the whole of our show.

On the same Tuesday, we experienced some emotional issues.  As nerves run high and the pressure builds some students start to feel emotional. We had 2 incidents of students walking out of rehearsals. They returned of course but morale started to fall.

We performed our show on Thursday with no hiccups like in the last couple of days.
I believe the performance went smoothly. I was in a constant state of confidence and then a state of fear. By the end I was happy and proud. Especially Of Gabriella Welton as she attended rehearsals even though she had Tonsillitis. When I saw her arrive on show day I knew we were going to perform well. I was worried and excited at the exact same time which was a very new experience to me as most of the time either one or the other never both. I was like this because of the fact that this show was the time where we as a whole group would show what we have learned and how much we have improved throughout the year from MK50 to Girls Like That. These achievements were only possible through the knowledge and stability our tutors provided, and with the help of the Level 3 Year 2 students I can honestly say that Girls Like That was a testimony to what a small society of actors and performers can do when they buckle down and focus on the most important part of any show. The Show itself.

I played a total of 4 characters. 1. A student of a secondary school who is friends with Tyler and Russell who are 2 key characters in the group of lads. 2. I play Steve who is the famous security guard in Jeremy Kyle Show, he pulls apart the fight between Scarlett and a no-named character for a short while. 3. I play a boyfriend of a pregnant teen. He is based in the 1960s and is against abortion full stop. 4. I play a boy who is on a date with Scarlett at mcdonalds. He receives the naked photo of Scarlett and is said to have sent it around his school in which Scarlett had transferred to earlier in the play.

My requirements for my characters were to: have a costume ready and have a detail to that costume that shows the personality of my character for example having the shirt sleeves rolled up and shirt un-tucked to show his scruffy nature and stereotypical lad attitude to life. I used "The Inbetweeners" as inspiration for my character specifically Jay (from inbetweeners). I thought to myself when studying him that his character was very open to things and always lied about anything to make himself look better than everyone. I decided to use his personality and put a spin on it. I decided to instead of make him louder than everyone else, I would make him a sheep in a herd. I kept his trait in which he tried to make himself look and seem cooler. This was done to emphasise that point of the hierarchy in a group. I was in the middle but I wanted the top spot.
For the Security guard there was only one person to look in to and that was Steve from The Jeremy Kyle Show. He is the stereotypical bodyguard, big build and a height advantage to almost anyone in his way. Sydney Sandever is the girl who starts to attack Scarlett in the scene, this is where I as the security guard steps in to break up the fight. But the comparison between me and Sydney is like the difference between a boot and an ant. I was so afraid of harming her during this scene that I held back on using all my strength. But through some interesting inspiration from Wyn, I was reassured not to hold back which made the conflict between us 2 become more believable each time we rehearsed it. In the scene I picked up on a idea to raise my shoulders to give of the stereotype of guards having almost no neck. When watching clips of Steve I noticed a common mannerism he has and that is that he almost always never smiles or talks and always holds his arms infront of him with both hands together.

The boyfriend character needed more research and development. With videos and real life experience I was able to develop my previous characters smoothly but with this character I haven't been in his situation and finding any clips that could help me was near impossible. So I had to go back to a Acting Specialism lesson I had with Wyn in the past and use some advice I got from him. Before the scene started I had to recall to a moment in my life where I wanted something and I had to persuade someone but it wasn't working. That allowed me to tap into the emotions I had at that time and it allowed me to "play the emotion not the situation" I used that emotion of frustration in the scene to resemble my characters views.
My last character was The Date scene guy. His personality changed within 30 seconds, in the story of the play it would have been a couple of days. I am very glad to have been able to use some of the experience I got from Compos Mentis Theatre. Their show was based around Bipolar disorder. A disorder that changes your emotion from one extreme to another. Seeing the cast of CMT doing this allowed me to replicate that same action but on a lower scale. I believe that without ever doing any work with them it would have been a little difficult to change my emotion on the fly.

The limits we faced as a group

Throughout the time frame we had to create this show, we had always at least 1 person away or of sick or just hadn't turned up. This hindered our productivity as we had never done a full run through until the very last day. I believe something must have happened to everyone that was slacking a little. As it seems to me that everyone started putting 100% effort in at the last minute (not literally).

Another limit we all faced was the budget scare throughout the time frame. If anyone couldn't provide the proper capital to buy the props and costume we need then we would of had to have break in to the budget we collected a few months back. But there was no certainty that we would have enough to provide a majority of the people in the class. But luckily we all had enough capital to afford the costume and or props needed for the show.

We faced a challenge when creating the steps for the set. I made a mistake when assuming we needed to have different coloured steps. But majority wanted matching colours so when re-painting one set of steps, we didn't have enough white paint to mix with black to make a grey. So Holly, my friend who was helping me paint the steps had some white paint at her house so on the day of the show we finished painting it and luckily it dried quick enough.

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Even though the play seems to focus on the change of power specifically the change of power with women. At the end of the play Scarlett is talking about her families female history, she briefly mentions the male gender in her speech. She talks about how men were rude to females years ago and how they still are rude but women are as rude or worse to her now. This implies the negative effect that the changes have on our society. Women are starting to have a taste of power and freedom over others and if they know it or not they fight to keep their place. This is expressed in the show by constantly talking about the hierarchy or the pecking order. They will crush and crush each over until they are number 1 on the podium.

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In the flashback that involves sexual harassment in the workplace, there is a very powerful message that has been hidden away and overshadowed by the screamingly obvious issue being shown.

The scene depicts that Stanley had a lot of power over her at the beginning then his power starts to decrease as she gets more leverage against him and starts to make threats.

But there was a hidden message behind that.
That is the fact that she always had the power over him. Women have the power to destroy a mans life and reputation all at the same time with one allegation. Even if Stanley did no such thing, she had the power to destroy his life anyway. One allegation is enough to put any mans life into a constant spiral of misery and torture.

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In the late 1900s a young aspiring woman is working at a law firm. She gets some advice from her mum to dress for success. She wears a new dress for work and is immediately approached by one of her 3 named partners of the firm named Stanley. He proceeds to compliment her and then touches her in places deemed inappropriate for the workplace.

This topic is tricky to talk about. This is because sexual harassment in the workplace hasn't got a very clear line that decides what is or isn't sexual harassment. In this flashback it is very clear what Stanley's main intent is. His actions does the talking.

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In a flashback to the 1960s, a young woman is arguing against her boyfriends wishes/demands. The topic of this flashback is abortion and how women are starting to gain the freedom to choose.

Her boyfriend strongly disagrees with the idea that women have should be the one to choose. This prompts him to try and persuade his girlfriend that what she is about to do is wrong.

This eventually causes the breakup between them two. She wants her freedom, while he wants no relationship with a murderer.

This is a very sensitive topic. There is the view that abortion is murder and is a violation of the babies right to live. There is the other side of the argument that it is the women's body and they should be the one to choose. There are other factors in this topic such as if the baby is the product of a sexual assault case then is it right to have it?

Thats why this is such a sensitive and difficult topic to discuss because it isnt clear, it isnt black and white. It isnt wrong or right.

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The main topic of discussion is gender equality. The play expresses this topic through circumstances such as how Scarlett is treated and perceived after the picture of her naked is spread throughout the school and how Russell is perceived and treated when the same happens to him.

There are many flashbacks in Girls Like That, for example one goes back 89 years to 1928. A time where women had very little rights and were at the beck and call of all men. This was also a time where hitting women in public was a common occurrence.

Throughout the performance the views of each character is displayed on a powerpoint. Demonstrating the social changes through the ages and on each specific scenario.
(The power is linked below)

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Throughout Girls Like That many controversial topics and social issues are addressed such as: equality between sexes and how it has developed throughout the ages, women's rights to choose between having an abortion or keeping the baby, women being allowed to have fun and not be judged, sexual harassment in the workplace and the arrogance of men in the 1900s.

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For the scenes where I play a "lad" I will be wearing a white shirt, mainly untucked and most likely creased up showing the uncaring and scrappy nature of my character. Black tracksuits, black Airwalk trainers and a tie.

When the party scenes begin my character wears a white shirt and tie ,tracksuit bottoms and trainers

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http://www.rokit.co.uk/vintage-mens/-60s-clothing-sixties-1960s-classic-vintage-collection

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http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960skidsfashion.html