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After looking in the costume cupboard in college we decided that there wasn't anything that fit with the vibe that we wanted for Aurora. Therefor we decided to go out and see if we could find costume, not only for me but for other members of the cast. After looking in Primark for some time, I came across this outfit. It fit with the vibe that I saw Aurora having, in my mind, since she was from Paradise, I envisioned her being very flowy and naturistic. To pay for this costume I used my own money, which I didn't see as an issue as I was sure I would wear these clothes again. The rest of my group also thought this was a good costume for me. I wanted Lauren's opinion the most as she was the one who created Aurora and had the best understanding of who she was as a character.

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For our H21/22 performance, we chose to create an original performance that we called 'Straight On Till Morning'. Since we didn't use a stimulus, we spent lots of time deciding what we wanted our performance to be. This included lots of writing about the idea we had and choosing what we thought would work best. Eventually we came up with a plot; the performance was about a group of characters who each wanted to find this 'Paradise' for their own reasons. Some selfish and some just desperate for change. The rehearsal process started by choosing the songs we wanted in the musical. This was the first step since we chose to have an original script, so we decided that in order to give Lauren the time she needed to work on the script, we would work on picking songs first. Once we picked the songs we wanted to use, we made the decision to only use snippets of the songs, as we didn't want the performance to go on for too long. I asked everyone if they would be happy for me to edit the music, and they were. During rehearsals we all worked together and shared ideas as to how we wanted some scenes to go. Once Lauren had written some scenes, we were able to start blocking, since there were two songs in the first scene, and I wasn't in the scenes. I spent that time editing the songs once I had discussed with Lily and Jay what parts of the songs they wanted to sing. So whilst they were working through the scenes, I sat and edited the music. During our rehearsals, we learnt our lines in the script as every week we had more of the script written. This allowed us to spend each rehearsal on a chunk of the script, which meant we were more confident with the scenes. I contributed to the rehearsals by helping direct some of the scenes and songs. One of the songs I directed was 'Anybody Have a Map?' from Dear Evan Hansen. This song was the fifth song in the show and was the part of the show in which all of the characters were together. I also contributed by editing all of the music used in the show. Throughout this process I learnt how to remove vocals from a track using AI and how to change the impact of the vocal removal, as sometimes removing the vocals would make the track sound weird, so I learnt how to balance the audio so that the audio didn't sound distorted. The rehearsals helped me understand the kind of character Aurora was; each time I read through the script, it felt like little details in the way I spoke or acted changed, and each time felt more like the characterisation that I was aiming for. I believe that during the rehearsal process, my strength was being able to learn the songs and help others become more familiar with the songs, as I knew most of the songs; I was able to help people with the tune and lyrics of the songs. On the other hand, I really struggled with learning my lines, as some of them were quite similar, and I kept getting them mixed up. This was something that I worked on, but I spoke to my scene partners, and we discussed that if any of us messed up the lines, we felt like we would be able to improvise our way out since we all knew the direction the scene had to go in. During rehearsals, I do believe we could have stayed more focused, as sometimes we did get distracted; however, I don't think this impacted our final performance.

During this performance I portrayed the character Aurora; she was the daughter of Paradise. I believe that my portrayal of Aurora was successful. Whilst I do believe I could have done some things better, I am very happy with my performance. I think that my strength during the performance was my characterisation, as I felt very happy with the type of character I had created Aurora to be; however, my weakness during the performance was that I did muddle up some of my lines, but I felt like it wasn't noticeable to the audience as I was able to improvise through it. I believe that my group did a great job in the performance. Whilst there were points that we all struggled with our lines, we were all able to make it work. We had very minimal props; these were three scrolls for me, Emi and Kelsey, as well as some cards that were used for Lauren's character trial scene. Throughout the performance I think we all displayed a variety of qualities and skills, as some people weren't as comfortable in certain aspects but still gave it a go. Overall I believe that our performance went really well; we all had lots of fun whilst performing, and based off comments given to us after the show, the audience seemed to really enjoy it too. I think that we all achieved what we wanted too when we started this project.

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Screen recording of me editing the music

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Screen recording of me editing the music

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Script read through scene 4 - end of act 1

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Script read through scene 4 - end of act 1

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I started off cutting of all the dialogue from the song, i then edited some of the lyrics so that they would fit better within the context. However, I found that some of my group were already unfamiliar with the song and if by changing the lyrics, it made it more difficult for them to learn. Therefor I left the lyrics as they were

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I then divided up the lines, i tried to make the lines fit the character that i gave them. For example, with Emi's character Evelyn, I gave her the lyrics

'Another stellar conversation for the scrapbook
Another stumble as I'm reaching for the right thing to say
I'm kinda coming up empty
Can't find my way to you'

I chose these lyrics for Evelyn as the entire plot of her character is to try and seduce Wylan (Jay's Character), i felt like the lyric 'Can't find my way to you' fit really well. Since Evelyn was a trial, her purpose it to find a way to Wylan and keep him from finding Paradise.

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I started writing down ideas for how I wanted to choreograph the song. In my mind, I imagined the characters at this point had all gone into the woods separately to look for the paradise. They're all desperate for this paradise and whatever changes they want in their lives. I really wanted the desperation to show through the choreography so I chose to get everyone to frantically walk round, as if they were desperately searching for this so called 'paradise'. I chose this song because towards the end of the song there is lots of overlapping lyrics which I believe adds to the franticness of the characters.

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We all decided that we were going to split up the job of directing, therefor we would all get a chance to direct a song. I chose to direct 'Anybody Have A Map' since it was a song i suggested, I already had ideas for it.

By allowing everyone to take a shot at directing, it meant that there was less pressure on a specific person and everyone could develop their skills. We decided to all direct at least one song each, then the rest we could either choose to direct them all together as a group or direct more that one on our own.

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I used this software as it is something i have used before so I trusted it. The process of importing and exporting the audio was simple and easy to understand.

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The process for cutting EHAP was quite a difficult one as I decided to cut out the audio that had dialogue to get rid of any awkward pauses. This meant I had to line up the audio perfectly so that the transitions were smooth. This was a case of trial and error as it took many attempts and lots of listening to the audio. I also found that cutting the audio was quite difficult as I had to keep referring to the actual song with the vocals to make sure that every cut I made was in the right place.

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It was my responsibility to cut and edit all of the music, this included turning the links of the karaoke into an mp3, then cutting them to the desired length. For some songs i also had to use AI to remove the vocals from the tracks as i couldn't find any good backing tracks. For some songs the process of cutting them was quite long as it was a lot of importing and exporting, then waiting for the audio to download, then upload. It also felt like a lot of back and forth between the backing track and the actual track as i needed to make sure everything was lined up perfectly. At some points the song sounded similar to the part of the song that needed cutting which created some difficulties. This happened when editing ETAJ as i thought the backing track didn't have the cue that i was going to use from the song. So i edited to how i where i thought it needed cutting but then the next day when we tried to rehearse the number Lily pointed out that it was the wrong section of the song. Then with her help i re edited the track and corrected my mistake. For songs like 'light' and 'once and for all', i couldn't find a good backing track, it was either not available or too different to the original song. As some people in the group were unfamiliar with the songs, i made a Spotify playlist with them all on so people could familiarize themselves with the songs. I feel like if i used a backing trach that was drastically different then it may confuse them. Therefor i decided that the best option was to remove the vocals with AI to make the track the same as what what we rehearsed with.

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We started off by brainstorming some ideas then using the process of elimination to find an idea that we were all interested in and that we were all confident would create a good performance. We first got rid of the Next To Normal recreation as not many of us had heard of it. We next got rid of 'Story of a musical theatre kids life'. We struggled to cut the last two so we decided to combine them together, creating a musical that consists of a mashup of musical theatre songs and an into the woods type of storyline.

The next job was to find a bunch of songs that we could potentially use. We wrote down a variation of musicals and picked the ones we wanted, based on how we wanted the story plot to go. We went through every song in each musical and started to put a story together through the songs. Once we had picked all the songs we wanted to use we started to try and order them, this took some time as we needed the song order to match with the plot that we had been creating.

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Once we had decided what we wanted to do, picked out the songs and come up with a base plot, we all started to create our own character profiles. We started of by writing the basic characteristics of each character and coming up with names. I imagined my character Aurora to be somewhat similar to Luna Lovegood, she's very caring and

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This was the first scene by scene draft where we all discussed what kind of direction we wanted the musical to go in. Since this was done the week after we came up with the idea, the plot changed slightly. Writing it all down scene by scene allowed us to see where the songs would fit and in what context.

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This is a basic scene by scene of the show.

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We have decided to create somewhat of a jukebox musical. Our musical will have an original script, with songs from other musicals integrated into it.

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Transferring the footage from my camera, to my phone was a long process. In certain scenes where I was behind the camera I was able to delete bad takes, however if I was in the scene, we would leave it and create one long continuous shot which took time to export. Once I had exported them from my camera, I would go through the continuous shots and cut out all the bad takes, I did this because it would be less work for Jay to do and it would take less time to send to him if the files were smaller. After editing the footage I would send them to Jay on WhatsApp.

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For certain scenes, camera angles were really important. For the bush tucker trial decision scene it was vital that i was able to keep out the empty spaces. As there had to be movement from the camera, i couldn't leave it and do a continuous shot, i had to be behind the camera. This rose some difficulties in filming as unless shot perfectly, you would be able to tell that I wasn't in the shot

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Sketches of how I wanted the shots to look

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Sketches of how I wanted the shots to look

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The props we used for the bush trucker trial were bought from boots and McDonald’s. I planned to buy things that the people in my group tended to eat lots of, then things that we were less likely to eat.

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In this unedited footage, you will see that we had to wait to film as there were people going in and put of the building. This meant we had to wait until there were no people around. This was the case for most of the scenes we filmed as they were outside and around the college grounds.

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Overall I believe that our group projects came together really well, whilst I do believe our original ideas were a bit of an overestimation of what we could achieve in the given time. We had planned to film a lot more scenes than we had but due to time constraints and illness, we weren’t able to. However, because we planned to record everything in chronological order, it still made sense when all put together. I think we all worked together really well and all worked efficiently to create our piece. Whilst we faced a number of challenges throughout the filming process, such as we missed a week of filming due to a UCAS fair, then the following week everyone in my group was ill, so that was two weeks of filming lost. Then Katie was on crutches for a few weeks, which limited where we could go for filming, as we had planned to go to the wash lands for scenes. This meant we had to change the order of when we filmed shots, we made sure that we stayed in college, and when Katie was off crutches we went and filmed the scenes. We also had other obstacles, such as the weather. We had planned to film over the washlands but due to heavy rain during the night, the wash lands were muddy and slippery. Therefor we divided to film behind college where it was all stones and concrete. I believe we achieved the initial aim that we set in the pitch as I believe it was clear as to what we tried to recreate. Throughout the process of filming I believe I did a good job with my job roles. I believe that I was able to communicate with my group on how they wanted things filming and we were able to decide what kinds of shots we wanted. When it came to filming and rehearsals, I believe we could have been more focused as we did get distracted often, however we still managed to create a piece we were all happy with. With H21/22 I think as a group we should try and focus on productivity to ensure that we get everything done, as I assume we will give ourselves more work than we need too.

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This is when we filmed the intro for the piece. There were some difficulties during this filming process as the statutes was happening right next to the location we were filming. This meant it was louder and more busy than we thought it would be. When I exported the footage from the camera, I found out that the background noise was quite overwhelming so I took it upon myself to try and edit the audio. I was able to enhance the voices of Lily and Emi, and reduce the background noise. During this session, I also took pictures of Lily and Emi for our instagram for promotional material.

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During this filming session, we encountered a bit if an issue as my camera died midway through filming. Whilst we were able to continue filming , we were unsure as to whether or not any of the fottage was saved. We would not be able to re record any of the footage as it was the bushtucker trial, this meant the props for the scene had already been eaten. So instead of using the camera, I used Jay's phone, we thought this would be the most efficient way ad he was the editor, so it removed the need of having to transfer the footage, which can take a while. Although the filming set up wasn't the best, we were still able to record the rest of the scene and once I got home I found out the the footage taken on my camera had saved when it died so we wouldn't have to re purchase the props to film the scene again.

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Music video ideas

~ MANCHILD – Sabrina Carpenter

• inappropriate

• Swearing- not suitable for younger viewers

• Unsuitable for large groups

• Not financially viable

~ The Subway – Chappell Rohan

• Set

• Single person

• Costume would be hard to get

• Expensive production value

~ The Ordinary – Alex Warren

• A single artist

• We can’t fly

• Only two people in the video

• Boat-less

~ Black magic- little mix

Cons

• Only a group of 4

• All female singers

• Editing would be lengthy

• Would need a lot of extras

Pros:

• Hot costumes

• Catchy song

• Mutual agreement

Favourite idea: Best song ever – one direction

• Everyone would get a role

• Simple set

• Easy costumes

• Easy movement no real dancing

Set- in college in a studio

Props- tables

More affordable

However, after a lot of consideration, a music video may become too much of a challenge as they cost a lot in set, props, costumes and involve a lot of technical requirements such as sound, lighting, special effects. Location may also be an issue as many music videos use American locations or green screen, something we do not have a lot of access too.

Due to theses issues we decided to do something like a reality show. Something like this does not need to be perfect and lower quality production is more forgivable. This also gives us performers the opportunity to have a variety of characters using a range of skills.

Our options include:

• Love island

• Britain’s got talent

• I’m a celebrity

• Gogglebox

We have decided to do I am a celebrity with our own twist. Instead of celebrity’s it is with students from different musical theatre universities from popular universities across the country. We are also swapping the jungle for Burton upon Trent with the challenge being the contestants can not do anything related to musical theatre such as singing, dancing, or quoting musicals.

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Videographer - my job will be to record all of the footage, then up it down so that jay can edit it further.

I will be responsible for looking after the camera as it will be my own camera,i will need to remember to bring the camera and any other equipment that we may need ie tripod.

Skills I will be using during the creation of our piece will be creativity as I will need to think about angles and lighting. I am looking forward to being able to grow my skills in videographing as it's something I can use in the future for other projects.

Creativity is a very important when recording because it may sometimes come to you to make creative decisions about angles or places to record.

After every shot, the group and I watched back the footage to make sure that we were all happy with it, if someone wasn’t then we would reshoot it.

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Assignment Brief, Acting, MT and Dance  

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Job role evidence- Set and Props and equipment

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Job role evidence- Set and Props and equipment

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I chose to use these props as i believed it would be realistic to the plot, and it would be a fun scene to film. I also had to think about what foods would be suitable, for example something like ice cream wouldn't be suitable as it would more than likely melt before we had the chance to film the scene.

All of the set was just furniture we found in college and the props were things i had to buy from shops. The food i purchased was from Mcdonalds, Boots and Good News.

I checked that the person partaking in the trial wasn't allergic to any of the food i had planned on buying before i purchased it. When it came to moving set, i would move small items, such as chairs, on my own but when it came to larger, more heavy objects, such as tables, i would ask someone in my group to help.

I was required to look after and buy the props, such as the food for the trial.

We only require set for some scenes, such at a table ad chairs, this is required as during the bushtucker trial, a place was needed for the person doing the trial to sit and eat. Chairs were also needed for the camper interviews. Certain set was just circumstance, such as the benches in the waking up scene and the shower for the scene that followed.

During the filming of the bushtucker trial, it was Katie's job to move the props into frame by passing them to Lily as i was behind the camera.

The set and props are important to the performance as certain scenes would not be possible without them, the main one is the bushtucker trial. We decided this would be an eating trial,, so without me purchasing the food for the scene we wouldn't be able to film.

If we had the money i would have loved to spend money on better set pieces as I think it would make the scenes more immersive. I would also have liked to spend more on the bushtucker trial scene to maybe make it more difficult.

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Complete the following Contingency plan template, this can be put in your Pitch and on your own padlet page

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Lauren

Kelsey

Lily

Jay

Lilly

Katie

EMI

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21st May 2026

6:30PM

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Some changes were made to the script, as we felt like act one was too long. Some scenes in act 1 were made shorter because act 1 was significantly longer than act 2. Other than that there weren't any other changes made.