2.3 Performance - Technical Cues

TECHNICAL CUES

OPENING

- 'Wind Sound'

- All the girls are in a line. ‘shatter sound’ after 3^rd hit with the log on the mime wall

- [GO TO BLACK]

PAIR 1:(Abigail and Siddiquea) [SPOTLIGHT]
- Outside Noises – e.g. cricket, frogs,

PAIR 2:(Sabrina and Humaira) [SPOTLIGHT]
- Customer service announcement (record) – “Sale now on in women’s wear. Thanks for shopping at Sell Fishes.”
- Casual/elevator music.
PAIR 3:(Suma and Moushomi) [SPOTLIGHT]
- elevator music
PAIR 4: (Renee and Alberta) [SPOTLIGHT]
-Spooky Horror Sounds, wolves howling, zombies, etc.

[LIGHTS KEEP CHANGING COLOUR AND POSITION]
Groups Finished Whole Group Come Together For The Bus Performance Starts.
SONG: ‘Double Dutch Bus’ by Frankie Smith
-Bus comes along and the 'funky bus song' plays at this time, while the girls are dancing to it.

GROUP 2 – SCHOOL [SPOT CENTRE STAGE]

SCHOOL BELL – ‘Double Dutch’ song fades out and SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Abigail alone on stage. In the background 'We Don't Need No Education' is played.

NO MUSIC OR SFX AFTER TEACHER ENTERS

Scene ends when Abigail pushes all chairs off stage.

[LIGHTS KEEP CHANGING COLOUR AND POSITION]

SONG: ‘Double Dutch Bus’ by Frankie Smith

GROUP 3 – VICTORIA BECKHAM FANS

[BLACK]

In the dark a popular Victoria Beckham song plays

[Alternate lights on Renee and Siddiquea – strobe lights for camera effects]
'fan's screaming' and cheering

[Lights go out – then up on Sabrina (Victoria Beckham) ]

Lights go out.

Whole stage lights up. (Football commentator sound)

When Renee and siddiquea tip toe ‘pink panther theme’

Police Siren when they are arrested

Scene ends

[Blackout]

[disco light effect]

CURTAIN CALL: ‘Let Me Think About It’ by The Singles

- I contributed here by watching the rehearsal and making the changes to the scene music, lighting and effects each time we decided to do something differently, take a part out, or put something in, so we could tweak it to be the best that we could make it. An example of this was when we thought that there was too little time to create and fix up a whole new solo scene for Abisola so we had it taken out instead so we could focus on perfecting the other scenes.

2.3 Performance - Report - Rehearsal

Our class had a technical rehearsal in the David Sharp today where we had 2 or 3 quick run throughs of our full mime performance from start to finish. Meanwhile our teacher Mr McIntosh chose what lights to put up at the right times, where to direct them exactly, what colour lighting we could use, and made a timing order of the sound and lighting. This gave us a clear understanding of where exactly we had space to perform. We were able to practice it and tweak it to see what parts did not match or needed changing, for example the beginning part after Abisola mimed a wall being between her and the audience, we decided that instead of us all moving forward altogether to help push the wall, we would send Abigail and Renee to move forward after Abisola, then they would motion with their hands for the rest of the class to come forward and help. We changed our original idea to this as the first idea of us moving altogether looked messy because people stepped forward at different times and as we have a very active class, it was hard to get the timing right. Nonetheless the second idea looked much better than the first and was less boring also. We had to create a list of the sounds and timings of the lighting, when it appeared to hand to the Sound and Light Technicians, Tangina and Tiyonne, so they could work with Mr McIntosh to fix it for us for the day of the performance. We decided to cut out dances such as the end ‘Candy’ dance so that it could be shortened, less complicated and allow us to focus on the main parts of the show: our group and pair performances.

2.3 Performance - Report - Pair Meeting

Shapla and I came together at the beginning of our technical rehearsal to fix up our Mime Performance, as we’d been unable to tweak it earlier due to various different reasons such as absences etc. We cleaned it up and decided on what sound effects or background music we could use for it. We both contributed as when we realised our old performance –Weight’s one would fail, we decided to come up with another concept and object. We fixed with Shapla’s idea of blowing bubbles in the scene and combined it with my idea of a box with various strange objects in it. We then put it all together and I came up with the idea of using a bubbles popping sound effect when her character pops all the bubbles I make, as well as other sounds. Also we want to use funny/speedy background music.

2.3 Performance - Report - Group Meeting

In our rehearsal today, the group; Humaira, Suma and I delegated out the responsibility of the various sound effects and music. We decided that Suma would record the baby crying sound and get the sound of a tyre screeching. Humaira would get the Piano Music playing at the background and record a sound effect where she shouts ‘Wow’ at the yummy food, as well as getting a ‘crash’ sound. I would record the sound of pots clanking together and get a ‘Mwahahahahaha’ Evil laugh sound, as well as bringing a speeded up, squeaky chipmunk voice yelling for when Humaira’s character shouts at Suma’s character for not paying the bill. We also gave a list of our sound effects to Tangina, the sound technician to know what sounds go where in our scene. We all contributed by volunteering for which parts we would bring in for our performance.

2.3 Performance - Group Performance

~List of Sound Effects being used for Mime Act~ (& Order of Use)

1) When Humaira comes in and sees the food all messed on the table and she thinks Suma ate it all, when it was actually me (Rubina), insert sound of Tyre screeching with Humaira's jaws dropped.

2)When Suma & I enter the restaurant and sit there on the table, we could use a simple Piano playing in the background.

3)When Humaira spills the drink/ water on my side of the table, the piano song is interrupted by the sound of Pots Clanking and Crashing.

4)When Suma cries on the floor, insert the sound of a Baby Crying 'Waaa'.

5)When Humaira shouts at Suma to do the 'Waiter' job instead of her doing it, we have the sound of a Speeded up Voice (Squeaky Chipmunk Shouting) or the sound of Japanese People Shouting Loud.

2.3 Performance - Health and Safety in Theatres

~Rules~

Theatres are very cramped places during a production so there is a high risk of accidents, especially those linked to fire hazards as there are never enough fire exits, and when there are exits, they are either blocked, locked, unlabelled or just used as storage areas.. So here are a few tips to stay safe yourself and keep your group members safe at the same time, while rehearsing or performing etc.

-Before the start of any production, you must be aware of all the fire exit placings and your company/ school's safety procedures clearly, so in case of any accidents, you can always locate an escape route.

-It is also a good idea if your props are flame proof, and also any curtains or scenery used, to prevent anything being destroyed, and you having to remake them.

-There needs to be a person appointed to leading everyone and taking control of the production and all the workers/ employees, as well as everything happening in rehearsal etc as if there's no order, the whole production would be a mess and the employees would be confused and all over the place and everyone could be a danger to each other by running about etc.

-The different levels of a stage, orchestra pit, seating area, balconies, stairs etc are also seen as risks as they can be easily mistaken or forgotten. You could fall or slip over or be hit by items dropped from a higher level, so you always need to look out when you walk around.

-The catwalk is where lighting is fitted and fixed and most of the time it is poorly lit and without rails. This can be introduce unwanted accidents such as scaffolds etc, so take extra care when on the catwalk area.

-Their is a danger and potential for electrical hazards because of high power used by many lights as lighting is all fixed by computers. Electrical and lighting equipment can spark fires, so it needs extra caution when using those equipment.