Peter Pan, the Musical

Friday, September 23, 2011

Style Notes for the 19th Century Poster & Programme

Right: This is a clever piece of writing. The whole text is about the kinds of type they used in these old playbills.

The font on the left is called "Playbill".

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Character Sketch

Music Theatre: Character Sketch

Look fors: creativity, logical plausible conclusions about your character, usefulness for your own use as an actor.
DUE: October 3, 2011
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In order to play a character in a convincing way, you must consider his/her motivation. Developing an understanding of why certain characters do what they do or say what they say, helps the actor make effective choices for dramatic movement, facial expressions and voice.

Create an extensive BIOGRAPHY for your character or if you are not playing a character, choose one character in the play using information provided in the script as well as your own imagination. ANY creative form you choose:

→Scrapbook
→ Narrative Story
→ Article for People Magazine
→ Diary Entries
→ Scripted Interview for The Biography Channel
→ Memory Box
→ and the list goes on . . .
BE CREATIVE!!!

Include all of the information below:

a) Personal Information: Name, Age, DOB, Height, Weight, Appearance.
b) Family: How does your character’s past effect how they are feeling/behaving now?
c) How does your character move? (eg. quirks, qualities, voice, gestures, habits, etc.)
d) What is the relationship of your character to other characters on stage? How do other characters interact with your character? What clues in the script help to explain these relationships? (choose a few of the most important relationships to examine)
e) Favorites: Food, Colour, Music, Movies, Books, etc.

** Information about your character not inherent in the script must be created by YOU. Try to give as many specific examples as possible and include any additional information that you feel is relevant to understanding your character.

***You will present your Biography to the class and hand it in for evaluation on the DUE DATE!!!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Research Assignments

ADB20/ 3M/ 4M
CSS Musical Theatre
Peter Pan Research Project
Ms. Lindenberg

In groups of two or three, you will research one of the following topics and present your findings to the class in a slide show (like PowerPoint) format.
You will have two periods in the library for research.

Topics
Production History of Peter Pan
Victorian England
The life of J.M. Barrie
In depth look at pirates
Fashions of 1900 England
Theatrical production History of Peter Pan
Movie versions of Peter Pan

Each presentation should be about 5 to 10 minutes long and must include the following:
pictures, video- when possible, citations for all sources including pictures, and any extra props you may want to add.

Due Date: Presentations will take place September 22nd and 26th.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Set and Costume Inspiration: "Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan"

It's worth watching all of the parts of this version of Peter Pan. Inspirational sets and costumes. Begin here with Part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSMCSaDF2Ps