There was a lot to do today... and most people only just seemed to realise that. We started off the day by going over the Performance Unit folders to see what needs to be added, as that project needs to be finished and wrapped up as soon as possible. We then started with our Theatre in Education people. I had so much paperwork to do, like finishing off my scripts, the groups scripts, talking to Mrs Ball about the class, organising everything to take down there, photocopying, rehearsals, and so much more!
Nathan made the 'bully' comments for the year seven's to read out during the performance.
Hannah and Nikki practiced the fight scene (not enough as it turned out when I watched it just before the actual performance)
Nikki also spent a lot of time online, printed a picture of her and Jake off to make a photoframe prop for Jacob's bedroom.
Ryan worked on the backdrop and music
Jake practiced the fight scene and... wandered around trying to find something to do all day.
When it actually came to performance time we had a lot of technical trouble, with the backdrop and the music not working, which in result made the impact of some of our most important scenes less dramatic. We were forced to just continue on with the performance, which made us remember about what Annabel had said to us a few weeks ago when she first came in "don't rely on technology so much like all TiE groups who will likely be traveling from school to school only being able to use what they take with them". Ryan, the tech guy of the group, was really annoyed at the lack of tech and felt that he had let the group down (and Nikki's hateful comments weren't helpful either). The performance itself went really well, even without the technology. The year seven's liked the 'bullying' scene and the 'fight' scene and I felt that I did really well to introduce the piece and who we are. I also allocated some of the year seven's to be 'bullies' and called them down from the audience and motivated them to do what I wanted them to do well I thought. They responded well to my questions, although they were quite personal questions, such as 'Have you ever been bullied or been a bully?'. Afterward I thought that I could have gotten them to be more open by answering the question myself to break down the awkward barrier between us all. They were quite a difficult group to work with - most of which were bullies but they didn't realise it and we noticed it a lot from where we were standing. Following the performance, the questions and the evaluation sheets Mrs Ball kept the year seven's in the Dance Studio so that they could have a discussion about the issues within the group.
Next week we have to put together our Perforamance Unit folders, print out the blogs, analyse the evaluations... AND make a start on our Record Unit. According to Miss Hoad we will be storyboarding and planning and hopefully have everything uploaded to the Curriculum area so that we can make our own documentary.
The week after we're heading off to Portsmouth Live TV for half the day, which we're all a bit worried about as it will take a huge chunk out of our work time on our documentaries.
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