characterisation grease

Patty Simcox



The character i am playing is patty Simcox and although when i first got the character; well 


lets just say it wasn't my first choice. After reading the script properly I realised that i wasn't 


quite the girl portrayed in "Greace" the movie. This helped me think about how i was going to 


play my character because I didn't feel obliged to play the goodie two shoes shown in the 


movie.







When thinking about what my accent and voice is going to be like I tried to look for actresses 


i could study that would have a similar voices. One that i found is Rachel Berry...

It's a high pitched annoying voice that suits my character perfectly. I also think my movement will be quite similar, moving almost all the time, quite fidgerty with a lot of sharp movements from place to place when she gets excited. Shes quite an attention seeking character just like Patty Simcox in Greace.

I literally despise what this patty simcox acts like, it looks way to over the top and fake. 

The Snow Queen (Worthing 2012 Version)
Scene	Title	Development Suggestions
1	Grandma’s Introduction	We need to build the 'six senses' in this scene as it introduces the audience to both the play and life for the characters Gerda and Kai before the Snow Queen. **The audience have to care about them getting this life and their friendship back or there is little point to the story** Better description of the environment. An activity for Kai and Gerda before the story that can show how close they are. Introductory music
2	Snow Queen Kidnaps Kai	We need to establish a distinct change in atmosphere via lighting and sound for the Snow Queens entrance. The dialogue needs additional detail particularly the benefits of living in the snow palace. **There has to be a plausible benefit for Kai to go with the SQ as he is fascinated by her before she puts ice in his heart** Snow Queen Music or snow sound effects Additional tempting description of Snow Queen Lifestyle in dialogue Design/Make sleigh  (Jackie in Art is willing to help)
3	Magic Flower Garden	A playful introduction would improve this scene. Perhaps Gerda could wonder at least for a little while if she should just make new friends whilst being enchanted by the flowers. **The scene will work best if we feel a bit sorry for the flower witch and the flower girls and if it contrasts more with the other scenes** Demonstrate the girls having fun together before we see the witch Gerda to use '6 senses' to ensure we understand more about the magical garden Find way of making flowers stand!
4	Snow Queen collects Flower Children	We need this scene to have more clarity. The best way to do this would be to strongly establish an ongoing relationship between the SQ and the Flower Witch. **This scene is the second time we see the SQ and once again she is abducting children. We have to make her heartless but not too scary!** Reveal Snow Queens bigger plans and the control she has over her magical kingdom Make some reference to life before the Snow Queen's reign Ensure the sleigh can work with two passengers
5	Palace and the Princess’s Party	i think this went really well and matt was funny when he performed the king. There was good improv but some definate lines need to be drafted and used so that there aren't people talking over each or just one person doing most of the talking
6	Snow Queen Plots & Plans	this needs to be worked on so that it is more dramatic and prolonged. I also need to work on my connection with Kai so that it seems more real to the audience.
7	Robbers in the Woods	Some of the logistics of this need to be worked on eg... how they get hold of the key to unlock the cage, does the crow get ir or the robber girl?
8	Journey to Lapland
9	Minion Reports	I think in this scene i need to be a bit more harsh with the minion to get across my darker side. also i think it would be better if we had more space to maneuover so that when i freeze the minion there is more space for her to try and get away.
10	Finn Man’s Wisdom & the Gossips
11	Ice Palace Rescue & Release	This scene needs to be worked on more, i think we need some designated moves in a routine so that everyone knows what they are doing and it looks more neat.
12	Back to Grandma

  

tech mood board

In this lesson we did a mood board of what ideas we have and how we have made them a reality in our practical work. We also put down ideas we have for the rest

week 4 video

This is a video where i went wrong

fosse jazz - all that jazz

Today we started learning the 'all that jaz' dance from Chicago. I did the central part of Thelma. throughout the hour long lesson we managed to learn the choreography for half of the song. The dance we copied the choreography from was the strictly come dancing live performance;

MT Chicago

week 6 - putting together the play

This week we voted what people we wanted to do certain roles in the production of the snow queen