Goldilocks part 2

Today we continued working on our silhouette performance of Goldilocks.

We went over our creations from last lessons which were the creation of the woods, the bears, chairs and the beds in silhouette as well as our transition between them which would be done by us rolling. After we had covered the silhouettes we had created we moved on to our new silhouettes we needed to create for the story. We first worked on a  opening where we see baby bear about to eat the porridge but mama bear telling baby bear not to. We created a table made of Tom and Dan M with a prop that is going to be made with a stick and paper cut outs that will look like a silhouettes of bowls. We then skipped ahead as we had already staged the next couple of silhouettes and re-created the bowls but with each bear saying their food had been eaten. We then did chairs with the bear saying their chairs have been sat on. Baby bear then says "My chair is broken", we created this by laying on the floor below the shadow and using our hands to create rubble over the floor. Finally we did the beds but with bears reacting that someone has been in their beds. After we get back to the beds and baby bears wakes up Goldilocks who was still in the bed, we make the parents into a big clump shouting at Goldilocks made of Tom, Dan S, Carl and Dan M. We then show Goldilocks running back through the woods but the woods isn't as nice at the start as the bird attacks her this time and the flower is venous fly-trap. We then went back to the start and created the house made of all of us but Freya. We then decided we end the piece with the three bears but then holding hands in the silhouette so that it seemed more of a happy ending instead of a girl being scared by bears. We went back near the start to add in the silhouette of the 3 bears house which we needed to create still, Tom came up with the idea of 2 people laying down with their legs up as the walls, tom was in the center holding the legs up, 3 of us then filled the gaps between then so the it was a whole shape then finally the last 2 made roof by using their bodies as an archway.

 

I believe today we managed to show great imagination especially with the creation of the 3 bears house as we we're all unique in our creations and ideas for the silhouettes we made. To improve as a group we need to put more energy into our rehearsals now so that we can get a better end result as I feel some of us could be putting more energy into our pieces which would then help us to get a better reaction from the children. we will also need to practice this piece the most as it is a very physical and precise piece so will need to practice to make this as perfect as possible so the silhouettes look better.