Vikings

if anyone's still wondering what the Viking style is how they act look etc I just found this tv series that might help with the basic understanding of what they were like http://www.zzstream.li/2013/03/vikings-s1-e1-rites-of-passage.html

An idea from Monday we forgot to tell you!

We forgot to say about an idea we had on Monday (cant remember who's idea exactly it was but I quite liked it so thought I would share it). The idea was that someone in the piece could question what we are doing throughout the play so like they don't really understand what's going on and have to keep asking what's happening and keep having to have things explained to them. So in a way they get confused by what's happening and have to keep asking what's going on (and after being explained it may still not be clear but they go along with it anyway in there confusion). We thought that this might work well for when Shivvy comes back? as he is obviously not going to know fully what's going on or about what we've done with the piece?. He may know bits but he may not understand everything that we have done and the reasons behind them so we thought this might be interesting. I don't know weather it will work or if you guys will like it but I think it would add a bit more comedy maybe?. Just thought I would share the idea while I thought of it and before I forgot it!.

Goat Scene

Improvising the introduction (we decided this because it keeps the scene fresh.)

we need a line to get us into the Goat song.

Goat song

Dear mumma, i don't think i like you anymore,

you used to watch me "mehhh"

now all you do is stare at the floor, 

dear mumma i don't think i like you anymore,

It used to be you and me, a pile of weed and a dirty daisy,

that how we used to get by,

now it seems things have changed, 

and i think your the one to blame 

dear mumma i don't like you anymore.

Dear Billy, i don't think i like you anymore, 

cause when find some weeds,

it takes me places that i've never been before,

dear billy i dont like you anymore,

why can't we just get a grip on our "mehh" to "behh" relationship,

Grendal's mum is not far behind, 

It's either you or me to be cooked and eaten for Grendal's tea,

dear Billy you stay here and save us all.

Dear mumma, GENDALS HERE TO KILL US ALL!

Goats die.

Auditions Monday

If you want some of the script please be ready to audition these parts in particular.

1.
Some of Jordan Grendel script

Do you think I’m ugly? Do you think I’m a monster or a metaphor? Would you prefer me to be a real monster. Or would you prefer me to be a metaphor? Do you find me ugly? Shall I be uglier? (make up on?) Now?

Do you know that I can sing? When I sliced the men open with my sharp teeth, devoured them in my cave and sipped gingerly on their blood, I sang. Shall I sing for you? Have you seen my mother? She is coming for him. In the poem she is a head in an underground water cave but in their show it is probably one of the girls. Let me sing, yes? My missing arm brings me so much pain.

2.

Battle Story

 When Grendel comes at night, Beowulf is ready. He will not use a sword or bow. In the dead of the night, No longer abandoned, the hall is filled with Beowulf’s men. Grendel, a monster blackened with rage and full of spite, thunders into the hall, piercing the atmosphere.  He grabs one of the men. Tears him apart, striping his flesh with a jaw full of dagger like teeth. slurping on the mean and tossing the bones. His name is Handsio. Blood dripping from his bloody lips Grendel looks around to continue his feast. Just then, Beowulf rises. He grabs Grendel in an iron grip around his gruesome arm and Grendel knows that this is a different enemy. He is frightened for the first time shaking and knowing this is not strength he can defeat. He knows then that he cannot escape that grip without leaving some of his monstrous self behind. He knows that the arm will be ripped and bleeding and hurting his end is near. But not near enough of full of pain. Howling in the deepest darkest moans man has heard, Grendel’s bone and muscles and joints tear. The arm rips from the shoulder in Beowulf’s hands and Grendel humiliated, escapes to the moors. Beowulf glorious, stands, monster arm in hand. Grendel, alone, one armed and defeated leaves. He will die later. Hungry, in pain and alone.

3.  Another idea

someone, Maybe one of the girls? wants to steal beowulf part. Gets made up by make up 'secretly' and barges in with a boy's voice and does some of Beowulf. See the part of the script where Beowulf meets Grendel's mother and it's all Shakespearean speech.

Unit 4 Assessments

Just went back on the blog and found three posts about this so don't want to repost the same.

The three posts are titled Analysis, Devising & Collaboration and Unit 4 Assessments. Also, see the brief.

Remember that unit 4 ended before half term.

Let me know if you are still unclear or cannot access the posts. Also please post on your facebook page for those at another station! Thanks and well done for a good day's work.

This is Jordan song...

When Jordan heard there would be a sword

that props would make for the Beowulf lord

but you dont want to play Beowulf do you?

It goes like this, you want the part

the characters name is wiglaff

the battle king that jordan always wanted.

This is Jordan, this is Jordan, this is Jordan, this is jordan...

He knew the story off by heart

He really wanted wiglaffs part

sarah said theres no need to worry

so we put him back into the play

but yesterday he missed a day 

and coz of this he lost the part of wiglaff

This is jordan, this is jordan, this is jordan, this is jordan...

Now jordan he's been here before,

he's learnt the part and studied for,

now he is all alone without a character,

But he's seen the film a thousand times 

and just cant get that off his mind

poor jordan he will not be playing wiglaff.

This is jordan, this is jordan, this is jordan this is jordan....

Drinking song

swords and whores and sex and pecks
lets drink our faces pink
we did the deed the monster fled
which gave me time to think

I 've been so tough i'm feeling rough
so pour my ass a drink
there is another verse to write
cos i'm a lazy geet.

Pics from today's rehearsal

Tutorials Tomorrow

Helloo!

Everyone that has asked to see me after the session tomorrow to go over Unit 2B, can you please bring a hard copy of your draft and your research.

Thank you,

See you all tomorrow!

Ria. 

monoluge for wiglaff for someone to steal off me during the song (idea)

Wiglaff monologue

 

I am the mighty Wiglaff son of Weohstan Captain of the God king Beowulf’s royal guard, Guardian of the north, hero and slayer of the 200, and glorious leader in the battle of the 7 swords. Tall (looks back at me) Powerful (looks back again) and most of all dashing (looks back in disgust). Bearer of the mighty sword Hrotti (looks at me holding a crappy version of a sword or a stick etc) and proud banner bearer for lord and land. (I’m holding a tattered old rubbish banner)….. What’s this rubbish (screws up paper and throws away). Music comes back in water starts to come down over my face or a single tear.

 

written personal story for the script (J bear)

J bear story

 

You have to listen to this story very closely as its really serious…                                 

A long time ago there was a bear called J bear. And J bear lived with mum bear and dad bear and all the other bear friends and together they traveled down the road of life. Alongside the road of life was the deep dark forest and mum bear always warned J bear never go into the deep dark forest for it was full of dark twisted creatures and wolves that snarl growl and howl and this was fine for J bear as he had no interest in the deep dark forest and carried on quite happily down the road of life. But the further little J bear got down the road of life the more Mum and Dad bear argued and disagreed. Before long mum bear and dad bear split along the path of life but it didn’t matter to J bear and for a while longer he continued along the road of life. But after a while J bear wandered off the path and wandered into the deep dark forest. Maybe it was because of a lack of guidance or for a completely different reason J bear did not know but he kept going deeper and deeper into the deep dark forest. The other bear friends yelled and screamed asking him to come back but J bear had already gone too far into the deep dark forest and could no longer hear them. J bear went deeper and deeper into the deep dark forest until one night he heard a vicious howl in the distance with no clue where he was or what to do J bear decided to go towards the sound of the howl.  Soon J bear came across a pack of snarling, growling, howling wolves. But unlike what mum bear had told J bear the wolves did not harm or hurt J bear in anyway. Instead they surrounded him and helped him through the deep dark forest protecting him from the other creatures of the forest. They helped him to the very edge of the forest and back onto the road of life. But as J bear set of back along the road of life he realized that he was in fact not a bear but a wolf in bears clothing.        

image for poster?

this photo is lisa's. should we use this for poster instead? it's beautiful

poster

as we have had no poster or image mary very kindly made us this. anything you want to add to it before i say ok? i have no alternative.
thanks

musical instruments tomorrow

Hello all, please tell all the group to bring any instruments tomorrow so we can work on the music.

thanks

vanessa

Photos of script, drawings, makeup

These are some of the photos that I have taken of that massive piece of paper we all wrote ideas down on, script ideas.

 I was one day during half term writing down some notes and drew random monster cartoonish creatures, I see Grendal as the fluffy thing and Grendles mum as the round, odd eyed one haha. It reminds me of how we were going to ask the audience to draw the creature and then hold it up and show them their own creation.

 Just some other makeup ideas, some could be really subtle and others could be really out there ott? I really like the idea of using gold?

lecture on beowulf

Podcast lecture from oxford on Beowulf. Great for writing ideas, please have a listen

http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/beowulf

poster

Hello all, any luck on a poster idea or make? Designers might give us their drawings if you think that would be good. Please someone get on it soon.

thanks

Tutorials

Morning!!!!

In room 312 for tutorials. Come up and book times innit'

Lataz Gataz!

Ideas for Grendel

Grendel speech?

I am the monster. The monster with a girl’s name. I have no lines in the  poem. I do in the film, but not in the poem. Though the slaughter is told through my eyes, I speak no lines. This is how the poet describes me

... the other, warped

in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale

bigger than any man, an unnatural birth

called Grendel by the country people

in former days.

Did you draw me like that? Let’s have a look. Do you know, the philosopher david hume said that 

‘There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious.’ Shall I say that again? What do you think it means? Ha. I bet you don’t know who david hume is. And you call me, the monster!

Do you think I’m ugly? Do you think I’m a monster or a metaphor? Would you prefer me to be a real monster. Or would you prefer me to be a metaphor? Do you find me ugly? Shall I be uglier? (make up on?) Now?

Do you know that I can sing? When I sliced the men open with my sharp teeth, devoured them in my cave and sipped gingerly on their blood, I sang. Shall I sing for you? Have you seen my mother? She is coming for him. In the poem she is a head in an underground water cave but in their show it is probably one of the girls. Let me sing, yes? My missing arm brings me so much pain.