Shivvy End of Year Thingy

S

 

My time at Northbrook College Sussex has been great I’m delighted to be here, it was a big change for me but I’m glad I went through with it. The course has helped me develop into a more complete performer. I was very fortunate to the opportunities they gave me. I was able to express my cultural side to the college. My 2 year degree in FdA Acting and Contemporary Theatre Making has now come to an end. I am now staying on to study the BA.

 

SHIVAM 'SHIVVY' MODESSA

 

End of year thing :)

I have learned various skills throughout my two years at Northbrook; many professional, some personal. I hope to go on and complete the BA Honors.

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
- Dead Poets Society.

Help please?!

Hi all,

Remember when we last saw you all and we were talking about getting some pictures from you and some quotes about your time on the course?
Well, we are going to be updating the course website in early July, so if you have any lovely quotes or pictures, that you would be happy for us top use, then do please e mail them directly to me or Vanessa, or upload them here to the blog - we'd really appreciate it!

Thanks,

L & V x

Unit 11 Presentations

Unit 11 final assessment presentations have been moved to next Tuesday morning after your request.

Please make the most use of your cards for the final days of the festival and keep an eye out on the facebook alumni group for opportunities posted.

More research ideas

How many of these things do you use in your acting?
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/nov/28/how-to-act-acting-tips

Casting call pro
http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/guide/3207/actor-tips-from-employers

Do you have a list of contacts/websites/opportunities for industry? Make a list of everyone you know or have seen. Every website that you should check for opportunities.


What does your social profile look like? Do you have an artist personna?

How do you rate your skills as outlined here?
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/actor_entry_requirements.htm

Fun quiz on whether you have aptitude for career in the performing arts
http://careerplanning.about.com/library/quiz/career_quizzes/blperformer_quiz.htm

Ideastap closing soon! make use of it before it does
http://www.ideastap.com

Equity
https://www.equity.org.uk/home/

casting
http://www.castingnow.co.uk

Some research ideas

Workshops you arranged for tomorrow Tuesday are at ivy brook. Please let all group know who might not see blog.


http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/documents/publications/phpLYO0Ma.pdf
arts council evaluation form on arts projects

http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/aug/28/expert-tips-setting-up-theatre-company
How to set up a theatre company advice

http://net.workspace.co.uk/social/resources/how-to-start-a-performing-arts-company/

please use the basement cards to see as much theatre as possible. This will help you evaluate your own performance in relation to industry.

Remember criteria for this project are:

1.     developed knowledge and understanding of requirements for entering industry practice

2.     demonstrated competency with presenting and representing self as an industry-ready practitioner

3.     demonstrated employability in a work-based or simulated work-based context 

4.     developed self-awareness as a practitioner from evaluating own practice in relation to contexts for industry practice

evaluating the performance

i thought this was an interesting idea for evaluating your grandfather show.

Brighton Festival

Lots here to see that you might have missed from this and past festivals.

http://brightondome.org/extras/live_streams/

Festival!

Hello,

We are looking for a large number of volunteers ideally with some movement or performance experience.

Volunteer Performers for Fleeting http://brightonfestival.org/event/5957/fleeting/

You must be 16yrs or over and able to attend the following rehearsal sessions:

- Saturday 23rd May afternoon into late evening rehearsal onsite

- Sunday 24th May afternoon into late evening rehearsal and performance onsite

Your performance will include moving on shingle so you need to be physically fit and happy to perform outdoors in any weather.

If you are interested please email your name, mobile number, email address and details of any previous experience to our Fleeting Coordinator on: fleeting@brightonfestival.org
This will be an amazing experience during the last day of the Brighton Festival!

Thanks so much,
Brighton Festival Team

Show cases billed as useless in this article - what do you think?

https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2015/student-showcases-waste-time-money/

Unit 11 Presentations

Hello all, i will confirm timing for these presentations later on but for now, please remember you have to present on the fringe project for assessment on unit 11. These are the criteria and the presentations will be individual ones, 10 minutes each, to tutors and the group.
Reminder of criteria for unit 11:

On completion of the unit you should have:

1.     developed knowledge and understanding of requirements for entering industry practice

2.     demonstrated competency with presenting and representing self as an industry-ready practitioner

3.     demonstrated employability in a work-based or simulated work-based context 

4.     developed self-awareness as a practitioner from evaluating own practice in relation to contexts for industry practice

Consider what you want to present on your learning and your future place in the industry. Avoid describing the experience; instead analyse the processes and learning. You might focus for example on your experience and research on devising and how that compares to other companies. Marketing, pitching, audience engagement, costs, audience feedback etc. How did the process and show compare to other shows in the fringe? What was the target audience, how did the creative writing collaboration work etc...

list of actor websites

http://www.jengovey.co.uk/portal/famous_actors_websites.html




this is a website for different actors. some of them didn't work properly for me , but I thought it might be.

Jeffrey Dahmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW3IDFbpOyM

Team cool guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlk_sRU49TI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iWigJR6SOY

Hello group cool guy group, insight to serial killer Ted Bundy, often talks about how charismatic he is, also interesting how the interview compels with the info on the documentry

IVYBROOK

Yes, we are at IvyBrook tomorrow!

Congratulations!

Well done all for last night's show - very enjoyable! The Head Of Dept, Nick Gardner came to see you and asked me to pass on his thanks and best wishes.

I agree with Vanessa's notes about how to improve - really OWN that space and your time on stage - don't worry about changes from scene to scene being so distinct  - as V says, get them slicker and almost you can blur one into another as you did in parts last night.

Just be careful with the song from the two Charlottes when Victor is playing Guitar - last night the melody didn't seem to fit with the guitar chords or the rhythm, so perhaps work on that - or make it more obvious that it doesn't fit - whichever is right.

You are best when you really interact with each other and us - we are drinking in all the ideas and facts and interactions, so relax into that WITH your audience!

Have a brilliant show tonight,

Lisa x

Notes for tomorrow

Well done all, good first show i hope you enjoyed it and feeling proud of your work.

I would like to propose for tomorrow that we make the transitions between scenes much more sleek and overlapping.  maybe consider having all props ready on stage and minimum exits behind those awkward curtains.

Other small changes i think need to include lifting as much of the floor work as possible. Much bigger audience expected tomorrow so the floor will be even less visible.

Lots of flyering to do before the show; 500 flyers in our props box if you want to get a head start and fill the seats!

Charlotte and Victor please learn new script so we can work a little more on that scene.

It is my birthday today. It really is.

We were quite young back when we started making this show. But we are a little older now.

And more handsome.

Thank you for giving us your advice.  We have been getting lots of advice, but we could always do with some more.

We have met a lot of people. Older people, younger people, and some that we already knew but listened to better. I spoke to my granddad. He is 80. I said granddad, what advice would you give me for turning 20? He said, ‘ I don’t know.

We looked at comedy too. We found thousands of jokes about growing older. D

We wanted to understand ageing. And laugh in its face. But the jokes made growing old seem sad. Funny, but sad. Everyone is joking about growing old. Even the old.   Especially the old.

City Fringe

Well done for your participation at City Fringe. Great interaction with people, well done.

Tomorrow

For tomorrow what time and where do we need to be for the city fringe event tomorrow? Thought I would post on here and ask so we know. Also I found some red shoes so bought them for us for the show!.

Marilyn Monroe ideas/fitting in with the show

I was thinking that it doesn't make any sense for me to come on just to sing happy birthday and say my age line if there is no link between Charlotte and I. 

• Maybe in Cody's scene I'm in the middle of the line and I go along with the group until I die at 36 where as the others keep going to reach Cody because they are getting older. When everyone disappears Charlotte and I could have a convocation which would be based on quotes that marilyn has said just before ami comes on and says her line. 
• Maybe Marilyn is a star and charlotte inspires to be like her?
• Or maybe Charlotte questions why she died? And if she did live her life how she wanted to? And should it be someone that she should look up to as a role model? 
• Or Marilyn could be charlottes guide/a thought process so the quotes that Marylin has said pops in and out and Charlotte understands and makes her own judgement on these and even questions them maybe, just a thought.

Even if this idea doesn't work I think there needs to be some link between Charlotte and I or else it doesn't make sense. If you have any ideas please leave them below!

I've found some quotes about starts to link in with the beginning of the show and also found one about shoes!!!

basement tonight

if you're in brighton, you can go see this for free tonight if you say you are expecting company pass

https://www.otherplacebrighton.co.uk/1262/2-complicated

Film

I’m Josh Evershed from the 3rd year Creative Media department, currently working on my FMP

I only need one day of filming with an actress, who is about 18 - 30, preferably long hair, any colour

The only main requirement is I need an actress who smokes or who can smoke on camera, it is quite pivotal for the character in the piece

It will all be shot in Stanmer Park on which ever day is convenient for them, I will cover travel there and back

I have prepared a concept video to illustrate what ideas, themes, composition and sound will be used in the final piece, for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9TrhtLkPiY

If you could help me find someone or know anyone who knows anyone I’d greatly appreciate it

Thanks

Josh

joshevershed@hotmail.co.uk]

Charlotte's Final Film

Charlotte's Final Film is now up and running on the youtube page.

Also this is an anti ageing eye cream that soothes out puffiness, lines and the bags under your eyes to make you look less tired and also makes you look younger and healthier. Incredible results!

Wednesday rehearsal

Hello all,
please be in for 10 tomorrow morning.
Dan Ford will work with you, particularly the jack and cody piece, victor's piece and puppetry.

I am on BA assessments until 12 and at 12 i'm meeting production in the production room.
I will ask them to come and watch a run straight away so please be prepared for that.


Please send me the puppets film and the recording you did today ami.

Jack, please work a little more on the solo piece. Maybe describe why you talked to her, where, how it was etc. was it a special occasion? was your listening different?

Jordan, please look at new script, can print one out for you first thing. Main job is the design sheets. Dan suggested which might be fun, that you alone hold up all the sheets and struggle with it. But please get all the copies, card etc done.

Victor, the stand up needs to be clean and more mainstream i think. Please rethink it. We can decide which song to use when we get the bolder voices video. But also, think what else the guitar can accompany cos it does sound lovely. Dan will work with you a little on the movement piece too.

Cody, please work with jack and also on your individual piece some lovely moments coming through but it's our newest. what do you dress dummy in?

Ami, i'm not sure singing over les vieux will work we haven't practised it enough. Maybe look at Jeanette's lyrics and see what needs editing if we don't use bolder voices. You also really need to work on characterisation for the remembering bits.

Charlotte, please work on the prop for the old are coming as you described it. Some strong characterisation so keep going with that and if possible do the small recording with jeanette is she is around.

Shivvy, please think about lip-syncing bit and practise until it is perfect. i will send you recording via email now.

Dan, please sort out the bucket and what you do in the beginning. this needs to be sorted by the run. The monologue needs work on diction, and pacing too.

Anna, please work on seeing how the costume and wig work. Your marilyn impersonation bits and see how you might self light if possible  (i have cool torches)

Bolder voices

Ideas and suggestions please. Not sure where it goes. ending? somewhere in the middle after jeanette?

Dear Vanessa

Because was so keen to finally confirm it with my team I suddenly realised I hadn't finally confirmed it with you. Yes we will definitely do a jazzy "Happy Birthday Dear Charlotte"

and some of "Love that Freedom Pass" as well - perhaps not the whole thing - and I'll get Rosie our video artist to send it to you.

Why don't we speak tomorrow about this. My rehearsal with the group is Wednesday morning. I am at home tomorrow until about 3pm

so do ring me and we can talk through how to make our jazzy happy birthday extra personal.

Looking forward to it - if you aren't able to speak that you still do want us to do it?

Clair

Clair Chapwell
music, drama and facilitation for people age 65+
BOLDER VOICES

Pictures for the book

Hey guys if we are adding old photos to to the book and then I would really like these 3 images and would love them to be part of Charlottes book, these 3 are the most important pictures of my life, 

Charlotte's Final Video

The video is now up and running on the Youtube page, please let me know if you would like any adjustments, thanks. 

The guide to life book

Hi guys I have taken the guide to life book home with me and will obviously bring it back on Monday. The reason I brought it home was because me and Ami thought it might be nice to have some pages of collages of old black and white photos?. We thought it might look quite nice. I don't know what you guys think but if you like the idea I can start it for us as I have a few old pictures.

Thanks 😀

Thanks for your understanding about my leaving earlier than I had planned today guys, it's much appreciated! Make the stars scene something magical! Good luck with it, have a good weekend, see you Monday 😀 George

Periplum

Please please make sure you confirm your participation in this brilliant show i don't want you to miss out. see previous posts for who you have to email with your details and rehearsal availability

Rehearsal thursday 23rd April tasks

Hello all, tasks for tomorrow.

1. Recording; smaller girl with charlotte recording
2. Victor solo
3. Victor & Ami song
4. Victor stand up
5. Shivvi add 2/3 lines to your solo piece
6. Jordan & Cody design
7. Jordan script and learn lines
8. Jack work on monologue
9. Cody learn lines, record mum about grandad. Think about what to do in Diana scene.
10. Ami FLYERS
11. All talk to production and get videos and sounds together for them.
12. VICTOR GET WHEELS!

Vanessa to ask sarah to record:

Parents for puppet scene.
Older lady for marilyn scene and the city. anything else?

You should aim to complete a run and film it to watch and critique over weekend. Nearly there but only nearly.

Sound & Video

Sound.

1. music les vieux
2. stars recording
3. little girl & charlotte conversation
4. Old people song
5. puppet voices
6. i like old people song
7. bingo track the price is right eurofquestra
8. Les vieux (p 6)
9. Numbers are boring recording
10. Chapel music
11. Hannah recording
12. Cody Grandad recording
13. Marilyn old recording
14. Les vieux.



Video

1. Stars projection
2. Grand gestures
3. Selfies
4. Mike old
5. Dorris city
6. Charlotte growing video
7. last words grandparent's video

Charlotte's video

Yayyyyy I have finally uploaded the video of charlotte's photos and her interview with her nephew. I have combined almost two videos in one just to save time and to see what you like and prefer. Which way do you prefer the writing and questions? There seems to be a vibrating sound of the sound of charlotte's voice on youtube but when editing it was fine, if we used it I can easily bring down the sound. Do you like the music behind it - I was only experimenting. Please have a look and let me know what you think!!!! I can't wait to see what the shows like! 

It's on our youtube page but here is a link. Please give me some feedback! 

Advice I stupidly didn't record!

Hey guys so as you no we recorded some conversations with some people of the 'older generation' this afternoon. There was one group of 3 I think they said they were over 60 year olds that I didn't record or film unfortunetly and stupidly but they came out with the best and nicest advice so thought I would write it on here for you lot. (The last one is my favourite piece of advice!)-

You're only young once enjoy it why you can

Appearance is everything for the younger generation

Our grandchild has tatoos the presentation of our grandchildren looking at him you would thinks he's a bad person but he's lovely really it's just his appearance (they didn't seem to like earings or tattoos)

Treat people how you wish to be treated

We're invisible to the younger generation

The younger generation they often don't notice us but they seem to in our family respect us

Be honest to yourself

Think before you speak

If you grow up half as good as our grandchildren then good luck to you

Enjoy life while you can. Make the most of it while you're young

the stand up comedy section

Just some videos that might help V man come up with some stand up material based around old people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exoCE0Ng4ow and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZYx0JQlxc hope they help.

Clarity

clarity just hit me. Please look at these notes for tomorrow.


films - please log in and see charlotte's film of her grandad. if ok to use, we could play little films like that asking that question at the end while charlottes are dancing

interviews - if you interview anyone, ask them to read some of script, and what advice they would give, and the best thing about their age. if they agree to be videod then do that.
jordan - i think the link overall is that you are trying to find out why old are invisible. but the realisation is that you discover that we are wrong about time. (re the diagrams you draw about grandmother. that leads into you  maybe not cody, saying the city script. So the whole thing is that the old are invisible because we are wrong about time. you've solved it!

lipsyncing - iv;e sent some files which could work. do try  them. i will also ask the person that wrote the verbatim bit to record it for us and cody you could lip-sync that?

song for victor - the song is called i like old people michael einstein

the bingo song is the price is right by euforquestra.

i have made bingo cards for marilyn to use. i will print tomorrow.

VIctor, could you write the song you made at first but with jeanette? see what she says and also what of it she would sing.

AMI- nicky from basement said flyers super. can you liaise with the copy gentleman to to print them for us?

Please ask donna for the book; we need to dress it and start writing in.


Later tonight i will adjust script so we can give jeanette a new one that clearly indicates which lines she speaks. see you all tomorrow.

T-shirts

Hello all, looking at tshirts. doesn't red look a little too corporate like we're from a phone company? would black not be better?

The rest of the pictures lol

Non-Newtonian Fluid for the stars