My son Pinocchio the Geppetto's tale ( evaluation )

 

My audition evaluation.

For my audition i went for the character of Geppetto, i went for this because last year i played Hook who was a villain and i wanted to play a person who  is a hero, Geppetto is such a kind and caring character which makes it a challenge for me to play as i am used to play villains most of the time. How i prepared for this audition was firstly watching the Disney Pinocchio and see how he acted in the film and see how caring he was, Then i read the script and started to understand the character story and journey though the musical and finally i did my research into his backstory, he is an orphan who never found a love life who's a very talent toy maker and has always want to be a father. Geppetto can not really relate to any other character in the show as they see them as bad parents because they tell of there child or lose there temper with them.Its not until the end when he lose Pinocchio he realise its not as easy as it looks.

My acting audition went really well, my strong points was how i bounced of other people and my accent. I also thought i understood both scene pretty well. However there was some room for improvement, Kelly mentions about how i still acted like hook with some parts of my movement but in the recall i made sure he was all gone. It was the walking that was the problem but it was a quick fix.

My movement audition went good Abi did a Disney work shop with up that is the auditioning process for becoming a Disney character. I am very proud of myself for giving it my best shot i thought i did very well with picking up the moves and such but how i would improve is that i think i need to give more character to my dancing because i was so focus on getting the moves right i kind forgot about characterisation.

 My singing audition went really good because i loved how i acted through song when looking up at the star for " i even wish on the wishing in star " and then to finish it off by covering over Pinocchio. The only thing i would improve would be my accent through song as it did drop in a few place but nothing to bad  

My Warm up review.

For this unit, we where given a task to do our own warm up for one of the morning. I partner with Kieran and we had a think about what our theme could be. Some of the other groups where about being siliant as we had a small problem in the class with people talking when over where trying to speak and the show was only a few weeks away and people started to become a little more stressed so we decide we wanted our warm up to be more relaxing and more funny. So what me and Kieran plan was to play 3 silly but completive games. The first one being my favourite game of all time the Czechoslovakia game, How you play this game was very simple we all sing a song and do movement to the song and it will speed up over time 

"Czechoslovakia boom chi chi boom I got the rhythm in my hands ( clap 3 time on beat ) I got the rhythm in my feet ( stomp three times ) ive got the rhythm in my Hips a 2 a 1 2 3 4 ( we would move our hips side to side then repeat )

After playing that we moved onto Kieran game which was a race game where people would get into teams of two one would go on all fours and the other person would go on there parnter backs and then they would balance on there back until they reach the finish line. This was a fun game and there were people who could not do it and they did sit out which was completely fine. The final game would of been another race but sadly some got hurt in the class and we need to make sure they where okay.

If I could do this again i think i may of change the game for the final race into some that was still completive and fun just not really racing and maybe could of added a cooldown at the end of the session.

My Production Role Evaluation.

My production role in this show was again the Relax performance team which i love doing so much as it mean the world to me. However this time around it was going to be a lot different because i also needed to have a team of people so i could pass it onto them if  i go to UNI this year. 

After the globe project there where a few people asking me about the team so i got a list of people and we got them into a team chat and ask them to fill out 3 question and send them too me. Some of these response where really heart felt and personal and it really made it hard however I chose 5 people out of the 13 who said they would like to be apart of the team. these are.......

Sammy 

Faith 

Mia 

Jasmine 

Daisey 

All of these people where the perfect poeple for the job and looking back I'm so glad I had them on the team because they where quick to reply and had really good ideas on what we could do. Now moving on me and Will who are the leader of this team split the process into two phase's. PHASE 1 was the prep for the performance where we would get a list of school who would have student who would of benefitted from this performance and we would send them email too inform them on what we do as a collage and what this performance is all about. However this is were a few of our problem began, he heard nothing from most of the school and we tried ringing them but they where not interested. Another problem we had is that other school or groups back out last minute because of them booking Pantomime or other thing like that which is a shame because the attendances this year was not as good as last years however it is always a learning curve. Moving onto PHASE 2 we all got into different teams them being ACTING / LIGHTING / SOUND and as a team we all talk about way we can make the show more adaptable for the audience for example we did not use water gun in this performance because it could scare them or make them feel overwelleimed and we change some of the jellyfish movement to make sure that did not freak them out. 

Looking back the performance was a massive success and the same as last year but i did come with its challenges. I am very thankful that i had such a good and strong team to power through this journey. However this time around i did learn ALOT of new thing that i hope that next year time will take into mind or if i get the chance to do it again next i will take into account. I would get my team before we finish goal then it is set and ready to go after we come back and we can get started straight away. i would also looking into ring the school and group instead of emailing them then we can get a faster and better response instead of never hearing from them. Finally for net year team if all 5 of them do it again i would not let in anymore then 2 new people as my worry this time around was i brought on to many poeple but that was not case but it was alot.     

My performance evaluation 

When I got the role of Geppetto, I gave myself some goal to complete to make sure I have fulfilled this role to its full potential. my first one was to show the three different side of Geppetto. First one being Caring and warm, Second being rude and ignorant and finally sadness and regret which makes the show comes full circle. I  also wanted to perfect my singing to make sure i hit the rights notes and also sound like an old man at the same time. The last goal I want to set myself is to master the physicality of my role.

Lets start with reviewing my emotional engagement. i think i did a really good job at emotional connecting to the audience. It was really important that I showed the fully circle of my character and hopefully partabts in he audience could connection with Geppettto in the way of not having a child who behave well but there world would not be the same without them. What i did to insure that was making sure i had a really good father son connection with both of my Pinocchio and displayed my emotion clearly on stage.

Now considering my Vocal Performance, I thought i did a very good job when it came to my singing through out the show and even my Italian accent which i have done a lot of work on. I think compared to last year where i played Hook, The song have been harder to sing because i am used to singing low song but Geppettos have been quite high but I am proud of myself for doing a good job.

Analyse my movement, i think i played an old man physically good as I played him with an arch with my back to give a warm and old man vibe. I did have a few problems when it came to having my backs to the audience in some of the bringing scene but we ironed them out pretty fast. I really work on my  physicality as well learning how to walk with care and kindness instead of commanding the stage. i also did alot of work on my poster and my hand movements.

It was very important for the story as my Character to work very well with the rest of the cast and Ensemble. From the opening song " Toys " interacting with all of the children and parents and all of the other character like Stromboli ,Pinocchio and most importantly The Blue Fairy. Me and Lily RV who played the Blue Fairy had a really good connection between both our character which made for some really funny moments through the show. Working with the Ensamble was again very imporant because without them it would make the scene look boring and not interesting, for example for pleaser island scene where i was carried and had to interacted with all of the miss behaved kids made it a very fun scene to-do.

My costume was inspired  by the original Cartoon film from Walt Disney's Pinocchio, with a green Shirt and brown old waistcoat with brown trouser and boots. We also had help from the amazing make up Artist Neve and Tegan making me into Geppetto with his face make up making me look like an old man and his wig and moustache. This first of all gave me a very realistic old man look but also help my role as it make it feel more really like i am the real Geppetto. For my props, i had really important story line props the most important one being my Music box as its reflex how lonely Geppetto is in the story and reminds him of his connection with Pinocchio. Then i have props that help me get into charrater if thats my tools or my Paint brush's that really help me look the part.

As an actor, i decide to my some Aritistic chose to help me make Geppetto my own version instead of playing just any old man. One of the thing I did first was  show how angry i could get when thing did not go the way i wanted it to be. For example when Pinocchio first come to life and does not any of the rules i get annoyed  more fastly and act like a kid myself to show that i have no experiencers with looking at children. However on the flipside i would act annoyed at myself in the second act of the dhow when my Character starts to realise that he was the one in the wrong not his son. I think this decision also help with the story telling of the show. 

After review my whole performance as Geppetto I think my strongest point where my Emotional engament with the audience. i think i did a really good job with show some of the funny and saddest scene of the show making people cry out of joy at the end of the show is always a good mark. I also thought that my Physically and my voice work where done really well i thought i mastered the Italian accent. To rounds thing off, i thought my artist chose help my character stand out because it make my acting more believable to the audience. 

However there are some thing where i could off done better, like my Movement and my blocking was not the best at time when we first started but we did get it all ironed out like i said. Another play i thought i could of done better was maybe my singing through song looking back i thought in some of the song like " Just because ts magic" on one of the night my wig came off and i lost my focus and begin to laugh so i wish i could of powered through to the end of the song.

I now made some new goal going into my next project. I think that I want to play a character that is just completely nothing I have done before. I want to be in completely different it come to roles as such i want to play a role i have never tackled before. The Goals i will set for my next challenge are as followed work on my blocking and space awarise as an actor and character, Another goal i will work towards will be try to really stay in the character even if thing goes wrong. I do feel like i need to do some work again about staying in the moment and the character as for the next projects it will become very serious and naturalistic so it will be easier to stay in the moment but i want to just make sure if anything goes wrong on stage I can keep on going.