Pitching

We got given a task which was to invent an idea and pitch it to one of the business teachers Alex and Yusuf We got to decide who we wanted to work with so I decided to pick Bradley because i know how both creative we are and also make a good team.team. Yusuf said we can do a commercial about any product we decided we wanted to pitch  something  simple and not difficult to talk about in the pitch.. We came up with 3 ideas and we chose the best and interesting idea which was the 5 minute horror movie idea. 

We made a checklist of things that we need to include in our pitch and we would cross it off when we have completed what we had to do. in our pitch these were the thing we were including into it :

- Camera 

- Storyboard

- Mood board 

- target audience

- focus group

- location

- equipment ( including for the film)

- how long does it take to film 

- physiologically research 

- brain diagram 

-pictures of Bradley room/ house

- fond footage films

- films festivals

we managed to complete everything in 4 days by each of us working on more than one things which was easier for the both of us we would meet up with each other to put everything together and discuss we found out and what we did. 

Story Board

Part 1 : set up  a video camera after watching paranormal activity there are shown as a sweet and touchy couple. this nice, they are watching sequel, paranormal activity 2. they watch it (finding it fun) and they go off to bed. Cameron gets very scared after watching the movies penny finds this funny. they hug tighter and Cameron asks about making a sex tape but penny laughs and tells him to go to bed. they kiss for bit then snuggle each other and sleep.  In the middle of the night, around  3 am , there is a still suspenseful look out the room. nothing happens. Cameron gets up, leaves, after same time returns.

Part 2: The following morning whilst reading, penny gets ready for work, he tells Cameron how she was scared but she like the feeling. Cameron says he was only scared when he went to go toilet. penny asks if they'll be watching another horror film. he wanted to watch a horror movie another night but penny suggested to bring home a Ouija board. Cameron puts the camera puts the camera down and tells penny she is taking it way too seriously and believing in demon stuff. he tells her that his grandma believed strongly in all this and warned her not get messed with these demon stuff. Still penny does not understand she tells Cameron that she has used a  Ouija board before but nothing happened. Cameron agrees, unaware penny is lying.


Part 3: The camera turns to show Penny and Cameron on their living room. there are candles around the room. Penny and Cameron are sits opposite each other with Ouija board between them. Penny tells Cameron not to be too scared. he puts on the brave face and begin using the board. they ask if anyone is there. nothing happens, they ask again nothing happens. they ask for the demons name, the Ouija begins moving around the board then stop. they are not getting anything out of the Ouija board so they decided to watch another movie.

Part 4: Camera cuts to penny in the bed reading a demonology book.Cameron asks what she is reading when he sees, he gets angry. Penny asks why his taking it as such a big deal. He gets into bed without saying anything to her. she continues reading. in the middle of night, during the withing hour, penny suddenly sits up in bed as is sees staring blankly at the wall, she does this until 4 , then gives a slow turn of the head look to Cameron then lays back in bed.

Part 5: there is a note on the screen stating that over the next 30 days, Cameron stopped filming after Penny asked to film a ritual. Cameron did however, took photos of Penny's face every day, as she lost her looks.Cameron told of Penny's obsession with demons documentaries and rituals about cutting yourself and giving blood to satanist the last night, during the witching hour Penny gets up out of bed and leaves the bedroom she is making allot of nose which awakens Cameron. He takes the camera and whilewalking downstairs he hears Penny scream out in pain. He sees her but the camera does not. he drops the camera. it breaks and the filming stops.

BOOK COST:

 - Complete book of witchcraft and demonically

by Eric Mapie (1996)

 price : £12

Encyclopedia of demonically by Hans Holzer

price £9.95

Demonology and devil - love 

price: £60

BACKSTAGE:

Camera 

Cam - Cannon x floor

price : £1800

Purchased :Amazon

Samsung UE60F6300

60 inches 1080P TV

price : £12145

purchased :  Argos (102/8490)

Bed - Ottoman Dilvan Bed 

price : £ 2249.99

(170/5737)

purchased : Argos 

HEAD SHOTS 

[ pictures of the transformations]

FILM :

Ouija board 

Books 

Films (DODS)

- OB = £21.99

purchased :Ebay 

HOUSE: 

Rooms in use :

Bathroom

Bedroom 

Living room 

I went around the college asking random people what do they fear when watching a scary movie, which  help us with our horror movie idea. here are some questions and answers : 

Questions 1)

do you sleep well after watching a horror movie ? I do not go to sleep straight after watching a scary movie. 

Question 2) what scares you the most in a horror movie ?

the sounds scare me because you know by the sounds affects something bad is going to occur.

Question 3 ) what makes a scary horror film to you ?

the silence scares me the most 

Questions 4)  what do you like and dislike about scary movies?

Esther : it freaks me out 

Charles : the terrible acting 

Shabil: all the gooey stuffs 

Question 5)do you always have to see a monster, ghost etc in a scary movie to be scared?

no i do not, people getting killed scares me also when you least except something to happen scares me too

Question 6 ) what makes you jump when watching a horror movie ?

Omar : when you least except something to happen the suspense you have.

Question 7) what is your favorite horror move and why ?

the shining because is physiologically .

PITCHING TWO

 

 

We were told to make an advert to promote Leyton sixth form and we got given a budget of £2000. We all came up with ideas until we stuck with the most interesting one. We went around different departments to find out what we can include in our pitch.

In our pitch we wanted to show that Leyton sixth form as a community college. Charles came up with the idea of the students playing football with the staffs to show that students can also converse with teachers not just in class but also outside class. We believe that as students having a bond with a member of staff is really important since teenagers like to feel secured.

Charles recommended that we mainly make it about football but bring other subjects into thought. We all thought that was actually an interesting idea because football is a popular sport but also, the focus of that is that its students playing football alongside with teachers from other departments showing a relationship between them.

So after we came up with a solid idea we started to look around the college taking pictures of different subjects. We visited a few different departments asking the subject teachers if it would possible to film a part of their lesson. What we wanted to focus on was showing pieces of the excellent facilities and people’s outstanding achievements.

We started off with an establishing shot of zooming into the banner of Leyton Sixth Form College. We also included pictures of students from different subjects showing their achievements. Also decided to have a voice over in the background while showing the pictures. Now we have a shot of a football session with the teachers and students of different subjects. The football still continues while the principal is being interviewed. We decided that the principal would be discussing the different subjects at Leyton sixth form and what they have to offer and the outstanding achievements and many more.

Our main focus for us was showing peoples work and the outstanding facilities would be exciting to people watching our advert. After taking a look around all the subjects we thought that we should do a focus on performing arts, Art, ICT, photography and talk in depth about care and community.

 

We all had to take up a role to get our advert completed on time. I was in charge of doing the research on different subjects and also putting the mood board together. Mauricia was in charge of f doing the storyboard and Sean and I helped her with the drawing and colouring in. Also Sean did some research on Care and Community.  Lastly Charles job was to put everything together on one PowerPoint while doing some videos of what we wanted for our shots.

 

Editing our Advert

I and my group had a group discussion which was held last Friday we decided that we were ready to start planning our shots in different departments.  We then looked at our storyboard to get an idea.  We wanted to start filming the outside of the college and make our way inside the college thought the sports department.

I and Maurcia and I went to film a science experiment which we had booked the day before. I was excited because we were going to film something interesting because the science class were doing a practical assignment. Before we started filming some of the students told me that they did not want to be recorded so maurica did a close up of the students. As they were doing the experiment.  The students were doing an experiment on ink dye and separating it into different tube.

I interviewed two students from the art department asking them questions on why they chose to study art and what they like about Leyton sixth form. Both of the students said they’ve always had a passion for art and they took it as a GSCE and really enjoyed doing. The student I interviewed first said with enthusiasm that his future plan is to become an artecta which explains why he took at as a subject. Both of the students said that they have a good relationship with the teachers which makes their department a nice place to be. As the interview that was what I was looking to hear because our advert is about teacher and student relationship and furthermore. So I was really pleased with the answers I received.

We made a few test shots on Charles phone to prevent us from using too much of the battery in the camera. His phone quality is really good because he has an iPhone and the camera on an iPhone is very clear. So instead of us using the camera we just decided to use Charles phone.

We did a long shot through the streets into the performing arts building. It was done on a wheelchair which Murcia got from the sports department. Charles was the one on the wheelchair and Sean was wheeling him through the college. We also filmed some enrichment activity that was happening in the streets.

 

 

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised a few days later on 26 April 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner from Wilmcote, South Warwickshire. It is likely Shakespeare was educated at the local King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford.

Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer, on November 28, 1582. She was eight years older than him and their first child, Susanna, was born six months after their wedding. Two years later, the couple had twins, Hamnet and Judith, but their son died when he was 11 years old.

Shakespeare wrote plays and poems. His plays were comedies, histories and tragedies. His 17 comedies include A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III. The most famous among his 10 tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, andKing Lear. Shakespeare’s best-known poems are The Sonnets, first published in 1609.

Synopsis of the scene

Synopsis of the scene

 In Gertrude’s chamber, the queen and Polonius wait for Hamlet’s arrival. Polonius plans to hide in order to spy on Gertrude’s fight with her hamlet, in the hope that doing so will enable him to determine the cause of Hamlet’s bizarre and threatening behaviour. Polonius wishes the queen to be harsh with Hamlet when he arrives, saying that she should punish him for his recent behaviour. Gertrude agrees, and Polonius hides behind an arras.

Hamlet storms into the room and asks his mother why she has sent for him. She says that he has offended his father, meaning his stepfather, Claudius. He interrupts her and says that she has offended his father, meaning the dead King Hamlet, by marrying Claudius. Hamlet approaches her with an almost violent force and states his intention to make her fully aware of the understanding of her sin. Fearing for her life, Gertrude cries out. From behind the arras, Polonius calls out for help. Hamlet, realizing that someone is behind the arras and suspecting that it might be Claudius, cries, “How now! A rat?” He draws his sword and stabs it through the arras, killing the unseen Polonius. Gertrude asks what Hamlet has done, and he replies, “Nay, I know not:  Is it the king?”  The queen says his action was a “rash and bloody” deed, and Hamlet replies that it was almost as rash and bloody as murdering a king and marrying his brother.  Disbelieving, the queen screams, “As kill a king!” and Hamlet replies that she heard him correctly.

Hamlet lifts the arras and notices Polonius’s body he has not killed the king and achieved his revenge but has murdered the reasonably innocent Polonius. He turns to his mother, stating that he will squeeze her heart. He shows her a picture of the dead king and a picture of the current king, terribly comments on the control of his father to his uncle, and asks her furiously what has driven her to marry a rotten man such as Claudius. She begs with him to stop, saying that he has turned her eyes onto her soul and that she does not like what she sees there. Hamlet continues to criticize her and rail against Claudius, suddenly, the ghost of his father again appears before him.

Hamlet speaks to the ghost, but Gertrude is unable to see it and believes him to be mad. The ghost says that it has come to remind Hamlet of his purpose, that Hamlet has not yet killed Claudius and must achieve his revenge. Gertrude is amazed and unable to see him, the ghost asks Hamlet to plead with her. Hamlet describes the ghost, but Gertrude sees nothing, and in a moment the ghost disappears. Hamlet tries desperately to convince Gertrude that he is not mad but has just pretend madness all along, and he needs her to abandon Claudius and regain her good principles. He needs her as well not to reveal to Claudius that his madness has been an act. Gertrude, still shaken from Hamlet’s furious criticism of her, agrees to keep his secret. He says goodnight, but, before he leaves, he points to Polonius’s body and states that heaven has “punished me with this, and this with me” Hamlet reminds his mother that he must cruise to England with his two friends, he says he will regard with doubt, as though they were poisonous snakes, since he assumes that their loyalties are with Claudius, not with him. Dragging Polonius’s body behind him, Hamlet leaves his mother’s room.

His side if he is to achieve justice. While all of these are possibilities, what Hamlet actually does is urge his mother to repent choosing Claudius over his own father. More specifically, he repeatedly demands that she avoid Claudius’s bed. He tells her not to let Claudius provoke her by massaging her neck, and not to sleep with him tonight.

Though Gertrude’s speech in this scene is largely limited to brief reactions to Hamlet’s long criticisms of her, it is our most revealing look at her character. Gertrude goes through several states of feeling she is arrogant and harsh at the beginning, then afraid that Hamlet will hurt her, shocked and upset when Hamlet kills Polonius, speechless by fear and panic as Hamlet approaches her, and disbelieving when Hamlet sees the ghost. Lastly, she is regretful toward her son and apparently willing to take his part and help him. For Gertrude, then, the scene progresses as an order of great shocks, each of which weakens her confrontation to Hamlet’s blame of her behaviour.  

Gertrude’s character seems to be that she has a powerful character for self-protection and progress that leads her to rely too deeply on men. Not only does this explain her behaviour it also links her thematically to Ophelia, the play’s other important female character, who is also passive and completely dependent on men.

Staging of Hamlet

Rehearsal Process

Rehearsal Process

In rehearsals Sean and I have been breaking down our script and have been coming up with thoughts on how to portray our character. Breaking down our script has made everything much stronger now.  Furthermore we have been working on our script allot since there is certain words we don’t know in Shakespeare, therefore we use our English translation script to help us which has been actually valuable.Our scene is open and passionate it includes a lot of communication and eye contact so Sean and I decided to stare at each other for as long as we can go for. I find it hard to keep in eye contact with people unless I am comfortable with them so it was quite challenge for me. But the excise was really good for me and Sean because it open us up and I’m starting to feel relaxed.

Sean and I used the meisner technique to help us with connecting with our lines. We kept on repeating “you disgust me, I disgust you” to each other until we exploded. It actually helped me with connecting with what I was saying. It was much interment and truthful. I started to like my words and there are certain words I find hard to say, however I keep repeating the word until it sound truthful.we used the meisner technique to help us with connecting with our lines. We kept on repeating “you disgust me, I disgust you” to each other until we exploded. It actually helped me with connecting with what I was saying. It was much interment and truthful. I started to like my words and there are certain words I find hard to say, however I keep repeating the word until it sound truthful.

  Jackie’s voice lessons has helped me on exactly how to connect with my speech and also to allow my words to shock me. There was a huge change when I said my line the second time, the first time I said my line “thou hast thy father much offended” I was not emotionally attached however I then repeated my lines and whispered my lines and said the last words of my lines then I repeated my lines which was much powerful then the first time.Sean and I came up with an another idea on how to connect with our characters. we spent our rehearsal  period telling each other as our character how we feel about each other. It was so helpful for the both of us because we connected so well with our character just by telling each other how we feel and it also helped not doing it in Shakespeare language because we wanted to focus on the relationship between the two not the language. I think without the relationship between the two characters our relationship would not be truthful.

On Wednesday we had 2 visitors who helped us with our Shakespeare. The re direction they gave Sean and I was really helpful. It gave me more thoughts on how to play with my character. The first time I said my line, I was sitting on the chair doing my makeup. The second time I got re directed to drink alcohol instead of doing my makeup which I found effective. At this part in the play my character is worried hence why I do not think she will be putting on makeup. It’s mostly likely she would be either drinking, smoking or not even doing anything at all. I also got told that my character has to be less tough and more sensitive. Queen Gertrude is very weak at this part in her life with her son Hamlet so I do think my character should be gentler with hamlet since hamlet is unhappy as much I am.Sean got re directed to be less heated but still have the irritation with in him. Which I believe was a good idea. I don't think Hamlet would be angry at all times even though he wants to upset his mother, He still finds a way to calm himself. This is an upsetting problem, I think at this moment in Hamlets life he is vulnerable I think Sean should let himself be vulnerable, free and connected. He also got told to work on his posture. His posture is not strong enough for the character that his playing.  Sean is a very short guy he tends to slouch a lot when he walks. His aim is to start to think focusing on how his character carries himself. 

Me and Sean need to work on our characters relationship we need to form a mother and son bond and take our time saying our lines to make it more effective and believable. Its important that we also work on our body language because that is the first step of creating your character. The queen walks with a straight back and moves her waist but not a much as I do. Furthermore In Shakespeare time actors would usually get ready and warm up on stage and we tried it out and Yusuf thought it was a good idea. I really like the idea because it gives us time to get into character and prepare. I think the audience would like what we are doing because its different and interesting. I like the idea to except where we prepare yourself in front of the audience because its different and it gives us more time to get into character however the disadvantage of this idea it might not work out because the audience might not understand what we are doing.

Much To Do About Nothing

 I watched Sinteasha's and Shabils  piece I thought it was really good. they were really emotionally connected to their characters and it was believable. You could tell that they have spent time working on their characters and also how to deliver there lines. I also think they understand what's happening in the scene and what the characters are saying to each other because there reactions are really natural. I like how they use the space wisely they only move if they feel its right to move which I think is good because I have a problem with moving with no purpose so I learned from their scene to move around only if there a purpose.

As You Like It

I really enjoy watching Esther’s, Yvonne and Bictions peace "as you like it" you can see the difference between all of their characters. I feel like the peace has potential to be a really good piece. I think Biction has really good stage presents and he has a good connection with his character and good control over his voice. Esther and Yvonne scene  has lots of potential to be funny I think they should play with their characters more and let loose and stop being afraid of what others will think because as a whole it’s a really strong piece.



  

Macbeth

 I love the way Stella portrayed Macbeth Its not complicated. I love the energy and how she  stresses her words at the right time. With Shakespeare its important that you mean what you say  if you don't pronounce or understand the word you are saying then the audience won't understand. therefore its important that  you connect  with your words and also know what you are saying which I think Stella understand what  she is saying which makes it interesting to watch. I can tell that she has worked on her character constantly because she connects with her character so well and when I watch her perform I see her as Macbeth not as Stella.  

Scene Summary

I start of the scene in my room brushing my hair I asked him to come into the room so I can confront him but instead he attacks me back. I get upset and I plan to leave  “ nay then I’ll set those to you that can speak” but hamlet pushes me back down on the chair he wouldn't let me go he physically retrains me. He is pinning me on to the chair aggressively. He tells me angrily what I have done; it is new to queen Gertrude of Claudius being a murder and a villain. My reactions show that I am terrified of hamlet and I get even more scared when he kills Polonius because he just showed me what he is capable of doing. I get up from the seat and come towards the audience to show them the fear in my eyes. You can see who has higher statues between me and hamlet, he always stays grounded and I tend to move around the space allot because of how I feel.

 Performance Day 

Today’s performance was a real progress from last before and being it my first performance of the year it was astounding. So much passion that I never knew I had, it was a pleasure playing Ms Gertrude. Doing a Shakespeare project taught me so much about myself which I am thankful for. When it was my turn to do my piece my thoughts went blank I felt like I gave it my all. I felt so relaxed and exposed on stage, it was the best feeling I have ever felt in a long time. Delivering my lines with so much soul and control gave me nerves in my tummy.

I honestly think I have worked hard on my Shakespeare I put in so much work, time and effort into my work and it was shown in the performance since I got great feedback from the students and teachers. the fact that someone cried over my and Sean's performance left me speechless which humbled me to know that thought my character was amazing and they really believed in my character and also how connected I was to my character. Hard work pays off and I believe that I did my job. Even after the performance even though my mind was blank I was buzzing because I knew that I gave it my all.

Yesterday when we were rehearsing the ghost scene I was not really happy, I felt like it was not going to work out because it was a bit complicated for me. Because I have to react from what Sean is doing but I did not believe what Sean was doing so it was hard for me to react off him. It was frustrating me because we have worked so well and I felt like the ghost part would have been the downfall to our performance but due to the good feedback we go the ghost scene was brilliant so I am pleased and I realized that I was just nervous so I do think that  I should just relax and trust and believe in myself because I have put in the work myself and I am grateful that I got the chance to work with Sean even though it was quite difficult to work with him at the start in the end with both started to work as a team.

I wouldn't change anything I have no regrets for my performance it what I excepted it to be I do. It was an amazing experience and I would gladly do it again.  I am happy because Shakespeare is quite difficult to understand and I conquered it and I feel like if I can conquer Shakespeare by putting in the work I can do anything just the way I did in Shakespeare. It’s about believing in yourself and putting in the work you can’t do a good performance if you haven’t worked hard you have to work hard in order to get a good result. Therefore I am happy to I am proud of myself.

Setting

One Chair

Table 

Lights 

Costume&Props

Dagger 

Brush 

Night Gown 

 Before & After Performance 

Us in our costume 

Sean & Yusuf working on the ghost scene

Setting up the opening & getting into character

                                                                  

  

I Am Pentameter

Iambic pentameter is meter that Shakespeare nearly always used when writing in verse. Most of his plays were written in iambic pentameter, except for lower-class characters who speak in prose.

Iambic Pentameter has:

• Ten syllables in each line
• Five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables
• The rhythm in each line sounds like:
  ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM

Most of Shakespeare’s famous quotation fit into this rhythm. For example:

If mu- / -sic be / the food / of love, / play on

Is this / a dag- / -ger I / see be- / fore me?

Each pair of syllables is called an iambus. You’ll notice that each iambus is made up of one unstressed and one stressed beat (ba-BUM).

Rhythmic Variations

In his plays, Shakespeare didn't always stick to ten syllables. He often played around with iambic pentameter to give color and feeling to his character’s speeches. This is the key to understanding. Shakespeare Language. 

Feminine Ending

Sometimes Shakespeare added an extra unstressed beat at the end of a line to emphasize a character’s sense of contemplation. This variation is called a feminine ending and Hamlets famous question is the perfect example:

To be, / or not / to be: / that is / the ques- / -tion

Inversion

Shakespeare also reverses the order of the stresses in some iambi to help emphasize certain words or ideas. If you look closely at the fourth iambus in the Hamlet quote above, you can see how he has placed an emphasis on the word “that” by inverting the stresses.

Occasionally, Shakespeare will completely break the rules and place two stressed syllables in the same iambus, as the following quote from Richard III demonstrates:

Now is / the win- / -ter of / our dis- / content

In this example, the fourth iambus emphasizes that it is “our discontent,” and the first iambus emphasizes that we are feeling this “now.”

Why is Iambic Pentameter Important?

Shakespeare will always feature prominently in any discussion of iambic pentameter because he used the form with great dexterity - especially in his sonnets, but you must not be tricked into thinking that he invented it. Rather, it is a standard literary convention that has been used by many writers before and after Shakespeare.

Historians are not sure how the speeches were read aloud - whether delivered naturally or with an emphasis on the stressed words. In my opinion, this is unimportant. What really matters is that the study of iambic pentameter gives us a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Shakespeare’s writing process.