Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes 6
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes 6
Date: Thursday, 13.03.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Shabana Rehman, Laura Marston, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker, Charlene Webster
Absentees: no one absent today
Sound/Music: Zoë has received the CD with the recorded drones with which we have already worked this week. Tanushka has given Zoë the Tarantella and Tigerlillies (for the witches’ scene) CDs and asked her to find a sound track with night sounds and to find or compose a piece for the final scene. She insisted that it should not be too complicated.
Costume: Roberta reported today that the dresses are sorted. Everyone has been measured by her mother and she is now ready to start sewing. Roberta also said that she has got enough money to buy the material. She will bring in a receipt to get a refund for the money.
Roberta and Emily also brought in samples of red, blue and purple felt for Zoë’s, Jenny’s and Charlie’s robes (male costumes). The red felt turns out to be slightly cheaper with £ 2, 50 per meter and the blue and purple felt costs £ 5, 20 per meter. Tanushka seemed to favour the purple felt for the male costumes. Emily and Roberta also had the idea to create grey coloured harem trousers for Zoë, Jenny and Charlie as part of the male costume.
Further the both have brought in samples of body and facial paint (Kryolan Supra Color/Teintschminke – Grease Paint) they have purchased at Charles Fox. The biggest bottle of this body paint costs £ 10, 50 – 11, 00.
Set/Props: Charlie and Shabs have developed the model box further and have exchanged the single moon/orb for three smaller moons (ping pong balls). On set they will use three paper lanterns which are 30’’ diameter. The cost of each is £ 10, 50. Each lantern can be lit and sprayed to change texture and colour. They will purchase the lanterns over the internet. Although the lanterns are very Asian/Oriental looking they will suit the minimalist set very well.
Shabs and Charlie will be working on the set in the first week of our Easter break with Jules and Simeon in TMG-65, and everyone is more than welcome to help them.
The tree, they have decided, will be built out of twigs bind together with wire. The tree will then be painted and decorated with red string.
Marketing/Publicity: Jenny reported that the posters for the play are all visibly pinned up all around London Metropolitan University.
Laura confirmed that the myspace.com blog is set up and ready to use.
Jules promised to finish the e-flyers by tomorrow and send them to all of us.
Lighting: Samara is to meet up with Jules and Tanushka during the Easter break to share and discuss lighting ideas.
Emily and I will be involved in preparing the blocking and lighting queues on paper, which need to be ready by the end of the Easter break.
Any other business: If you are coming into university during the Easter break, please email Jules and Simeon to let them know that you need space.
From now on please bring practice skirts to lessons, as we have to get used to moving in skirts.
Our rehearsal times for the second week of the Easter break will be: Tuesday the 25th, Wednesday the 26th, Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of March from 10:00 to 16:00 o’clock.
Please bring a backup picture for the biography part of the programmes, in case you are not able to afford the headshot photo shoot.
Next meeting: Thursday, 03.04.2008
Date: Thursday, 13.03.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Shabana Rehman, Laura Marston, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker, Charlene Webster
Absentees: no one absent today
Sound/Music: Zoë has received the CD with the recorded drones with which we have already worked this week. Tanushka has given Zoë the Tarantella and Tigerlillies (for the witches’ scene) CDs and asked her to find a sound track with night sounds and to find or compose a piece for the final scene. She insisted that it should not be too complicated.
Costume: Roberta reported today that the dresses are sorted. Everyone has been measured by her mother and she is now ready to start sewing. Roberta also said that she has got enough money to buy the material. She will bring in a receipt to get a refund for the money.
Roberta and Emily also brought in samples of red, blue and purple felt for Zoë’s, Jenny’s and Charlie’s robes (male costumes). The red felt turns out to be slightly cheaper with £ 2, 50 per meter and the blue and purple felt costs £ 5, 20 per meter. Tanushka seemed to favour the purple felt for the male costumes. Emily and Roberta also had the idea to create grey coloured harem trousers for Zoë, Jenny and Charlie as part of the male costume.
Further the both have brought in samples of body and facial paint (Kryolan Supra Color/Teintschminke – Grease Paint) they have purchased at Charles Fox. The biggest bottle of this body paint costs £ 10, 50 – 11, 00.
Set/Props: Charlie and Shabs have developed the model box further and have exchanged the single moon/orb for three smaller moons (ping pong balls). On set they will use three paper lanterns which are 30’’ diameter. The cost of each is £ 10, 50. Each lantern can be lit and sprayed to change texture and colour. They will purchase the lanterns over the internet. Although the lanterns are very Asian/Oriental looking they will suit the minimalist set very well.
Shabs and Charlie will be working on the set in the first week of our Easter break with Jules and Simeon in TMG-65, and everyone is more than welcome to help them.
The tree, they have decided, will be built out of twigs bind together with wire. The tree will then be painted and decorated with red string.
Marketing/Publicity: Jenny reported that the posters for the play are all visibly pinned up all around London Metropolitan University.
Laura confirmed that the myspace.com blog is set up and ready to use.
Jules promised to finish the e-flyers by tomorrow and send them to all of us.
Lighting: Samara is to meet up with Jules and Tanushka during the Easter break to share and discuss lighting ideas.
Emily and I will be involved in preparing the blocking and lighting queues on paper, which need to be ready by the end of the Easter break.
Any other business: If you are coming into university during the Easter break, please email Jules and Simeon to let them know that you need space.
From now on please bring practice skirts to lessons, as we have to get used to moving in skirts.
Our rehearsal times for the second week of the Easter break will be: Tuesday the 25th, Wednesday the 26th, Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of March from 10:00 to 16:00 o’clock.
Please bring a backup picture for the biography part of the programmes, in case you are not able to afford the headshot photo shoot.
Next meeting: Thursday, 03.04.2008
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes 5
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes 5
Date: Thursday, 06.03.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker
Absentees: Shabana Rehman, Laura Marston, Charlene Webster
Sound/Music: All the melodies and songs we will be using are decided.
All we need now are sea sounds (breaking waves, wind etc.). We will also need drones for our songs. Jules offered that he will record drones in all keys on a CD with which we can work.
Tanushka mentioned that she would like to have a symphonic piece for the last quarter of our performance, which will combine dark, frantic, African tribal drumming and a dark Techno track.
Costume: Emily and Roberta brought in dark grey/anthracite viscose samples into class, which cost £ 4, 50 per meter and £ 138 all together for all dresses. The costumes are going to be feet long, Greek style dresses with twisted straps and empire line.
As Shabs, Zoë and Jenny are playing men we need to think about a male costume. Tanushka said she liked the idea of separate jackets or robes for the male costumes.
Since we know what the costumes are going to look like, it is now time to go and buy the material so that Roberta’s mother can start sewing. Jules reminded Roberta and Emily that market stores take cash only. He asked the two to either pay the material out of their own pockets first or then get a refund or to wait until next week and get the money from Jules.
Set/Props: Charlie reported that the set and props team had to forget the idea of using a polystyrene ball as the moon/orb as a ball of the size we want would cost between £800 and £1000. Tanushka suggested using a gym/Swiss ball or to change the original idea into three smaller balls. Jules and others came up with the idea of using a see through balloon or lamp shades from Ikea.
As the tree Charlie mentioned that they will be using a real tree that will be painted or sprayed red.
Marketing/Publicity: The flyers are finished and will be sent off to Best Printing tomorrow. Jules is helping to make the e-flyers (resizing the pictures etc.) and will send those off tomorrow. Samara and Jenny have been working on creating a facebook.com event and Laura has created a page on myspace.com.
The group’s next project will be creating the programme. This means that we need headshots and a 50 word biography from everyone. We will approximately need between 200-300 programmes. However, they can me manufactured quite inexpensively. All we need is an A-4, colour copied, folded, simple programme. Jules offered to help with the layout. He said that it would be advantageously to create text boxes as they make the inserting of pictures easier.
Further we have democratically decided to write an inspirational biography about our peer partner which is to be sent via email to me by next Friday.
Lighting: There are no new queues so far. As soon as the running order is decided and all the scenes are ready we will continue with the lighting queues. Jules mentioned that he and Simeon will watch our run through on Thursday next week to be able to carry on working on the lighting queues.
Any other business: The dance floor will be picked up from Brighton on the 12th of March by Jules and Simeon.
This is Emma’s last week with us. She is going to send me the script so I can work with everyone on our individual rehearsal day.
Please do learn your lines from now on as the end is nigh!
We still need to find links in ancient Greek for the transitions of the text. And I will work out a last speech in ancient Greek to add to the last Bakkhai dance.
We also need the puppets’ speeches ready by next week.
We still need to think of how we are going to represent Aristaeus’ head. Roberta said that she will bring in a faceless head of her mother’s mannequin to see if we could use that. Please do not hesitate to bring in ideas.
Next meeting: Thursday, 13.03.2008
Date: Thursday, 06.03.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker
Absentees: Shabana Rehman, Laura Marston, Charlene Webster
Sound/Music: All the melodies and songs we will be using are decided.
All we need now are sea sounds (breaking waves, wind etc.). We will also need drones for our songs. Jules offered that he will record drones in all keys on a CD with which we can work.
Tanushka mentioned that she would like to have a symphonic piece for the last quarter of our performance, which will combine dark, frantic, African tribal drumming and a dark Techno track.
Costume: Emily and Roberta brought in dark grey/anthracite viscose samples into class, which cost £ 4, 50 per meter and £ 138 all together for all dresses. The costumes are going to be feet long, Greek style dresses with twisted straps and empire line.
As Shabs, Zoë and Jenny are playing men we need to think about a male costume. Tanushka said she liked the idea of separate jackets or robes for the male costumes.
Since we know what the costumes are going to look like, it is now time to go and buy the material so that Roberta’s mother can start sewing. Jules reminded Roberta and Emily that market stores take cash only. He asked the two to either pay the material out of their own pockets first or then get a refund or to wait until next week and get the money from Jules.
Set/Props: Charlie reported that the set and props team had to forget the idea of using a polystyrene ball as the moon/orb as a ball of the size we want would cost between £800 and £1000. Tanushka suggested using a gym/Swiss ball or to change the original idea into three smaller balls. Jules and others came up with the idea of using a see through balloon or lamp shades from Ikea.
As the tree Charlie mentioned that they will be using a real tree that will be painted or sprayed red.
Marketing/Publicity: The flyers are finished and will be sent off to Best Printing tomorrow. Jules is helping to make the e-flyers (resizing the pictures etc.) and will send those off tomorrow. Samara and Jenny have been working on creating a facebook.com event and Laura has created a page on myspace.com.
The group’s next project will be creating the programme. This means that we need headshots and a 50 word biography from everyone. We will approximately need between 200-300 programmes. However, they can me manufactured quite inexpensively. All we need is an A-4, colour copied, folded, simple programme. Jules offered to help with the layout. He said that it would be advantageously to create text boxes as they make the inserting of pictures easier.
Further we have democratically decided to write an inspirational biography about our peer partner which is to be sent via email to me by next Friday.
Lighting: There are no new queues so far. As soon as the running order is decided and all the scenes are ready we will continue with the lighting queues. Jules mentioned that he and Simeon will watch our run through on Thursday next week to be able to carry on working on the lighting queues.
Any other business: The dance floor will be picked up from Brighton on the 12th of March by Jules and Simeon.
This is Emma’s last week with us. She is going to send me the script so I can work with everyone on our individual rehearsal day.
Please do learn your lines from now on as the end is nigh!
We still need to find links in ancient Greek for the transitions of the text. And I will work out a last speech in ancient Greek to add to the last Bakkhai dance.
We also need the puppets’ speeches ready by next week.
We still need to think of how we are going to represent Aristaeus’ head. Roberta said that she will bring in a faceless head of her mother’s mannequin to see if we could use that. Please do not hesitate to bring in ideas.
Next meeting: Thursday, 13.03.2008
Friday, 7 March 2008
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes 4
Bakkhai Production Meeting Minutes
Date: Thursday, 28.02.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker, Charlene Webster, Laura Marston
Absentees: Shabanah Rehman
Sound/Music: The music is slowly being put together, and made up as we go. Tanushka mentioned that we will have mainly live music and singing on stage. Jules handed a CD with forest sounds to Zoë at the beginning of our rehearsals which we will be using soon for some of the scenes. Tanushka would like to make use of instrumental music as a backdrop to our live singing. We are also going to use track 06 from the CD with the Greek music, and water sounds for the ‘sea scene’. Tanushka like the idea of drumming for the more energetic and gritty scenes, such as the Bacchae dance.
Lighting: Samara told us today that she needs a list of all the scenes to be able to work out lighting queues. She has already worked on two queues so far, which she will send me in another email.
Costume: Today Emily and Roberta brought in different types of dresses as a basic template for our costume: one yellow, A-cut viscose dress with short sleeves and an empire line beneath the breast, and one silver, grey A-cut dress with not sleeves and lace on the front. Tanushka uttered that she liked the idea of having an empire line on the dresses to make a visual connection to the ancient Greek styles of dressing. She also said that she was not too sure about having body make up for everyone on stage. Jules made us aware of being careful with the use of grey facial make up as the dance floor we are going to move on is also grey. Roberta and Emily said that they were comparing prices of viscose material. In Brick Lane 40m T-shirt material cost £ 138. They are going to have a look at Peter Jones (Sloane Sq, London, SW1W 8EL, Tel. 020 77303434) as their variety is very big. Please make sure you know the budget to be used as soon as possible.
Set-Props: There has been some progress with the idea of having a 3-D orb/moon on stage. With the help of Jules and Simeon, Charlie and Shabs looked into the idea of assembled polystyrene balls, spheres and shapes on www.grahamsweet.com. Jules suggested having a full instead of an half orb as it might be more stable. It could be hung up above head high and balance in the air. As Shabs was absent at the production meeting today Charlie did not have the model box of the set with her.
Charlie came up with the idea of using a dead tree with roots from the local council, extend the branches and paint it red. The weapons and sticks for the witches can also leant against the tree. As a base for the tree we could use an artificial oasis. Jules proposed that we could build a (wo)man made trunk, attach artificial branches and paint them red or use red spray paint.
Marketing/Publicity: Jenny, Charlene and Laura have told us that they will have a final session tomorrow and make the final decision between two pictures. They will also be discussing colours and design for the flyers with Jules.
Any other business: We will be ale to book TMG 65 for Easter but this needs to be done very soon to make sure we have the room secured for us. I will book the room for our rehearsals as soon as I know when we will be coming in for rehearsals. Please let me all know your availability.
Next meeting date/time: Thursday, 06.03.2008
Date: Thursday, 28.02.2008
In attendance: Tanushka Marah, Julian Deering, Simeon Lewis, Charlotte Atkinson, Emily Dell, Roberta Edwards, Jenny Glithero, Samara Harrison-Moore, Naomi Wagner, Zoë Walker, Charlene Webster, Laura Marston
Absentees: Shabanah Rehman
Sound/Music: The music is slowly being put together, and made up as we go. Tanushka mentioned that we will have mainly live music and singing on stage. Jules handed a CD with forest sounds to Zoë at the beginning of our rehearsals which we will be using soon for some of the scenes. Tanushka would like to make use of instrumental music as a backdrop to our live singing. We are also going to use track 06 from the CD with the Greek music, and water sounds for the ‘sea scene’. Tanushka like the idea of drumming for the more energetic and gritty scenes, such as the Bacchae dance.
Lighting: Samara told us today that she needs a list of all the scenes to be able to work out lighting queues. She has already worked on two queues so far, which she will send me in another email.
Costume: Today Emily and Roberta brought in different types of dresses as a basic template for our costume: one yellow, A-cut viscose dress with short sleeves and an empire line beneath the breast, and one silver, grey A-cut dress with not sleeves and lace on the front. Tanushka uttered that she liked the idea of having an empire line on the dresses to make a visual connection to the ancient Greek styles of dressing. She also said that she was not too sure about having body make up for everyone on stage. Jules made us aware of being careful with the use of grey facial make up as the dance floor we are going to move on is also grey. Roberta and Emily said that they were comparing prices of viscose material. In Brick Lane 40m T-shirt material cost £ 138. They are going to have a look at Peter Jones (Sloane Sq, London, SW1W 8EL, Tel. 020 77303434) as their variety is very big. Please make sure you know the budget to be used as soon as possible.
Set-Props: There has been some progress with the idea of having a 3-D orb/moon on stage. With the help of Jules and Simeon, Charlie and Shabs looked into the idea of assembled polystyrene balls, spheres and shapes on www.grahamsweet.com. Jules suggested having a full instead of an half orb as it might be more stable. It could be hung up above head high and balance in the air. As Shabs was absent at the production meeting today Charlie did not have the model box of the set with her.
Charlie came up with the idea of using a dead tree with roots from the local council, extend the branches and paint it red. The weapons and sticks for the witches can also leant against the tree. As a base for the tree we could use an artificial oasis. Jules proposed that we could build a (wo)man made trunk, attach artificial branches and paint them red or use red spray paint.
Marketing/Publicity: Jenny, Charlene and Laura have told us that they will have a final session tomorrow and make the final decision between two pictures. They will also be discussing colours and design for the flyers with Jules.
Any other business: We will be ale to book TMG 65 for Easter but this needs to be done very soon to make sure we have the room secured for us. I will book the room for our rehearsals as soon as I know when we will be coming in for rehearsals. Please let me all know your availability.
Next meeting date/time: Thursday, 06.03.2008
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