8th May 2014

Today our group had motivation, straight away every individual knew what we needed to do to our choreography, however Kat asked us to name 2 tasks that we was going to complete by the end of todays lesson ours were ;

• Change the House choreography
• Start/ Finish the Climax

We therefore did not waste time we started to rehearse the choreography to the cut music, when we got to the climax we counted how much we had left, we was shcoked with how long we actually had ir was 3x8 maximum, therefore we knew we could get this finished today. We already had a starting point of whom was going to be taken first by the Tsunami, this was Honor.
I wanted this section to be poweful, with a range of lifts, jumps, freezes, something different that the audience was not going to expect and because it was the climax, I felt this needed to the most powerful section, this piece was not just about the choreography but also about interpreting each character that everyone had chosen, therefore mine was a mum, So I knew I needed a range of emotions these were ;

• panicing
• stressed
• upset
• angry

Facial expressions for this part were a big intake so the audience would feel involved with the choreography, therefore on one part I  do a Jazz based jump and reachy out to the audience miming  'help' this can look very effective If I use eye contact straight to the audience, showing facial expressions so they know exactly how I feel and feel engaged throughout the whole piece.

One we recapped on all the sections we had, once we felt confident, we walked through the house section remembering about the peers feedback from last week, we all remembered the section that they said we should change, from last week I tried a few house moves out, the house moves I chose I just made alot more powerful and big, engaging the core alot more, making the top half more contemporary because were moving with the music alot more. I showed my peers this section and they liked it so we chose to have this, however we needed a count due to the time managment being of timewith the beat for this section, therefore we chose to put in a shuffle, this therefore then went with the music and looked alot more of the narrative of the tsunami taking us, due to Tsunami's normally taking you from the bottom, legs, therefore the legs need to be powerful, showing this expression and this is what we did, I just kept remembering everyone to exaggerate and extend the leg movements alot more, as this looked alot more effective and not like a choreographed house section, I felt pleased with this section and one we drilled this ongoing throughout the lesson, we then felt at a right stage to start the climax.

Transformations had been developed in the house section, therefore the lines were different this would now effect the order of who got killed, yet we then thought this would still work and we can still go with the order we chose, I felt this actually helped more due to using spacial awareness alot more and more of the space, due to different transitions and more going on than standing in one place, this linked physically with a Tsunami as it will not just stay on one spot it spreads everywere.

Alternatively, we started the Climax, we knew who was going to die first so everyone had one count of 8 to show in choreography that the Tsunami was taking them down, everyone struggled with this, I felt we was thinking to much as we wanted it to be big and energetic, however it looked more effectively when individuals freestyled. The Tsuami is very dramatic and touching on a section that Billie and Honor get taken away due to them having a moment were they grab on to each other and hug for the last time. When watching this the emotions are dramatic and emotional, therefore I hope the audience feel the same for this.

At the end is were Rob will die however due to the change in music this is very sad, slow and an upsetting atmosphere, therefore everyone felt that Rob should be taken away, while myself is hanging onto him with one hand while the strong Tsunami is pulling him away, I want this piece to be dramatic and alot more contemporary, showing emotions until the end, were theres that slight pause at the end were we both look directly emotionally into each others eyes and then 'let go' then there will be an over voice emotionally of the mother explaining sadly what has happend.
We have already decided on the costumes, we are representing ' Blur' tops and on each one has a graphic of either clouds, sun and water as this represents, Earth, water, fire for the elements but also each one of these is effected to start a Tsunami.
Also we have already started speaking about the lighting, we want this quite nuetral, with the look of water, like blue and white and we have thought for the ending we want 3 spot lights one of Honor on the ground, seperate to the same with billie and then myself and rob, then blackout, with just the over speach for the ending, as this is very emotional and feel it will emotioanlly and physically touch the audience.

I am pleased of were we have got up to, choreographing wise due to having 3 sections complete out of 4 sections, the climax is sorted aswell as the start, and now we just have 2x8 for the ending, we chose ellen from acting to do the over speech and was very proud of the outcome, I feel possitive and by end of lesson  next thursday our choreography will be complete.