Double Performing Arts Lesson (23rd November)

In today's lesson we decided to work mainly on the 'Great Feast' which was the ending scene. We discussed what sort of theatrical techniques we wanted to include. We agreed it needed to be the most exciting scene in the entire play so we decided to included more physical theatre such as round by throughs and lifts.

While James, Lorna, Rhiannon and Charlie were discussing their fox scenes with Miss McSherry. Lewis Olly and I started devising the scene. Olly and Lewis began by standing wither side of the stage with a chair each and I at the back in the middle of the stage. Lewis and Olly started walked across the stage going past each other with a round by through placing their chairs down on either side of the stage and I came on and placed my chair centre stage. This was the beginning of our 'Great Feast scene'.
Once we were satisfied with our start we introduced the other to our opening which they liked however we still had include the others into the scene as well as dialogue. We began working on the dialogue. We agreed for simplicity we'd have the majority of the dialogue narration (from Olly).

We suggested ideas on how we would finish the play and we all agreed that a song would be the best idea so we could end on a high for the little kids. That left us with the task of which song would be use? As it was a feast Miss McSherry suggested 'food glorious food' from Oliver, and i suggested 'You've got a friend' from Toy Story.
The majority of the class preferred my idea because although 'food glorious food' was more fitting for a feast we agreed children this age are more likely to have seen Toy Story than Oliver so they would be more likely to know the song and join in with us.

    We also included a lot of movement to the song too:

• During the first verse, Mr Fox's sing in an attempt to get Badger in the mood to dance and sing but at first fails. But after laying across him, Badger gets up and gets more energetic.
• During the second verse, The Fox Cubs share a moment to display their strong sibling bond by singing together.
• During the third verse, Rabbit sings, "Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am," while pointing to Moles head. Then Mole sings, "Bigger and Stronger too, maybe," and points to Rabbits flexed biceps. Mrs Fox proceeds to Mr Fox whilst singing the rest of the verse and when she sings, "It's me and you," she kisses him on the cheek followed by some jeering and wolf-whistles from the other animals.
• For the last verse,  Mr Fox continues singing whilst walking to the front. On, "And as the years go by," his wife and the cubs join him in a line. On, "Our friendship will never die," the rest of the animals join in the line. On the first, "You've got a friend in me," afterwards, Rabbit, Mole and Badger walk to the back. On the second. The Fox Cubs run to the back. On the third, Mr and Mrs Fox walk to the back. The song shall fade out with waves and goodbyes from the animals.