In todays lesson we sorted out everyone's costumes for our children's theatre. We had previously made notes of what colours we wanted to wear and possible pieces of clothing people could wear to represent certain characters and/or feelings/emotions. For example, we would all be one particular colour and then we would have different coloured spots. I.E. red with green spots, blue with yellow spots etc. However, upon further analysis we decided to completely change our idea in order to distinguish between certain characters easier. For example, me and Charlotte are two, civilian monsters who are part of 'The Story Stealer patrol'. Therefore it would make sense if we wore the same thing.
We looked through the costume cupboard and tried to find as many brightly coloured pieces of clothing as possible. From the bundle we made we picked out two pink camo print onesies, with yellow polo shirts. We then were given green and black striped tights which we cut up and made into sleeves. We decided that these costumes looked more interesting than our original ideas and looked more furnished and professional rather than throwing together a simple plain coloured top with spots. We felt this would seem more realistic in terms of us 'having a job' in our piece and therefore both of us wearing a 'uniform'.
We decided that Harry - The Wise Wizard - would need a beard and a hat to distinguish him as 'The Wizard'. Whilst looking through the costume cupboard we found many types of beards and many different hats. We tested out different combinations and colours to see what worked and what didn't. For example, the first thing we tried was a long, grey wig which in some sense looked incredible. However, we felt that it made Harry look more homeless than wizardly so we got rid of it. We then tried different hats ranging from Witch - Gnome. We settled on the stereotypical witch/wizard hat. We felt this was important as it would be something the children would recognise as a magical being and therefore would be easier to believe/understand.
For the Story Stealer we wanted this to contrast with all the other characters in order to create a strong presence. Therefore, we thought that 'The Story Stealer' would wear mainly dark clothing with the possibilities of colour here and there. The main elements of 'The Story Stealer' would be a long, black cloak and a black top hat/hat. This would create a slight uneasy atmosphere when this character enters the scene and would engage the children as their is a different kind of energy on stage/present.
Once we had worked on costumes we then started to work on our boxes and props that we need in order for our scene to be successful. Therefore, Charlotte started working on the keys and painted them in a sparkly gold paint. These are a crucial part to our performance as they are one of the few tasks the children have to accomplish whilst taking part in our performance. i.e. Find three keys in order to open the box to make the Story Stealer good again.
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