Noxious Dance Company presents The Witches...
At the beginning of todays lesson, we had another Production meeting. The first thing we did was get into our Production group - mine being Marketing, Publicity and Fundraising. On Mondays lesson (28/09/15) Julia told our group to think about a name for our show and dance company and come in with a list of them this lesson. We all had a list of the names we liked. On the Dance Company list we all had the name Poison Dance Company. We all liked this name as it didn't give away what the show was about, but was still obvious at the same time. None of us had any really good names for the show, so we had to brainstorm. We came up with a few, except one stood out which we all agreed was unique. This was Sweet Dreams. This is because it is completely the opposite to what the show is actually about, yet it fits the theme of part of the show. We also spoke about the logo. We did not talk about what we wanted on it, however Malachy said that he was getting his dad to create some ideas for us. We then spoke a little bit about Fundraising, but not much. We planned a Cake sale for Monday, however after speaking later on in the meeting, there was a group decision for it not to be done then.
After this, the whole class came and sat in a massive circle. We went round each Production group and heard their ideas. The first group was ours. We said our company name and everyone liked it. However, Julia said she wanted something different and unique. We came up with a few unusual ones, but after researching the word Poison, a word stood out. We all really liked it, so Julia wrote it down. We then said the Show name. Not many people liked it as they didn't understand it. A few names went back and forth in the circle, but nothing really stood out. Julia then said she would speak to Josie and they would make the final decision and tell us at the end of the lesson.
The next group was costume. They spoke about their ideas for what the costumes should look like. Some of the ideas I liked and some of them I found a little unusual. Next we went to the Front of House. Poppy told us about the Hoodies and T-shirts. She asked us all what colours we wanted and what we wanted on the jumpers. A few colours and choices of things we wanted on it was said, but nothing was finalised. We then went to rehearsal directors who spoke about how our last rehearsal went. Both rehearsals were not that good so we were all told by Julia that they needed to improve significantly if we wanted the show to be a success. Then we went to the Assistant Choreographers who told us about their routine and what was involved in it. Finally, we went to props. They spoke about how we would need things like chairs for The Conference dance, goggles for the making of the potion and gloves for the witches to wear.
At the end of todays lesson, Julia and Josie told us their decision of the name of our show. They said the name of our Dance Company was going to be Noxious Dance Company. They then told us that after lots of discussions, they came to the decision that the show would be called The Witches. I am happy with both of these. This is because Noxious is an unusual name, yet means the same thing as Poison. Also, I like the fact that we kept the name of the show the same as the film/book. This is because its easier for people to identify what our show will be about and also it sounds good.
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