Intentions

The clowns intentions within the play Mirror Mirror are to .......

• Communicate with the audience
• Bring the mood and atmosphere back up after a serious scene
• To show the rediculousness of the media, society and popular culture

The contrast between the auguste clown and the white face clown shows the contrast from being to serious and not serious at all.

These three main points are the basis of why the clowns exist in the play and are demonstrated through each scene they are in.

AT HOME

Action: Mimicing the mum and the girl dancing.

Intention: Communicating with the audience

Action: Parade Enters

Intention: Communicating with the audience

FAIRYTALES

Action: *Old Dame Duck*

Intention: Communicate to the audience the ideas in the girls head.

Action: Bringing the frame on

Intention: Allows the girl to look at herself in the mirror during the speech about the wicked mirror.

Action: Mimicing the mothers speech

Intention: to mommunicate with the audience

IN THE PLAYGROUND

Action: Mimicing the girls

Intention: Showing the rediculousness that the society, media and popular culture play on young girls.

BALLET SCHOOL

Action: Mimicing madame

Intention: To bring the mood back up after the serious moment of the girl being told she was too curvey ( a moment when the girl begins to think she is fat)

DANCING PONIES

Action: Act as a dancing pony

Intention: to show the rediculousness of the media, society and popular culture

FIRST CHECK UP

Action: The scene between the clowns

Intention: to bring the mood up after the serious doctor moment.

ACT TWO

SIDESHOW ALLEY

Action: Moving mirrors around the girl

Intention: to show the rediculuosness of media, society and popular culture

Action: Laughing Clowns

Intention: to show the rediculousness of the media, society and popular culture & to communicate with the audience

HYPNOTIST

Action: Mirror Scene

Intention: to communicate with the audience

BACK TO THE GP

Action: the tango

Intention: to show the rediculousness of the media, society and popular culture

REFLECTIONS

Action: Circle around the voice and girl

Intention: ????

OTHER SCENES (dont know where they are, i tried to find them)

Action: Girl on the typrope, reaction to her falls

Intention: communicating with the audience

Action: looking at the girl whilst liking fairy floss

Intention: to show the rediculousness of the media, society and popular culture.

simon is envious of victoria's blogging talent ~ simons quote

White face clown costuming

<----------- ME & MICHAEL HAHAHAHA



Extending on the last blog.
Even with Allys wonderful suggestions (white top and knee his) i still feel as through this will not be enought to help me feel like my character in my costume.
I have decided to do some further reseach so i myself am aware of the costuming needed for the whiteface clown.
And to also gain other ideas to which i can contribute to my costume and character development. Enabeling me to achieve the best mark i possibly can.

Costume: The costume will fit well. Satins, sequins, rhinestones and theatrical fabrics (shiny, flashy, beaded, etc.) can be used. A one or two piece jumper worn with a ruff is the most common Whiteface costume. However, a two piece suit or tuxedo style is also acceptable. The costume including the accessories should be color coordinated. Shoes can be large or small but should be simple. Gloves should always be worn. in lieu of only the skull cap. The color of the wig is generally chosen to accent another color in the costume.

http://cheesecakeandfriends.com/c-types.htm#IV-A


Whiteface clowns (for more information see the Types of Clowns page)
Whiteface clowns are the clowns that have their entire face covered in a base of white makeup and then have their facial features highlighted by colors of makeup. Whiteface clowns are often the more serious of the clowns, they are often skilled in doing certain items, be it juggling. They take pride in showing up the auguste clowns and tramps. There are two types of whiteface clowns: Neat (Classic) Whiteface and Comic (Grotesque) Whiteface. One main key to whiteface clowns is that no skin should show through their makeup or costume, the effect of the overall look is of a doll come to life.

Neat (Classic) Whiteface
Neat whiteface clowns are often seen as the classic whiteface clowns with small features which only highlight the facial features and not exaggerate them, they also do not usually wear wigs, only having a skullcap to cover their hair. (The classic French Pierrot clown is a good example of this). Whiteface costumes are often very simple and regal looking and are well coordinated suits. These clowns are often very regal and proper in appearance and character. This character is traditionally very skilled (they can juggle, perform magic or play a musical instrument). Their characters are portrayed as being smart and tormenting to the auguste clowns.

Comedy (Grotesque) Whiteface
The comedy whiteface clown (like Rocky) is similar to the neat whiteface in only that the skin is covered entirely in a white base of makeup. However, their facial features are more exaggerated (broad wide mouths, bulbous noses) and they are often seen with a bright colorful shock of hair. The wardrobe of the comic whiteface is still fairly well coordinated but more exaggerated than the neat whiteface. These clowns think that they are as skilled as the neat whiteface, but often fail. Grotesque whiteface clowns are not as knockabout or as fallible as the augustes but are more exaggerated characters than the neat whiteface. Ronald McDonald and Bozo are good examples of comic whiteface clowns.

http://cheesecakeandfriends.com/c-faq.htm#Q2a

Whiteface
A Whiteface Clown covers all their flesh with either make up or clothing. They start by covering their face and neck with a coating of clown white greasepaint. Then they add features to that.

Often use skull cap to appear bald, and wears elaborate glitzy costumes. In Europe, a true European Whiteface clown accents their ears with red, uses their own hair or a black wig, and wears a specific style of spangled costume.

http://www.charliethejugglingclown.com/types.htm


MAKEUP IDEAS
These images are so good!! (preferably the one on the left hehe)




more ideas to help me feel my character in costume

• White stockings with jiffy's.
• Pantaloon's with excess hemmed material around the elasticated parts with yellow ribbon
• Gloves.......??? i need to be fully covered.
• White long sleeve top
• Bow in hair.
• Yellow Wig.

What do you think people???

Any suggestions i can suggest for the dress part?

I was thinking.....

Well finally the tickets are on sale and completed. Thanks to anyone that helped me and holly get them ready for today, it was greatly appreciated. And on that note a big fat reminder that the show is not very long away. Although i do give everyone snaps on how far we have come. I believe that with this entire weeks to work on bits that are troubling us and run through we will be ok.

On another note, some of the costumes arrived today. I just wanted to say well done ally on the ballet school costumes and the ringmaster and assistants costume, they look really good. Also to maddy and adele who helped out with the sewing... it looks great.

Now dont take offense to this at all ally as this is not what i am intending to do, but i have been advised to write a blog on my first thoughts of my costumes as this is a pivotal thought process which is needed to produce a successful Group Analysis. In no way am i trying to offend you.

On first thoughts of seeing my costumes i thought that the pantaloons were good, and although the dress was too long (and adjustments needed to be made) i thought it was ok also. My main worry with my costume is that i will find it very hard to work as my character through the clothing. At the moment i feel like a blue blob.

I guess the only thing i can do is make suggestions to help me find my character easier through my costume. Once the dress has been hemmed there will be alot of material left over. I was thinking this could be used to make sleeves, pockets and a coller. Also some additions could include some frills around the edge of the color, sleeves and pockets and also make a half circle around my neck to wear buttons could also be added. Other additions could include as ive said buttons ribbons, frills and stripy socks. If you could get back to me ally about what you think about my additions i will be more than happy do these myself as these are additions that will help me more with my characters developments and i dont feel that it is your or maddy or adeles responsibilities.

Also today Ms Mace asked me how i feel my characters hair and makeup would be. I was imagining a teased ball of hair with a colour co-ordinated bow. I would do this by sectioning my hair into pony tails, teasing, hair spraying and adding the bow.

Please dont take offense to these suggestions ally, its not what i was intending to do, i just need some help in developing my character and using my costume to do that also.

Other than that good work people at todays rehearsal.
Keep it up
Love lots
Victoria
xoxox

Well today i realised that we are almost through act one. Which means it took us 3 weeks to get through it which means on thursday (tomorrow) we can go through all of act one, pritty much.

Anyways, on the note of todays rehearsal, incase anyone hasnt noticed, im finding it difficult to mimic madame. I dont have a clue what to do, however ive thought of some things....

• hitting michaels "flab" sorry michael
• shacking head in frustration
• walking up and down looking michael up and down
• saying a few lines like..... "Again. Again", " You, girl", "Extend, extend"
• Fixing and pulling at michaels arms

thats as far as my thoughts have gone really, like i said.. im having trouble with it.

So tonight i have decided to write out on word sheets of acts and scenes for the scenes we have already gone through telling me my lines (if any) ques and what i am to do in each scene. One i have done that they will be hanging around my room to remind me. Clever hey!!

anyways thats all for now

guess ill see you all tomorrow after school for run throughts of ACT ONE!!! YAY

only three weeks left.... im kinda scared.

much love people

xx

Rehearsals Have Begun!!

Well the new term has started and so has our rehearsals for Mirror.

The two rehearsals in the holidays I found very helpful as we were able to set foundations for our characters, which was great as I was able to find a particular work for the whiteface clown. I have found the whiteface clown to be quite snobby, which is hard when it comes time to have fun with the other clowns as I become confused as to whether I should embrace the fun or continue being snobby towards them, although this being the case the character development has will continue to unravel.

FAIRY TALES
During the first week back at school we began blocking the scene Fairy Tales and I was also able to take on another role, Old Dame Duck. I will be playing this character as a clown attempting to act as an old dame duck. The importance of the character old dame duck is to highlight the story of the ugly duckling and in particular highlight the line

"A women’s work is never done"

I believe the dame duck highlights that as a woman who wants to loose weight often they believe their work is never done, thus anorexics are produced. And even then they still believe their work is not done.

Also in this scene the two clowns enter carrying in a frame to hold in front of the girl. Imp not sure what the purpose of this is. This could perhaps nothing to do with the clowns but more so for the girl who picks and pulls at her face as she begins to believe she is like the ugly duckling.

The final part for the clowns in this scene is to act out the mother’s story. I believe the purpose of the clowns in this particular part of the scene is to provide comic relief and enable the audience to see the story on stage rather than visualizing which could become boring for the audience.

AT HOME
(Roll Up Roll Up)
As a part of the circus troops the clowns walk around the stage performing minor tricks. Purpose: to introduce the aspect of the circus within the disease anorexia.

It has helped me to talk about the purpose of the clowns for each scene blocked as of now. I'm looking forwards to finding out further purpose for my character and developing the clown character some more.

Holly and I have also decided to help with backstage with the tickets. This will be fun as we will be able to be creative with the cover of Mirror Mirror and help out wit the backstage aspect of the play.