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"We don't have to take our clothes off"

This lesson we focused on completing Alice's part of our masterpiece, focusing and incorporating R.A.D.S this is our end product of the lesson, it is still incomplete however we will develop this in the future.






0.00-0.20- Here you can see that we used the canon aspect of R.A.D.S to symbolize that we are waking up in unison and getting ready to do a 'morning routine'.


0.28-0.32- We had previously discussed what we do when we get up in the morning, everyone said they look at their mobile phones, we thought picking our phones up symbolizes this.


0.34-0.39- This movement incorporates the word 'flow' from dynamics. The movement is very free in terms of moving our arms and represents us stretching/waking up.


0.56-1.00- This movement again is a another form of a free movement (dynamics) as well as it being in unison, however this time we incorporate the whole use of our upper torso. I feel this movement represents how girls are moulded into this specific ideology that girls are meant to conform to, hence us identically together.


1.06-1.13- We also wanted to use the word 'Contrast' from relationships in this piece, we created a contrasting speed in the way which we create 'pathways on the floor'. We use slow motion to create a sense of slowing time and then create a 'sudden' movement of walking at a faster pace. This also represents how girls may have so much going in their lives, their image portrayed to the world is the most important.
 
1.31-1.39- the last not really movement but action we complete is writing on Alice's, we felt we needed to incorporate this as it is the climax of our piece, it ultimately is the tell all as we are writing the derogatory terms that women/girls are called everyday. We just wanted to highlight this.


Cameron

In this video, from the start, Cameron is out of time. He is always one beat behind everyone else, perhaps this is due to him not remembering all of the movements and relying on his peripheral vision to see what other people are doing. Furthermore, his musicality in the way he carries himself on stage is very sloppy, For example, the 'free' movement where we lean on each other, his arms are very loose. This is okay though as it's only the first time we have worked on this piece and Cameron being a very clumsy person out of performing arts.

Alice

Alice is on time throughout the piece, the way she carries herself is very smooth. She is very expressive in her face which coincides with her projection as she moves on stage.

Chloe

Chloe is also on time, however during the movement where we shake our body she seems to forget what she is doing so it looks like Alice is bumping into her, she also isn't dedicated to the sway either. In contrast, the way she carries herself during the rest of the piece is perfect.

Will
 
Will is dedicated to his musicality which keeps him in time. He doesn't seem to rely on anyone to remember his movements either. His projection in terms of his movement is clear throughout the piece. 



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