Royalty Production
Friday
This day is the real beginning of our production. We have a company call together with actors for us to feel at ease with each other. The production introduced the purpose of the play, its importance to us and how this play will help actors on their personality development. “Acting onstage teaches you how to be comfortable speaking in front of large audiences, and this play will serve as your workshop that will give you additional experience in talking to groups. Oral communication skills are so important to your course that you can get from joining in our Royalty Production.–Mr. Darwin Chiang.
The director also tells something about Professor Cadiz, and introduced the whole staff and their position. We allotted time for the actors to tell something about themselves and tell them to feel comfortable with each other. Rules and regulation is the main objective of this company call. The director focused about the dos and don’ts of actors. He required his actors to be aware of the usual bad behavior which is not allowed in the production. Examples are: attitude problem, laziness/ tardiness primadona, disrespectful, etc. The director introduces the royal production; distribute the scripts, provide the rules and regulation of the prod and thank the talented actors who participate to make this play possible.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
The director is not around at this time The SM and ASM are assigned to take charge of the meeting The Publicity and PM also helps in managing the actors. The purpose of this meeting is to remind the actors to read and memorize the script. And we told them about the real characteristic of our director for them to be aware that he is strict and terror when it comes to real rehearsals. We also inform them to be flexible when it comes to rehearsal and adopt the late dismissal time. We told them to learn how to budget their time. They need to schedule their days very carefully if they want to keep up their grades while they’re busy with rehearsals, work calls, and the other demands that theatre makes on their time. SM and ASM also tell them to have motivation and commitment. Being involved in theatre productions demands commitment and motivation. These are qualities in many theatre students learn to transfer that attribute from theatre to other activities such as classes and jobs. We tell this to them for them to know the values that they can get from joining our production.
Royalty Production
Friday
Today is a company call of production staff. The director discussed about the production schedule, the budget and the deadlines. He also tells the Production team to prepare their money on January 15 for the preparation for the costumes, set design and props. The PM, SM and ASM get the copy of schedule and discuss it to their colleagues. The publicity is now ready preparing for more teasers which helps a lot for the publicity of our production. We also share some suggestion, questions, and comments for a better outcome of this play.
Royalty Production
Monday
We decided to start our rehearsal with our actors at AB 3rd floor. First, our director thanks the actors for attending the first rehearsal and for helping us to make this production possible. Cinderella, Minerva, Matilda, Stepmother and Hiwaga are the characters needed in this rehearsal. With SM, ASM, PM and Director we start rehearsing them in Act1, Scene1 (pgs.1-6). Some of the production staff are preparing for the assigned task to them. Before the director starts the practice, he gives the actors some advices, and warm up exercises which helps our actors to feel better and comfortable on acting. Followed by line throwing with emotions, and start the rehearsal with proper blockings, the characters execute the instruction of the director. The director guides the actors of what action and emotion in a particular scene they need to execute. He also lectured them how to throw their punch line in a better way and also emphasizes the right choreography. The SM writes everything that the director is trying to implement. Because the stepmother actor is late, the ASM take charge to stand-in for him. The PM prepared the food of the actors. On the whole, we end up successfully because the characters for this scene are easy to catch up. They easily follow the director’s instruction and act correctly. After the rehearsal the PM, ASM, SM and Director have forum to discuss about the previous performance of the actor.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
It’s the 2nd day of our rehearsal it’s for Scene2 (pgs.6-8). It ends up fast at
Royalty Production
Friday
We rehearsed at AB308 with our actors for Scene3 and 4 (pgs. 9-14). As a preparation the director provides actors some physical exercises which help our actors to feel better and comfortable on acting. He also taught them the Proper way of breathing and discussed about where the voice should came from. The director guided the actors to emphasized emotions in a particular scene and also focused on choreography. He reacted about actor’s punch lines because some of them can’t throw it in a proper way. Actors in this scene are Cinderella, F. God mother, P. Leonardo, Nona, Nene, Noni, Marigelca, and Lionel.
Facial Expression is the problem that we encountered in this rehearsal; some of the actors are nervous and not comfortable to act but we do something about it, as the rehearsal goes on, we observed their improvements and motivation to act. The SM wrote everything that the director wants to implement. The PM takes charge of preparing food for the actors and ASM assisted some actors which are too conscious and cannot act that comfortably. They all suggest and critique the performance. After the actor’s performance, the director reviewed their acting and discussed them the things they need to change and sustain. He talks about the importance of criticizing a performance and told his actors that he wanted to see improvement next practice. He also expects that the actors had already memorized their script next meeting.
Monday
As a preparation the director provides actors some physical exercises which help them to feel better and comfortable on acting. We rehearsed at AB305 with our actors from scene 1-4 for the run through of Act1. This time, the director taught the actors to be aware of their positions and blockings. He also guided the actors to know where to entrance and to exits and he added choreography for every scene. He also responds about actor’s punch lines because some of them can’t throw it in a proper way. It’s a drop script rehearsal, happily actors have already memorize their script.
Unfortunately, 3 major actors for this scene are absent and that’s the problem that we encountered in this rehearsal; some of the actors are now improving and comfortable to act. The SM stand in for Cinderella and Principe Leonardo, while the ASM stands as Stepmother and our PM takes charge of preparing food for the actors.
After the actor’s performance, the director reviewed their acting and discussed them the things they need to change and sustain. He criticized their performance and told his actors that he wanted to see improvement every practice.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
We have a company call at AB 4th floor
We observed that every practice, actors are improving and comfortable to act. The director polished every scene and accepted suggestion from his actors. As usual, our PM takes charge of preparing food for the actors. While the actors are eating, the director, SM and ASM analyzed their acting and discussed them the things they need to change and maintain. He criticized their performance and told his actors that he required that next rehearsal actors must already memorize the upcoming scenes.
Friday
We rehearsed at AB305 for the continuation of Scene5 with Cinderella, Hiwaga, Minerva, Matilda, Stepmother and Fairy God Mother. The director taught the actors their positions and blockings and he also (Mr. Chiang, director) added sequence of steps for “Mr. Dream Boy” a dance number which Cinderella, Hiwaga Nene, Noni, and Nona will execute. He told the actors to be aware of where to entrance and to exit. The SM writes everything that the director wanted to add or to change, while the ASM stand in as Stepmother and our PM takes charge of preparing food for the actors. After the actor’s performance, the director reviewed their acting and discussed them the things they need to change and sustain. He also gave the other staffs who are watching the rehearsal a chance to critique the actors acting. All in all it’s a good day rehearsal and we dismissed early. Job well done!
Royalty Production
Monday
A rehearsal for Act 1 Scene1-5 was done at AB 3rd floor. As our director told us, we the SM and ASM provided the actors some physical and vocal exercises which help them to feel better and comfortable on acting. All actors for Act1 are the characters that performed in this rehearsal. So far, so good and the only problem that our director always observed is the actors lack of facial expression. He gave them some lecture about the characteristic of a good actor. He also said that since this is a theater play, he wanted to see exaggerations on movement, voice and acting. All in all, the actors performed well but it needs more rehearsal to be perfect. After the actor’s performance, the director reviewed their acting and discussed them the things they need to change and sustain. He criticized their performance and told his actors that when he already told them to change the wrong one, he never wanted to see it again in the run through. He allows the actors to open their real feelings regarding this production (both positive and negative comments) and they told us that they really love and enjoyed our rehearsal. Our director wanted to polish this Act1 and decided to have another rehearsal on January 22.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
A continuation and polishing of Act 1 Scene1-5 was held at AB 3rd floor. Some of the Royalty Production Staff’s are watching the rehearsal. The SM and ASM provided the actors some physical and vocal exercises which help them to feel better and comfortable on acting. We observed that some of the actors are nervous because this is the first time that they performed in front of several audiences. Raven Urfano, Lenie Silverio, Gilbert Mata, and Jennifer Caravana, watched the rehearsal, while the SM writes everything that the director was trying to implement, ASM stand in for stepmother and the PM prepared the food of the actors. The director allowed the staff to comment about the actor’s performance and we discussed about the negative and positive observations. While the actors were eating, Raven Urfano and director Chiang criticized the actors acting. They told the actors of what are the things that they need to sustain and the things that they need to change. The rehearsal was good and the actors were able to express their feelings and they accepted the critique heartedly. The critique of the staff serves as the realization of the actors to improve their acting. The director told them to act freely, and always think that nobody is watching. We encourage the actors to be comfortable to have a successful play.
Royalty Production
Monday
The director decided to rehearse Act2 Scene 1 and one of the objective of Royalty Production is to budget our time, Direct Chiang don’t want to waste time so, since some of the actors are not available for the practice, because of preparing their midterm exam, he strong-willed to continue our rehearsal even if only Cinderella and Prince Leonardo are the only actors who are available. This practice was focused on our two major characters, for them to be more confident in working with each other. He also wanted to see closeness, sweetness, and eye to eye contact in every scene to have a good impact to the audiences. This rehearsal pays attention to the blockings, choreography, and enhancing the voices of Cinderella and Prince Leonardo because they are lack of voice and that’s the only problem that we encounter in this rehearsal.
Facial expression and the proper way of getting “bakya” (the Pinoy version of Cinderella’s shoe) was the scene which Prince Leonardo was taking a hard time of executing it. And our director told him to develop that scene by practicing it in their house. Time Management is important in the success of this production. So, instead of canceling the rehearsal, the two available characters were rehearsed so that there are no wasted time/ days. Staff and these two actors ate their dinner at 7-eleven.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
Company call at AB 4th floor Study Room Area at exactly
After our meeting, we rehearsed at AB303 (
Royalty Production
Tuesday
Finally we’ve reached the last scene. This time the director decided that after the last scene, there will be a run through from the beginning (Act1) up to the last scene. All of the actors are needed in this rehearsal, but unhappily, the 3 actors Nene, Nena, and Nona didn’t attend the rehearsal because they have a midterm exam for tomorrow. The SM is not around at this time and ASM take charge of writing for some added materials/ changes in the script. Using Adlib is the main subject matter that director implied to the actors. Since our play is comedy, the actors are trained to use impromptu lines (adlib) for them to know what to do especially when they forgot their lines/ script. We observe the actors and we see their motivation and commitment in this play. We’ve also have a company call and the PM give the staffs their copy of waiver which asks permission to let their son/daughter to have an overnight to plan for the set and props. The director told us that we should move and start doing jour jobs which are assigned to us. The costume has already have their materials and the props and set design canvass for supplies to use.
Royalty Production
Friday
Vocalization is the main objective of this rehearsal. The director decided to teach them the songs that the actors are going to perform. The PM gave them a copy of the lyrics and the ASM teaches the actors some vocalization exercises. They had their singing exercises at FEU grand stand for them to maximize their voice. SM (Nofh
After the vocalization, the director called for a run through. This time, the director put some inserts and guides the actors of what action and emotion in a particular scene they need to execute. He also lectured them how to throw their punch line in a better way and also emphasizes the right choreography. “Work with your Imagination!!” this motto is always shouted by Direct Chiang to motivate the actors to act naturally. The actors performed well and they really enjoy this rehearsal. They also suggest some movements, and adlib for the beautification of the play. The director told them to be alert, confident, and have concentration on to what their doing so that they can produce a good play.
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Royalty Production
Monday
We rehearsed at AB 4rt floor for the dance workshop. Dancing and teaching the choreography for Queen of the night and Mr. Dream boy is the main focus of this rehearsal. With the help of Ms. Jocelyn Sugon, the actors executed the steps and blockings one by one. They enjoy every dance steps and this rehearsal helps them to be more confident in terms of moving their body freely. Some of the actors already saw their costume and fits them for the sewer to know if there’s an adjustment. All in all, the actors performed well but it needs more rehearsal to be perfect. After the actor’s performance, the director reviewed their acting and discussed them the things they need to sustain or change. The director allowed the staff to comment about the actor’s performance and we discussed about the negative and positive observations.
Royalty Production
Tuesday
It’s the continuation of our dance preparation. We rehearsed at AB 4rt floor for teaching the dance routine for the Wedding Grand ball, continuation of Mr. Dream Boy and also a dance number of Cinderella and Prince Leonardo. With the help of Ms. Jocelyn Sugon and her friend, the actors carry out the steps and blockings. They were informed for the scheduled and we discussed them about the TDR. So far, we don’t encounter some problems in our actors. The director told the ASM that tomorrow by
Royalty Production
Friday
“The theatre is a collaborative effort of giving and doing. That means that a person cannot do theatre alone. Every member must be a part of a cohesive community”. It’s our company call at AB 4rt floor and those are the statements that was emphasize by our director. He told us that every one of us should respect and help each other either it is assigned to us or not. This company call is allotted for the discussion of those staff that has an attitude problem. The director decided to have an open forum to discussed those problems and talk to each of us regarding the improvement of our task.
After our company call, we had a run through together with all the actors. We rehearsed from Act1 up to the last scene for our preparation for tomorrow’s (TDR). Technical Dress Rehearsal. We rehearsed at AB 4rt floor and the director polished each scene. We remind them about the scheduled and meeting place for tomorrow. They are all excited and they gave all of their best for tonight’s rehearsal. But still, there are some minor problems that they need to enhance.
Royalty Production
Friday
Finally, it is the day that we are waiting for. The TDR (Technical Dress Rehearsal) wherein were going to perform all the scenes that we rehearsed for the past 2 and a half months. We are all excited and really wanted to perform in front of our professor (Ms. Cadiz) to know and to hear all the critiques coming from her so that we are able to develop our acting skills and other things concerning our production play. The call time for actors is
Royalty Production
Feb.18, 19, 21,22,26,28
These days were focused in polishing and rehearsing the actors for a good play this coming March1. After we heard the critiques of Prof. Cadiz we hurriedly worked for it. Rehearsing with sounds, awareness of blockings, adlibs, choreography and all theater elements was polished for an excellent outcome of the play. All of the staffs are busy doing their tasks. Happily, all of us (Royalty Prod) are helping each other and doing their part for this production. Our PM told us to prepare all the papers/ sheet to compile for our Production Book. Everybody is busy, the actors are improving and all of us are doing our best for the success of this play. All of the things that we need to improve were always discussed at the end of each meeting. Facial expression, confidence, emotions, voice, blockings, sounds, acting, and all of the aspects were always informed to the actors every now and then. We are so happy for having our actors because they help us to produce a unique and beautiful play that our audiences will surely like.
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