September 30 - Critiques

Everyone	Go through your script and mark your parts. Underline verbs for stress. Hit verbs more than any other words.  Circle consonants. Pedestrians: More people noises and remember the phone, Blake. Know which way the wind is blowing and lead with your umbrella that way. Watch standing in a straight line. All girls need to deepen voices. Walk slowly behind the curtain. Everyone needs to slow down vocally. PRONUNCIATIONS Gmork      GUH mork Atreyu      Ah –TRAY-you Artax         R’tax Cairon       KAY-ron Eribo         Eh-REE-bo Morla        Mor-la Ygramul    ee-GRAY-mul Falkor        FALL core Engywook    ENG –gee-wuk Urgl            RRR gul Uyulala       You-you-LA-la We will use Kaydee as the main NOTHING.  When we need others to pull people away, we will use the other assigned NOTHINGS.  Great job, overall.  Thanks to Lindsey for filling in for Jonah.  She will be his understudy.  Remember, we have to have this under 40 MIN by next week. You can do this. I have faith in you!!!! Thanks to the girls who helped with the phone.  We will have other things that we need done.
Sunni	Cheat to the audience at the beginning – Bully Be more natural and cheat out toward the audience.  You are the elder so work on being older.
Riley	Diction and Louder . Go through your script and mark your parts. Underline verbs for stress. Hit verbs more than any other words.  Circle consonants. I need to send the movie home with you. React to the wind. Try to hide the book. You need to put it in your backpack. Talk so that the audience “gets” you are talking to yourself.
Evan	Put in pauses as if it is a real conversation and use diction.  Go through your script and mark your parts. Underline verbs for stress.  Circle consonants. Watch saying “just left the store” until he leaves.
Kadyn	Fix your hat. Look meaner crossing down stage. Diction in meeting Bastian. Go through your script and mark your parts. Underline verbs for stress. Hit verbs more than any other words.  Circle consonants.
Drew	Great job at the beginning  & as Falkor
Jonathan	Don’t fade in phone ringing.
Brooke	Louder as the teacher.
Payton	Be louder and more regal.
Sunni and Ashlynn	Watch standing in a straight line.
Morlas	Louder, deeper voices and older.
Blake	Walk slower behind the curtain.

The Journey Begins

The Neverending Story (Atreyu and the Great Quest) is a drama adapted by David S. Craig and based on the novel by Michael Ende. The story "begins with Bastian, a lonely boy, who stumbles into a curious bookshop where he discovers a curious book - The Neverending Story.  Bastian hides in the attic of his school and begins to read, and a huge adventure surges into life."

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