MULAN NOTES – Week of 07/11/16 – 07/15/16

 MULAN JR. NOTES- 

Pg. 15 Cody have sound affects for thunder, wind, marching, and avalanche. 

Ancestors look out to audience when saying lines.

Pg. 20- Megann Halford is lost in song.  Jenna and Mya please be in charge of Megann and helping her get the choreography correct.  We trust you two because you know what you are doing.

Pg. 25- Autumn don’t do the pose until they yell Mulan! Strong Soldier Pose!

Pg. 26- Don’t look down Mushu.

Pg. 26- Mulan come out during Mushu’s last monologue, to get ready for scene.  Dovetail scene exits and entrances.

Pg. 28- Drew be more Downstage in scene.  Drew wait 2/3 count after every line to make it slower and lower your voice more for the character.

Pg. 28- Mushu work on the poses behind the tapestry. RUSHED loses comedy!

Pg. 38- Haley be serious during the scene when hitting the wooden block. You body should be positioned straight out at attention-Don’t slump-Focus out. Sharp focus out!

Pg. 42- Kenzie pick up the chair, instead of dragging it on ground. But thanks for taking it off-Can you bring it on?

Pg. 43- Drew stay in character throughout the show, even if something goes wrong. You can’t show your mistakes. Your old man’s voice is inconsistant.

Pg. 43- Good job Zoe on commanding the stage, continue to develop the character. We need to work your vocal-You are doing too much with mouth movements.

Pg. 43- Jaxon be a little louder on your line going to fight for father.

Pg. 44- A lot of people have “shy hands” meaning they hold their arms, or put their arms and hand behind them acting nervous.  We will work on what to do with your hands. Don’t grab your arms.

Pg. 49- There should be no scripts on stage. (Hannah)  Please call for line, and I’ll happily give it to you.

Pg. 50- Mushu play every punctuation and have pauses between your sentences.  You’re speeding through everything. You look down a lot-Focus Mushu up and out.

-Mushu you keep adjusting your clothes-you lose physical of Mushu

Pg. 52- Prisoners don’t smile.  (Mya/Goodnight)

Pg. 52- Ethan actually pick up Liu-Mya (WORK) in the air in front of you when talking to her.

Pg. 55- Mushu don’t look down. Focus up and out.

Pg. 60- John Carter are you going to dance in the song?  If you want to be in the scene, you have to learn the choreography.

Pg. 61- Autumn you were lost in what was going on.  Call for line.

Pg. 65- Christian make sure you jump. On sword swipe

Pg. 74- Huns there should be no smiling.  Have windows in the front and back to make sure we see all the Huns.

Pg. 79- Aiden you should be looking left and right and everywhere for your father.

Pg. 80- Everyone in scene should go down on their knees to honor Shang’s father.

Pg. 82- We will work on the avalanche scene.

Pg. 86- Mushu say the lines, don’t wait for the Huns to begin to awake.

Pg. 87- Shan Yu say the lines out to the audience.

Pg 82. Elizabeth and Katherine you cannot smile and giggle as Chinese soldiers-Take it seriously

Pg. 87- Mushu don’t wait for music cues.

Pg. 89- Don’t prompt lines for other actors. (Hannah)

Pg. 89- Stay forward Emperor, don’t move around.

Pg. 90- Dylan work on your diction.  It’s becoming hard to understand what you are saying.

Pg. 91- Chenongsam is supposed to be Haley, not Megan Sumpter.

Pg. 96- Don’t stop for music. (Aiden/Hannah) Keep going even if music does not play

Pg. 96- There should be two circles Mulan and Shan Yu.

Pg. 97- Ethan you need to be downstage in order for the fire to hit you.

More Notes:

-Atlantis don’t laugh at your horse adlibs on stage-Stay focused

-Atlantis-Missed to Horse ad-libs

-Atlantis-Comment on Mulans walk as man-Get caught talking bit we worked???

-After Hannah says say anything to Mulan you have a Naaaay

-Hannah-Let Atlantis take care of the crickets-You worry about Mushu

-Autumn/Aiden-Come see me Monday on parts you’re confused with in Musical-You two look uncertain at times

-Ethan-You need to move downstage to be on the same plane as Hannah to get burned after fight scene

-Ethan watch GROWLY vocals-It hurts your character

-Dylan-I can’t understand you with your character voice

-Devin I can’t hear you most of the time

-Christian-You trail off the ends of your line

-Kenzie/Claudia-You are inconsistent on your reactions/Relationships to Mulan

-Drew-You voice id inconsistent for father

-Zoe-Great sharpness in vocal but you’re doing something weird with your mouth as Chi Fu

-Haley need to work on physical of matchmakers assistant

-Ancestors-Need to work on vocals and physicals

-Maddie-look over your lines-PLEASE

-Hannah-get your lines down-you are so unsure….

-Aiden-Keep strong physical with Shang-Work sharper vocals with him-You sound too much like Aiden!

GENERAL NOTES –From Laura

·         Thank you for learning and listening to the music outside of rehearsal!  It has really paid off – overall the singing sounds great!  There are a few numbers that we will continue to review, but I am so happy with the hard work so far!

·         Continue to work on diction and enunciating EVERY WORD.

Pg. 18 – FATHERS – Please sing in the octave that is appropriate for your voice on “Father must protect the family…” Girls and unchanged boy voices should sing this as written, boys with changed voices sing ONE OCTAVE lower (NOT TWO OCTAVES lower).

Pg. 24 – “I pray to you, be kind to me” – you is SHORT, not held out like the first time on pg. 20

Pg. 29 – Yay!  HONOR TO ALL (PT. 1 and PART 2)  sounded great!  Much better – thank you!

We do not need music cue #11 SOLDIER’S ENTRANCE to be played twice. 

Pg. 44 – GRANDMOTHER FA and FA LI – Please project your lines; I had a hard time hearing you.

Pg. 45-46 – MULAN/ANCESTORS – WRITTEN IN STONE (REPRISE) - great job getting the harmony on this number!  Keep it up!

Pg. 60 – KEEP EM GUESSIN (PT. 2) – Please listen to music track to review the harmony on this part of the number.  We will review this in rehearsal.

Pg. 62-63 – YAO and LING – Please project your lines on these pages – I have a hard time hearing you.  LING – Try only cracking your voice once or twice MAXIMUM – I am concerned about your vocal health! It is also hard to understand you when you crack your voice repeatedly.

Pg. 76- SHANG/SOLDIERS/CHI-FU/YAO,LING, QIAN-PO  – Review A GIRL WORTH FIGHTING FOR with you tracks.  We will review this in rehearsal.                                               

Pg. 81 – LING – Please don’t crack your voice on “What should we do, Captain?” – this line is hard to understand and hear when you crack your voice.

We need to work on timing AVALANCHE with music cues.

Pg. 85- MULAN/ANCESTORS – Please review WRITTEN IN STONE/REFLECTION (REPRISE). I will work with you on Mon., 07/18 on this.

Pg. 87 – SHAN-YU – Better using “Onward!” instead of yell for your war cry.  Let’s look at the other times you yell and add a word.  Better on growling, but I still hear too much gravel in your voice on some lines.  Be very aware of that so you can save your voice.

Pg. 91- LING – Please do not crack your voice on the line “Like tug of war”.  I cannot understand this line at all.

Pg. 96 – Soldiers as girls entrance – work on your “girly” behavior.  It should be funny, but realistic.