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.
