Evaluation sheet - The Snow Queen - December 2012

What did you learn during this production process that was most valuable?
From the production of The Snow Queen i learnt that it is most important to cater to the specific audience, because we had young children as our audience we had to make sure what we did was understandable to them and also that it was appropriate for their age group, obviously it varies with the different types of audience you have but i feel this is most valuable because it means they can connect more with what they have come to see, it will keep them engaged and obviously will be more enjoyable for them. I feel that we didn't look enough into research before performing, i think next time it would help us if we got a friend or a family member who was the same age etc of the target audience to come in so we could question them on the type of things they enjoy, how we could keep them engaged etc so that we could get more knowledge before hand.


Which sessions, or part of sessions, were the most interesting?.. and the least interesting?
I found the session in which we decided the initial storyline for The Snow Queen was very interesting because it was a lesson in which the whole class could put our imagination together and we came up with great background stories for characters and factors that made the scenes more interesting, for example we came up with a background story for the crow that he used to be the Finn-man until he got put under a spell by the evil Snow Queen, and also 'Mama-Rose' was allowed by the Snow Queen to keep a couple of the children that she captures (the flower children) to have as her own, and the flower children remember nothing of their past, we made this background story evident, when both the flower children tell eachother of their dream lastnight of families that looked so perfect as if they were their own but Mama Rose gets angry and tells them it's lies.
I also enjoyed the sessions when we made some of the scenery for the set all together, for example the snowflakes which were hung from the lighting rig and the flowers which were arranged around the flower garden.


What skill or production role would you like to explore further/develop next term as a result of The Snow Queen production this term?
In The Snow Queen production my role was costume and props, so for this i created icycles for the frozen children to wear whilst they were in the Snow Queens palace. I created them with silver shiny card which i rolled into a cone shape, i then attached blue wirey fabric to it and then created rings out of garden wire which attached the cones to the frozen childrens arms. I would of enjoyed this role more if we hadn't already had the majority of the costumes already in the costume cupboard and i had longer to make something but i felt that costume for that particular production was not very exciting in my view. So for next term i would like to explore set or makeup as they interest me and i feel that i could have a bigger responsibilty for them and i will get to do/learn more.


How effective was your contribution to the production process of The Snow Queen?
In the Snow Queen i felt that my contribution was effective as i was positive about it and excited for it so i put in my thoughts and ideas which i'm sure helped in some way. I also provided some of the props for the flower garden which was my main area in the production. I feel that i put a decent amount of energy and enthusiasm into the piece and helped in the planning process of the flower garden scene and what 'Mumma Rose' and the other flower child would be saying etc.


Which parts of the production process did you find frustrating/difficult?
I found that when people lost enthusiasm and energy it was a little frustrating and difficult because it held the production process back because some people weren't committing . I feel that in the future this can be avoided if we don't just over-run scenes too much and have different tasks every half an hour for example. I think this would help some people stay on task because it means they aren't just doing one thing over and over again until it becomes boring to them.