On the 16th of March, The first year makeup department, despite having one absentee, held a production meeting over Microsoft Teams. This meeting ran for approximately 2 hours.
During this meeting we allocated script roles to each person at which when used to reach through the entirety of the script.
The roles were as follows
- Myself - Seymour
- Francessa - Audrey
- Elenor - Audrey 2/ Plant
- Kassie - Mrs. Mushnik
- Leah, Isabelle, Emily - The Girls
- Abigail - Miss Luce
- Nina Harper (Tutor) - Orin Scrivello, Customer and Stage Directions
Above is proof that a meeting had taken place. Between now and the next meeting each person will once again read through the script and make notes. Theses will then be discussed in the next meeting
Edit 28/04/2021
During this meeting a few questions were raised from reading the script. Some of theses included,
- What were the timings between different character appearances and would there be a chance for changes if the actor is portraying multiple characters?
- How big is the stage that will be used for the performance?
- How far away will the audience be from the stage?
- How will the character of Audrey 2 be portrayed, will it be a person, prop or puppet?
- What lighting will be used throughout the show?
A breakdown of the script was completed after the meeting which helped to raise the questions above.
Edit 27/05/2021
The Little Shop of Horrors was at first and foremost a black and white horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman which was released on the 14th of September 1960 starring Jonathan Haze (an American actor, producer and screenwriter) as Seymour Krelborn
The film was then adapted by director and lyricist, Howard Ashman with music by Alan Menken into an off-Broadway musical of which the first performance was the 6th of May 1982. The Musical was then performed on the West End in 1983 which lead it to be moved onto Broadway in 2003. After 4 more years it experienced a revival on the West End while it is also planning to run from September 2021 once again on Broadway with Jeremy Jordan (a Tony-nominated American actor and singer) starring as Seymour Krelborn.
Then it was once again adapted into a film musical by director Frank Oz which was released on the 19th of December 1986.
All 3 adaptation of the same story follow a young, nerdy florist who purchases a blood thirsty plant from a Chinese vendor during a solar eclipse.
After reading the script, I constructed an initial analysis of each character which was then discussed with other members of the makeup team in the next meeting.
Seymour Krelborn was portrayed as someone is his later 20s with a receding hair line while also being kind of nerdy but slightly dressed up for his job. I also saw him as dirty and rugged due to him being poor, quite clumsy and the fact we were told he was sleeping under a desk at the florists.
I portrayed Audrey Falquard as someone in her early 20s who is tries to be glamourous but has restrictions due to her not being very wealthy, as the florist isn't very successful, and a controlling and abusive boyfriend, Orin Scrivello DDS.
In my mind, I saw Mr. Mushnik (the owner of the florist) as a middle aged, slightly overweight man with little to no hair who was also looked a little rugged. After receiving the cast list which had shown us that he was being adapted and played by a women we had to solve the problem of making her look older.
My original portrayal for Orin Scrivello DDS was an early 30s man who was kind of greasy as he is a biker but also keeps himself quite neat as his profession is a dentist. He chose this profession because of his fascination with pain and inflicting pain on others.
The portrayal of Audrey 2 was of a dramatic Venus Flytrap like puppet which grew after every person they consumed until we received the cast list as we found out that they weren't using a puppet, like most other productions would, but a woman was cast as Audrey 2 which also caused another problem as the voice of the original plant was that of a man.
My original portray of The Girls, (Ronnette, Crystal and Chiffon) was that of teenage school drop outs who try to dress up with some what matching clothes and makeup to make themselves look older to be able to get some business as the street urchins their described as.
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