Performing

Production &
Arts
Unit 12 Project Proposal
Candidate
Name Charlotte Davies
Candidate
Number 544840
Pathway
Production and Performing Arts
Project Title
Little Shop of Horrors
Section 1: Review

When first joining this course I wanted to build my confidence in my acting ability and to learn how to effectively
annotate a script to best find mood changes in scenes. However during my time at BTA I have learnt so much
more. I have learnt many new ways to create theatre. Through movement sessions i have found how to
comfortably move my body and to move it with others in an ensembles style. I have also learnt how to direct
ensemble groups and have honestly really enjoyed directing the groups I did.I have also learnt proper warm up
techniques for my voice, my body and even my mind before sessions. I have learnt how to structure monologu
and note others work, along with effectively creating character relationships with fellow actors. I have also learn
how to build a world for an actor from a director or writers point of view. I have grown as a creative in so many
workshops, led by practitioners and by fellow classmates. Most importantly however, I have learnt to be confide
in what I know and what I can do. The work i have acheived over the past two years has made me excited to
experiment it Directing as well as acting, particularly on screen. This is because i have found a comfortable sty
for me which is extremely naturalistic and so tends to look best on screen rather than anything else.

Section 2: Project Concept

The FMP we are doing this year is Little Shop of Horrors directed by Lydia cook. The show itself esentially follo
Seymour and his discovery of a carnivorous plant. Within our first couple sessions with Lydia we immediately
knew that we wanted to do a vibrant camp version of Little Shop of Horrors. I think there was a cast agreemen
that we didnt want to stem too far away from the Original play but we wanted to see how we could stylise the s
and even Audrey 2. I think initially we saw a challenge when finding out we couldnt have a puppet Audrey 2, bu
quickly worked together to come up with different versions of alternatives.

Something that made me massively excited to do this show was not only my past knowledge of it but also how
were going to do ensemble scenes and how we were going to accurtely portray the main cast without being co
paste characters. I think it will be important during this process to work as a team to agree on what we want the
show to look like and how we want it to feel.

Section 3: Evaluation
When in the process of creating the show i will evaluate m work in multiple different ways to make sure that i a
picking up my notes well and so that i can actively remember what we do in each session. One of the ways i w
evaluate my work is by carrying a notebook on me in which i will write notes that i get from ur director alog with
own notes to help me remember dance moves and other movement based work. Another way i will evaluate m
work is by taking lots of videos and pictures when in the rehearsal sessions, to help me remember what we did
sessions but also to help me see the bigger picture of the show in general. I think these photos would also be n
to have as they will be nice reminders of our FMP and they can be put on our websites to make them feel more
personalised. Another way i will evaluate my work is by doing weekly written reflections that will be posted onto
website in blog form. This will help me keep up with my progress throughout the weeks.

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

Presentation References

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Agar M, Reisinger HS. A heroin epidemic at the intersection of histories: the 1960s epidemic among African Americans in
Baltimore. Med Anthropol. 2002 Apr-Jun, Available at : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12126273/

Robison Jennifer, Decades of Drug Use: The '80s and '90s, 9 Jun 2002, Available at:
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Lopez German 2017, The opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic, explained, 29 Mar 2017, Available at :
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States, 2016, Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6736a2.htm

Nolan P. Mental health nursing in the 1960s remembered. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2021, Available at:
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%20about%20major,psychological%20interventions%20and%20the%20rise%20of%20patient%20activism.

Creative response Reference

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Animal and Plant Health Agency 2012, Plant Health Controls, 7 Sept
2012, Available at : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/plant-health-controls

Context Posters References

James Robin 2020, 39 Ultimate Facts about the 1980s, 7 Sept 2020, Available at : https://factcity.com/facts-about-the-1980s/

Watson Kimberley 2015, The 1960's, the Decade that shook Britain, 15 May 2015, Available at :
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Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week Date Week Activity / What you are intending to do - Resources / What you will need to do it -
Beginning including independent study including access to workshops

1 3rd March First session after being cast. We did a full Listen to the soundtrack in depth
table read of the play including all of the
songs. Our MD ash took Lilah and I out to
work on 'somewhere thats green' and
'suddenly seymour'.
2 First session with our movement director in Start thinking about possible movement
11th March which we looked at how we could physically ideas for Audrey's songs and how it culd be
perform the finale song and how we could dne whilst singing.
make a fully grown Audrey 2 without the
puppet.
3 (Monday) need to use the notes that tallulah and i
18th March Continued working on the harmonies for wrote to help with Timeline theorywork.
songs such as 'meek shall inherit'. Worked And the costume designers thoughts to
with V and molly on movement we could do help me with the moodboard.
for sominex.
(Wednesday)
Worked with Tallula on the relationship
between Audrey and Orin. Helped Tallulah
with physicality of Orin. Also spoke to the
costume designer for the first time. They
told me theyve based my characters look on
Maeve from sex eduxation.
4 (Monday) Need to ask for the videos taken of the
25th March Worked with Sophie the movement director dances to make sure i can learn them at
again. We looked at closed for renovation home.
and Skid Row. We also did some singing
where we attempted to get through every
song in the show so we were all up to
speed.
(Wednesday)
Worked with Lauren for a voice session in
which she taught us techniques to remeber
our harmonies and not rely on others in our
section.
First week of Easter Holidays Make a shedule so that the theory work
1st April Need to do all the rest of my theory work can get done in an orderly and timely way.
and put it on my website.

8th April Second week of Easter Holidays Script and harmony soundtracks
Need to refine/finish off all the last of my
theory work before he deadline. Start
properly looking at lines and attempting to
learn some before we get back to
intensives.
15th April First week of intensive rehearsals.
Hopefully with get a shedule of what the
day/week with look like with call times
and scene/song labeled.
22nd April
Second week of intensives hopefully well be
off book for songs and harmonies and will
be beggining to be off book for the scenes
themselves.
Third week of intensives. Hopefully entirely
29th April off book and dances are almost entirely
learnt. Hopefully will have done an intimacy
sessin with Lilah by this point and had a
conversation about how we want the kiss
scene to go.
Will constantly need script, notebook and
pen for notes and line learning
script pen and notebook. Must ask main
cast to do some relationship work with
them so we are all up to scratch on
everyones pasts/ why they behave the way
they do.
script, pen, notebook possibly need an
intimacy session with tallulah aswell?