TEF Theatre

Kiwizoom's picture
I had an idea that it'd be cool to garrison up a few deer to try a play. : ) However many participants is up to the popularity of this idea, but I think we can make it work ^^

The deer have many emotes, which would be useful to do a silent play. The play would have to be something most people know, like red riding hood, Bambi, or Phantom of the Opera. Any ideas for plays would be great, because some will work better than others as far as the supplies in costumes and emotes we have : ) I think the script would have to be simple and easy to understand and posted on the Theatre page so people could read it and follow along as best as possible! ^^ I figure if enough want to join, there could be a choir too!



~~The play currently underway~~~

The play to be performed is: Tale of Tales Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood

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VOLOUNTEERING ACTORS: #actors needed: 5
Seed...............Woodcutter
Ephra........................Wolf
Rinta................ ( mailed )
Emiva........................Red
Zergarikiaka.......Grandma
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VOLOUNTEERING UNDERSTUDIES: needed, if an actor can't make it to showing
Fayne
Tae
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OTHER OFFICERS:
director of play- Kiwizoom
director of costumes-Noortiss
director of choir-none, none needed

Everyone should help with script, this should be a consensus :3


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Here's an outline of what I had in mind if it works:

Get a group of people together to do the play and assign roles. Give ample time for said deer to get the right spelldata, a costume rehearsal if you will. Some form of instant chat like msn would be a great help to iron out the wrinkles of the play making ^^

I think some basic roles would work like this..

A couple playing characters, about 3 or 4. Costumes will be decided that fit those characters best : ) These participants should be most trustworthy for showing up purposes
Some extras and small playing parts will probably be needed : )
If there's a choir, those deer may chose masks of various types and perch on the outer edges of the playing area and moo to their heart's content during choir singing times
If the play moves to a different area, I think a designated deer with a silencer mask should follow the play in tow and moo to alert the audience that it's time to move and show them where
Dying sequences would be neat, because you could just log off and you poof : ) I think the participating actor could then rejoin a little later to be fly on the wall.
I hadn't thought of much else after that, but certainly all is open to discussion ^^

When everyone's ready, we schedule a big rehearsal to test out the script and make revisions.

Once it's downpat, set a date!
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So anyway, those are my ideas, if this is destined to happen : ) I figure a thespian group of deer would be downright awesome!

*Oh, by the way! I think fawns would be a GREAT addition to the choir, they've got nice high pitched voices!
Kiwizoom's picture

Thank you all for helping!

Thank you all for helping! And Noortiss for slaving over the costumes x)
Noortiss's picture

It's no problem, I'd love to

It's no problem, I'd love to prepare the costumes Laughing out loud
Good luck with work Eye

Cya!
Kiwizoom's picture

Oooh! Okay ^^ Woodcutter

Oooh! Okay ^^ Woodcutter is good then.

All keep debating! I'll love to read it when I get back ^^

It's 5:15 pm here!
Seed's picture

No problem ^^...Oh, hey, we

No problem ^^...Oh, hey, we live in the same timezone!

Thank you, Noortiss!

I'll try and think up some places that would be good settings (we only really need 2 "Forest Path/Red meets Wolf" and "Grandma's House")

And some ideas for script depictions if I can: shall we post the fruits of our labors here?


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Ephra's picture

Aw, wouldn't it be cool if

Aw, wouldn't it be cool if that grandmother's house from The Path was still in the forest? Laughing out loud
It would have been perfect.

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Kiwizoom's picture

Great! Post all discussion

Great! Post all discussion here ^^ It's best out in the open : )

sweet seed ^^ We're nearby!

Sure, we definately need the two settings, it'd be great if one leads to the other smoothely. Grandmas house should be SOMETHING resembling a house, I'd like using the big oak because its like a house for deer but the visibility would be too low. ( oh gosh, we could do billy goat's gruff using the bridge sometime haha ^^ ) Maybe the first setting is red walking by the rocks and the wolf spots her from behind a rock and cuts her off to grandma's house, doing away with grandma. ( her ending in a poof of smoke ) and the wolf assuming her set. This is actually kind of cool because the audience can choose which character to follow. I assume red will be prancing xD

Okay, we should discuss sets now : ) Red I think is obviously a fawn, I think red flowers would be the right touch. Do fawns get the cherry pelt through the crying idols anyone? Otherwise, all other costumes for her are negligable.
for Grammy, a light kind of pelt would be good, something old and frail looking, same with her antlers/mask combo
wolf... Dark pelted and scary-bigish looking : ) maybe orca pelt or some other dark thing. I'm not leaning towards the deer mask, and the skull mask looks to otherworldly-scary
Ephra's picture

Fawns can get the red pelt

Fawns can get the red pelt but it won't stick. It would work if you used a miniature deer instead, but then the character wouldn't seem as child-like. Hmm

For the wolf, what about that squareish wooden mask? It's got a kind of angry look to it.

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Seed's picture

I think the oak is highly

I think the oak is highly visible: Unless you mean that it's hard to see inside, at which point I would agree with you. There are also a few flower patches not far from the oak that would make a nice first meeting place for Red and the Wolf.


Alternatives include using the playground rocks as the first place, but then the problem becomes "where would the house be?"

The Ruins could serve as a house, if we want Grandmama to feel kinda morbid...There are a number of servicable little groves near there, in terms of Red meeting the Wolf.

I support Red being a fawn with red flowers: the goal is to evoke, since we certainly can't be literal, and I think the Fawn in red flowers evokes the sort of innocence and yet...wel...Red-ness needed.

While costumes are being handled, the question then becomes one of casting.

Also, I'd be all for doing Billy Goats gruff one day.

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Hehe, yeah ^^ fawn with red

Hehe, yeah ^^ fawn with red flowers it is then!

The wolf would certainly be hard to make. And I am leaning towards a beastish looking deer rather than canine-similar, because I think the fear needs to get across moreso than a bad lookalike. ^^ Wooden mask, or I was thinking that funny mask I was wearing today lol, the red one with puffy cream eyebrows. But it may look too silly

Yeah, I meant anything going on inside of the oak would be hard to see, unless it was performed in front of the oak.

I don't think grandma's house can be the cemetary xD
Noortiss's picture

Good mornings! I will begin

Good mornings!
I will begin with the costumes today and put some screenies up (after I've had some breakfast).
I think the playground is a good place for grandma's house, you can just play on a big flat rock and do as if the house is open, like on a real stage. Maybe we could also use some actors that play the furniture in the background Sticking out tongue

--update--
So here I have a grandma costume, if there are any other good ideas I will put them on too and make some screenies, but I couldn't find anything better at the moment.





--update 2--
I have a couple of wolf and woodcutter costumes, same story as above...

Woodcutter:




Wolf:






I will try some different masks later, the red one though looks too much like a cat...
Seed's picture

Try the mnagpie antlers with

Try the mnagpie antlers with the rest of Granny's look: someone suggested them, and it might be a good idea. That, or stubby doe antlers. I like either of the first two woodcutter sets -- both have a very rustic feel, strong but not aggressive.

Also, I agree with the idea that the wolf shold be scary/agressive, instead of wolfish. I like the version with the big antlers best, but I just find them to be the most agressive. I'm not too sure about magpie mask, though magpie pelt is always nice to look at, and none of the pelts (except zombie, but I don't think we'll go there) look particularly agressive, so there, I think it matters less.

In terms of the playground...I like big rock being Grandma's house: I'll try and hunt down an area near there that would read "innocent wandering off the forest path."

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Noortiss's picture

Here I have some new grandma

Here I have some new grandma costumes and a new wolf costume, also included the mother and red.

Grandma:






Wolf:


Mother:



Red:


I like these the best, I also think they look really good together:
Seed's picture

I like all of those for

I like all of those for their various roles.

I assume you got the pictures of the preffered locations from when we were scouting together? (if you didn't, I did.) It was a lot of fun...sorry I'm so very, very laggy.

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Yes it was fun, I tried to

Yes it was fun, I tried to make clear that Red's house is at the oak, that part plays outside so it doesn't matter that it isn't very visible inside. And then the flower like you showed me, I also tried to show you the entrance of grandma's house but I think you didn't understand that part. Sticking out tongue
I didn't make any screenies btw and I didn't notice you being laggy at all. xD
Seed's picture

Yeah, that would work with

Yeah, that would work with the oak...and I totally missed what you were trying to do with Grandma's house. I sort of thought we were going with the very flat stone.

I'll go upload my screenshot of the flower patch, then.

It's between the lake and the playground rocks, and if you let yourself curve a bit, it's a straight shot from the Oak, too.

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Noortiss's picture

Yes her house is on the flat

Yes her house is on the flat stone, but I tried to show you where to go into the house, so the part with the grandma will go on after red walked through the "entrance". If you understand what I mean. I shall take some screenies and point it out so it's clear for everyone. Eye
Seed's picture

Hmm....I think I remember

Hmm....I think I remember what you're talking about: that was when you went and scratched at the rock next to the very flat rock, right?
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Noortiss's picture

Yes, you understand. Like

Yes, you understand. Like this:



And a nice view on the stage for the audience Smiling
Kiwizoom's picture

Hehe, wow! I'm impressed on

Hehe, wow! I'm impressed on all the work!

My memory failed me, so I had to read the story again to see if all this woodcutter business is true. ( xD I don't remember my children's stories! ) but here's a link to a simple story that could help as a guideline, if any of you forget like me
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlered/1.htm
for the plot though, I like the less safe version where grandma just dies and so does the wolf. For the actors, I think when they log out due to dying they should log back in quick and wait offstage till it ends, and the whole staff comes back on stage to take a big last bow ^^

I really like some of these costumes : ) I totally forgot about the mom. I like these sets:




( I was really impressed with the mom and woodcutter suit, grandma's mask is awesome too! )

and for the wolf, I really like the large white horns now, but I think I'm going to go in forest and try to scope out a wolf set as well : )
Seed's picture

We're innately hard

We're innately hard workers.

Next question: who plays what part?

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Emiva's picture

Emiva would LOVE to be in

Emiva would LOVE to be in this c: (if you have any room left, of course <3)


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Ephra's picture

I'm not picky about roles..

I'm not picky about roles.. I'll take whatever you guys don't want to play. Sticking out tongue

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Kiwizoom's picture

Haha xD Sure we do Emi!

Haha xD

Sure we do Emi! We're now going to need a mom character, but all the roles are still up for grabs

I'd say since Seed has been working hard in the discussion, she should get first pick, as well as Noortiss and Ephra, but I wasn't clear if Noortiss wanted to act or not ^^ If there's any role conflicts, try to work it out. I'm sure we can fit everyone in!
Ephra's picture

About the wolf costume - as

About the wolf costume - as fitting as the skull mask is, I don't know if that would be able to work since we'd need the wolf set, with the grandmother set over that, and then another wolf set. So you would need the skull mask to be cast again over top the beluga one...

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Kiwizoom's picture

Aw, my set choices didn't

Aw, my set choices didn't show up.

I like




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Seed's picture

Oh, wow....Thanks...Umm...I

Oh, wow....Thanks...Umm...I guess I'd like Seed to be the Woodcutter. It's a heroic roles, it has my favorite costume (I like the real deer face and the key antlers, but prefer orca mask and fan antlers, personally), it's pretty simple, since it's basically "chase the wolf" and "attack the wolf," and I won't have to worry about logging out and logging back in.

Not that being the villain wouldn't be fun, but it's not exactly Seed's thing...

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Kiwizoom's picture

Good point Ephra! I thought

Good point Ephra! I thought it looked to otherworldly anyways

Sure Seed ^^
Noortiss's picture

I don't want to act (but

I don't want to act (but thanks anyway Smiling ), even though I really love acting, I also love helping with putting it together. So I'm available for all the other things that are needed to do. Eye
As for the skull mask, I also think it won't work out if we want a 3-layer costume, what would be the most fun. So we have to find another good mask that looks both agressive, but also got a bit of a wolvish feeling to it...
Seed's picture

someone suggested the wooden

someone suggested the wooden angry mask; maybe the kabuki mask, even.
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Noortiss's picture

I tried that but it gives a

I tried that but it gives a more shaman look...

I'm not in the forest enough

I'm not in the forest enough to be an actor, but I do have an idea. You should totally hold the plays in one of the larger mushroom circles, that way people could all sit around it and still be able to see and you wouldn't have people wandering onto the stage lol.
Ephra's picture

What about no mask at all

What about no mask at all for the wolf? If you're using the magpie pelt, that dark streak across the eyes is kind of neat looking.

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I don't think Martisol would

I don't think Martisol would like to act (stage fright and thinking she won't be liked lol) But she'd love to be a costume designer Smiling

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Noortiss's picture

@Ephra: I'm gonna make some

@Ephra: I'm gonna make some new screenies with some new ideas I have.

From what I hear everyone is satisfied with the pelt and antlers?
Ephra's picture

The pelt and antlers seem

The pelt and antlers seem fine to me, although I still prefer the magpie antlers over the stubby ones for granny. The colours just seem to go better, and they're kind of thin and weak looking.

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Zergarikiaka's picture

ooooh! Can Zerg be an actor

ooooh! Can Zerg be an actor too? X333
You just won me at the mention of phantom of the opera... (*is a poto freak, and previously wrote a phantom of the opera/invader zim crossover story at Deviantart*)
Noortiss's picture

@Ephra: Nothing is decided

@Ephra: Nothing is decided yet, I think when it is certain who is joining with the making of the play, those people can vote out of the best ones which they prefer.

@Zergarikiaka: That idea crossed my mind because of the mask in the phantom of the opera and the masks in tef. Sticking out tongue

--update--
So here are two different masks for the wolf set:



I actually did see this one came across a couple of times and already kinda liked it, but stupid me didn't make any screenies of it. Maybe because it reminded me to much of a bandit...
Ephra's picture

It does have a kind of

It does have a kind of bandit look, but I dunno, I think the dark eyes gives him a bit of an evil/mysterious appearance. I like it! Smiling

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Noortiss's picture

Yes it certainly does, the

Yes it certainly does, the wolf is also kinda dark and sneaky anyway.
Kiwizoom's picture

Haha, this thread gets away

Haha, this thread gets away fast.

Sure! All actors are still welcome ^^ Once we get our ideas all set together, we'll make a few rehearsals to get it right. I think attendance will also matter in completing the selection, and whoever hasn't made actor will become an understudy who can take the actor's place if they don't show ( one of the many headaches of trying to schedule something ) As for costumemaking, feel free to make some costumes and pitch in your ideas ^^

I liked the short stubby ones for grandma because they kept the sort of greyscale look ( i thought the glossy magpie set looked kind of flamboyant ) : ) But if everyone wants a vote, that's ok. As for wolf, I was thinking maybe the orca pelt with the big antlers and perhaps orca mask or some other intimidating mask. My reasoning for the woodcutter set was that I thought the woodcutter character was a kind of mysterious stranger that comes and destroys the wolf, so he looks both scary and strange ( because I thought emphasizing the deer's peopleface made him look too familiar ) ^^ But if no one agrees with me, it can't be helped

I also took a screenie of what I thought the second scene would be kinda like. I agreed with Seed and Nortiss that this will actually work out pretty well with the Oak being Red's home, then going to the flowerpatch, and after that the stones. ( I thought the woodcutter should be nearbye milling around somewhere )

Ephra's picture

Will the audience be

Will the audience be following Red as she is travelling? And if so, how can we make sure they don't get in the way of the performance Laughing out loud Will we have a sort of 'narrator' character to herd the audience all together where they're supposed to go?
(edit: maybe the mother character could take this role also, since we don't see her after the beginning of the play)

Oh, and what should we do if there are deer who have no idea what's going on and are just doing their thing there while we're in the middle of a performance? Should we interact with them in-character, or pretend they're not there, or something?

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Seed's picture

Kiwizoom: I'm not sure I

Kiwizoom: I'm not sure I really get your interpretation of the Woodcutter, personally: While the Woodcutter would be, I suppose, powerful, his position is one of defense, his identity (as much as a fairytale character has an identity) marks him as ordinary, even humble. He's a woodcutter who heard a little girl screaming and killed the highly dangerous animal that was trying to eat her. There's not much mysterious about him, relative to the mysterious world of fairy tales. If anything, strange and scary is basically the definition of the Wolf, in the same way that the position that the position of Red would be Innocent and terribly, terribly Naive (I know I misspelt that).


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Ah, I was thinking we'd have

Ah, I was thinking we'd have an audience control person, but I didn't exactly want to assume that there would be a lot of people there. Since I won't be taking part in the play, I think I might be the one leading the audience : ) If I can't ( being a part of the play is out of the question for me because of dialup ) we might have to have a person that keeps the audience at bay. As far as interaction, I think the actors should completely ignore the onlookers until the end of the performance : ) Don't want to lead any oblivious forester on!

I think because the woodcutter comes out of nowhere and is of no relation to red makes him mysterious : ) And, he's pretty strong to take care of the wolf beast!
Seed's picture

He came out of the woods.

He came out of the woods. He's a woodcutter. And being strong doesn't automatically make him scary: otherwise, we would all be afraid of superman instantly, instead of just when we really think about how easily he could kill us all.
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I'd love for someone of mine

I'd love for someone of mine to be an understudy. Or play photographer. 8D Production stills and performance night shots would be epic to do lol. c:
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Kiwizoom's picture

Sheesh, Seed, let it go.

Sheesh, Seed, let it go. Besides, it's still up for vote.

Thank you Fayne : ) I'll put you as an understudy! We won't know who you will replace until we get all the roles straightened out. ^^
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...oh. Ok. I

...oh. Ok. I apologize.

So...onto other portions of the casting, I suppose.
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Emiva would be happy being

Emiva would be happy being little red riding hood or the grandmother x3


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Kiwizoom's picture

: ) Yes. Sure Emiva! ^^

: )

Yes.

Sure Emiva! ^^ Grandma's part will be a little harder since it involves logging out and back in, but red is the main centerpiece for the whole time ^^ pick whichever
Zergarikiaka's picture

Wow, I should check threads

Wow, I should check threads more often! Thanks for letting me in. ^_^