The events//nlcc. team had a rather productive Wednesday brain-storming session and have pretty much a good idea what the actors will do on stage. So, a big shout out of thanks to Jane, Alison, Rowan & Henry for coming out with some rather creative ideas in a short period of time.
First things first; we've decided to have girls/boys separated to either angels or demons. The events//nlcc. team have nominated the following:
God the Father: Stig
Angels: Jane, Alison, Christy, Fish, Joy, Yuki
Jesus: Henry
Demons: David (Panda) Liu Lo , Tim. G, Lawrence, Rowan, Jim, Kevin
Satan: Aaron
It is understood several people such as Wen, Yan Tao, Gracelia are not involved with the acting on stage. If you would like to act please inform either myself or specifically Jane/Alison. Decision was based on the availability for practice as well. So until practice commences which won't be for a week or so, the nominated people above aren't finalized yet unless we confirmed the status of ALL contributing in help.
Cosmetics and Props.
events//nlcc. team has suggested having lights to provide 'holy' and 'extravagant' atmosphere for say, when God the Father Himself comes on stage. There was some floor spotlights brought by one of our church uncles used in miracle encounter and we were considering using that.
We've decided on having like a banner on stage with the words written 'Jesus the Champion' on it. It's believed that the church still has some black cloth from the last event, and instead of just exposing those words 'Jesus the Champion' on the organ like we did in Christmas for 'Emmanuel'. We plan to tie up the cloth, and have the banner holding balloons (which is hidden from the congregation). Towards the end of the presentation we'll release it and it'd be so cool having balloons falling over! And so, we would need people to help pin/glue/sew those words 'Jesus the Champion' onto the black cloth. It was suggested that the letters be silver & gold, and that we’ll get Nam Ju to help out in this area. Overall: banner + balloons, right!
Props for 3 out of the team of 6 angels are required as well. We'll need a ribbon, sword and bow & arrow. The teams of angels are required to wear all white and maybe some flowers for showing 'grace' and 'beauty'.
Demons, which are acted by the guys, wear black pants and black shirt (not polo). Your face will be beautified by power cosmetic tools and all are going to have spiked and messed up their hair using gel.
Jesus, robe and if possible, a sash on Him. I believe Jane mentioned that Sam has a robe that we could possibly use for Henry.
Stig reassured us that God the Father will dress up suited for his role.
The Play
Okay, now you guys probably noticed that I haven't mentioned what you'll be doing on stage. We would have to run through the audio to everyone and have each part explained thoroughly to everyone as a whole, while showing it to you on stage.
The angels will be doing 3 simple angelic acts/dances: a slow one, a synchronized one used for battle and one for the ending of the story. The events//nlcc. team are looking into these dance parts. Once it's been finalized, we're ready for practice. The highlight of the ending of this play is that the angels are going to individually exalt Jesus and conclude with them bowing and worshipping Him in adoration (man this was so cool when Alison showed it to us! haha)
Summary
Besides the dances for the angels (specific dances with moves and everything all finalized), everything else is all ready to go! Literally! The demons have the luxury of just prowling around and trying to intimidate the angels and themselves and finally running off scared of the resurrection of Jesus. So props we need are:
· Banner with ‘Jesus the Champion’ in silver & gold colour.
· Balloons
· Flowers for angels (ie. For their hair)
· Robe for Henry
· Dress code we’ll worry more about that closing to the time of performance.
Note: Those who aren’t acting we’d really appreciate if you could help out with the props there’s just quite a bit to do and consider! Also, we may have a brief update meeting this week again. Thanks peoples!
events//nlcc. team are meeting Wednesday 5/02/09 again 3.15pm in church sanctuary. Bring your angel dance ideas there thanks!
Questions, inquiries!?
Please leave a comment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9QZtsWq288
hey aaron..this vid seems like something along the lines we are doing :o
BUT
ours will be even better ;)
yes, so if anyone has ideas about dance -synchronised moves..feel free to contact us..as we like ideas x)
thank you very much !updates later..
hey wow thats a good find! :)) Yeah I like majority of the angel parts we can make it more "umph". Didn't like the tug of war, neither how the devil looked like a vampire nor the way they made vocal voices on stage haha xD yeah thats heaps good!! Gw!!
yea! the vocals make it a bit cheap..ahha..
oh i couldn't even see the tug of war bit..la la la...
where the devil spins up is pretty cool *ascents from hell*
XD but vampireness...hmm
yeahh angel's need more "umph"..they dont even have wings...ehhe..need wings for elegance XDDD
hey aaron & jane,
I looked at the video too~ thanks it was quite helpful in giving me a brief idea of how did people go about doing this play in the past...let's make ours a much better one ^^
with the wings...it will definitely be nicer for the look...but just wondering whats the cheapest options if we may not actually have all those props at home??...
also, just one question, will we have a specific background on stage as well? or just having leave it as it is?
anyway, thanks for your detailed updates~
@Princess Christy
Good questions! In regards to the stage, several people have approached me about it. I only have something simple in mind. Henry mentioned that if we were to decorate the stage, what would the theme be? In other words, would the battle be taken place in hell, heaven or on earth? My suggestion at that time was to have a black layer of cloth covering the outer organ, with the curled up mini-black cloth neatly presented right above it (which holds the balloons)! So you know how in weddings or ballroom functions they have that kind of curled-drape-drop cloth down to the floor style? Well if you can picture it with my splendid description that's how I thought of it haha!! Besides that, no idea!! That's my 2cents worth! Any suggestions??
In regards to the angel wings I'll have to check out whether we have a budget for the presentation and I'll get that back to you. I do realize we need to buy certain things like props... wings ... all together. I'll have that checked this Sunday.
Thanks!
Hey Aaron,
when Jesus and satan are having their battle, would it be better to have them elevated? We can use the black box used previously for worship concert etc.
any chance of hiring smoke machines and lights? it would add that extra umph. only concern is how well we can ventilate the smoke, and ... cost xD
thing is the play is 7-8 minutes my only concern is would it be feasible to get a smoke machine? Lights we were considering the ones we had outside the church sanctuary during miracle encounter. Those floor lights y'know?
Black box was suggested to be used by God the Father when He enters to show authority. But that's still something to be considered! :)
And yeah I'll have to check whether we have a easter budget today at church. Thanks for the comment! Majority if not everything in regards to this will be cleared after our #2 brain-storm session.
right in regards to cost I spoke to Henry who's asked Ps. Anne about budget for the presentation and this is how its done!
The costs for say, material cloths for angels/banners and maybe lightings and smoke machines if we see fit, is estimated. The estimated cost is given to the Ps. Anne and she will review it and will inform us on the spendage.
So give us any suggestions and us the team will note it down and estimate its costs. The availability of the props. would be dependent on feasibility and finance provided to us.