Triple - Musical Theatre Unit (RENT) - Blog 7 - 10/10/16

Today, we decided to move onto solo/duet songs as we learnt that Henri wouldn't be with us until after the half term due to illness so it would be pointless to go over full company songs while he isn't here. We split off into groups and looked at our relevant songs:

• Lorna and Cameron went off to do Tango Maureen
• Owen and I started singing I'll Cover You
• Everyone else started on their solos or their sections in duets.

For I'll Cover You, Owen I wanted to start thinking about movement and actions straight away but we then felt this was unwise as we didn't know the song particularly well and felt it was foolish to attempt to sing a song whilst blocking movement when we're not too familiar with it yet. We listened to the song a couple of times and then began singing it together along with the regular track. I feel that this went very well and helped us find the correct harmonies for our character. In this song we want to portray our characters very deep relationship and how their feelings for each other are beyond sexual. We wanted to portray to the audience that Collins and Angel have such a strong connection. Also, this song needs to be perfect in order for I'll Cover You Reprise to sound effective! I'll Cover You establishes the bond that they share whilst I'll Cover You Reprise proves that even in death that the bond can't be broken.

After singing with the regular track for a while, we practised using the karaoke track.

Next lesson, we will work on this some more and possibly add some movement.