Good Morning Flashcards
asdr in good morning
Space
the trio move through Dons house from the kitchen to the living room
they also travel up and down the stairs
chaotic movements
Dynamics
Tap have sharp dynamics
slower dynamics
Relationship
They often dance in formations with Kathy in the middle
aural setting in good morning
trio does high kicks together and each time a symbol plays.
different styles of dance that link with different cultures of music like the spanish paso double and hawaiian hula.
light and floaty music during a balletic section straight into loud and strong drop steps of tap, music speeds up and gets louder than it was during the ballet section
lighting in good morning
At the start of the dance we can see the natural light coming through the windows
Throughout the dance the lighting is mainly just a natural bright white wash all around the room to create the idea of Room lighting.
Throughout the set there are lamps and wall lamps that are a cosy orange colour which are quite dim compared to the white wash.
props in good morning
They pick the coats up from the hanger with the hats and put them around their neck with the hats on their heads
coats are used as if they are instruments and skirts, finally, they use the coats as an extra body to dance with
set in good morning
This section is set inside the house, they move between many rooms starting with the kitchen then move into a connecting dining room. It then moves into the living room (which is rather grand and fancy compared to the other rooms of the house). They then move again to a connecting section of the house where they jump up and over an at home bar. The section ends with all three of them climbing over the back of a sofa causing it to fall backwards.
kathyes costume in good morning
blue pleated skirt with blue v neck sleeveless top with a white and lighter blue stripe and a small white neck scarf
blue heels with a bow as the strap
don and cosmos costume in good morning
grey trousers
grey waistcoat
white shirt
black shoes
don wears burgundy tie whereas cosmo whereas a green and red striped tie
don and cosmo wear the same costume but dons suit is slightly darker
in the same outfits from the movie preview (from the scene before)but without the blazer
use of camera in good morning
The camera begins with a close up of Don, Cosmo & Kathy as they begin the song and Kathy opens the curtains singing ‘Good Morning’. It then cuts to a wide angle shot to show all three dancer’s full bodies.
he camera follows them and pans to the left.
Later, when Don and Cosmo climb onto the railings of the stairs and Kathy is between them, the camera moves up and down. It also travels backwards as all three march towards the camera
dance style in good morning
Jazz - typical of kellys style - precise movements
Tap - quick dynamics usually in unison
Ironic ballet steps at the bar - plies , kloch , arms in 5th
Pedestrian movements
Salsa movements
energetic and athletic - running between areas of the house
themes in good morning
Friendship,
Comedy,
Showmanship,
The Film industry and Hollywood,
Love.
key motif in good morning
The theme of friendship is shown in the section ‘Good Morning’ when all three of the actors use their central balance to tip over the sofa. They steadily stand on the top of it with on foot placed on the edge, they use this one foot to push the sofa over. From the force of the sofa falling the three run off the sofa then fall back onto it, all laughing loudly. This shows the three all work well togther, trust and rely on each other and have bulit a happy, comfortable realationship
Kathy , Don and Cosmo reach for coats and rain hats which are on a hat stand. They run backwards into a triangle formation with Kathy in the middle and flip the coats of their shoulders to make a cape. They then pivot turn in unison clockwise back to face the front, and then immediately pivot turn back on themselves anti-clockwise. They then flip their coats over their heads and hold them in front of their wastes. The trio kick commencing on the right leg four times before bringing their right knee to a parallel retire and hopping on the left leg four times
Kathy , Don and Cosmo have the raincoats over their heads with their hands in their arms. They stand in a vertical line at different heights and open their right arm then left arm in unison, then both arms together twice before they open their right arm in cannon starting at the front and opening the left arm opening starting that the back
Don sits on the window seal and Cosmo stands on the stairs. They both pretend to play imaginary string instruments whilst kathy dances in a flamenco/ salsa style infront of them.she travels from side to side with her left arm above her head circling her wrist. Kathy then runs to sit in the stairs and don stands up and performs a matador styled dance waving his coat like a cape. Cosmo then swaps with don and holds his coat like a dance partner and hops around in a comedic way pretending to do a quickstep/jive /charleston with his “partner”
All three use the drinks bar as a ballet barre and do low level kloches with the right leg and right arm in third arabesque. They close right foot in front in fith position and do two grande plie doing two full pors de bras with their right arm. They then boray away from the barre arms in fith
