Preparation for TIE- Hare & Hedgehog and my character research

During my research I have learnt that there is no such thing as stereotypical grandma's these days. In years gone by maybe you could stereotype the "typical" Granny as a knitting, stay at home cookie baker who sat by the window and waited for kids and grand-kids to visit. NOT NOW. I know Grandmas whose kids and grands live thousands of miles away from them. These women fill their lives with many different activities. I have a  grandma and she is tall and slender, she is really sporty and she exercises almost everday. She has loads of friends of all different ages with different interests. 

 
Loving, cuddly, and always smiling. Then there are the ones who were "old" long before they even became senior citizens. They constantly complain, are negative, and are a drag to be around. They dwell on sickness and who is dead or dying, live in the past and see no good coming in the future.
And of course there are still some cookie bakers and apple pie makers around. Senior citizens are not going to fit into any stereotype these days. They are dating, going out dancing, getting married, traveling, and hopefully enjoying all that they have worked for. 


Clothing

   I'll wear a floral dresses with sandals or slippers. Bakes cakes for family and neighbours, and knits in a big armchair. She would be the heart of her family, and would always be there for everyone.

hmmm... i'm thinking to wear elastic polyester pants, and like a grandmother cardigan.
or wear an oversizzed random shirt with like a cat.





Voice work and Physical Movement

I've been using other children stories to help me with how i'm going to play a stereotypical grandmother. The stories I have used to help me so far is Little red hiding hood, hoodwinked and baby  looney tunes. Each voice is different but they still represent  grandmothers. I also  used the Queen Of England because I love her and how she presents her self in the public eye.

Name
Grandmother Victoria also known as Vickky in the play.

Measurements

Height: 158.5cm

Hips: 37"

Waist: 29"

Bust 34.5"

                         Brown Hare

 

 

Cameron Flavien- Nicholas plays the role of a brown(european) posh hare. I personally, just, wanted to find out more about hare's because I didn't know about them before I read the story of the hare and  hedgehog and during my project research I found out that Hares are much longer-limbed and swifter than rabbits. They use their powerful hind legs to escape predation by outrunning their enemies, and have been known to reach speeds of 72kph (45mph). Brown hares are widespread throughout central and western Europe, including most parts of the UK, where they were first introduced by the Romans.

Scientific name: Lepus europaeus

Rank: Species Common names: brown hare and European Hare.

The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, eastern jackrabbit and eastern prairie hare, is a species of hare native to northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia. It is a mammal adapted to temperate, open country. It is known to have similar features of a rabbit that may be true because they are  in the same family but a different genus. It breeds on the ground rather than in a burrow and relies on speed to escape.

Normally shy animals, hares change their behaviours in the spring, when they can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around meadows. During this spring frenzy, hares can be seen "boxing", where hares strike one another with their paws. For a long time, this had been thought to be competition between males, but closer observation has revealed it is usually a female hitting a male, either to show she is not yet quite ready to mate or as a test of his determination.

The hare is declining in mainland Europe due to changes in farming practices. Its natural predators include the golden eagle and carnivorous mammals, such as the red fox and wolf. Smaller hares native to southern Europe previously regarded as European hares have been split off as separate species in recent years, including the broom hare in northern Spain.

 

 

Arctic Hare

Lepus arcticus

 

The arctic hare lives in the North American tundra. These hares do not hibernate, but survive the dangerous cold with a number of behavioral and physiological adaptations. They have thick fur and enjoy a low surface area to volume ratio that conserves body heat, most evident in their shortened ears. These hares sometimes dig shelters in snow and huddle around together to share warmth. Like other hares and rabbits, Arctic hares are fast and can bound at speeds of up to 40 miles (60 kilometers) an hour. In winter, they have a white coat that enables them to be able to camouflage in the land of ice and snow. In spring, the hare's colors change to blue-gray in approximation of local rocks and vegetation.

Arctic hares are sometimes loners but they can also be found in groups of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of individuals. Unlike many mammals, arctic hare groups disperse rather than form during mating season. Animals pair off and define mating territories, though a male may take more than one female partner.

Females give birth to one litter per year, in spring or early summer. Two to eight young hares grow quickly and by September resemble their parents. They will be ready to breed the following year.

Food can be scarce in the Arctic, but the hares survive by eating woody plants, mosses, and lichens which they may dig through the snow to find in winter. In other seasons they eat buds, berries, leaves, roots, and bark.

Traditionally, the arctic hare has been important to Native Americans. These animals are usually hunted as a food resource and for their fur, which is used to make clothing.

Hedgehog's

A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, which is Erinaceomorpha. There are seventeen species of hedgehogs, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand.There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews, Like many of the first mammals they have adapted to a nocturnal way of life. Hedgehogs' spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated rodent porcupines and monotreme echidnas (I never knew that now I do).
The name hedgehog came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English heyghoge, from heyg, hegge ("hedge"), because it frequents hedgerows, and hoge, hogge ("hog"), from its piglike snout. Other names hedgehog's have include urchin, hedgepig and furze-pig.

Hedgehogs are the only British mammal with spines. When threatened they will roll into a tight ball, with the spines providing sharp protection from predators. Young hedgehogs are born with soft spines under the skin to protect mum, with a second set of spines emerging within days. One peculiarity to all hedgehogs is the way
they cover their spines in foamy saliva, the reason why they do this remains a
mystery although it has been suggested it might be a sexual attractant, or be
used to reduce parasites, or as additional protection.
Hedgehogs aren't fussy when it comes to food: worms, slugs, frogs and even bird eggs can be
taken during a two kilometre nightly forage, a resistance to adder venom can also
put this snake on the menu. The name for a baby hedgehog is a hoglet.

Scientific name: Erinaceus europaeus

Rank: Species

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Erinaceomorpha
Family:	Erinaceidae
Subfamily:	Erinaceinae
Genera
Atelerix Erinaceus Hemiechinus Mesechinus Paraechinus This is by G. Fischer, 1814.

                                                                                SET

We decided to divide the set of the hare& the hedgehog into three different parts. In the piece, there is two house scenes, one garden scene and a field where they have the race on.

The set of hare and the hedgehog gradually changes from the first house scene to a garden scene back into the second house(kitchen) scene and then back to the house(Kitchen) scene and then the field it is the field scene.

PROPS

We will use:
Face paints - we will all be using face paints to add more life to our characters instead of using our natural faces to perform, we liked the idea of face paints because it adds more humour to our piece and this will enable the kids to enjoy the performance even more hoepfully.
Table for the house (kitchen scene),
Flowers for the garden scene.



COSTUME
The costumes we are using are for Cameron, Pierce and Simone is Onesie's it is like a one whole jumpsuit but with character like facial features as part of their
face.