#performingplot

We apologize for our absences. Life has gotten crazy for both of us. However, I, Admin KT, am back and will be dropping two plots within the coming weeks. It’s pretty much just been a waiting game for the characters as they wait to hear from their management about being picked up. They won’t have to wait much longer. Then we can get into the really fun bits. So be on the lookout for the plot drops. 

Let me start off by saying that it’s so wonderful to have you all here. The dash has been so crazy active that I can barely keep up, but that’s a great problem to have!  This week won’t be quite as long as last week’s. So now that costume fittings, hair, and blocking/marks are done, it’s time to film. An average day of filming can be about 16 hours because they’re shooting the entire scenes (people’s reactions, getting all of the angles for dance numbers, etc). So keep that in mind when you have your characters hanging out and on set.  Just remember that the show isn’t supposed to be spoken about on social media (twitter, instagram, etc) but it’s fine on the dash and in texts. I will be putting a costume aesthetic in your asks so that you know kind of how they’re to dress so that you can visualize how they look on set. I also submit a hairstyle or two for your characters. If there’s any questions or anything send an ask to myself or @performingartsmercy. 

Now that you’ve all been cast in Performing the Arts, it’s time to shoot the pilot. Now we know that during your “audition” process, you were asked to do a few tweets, and this is a game, so we’ll be taking some artistic license, but for the first few weeks or so, you’re characters cannot tweet about the show by name. That’s just not done until the show is for sure being picked up. But if you want, you can have your character tweet/post about an exciting upcoming “project” this spring. The fun of this game is that it’s mostly focused on the characters as actors. So this’ll be about them getting to know each other, and also maybe working on other projects after the pilot is shot as they wait to hear if the pilot is picked up, and along with it will they also be picked up. Now, it’s not as though any of the characters are actually going to be fired, but we’re going to pretend like it’s an option just for fun. 

All that that’s all been said, first up on the agenda is the table read. We won’t be actually playing out the table read, but below, you’ll see what is on schedule for the pilot episode so that you know who your characters will be interacting with in their scenes. Also, here’s where it gets just a little tricky, the only thing that “fans” can see are the things posted to social media. So your tweets, in character asks, and Instagram posts are all that can be “seen” by your public, everything else, all texts, f2f, paras, etc, are considered private interactions. The admins will write a synopsis of what’s happening in the show weekly once it starts to “air” to keep you and anyone following the game in the loop of what’s going on on the show so that you can plot for your characters accordingly, but that’s still about two weeks away. These first two weeks are all about your characters getting to know / becoming reacquainted with one another. There will be call times and “re-shoots” for the show for your characters. So keep that in mind when it comes to when you’re having your characters “hang out” with one another. 

S01 E01: First day of school: 

The dancers: Eden, Zane, Henry, Ivy, Olive, and Stella have a scene with their instructor, Madame Cote (played by Cassandra July). It is a contemporary jazz class where Zane and Olive showcase their technical ability, and there’s some snickering about Eden before she gets up and shows them all that she has more talent than a lot of the rest of the class. 

The Hallway:  A scene featuring Zane, Tatiana, Lennon, Vera, Atticus, Miller, Felix, Sadie, Inez, Ivy, Eden, Hunter, Colton, Olive, and Jasper. The initial friendships of the show are established. This is a scene that will work as if someone is walking through the hallway. It will start on Lennon and Vera then follows Vera as she goes to talk to Atticus and Ivy. Hunter shows up and talks to her for a few moments before heading off to talk to  Sadie, and so on...this scene will take the longest to shoot during the week. 

The theatre techies: Atticus and Jasper have an intense conversation about a radical conspiracy theory Jasper has cooked up, before they’re interrupted by their teacher, Mr. Campbell (played by Sheldon Beiste). 

The music kids: This is a montage scene of Hunter, Holden, and Felix show case Hunter’s drumming, Holden’s singing, and Felix’s guitar playing under the sound of Miss Gosnell (played by Holly Holiday).

The musical theatre kids: Mrs. Watts (played by April Rhodes) and Mr. Maurer (played by Will Schuester) are introduced as the two musical theatre teachers. A montage of Lola and Sadie are performing “All the Jazz” before Miller sings a song from "Joanna”, followed by Aspen  singing “Kansas City” ends with Tatiana and Vera competing to sing Maria’s part in “A Boy Like” that, establishing their rivalry. 

The drama “geeks”: A scene where Lennon and Colton are playing out a scene from A Doll’s House with their teacher Ms. Koch (played by Sue Sylvester) is yelling at them to give more emotion.

The artist: A scene where Inez if being instructed by her teacher Miss Cormier (played by Emma Pillsbury) to paint something from the heart, and you see her paint a beautiful portrait of Sadie. 

The love triangles: A scene that shows how much Vera loves Atticus while setting up the secret storyline between he and Ivy. 

A scene with Inez’s crush on Sadie followed by a scene of Sadie and Lennon meeting in the theatre. Lennon and Sadie aren’t a couple yet. 

A scene were Miller and Felix have a secret meeting and make out. 

Tuesday is the first table read and begin costuming and test shots for hair on Wednesday (no pictures of this can be posted just yet, though there may be some pap shots taken if they go for lunch. The admins will generally be responsible for posting those at random). They start run through with the team and cast Thursday. There’s another run through for ABC next week and then they’ll begin shooting which will take  about a two weeks.