Annie Production Step 3

Today I need to focus on drafting a letter to give to Mrs kent to check about the dress rehearsal performance. It needs to inform the Junior schools what the show is about, how much the tickets are going to be, where the performance is going to take place and the time the show will start.

Firstly we had a group discussion (RL1) about the things we were doing today and our plans throughout this module and then gave each other feedback to help improve our work and things we could do to achieve the results we want. (TW2)

Firstly I made a list of the Junior schools in our local area that would want to come and see our performance - after doing this I then found the addresses and the name of the head-teacher so I could sent the letters to them and then address it personally with their name.

I drafted our letter to the junior schools asking them if they would like to come and see our production. For our fist draft we gave it Mrs Kent and she gave us feedback and positive criticism and also how we can improve the letter. (RL4)

After this we then edited the letter, correcting all the notes that Mrs Kent gave us about the letter and generally improved the language and sentence structures to make it sound more professional and well thought out. I also made sure it appealed to our target audience.

Also today we had visitors from different departments of the school coming in, assessing us and viewing what we have done so far. I showed a teacher what I was doing, my job role and the things I am learning and achieving during this module. I also explained all the processes I was going through to create a piece of work (RL6)

Today I have been a reflective learner and a team-worker. I have also developed some new editing and english skills and learnt how to construct a formal letter to a different type of audience (a school) to invite them to the production. I also think that i have worked well independently and as a team because i drafted the letter on my own and then we edited - improving on it.

PLATS;

RL4 because I took feedback and improved my work after doing so, I also took criticism for areas of the letter which needed to be cut.

RL6 because I made my letter available to a specific audience by using different language and structure.

Copy of Junior Schools letter:

Brookfield Community School and Language College

Brook Lane

Sarisbury Green

Southampton

S031 7DU

Date 02/12/2009

Dear Mr Andy Stockton

It is our pleasure to write to you to invite your students and their parents/carers to this years Brookfield production of Annie. Brookfield's productions are well received and attract large audiences. With a reputation for quality presentation and a good evenings entertainment enjoyed by every generation, so this is a very good opportunity not to be missed.

We are running our production from Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th December at Brookfield.

Every year the production is really popular yet unfortunately there are always some members of the community who are unable to purchase tickets. We are aware of this and therefore to help the situation would be to sell some tickets at a reduced rate to students and parents from our local feeder schools.

We would like to ask if you could distribute and collect ticket returns for this performance which will take place for a younger audience on 1st December. This performance is ideal, as it will have an earlier start time of 6pm, that means that a younger audience can enjoy Annie with not too late a night. However we are not filling our hall to it’s full capacity as it will be the cast’s dress rehearsal so the tickets will be allocated on a first come first serve basis so don’t miss out!

If you have students and their parent/carers who are interested in coming to the dress rehearsal please distribute copies of the letter, which includes further details. This is a fantastic opportunity to watch a brilliant show which the students here at Brookfield School have been working so hard on, and we promise to make it an enjoyable experience. We believe your pupils would thoroughly enjoy viewing this performance, as it is fun and helping our local community.

Yours sincerely,

Kia Holliday and Amber Lightfoot

Year 10, Diploma Students (production assistants)