Roles

Issac- Scriptwriter- using the base story of Cinderella and gathering inspiration and information about fairytales, he is to come up with a script about Cinderella to be performed in Chinese Opera style. He has to ensure that the fairy tale magiucal factor still remains, and that the script does not restrict the chinese Opera style from displaying itself.
- Sound- Since Isaac wrote the script, he knows what kind of mood, or feel he wants the audience to have at particular moments. Thus, we thought that it was best that he was put incharge of sound editing.

Wen Zhen- Costume Designer- Research on costumes of those periods and what they told the audience of the character. She will have to improvise with materials taht we have to make costumes for the actors. Sketches will also have to be provided. Due to buget as well as time and manpower restrictions, the cotume will follow the basic shape nad cut of the real costumes in those days however the details and in some cases colours as well may not be followed.

Rachel- Makeup and headdresses- She will research on the makeup of the various characters and what certain colours, shapes, angels etc of the makeup give the characters their special characteristics. She will then resource for the make up needed and purchase them. She will also have to practise and train the other actors to put on their makeup. As for the headdresses, she will design the headdresses of the prince, the fairy Godfather and Cinderella.

Saad- Movement, Music and Script- He will have to watch as well as read about the Opera movements. How certain characters move about, what certain gestures mean and what the audince is to take away from that gesture. He will have to work alongside the costume designer so as to know what movemnets are aloowed in the costumes. He will then choreograph along with the actors to tecah them what to do. In addition to this, he wil have to work with the scriptwriter and sound incharge to make sure that these two elements can work with the movement that he had in mind.

Priscilla- Research,Costume, set and Techincal Aspects- She will research on fairytales as well as the Chinese opera and explain why the group used thses two elemets together and what their aim was. What and how these two factors work for each other, Also, she wil deal with the lights, as chinese Opers has diff lights that make adjustments to the makeup required. She also knows what is going on in each department and gives them deadlines and updates as well as plans meetings. In the area of costumes, she is doing the sketches and headdress as well as the final product stitching of her own character, the step mother. She will also help to stitch the God father and the Princes costume since the costume designer does not seem to be able to keep up with the increasing workload. In addition to that, she takes the skecthes drawn by Rachel and Wen Zhen, adds in explainations for designs used and then makes a final product or boards which will be displayed for the audience. As for the set, she designs it and the proceeds to execute the work needed to be done inorder for the set to be prepared.