TITLE:
Charlie, Cole and Billy
LEVEL:
4th ESO Bilingual Section (level 4)
CHARACTERS:
Main: Charlie (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Cole (from The Sixth Sense) and Bily (from Billy Elliot).
Supporting: Willy Wonka, other kids at the Chocolate Factory, Dr Malcolm Crowe (Cole´s psychologist) and Billy Elliot´s family and ballet instructor.
SYNOPSIS
The play, divided into 5 scenes, shows the story of Charlie, Cole and Billy, who become friends and embark on a new adventure: to play a role in all three films.
First, they visit the Chocolate Factory and have a chance to meet Willy Wonka and other kids who vie with Charlie to inherit the factory. From the factory,
Charlie and Billy will go through a hair-raising experience by watching Cole talking to spirits and trying to find comfort in his psychiatrist, Dr Crowe.
Finally, the trio will try to persuade the Elliots to let Billy make his dream come true and become a professional dancer.
CHARACTER OBJECTIVES:
Charlie: to inherit the Chocolate Factory.
Cole: to get rid of his sixth sense.
Billy: to become a professional dancer.
SCENE DESCRIPTION
*Scene 1
Charlie, Cole and Billy meet during a holiday in Spain and become close friends. Together, they decide to have fun by taking part in one another´s most renowned films.
*Scene 2
This scene is set in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Other characters appear: Willy Wonka and a group of kids from the film and the first conflic arises, since the kids in the factory will try to stop Charlie from achieving his goal.
*Scene 3
Scene 3 is set in the film The Sixth Sense, where Charlie and Billy will talk to Cole´s doctor in order to find a cure for his mental disorder. A second conflict arises, since the spirits won´t leave Cole alone...
*Scene 4
The trio depart to Great Britain, where they meet the Elliots in an attempt to persuade them to let Billy dance. Mrs Wilkinson , Billy´s ballet instructor, will give them a hand, but Billy´s family won´t give in so easily,...
*Scene 5
After the hectic and busy schedule, the three kids finally have time to rest and comment on their experience, now happy to have made their respective dreams come true and even happier to have found true friends for life.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
In order to engage the students into taking part in such a project, it´d be highly advisable to have them watch the films first (at school or at home). Moreover, the presence of a variety of supporting characters will give more students a chance to play a role.
I think this play is veray appealing ,as a lot of the students have seen the three films and almost all of them have heard of them.Watching the films is a good starting point because they enjoy films a lot and this way it is easier to make them get involved.The play is really motivating because it talks about fighting for your dreams and shows us how important it is to work together,to help others and to be helped by them.I think this play is very suitable to perform with our students and it also has many roles,which is a very important aspect so that most of the pupils can take part in it.
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ResponderEliminarI think I am in love with this outline.
In my experience, you need to be confident that students will react to open-wide tasks. And I am using "open-wide" in terms of great possibilities for students to make the characters their own.
I think your script has all the potential of students' previous knowledge and interests, and all the risks that shy students seem to find when they need to perform into a role they feel as complex. Again, out of experience, facing risks is one of the biggest gifts of our work. More often than not, you discover that shameless performer where you thought there was an incredibly shy kid.
I like the fact that I see "The Wizard of Oz" all over your story and, at the same time, updated characters with real life issues that they wish to face.
With your permission, I would love to use your ideas with a couple of my classes.
Thanks!
I found the story really entertaining and different and I think students will love it. The idea of choosing characters from well known films is great because students will immediately recognize them and feel identified with them. The only problem I found is the difficulty of preparing so many different stage sets, since the play takes place in different places. But this problem can be overcome with some preparation. Well done!
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