Activity #3: Singing Time

Listening to the entire soundtrack of Big Fish the Musical gave me more of an understanding of the plot and how the characters feel throughout the story. I found this very helpful in getting me prepared to practice and preform.

After listening to the soundtrack, I would have to say my favorite song on the track is Closer to Her. I feel that this song really shows Edwards desire and willingness to give everything he's got in every situation. In this case, it's to find Sandra and marry her. Even throughout the song, when we see how little information Amos is giving to him every month, Edward is still so determined and he knows he will get there. He's prepared to work hard for years to find this girl. I imagine this number on stage similar to how it was brought up in the movie. The circus in the background while Edward is cleaning and helping around. I imagine Edward working very hard and every time Amos comes to give him a clue, he puts his hand over his heart and smiles, because he knows one more thing about the love of his life, even if it’s a small clue. This is what that lets us know how in love and how happy he is to learn about her. Edward will be cleaning elephants, feeding animals, cleaning up around the circus. And the day that Amos tells him what her name is he runs off, Amos will realize what he's done and look angry, because he’s lost a free worker. I think in the background in this number is would be cool to have someone with hula hoops, maybe someone on stilts, etc. I believe it will be an easy thing to achieve, since stilts are easy burrowed from the gym and we can get hula hoops and such. This song fits into the context of the play because it is where Edward meets Sandra. And what he does to learn about her so he can see her again. I think this is important because it's where all of the stories come in and they had Will together. This is where most of the stories come to an end because he finally meets the woman he'll marry, this is one of the stories Edward tells his son, Will. So it fits into the story.

 I would have to say my least favorite track was Two Men in my Life. I find it slightly slow and not very exciting. This song is sung by Sandra explaining that she could never choose between Edward and Will because she loves them both and wishes that they would get along.  Throughout the song she tries to explain to Will that he should listen and learn to love his dad. It fits into the story because Edward is always "making up" stories which is what the musical is about, and Will doesn't care enough to listen. To make this song more engaging for the audience, I think we could have Sandra singing to both of them, Will and Edward on stage and maybe Sandra goes back and forth between them and dances with them or something. Goes back and forth making it clear that she loves them both and doesn't enjoy it when they fight and tries to bring them together during the song.

 In conclusion, I really enjoyed listening to the soundtrack, it was interesting how it was telling a story from start to finish. It gets me very excited to be able to learn these songs. And I’m very excited for this year’s musical!