"Kanagawa Short Film Award 2023" will be held on March 25th and 26th
The theater and drama competition "Kanagawa Short Drama Award 2023" will be held on Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater Large Studio, and the grand prize will be decided from among the works performed. To do.
In the "Kanagawa Short Drama Award 2023", the top two groups that won the performance rights at the "22nd Century Flying Frame Selection Competition" (prefectural high school student selection competition), which can be said to be the qualifying held in January this year, will participate.
This time, we asked the "Prefectural Zama General High School Theater Club" and "Magical Girl JINDAIS ☆ (Kanagawa University High School Theater Club)", who were selected as the top two groups, about their enthusiasm for the award.
[Prefectural Zama Sogo High School Drama Club] 22nd Century Flying Frame / Scheduled to be performed on March 25
We interviewed three club members, Ms. Uchida (who plays the daughter), Ms. Sato (who plays the mother), and the drama club advisor.
－Please tell us your motivation for applying to the competition and how you felt when you were selected as one of the top two organizations.
At the end of November, the advisor asked the two of us, "Would you like to participate in a tournament?" I remember feeling very rewarding and happy as an actor.
I had to withdraw from the previous year's competition due to the coronavirus, but this year the situation has calmed down a bit, and I felt hopeful that I would be able to participate, so I decided to give it a try.
I was very happy when I was selected as one of the top two teams! I felt lucky.
I feel that I was praised for my performance that involved the judges and the audience, which is rare in high school theater.
- Please tell us about the contents of the performance (play) and the highlights
The comedy work "You are in the way and I can't study" will be performed.
The characters are a mother and a daughter. In the room of a normal and serious daughter who doesn't want to be disturbed while studying for exams, a mother who has a strong desire for her daughter's attention, a funny and slightly unique character, suddenly enters and interferes with her studies in various ways. The stage setting is such that the audience is watching the exchange between mother and daughter through a wall.
I think the point is that the contrasting personalities of mother and daughter are depicted in an interesting way.
And the highlight is, of course, the "play involving the audience", which is not often used in high school plays and was well received in the judging reviews!
I will get involved with the audience while performing the play, so I would be happy if you could enjoy it together.
- Please tell us if you had any difficulties during practice.
With a short preparation period of about three weeks, it was difficult to complete a comedy work that was my first challenge.
I was told that I could act freely, so I tried various movements.
Because of the high degree of freedom, it was very difficult to act while thinking about how we should move to get the audience's reaction.
I corrected my lines every time I practiced, and continued correcting my lines until the day of the qualifying round.
I think I was able to grow as an actor little by little by overcoming difficulties while thinking for myself.
-Lastly, please tell us about your enthusiasm for the main event and give a message to the visitors.
We want to do our best to enjoy our performance so that the audience can enjoy it with all our might!
And I have a request for the audience who watched it. We kindly ask for your cooperation in filling out the questionnaire.
We usually don't have many opportunities to receive evaluations of our high school plays, so I would be very happy if you could give us your opinions for our study.
A questionnaire will be distributed when you enter, so please feel free to give us your opinion.
[Magical Girl JINDAIS ☆ (Kanagawa University High School Theater Club)] 22nd Century Flying Frame / Scheduled to be performed on March 26
We interviewed three members, Mr. Matsumoto (playing Seiichi), the club manager, Mr. Waguri (playing Maho), and Mr. Kubota (playing Black Cat Goo).
－Please tell us your motivation for applying to the competition and how you felt when you were selected as one of the top two organizations.
Our seniors in the drama club were selected for the highest award at the flight frame selection competition held in 2020, but at that time, due to the corona disaster, the performance at KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater was not possible.
Recently, the situation in the world has calmed down, and I thought that it would be possible to perform at KAAT, which was not possible at the time.
When I was selected as one of the top teams to receive guidance from the judges before the main competition, I was filled with a sense of surprise that I had never felt before.
I feel that the fact that all the members were able to spend their time in an atmosphere of constant smiles during practice led to a performance with a sense of unity, which was appreciated.
The seniors were also very happy to be selected for the top group. I am very happy and looking forward to performing this play at KAAT!
Please tell us about the contents of the performance (play) and the highlights
It's a work called "Magical Human Relationship", and the script is written by a theater club coach who is also our alumnus.
A slapstick romantic comedy set in an apartment by the witch Maho.
Seiichi, a young man who has just moved in, finds out that he is a witch... From there, the story develops one after another with unique characters.
I would like you to pay attention to the fact that 16 characters are played by 8 people.
The highlight of the work is the interaction between Maho and the apartment residents. The story progresses in rapid succession at a good tempo, but I think you'll find it interesting no matter how the characters interact with each other.
Also, Maho's emotions are most clearly expressed at the climax. I would like the audience to feel the same.
- Please tell us if you had any difficulties during practice.
The practice time until the actual performance was short, about one month.
Among them, it was difficult to empathize with non-human characters such as witches and cats, and to think about their movements and gestures.
Also, it was my first attempt at a comedy, and it took me a while to get used to the unique sense of speed.
Even though it was hard, the members were able to enjoy practicing because the distance between seniors and juniors was close, and we were able to grow a lot by receiving opinions from a professional perspective from the coach who belongs to the theater company. It was a good opportunity to check it out.
A sunny stage that has arrived after overcoming the corona misfortune. Please come and see the joy of performing in front of a large audience, and the lively appearance of high school students who enjoy playing their roles with all their might.
《Kanagawa Short Drama Award 2023》
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