| Video of FVS |
[Nov. 27th, 2008|04:35 pm] |
Howdy! I was wondering if anyone has any video footage of my skit, the one where I sing about breaking up. I'd love to see and hear how I did. Thanks so much!
(cross-posted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) midwest_furfest) |
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| Thanks! |
[Nov. 25th, 2008|05:01 pm] |
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As one of the Assistant Directors of the show this year, I just wanted to thank everyone involved for making this, in my opinion, the best MFF FVS we've ever pulled off. I can't wait to help out again next year. |
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| MFF 2008 Furry Variety Show planning kickoff |
[Sep. 21st, 2008|01:30 pm] |
Greetings everyone!
I'd like to invite everyone to participate in the Furry Variety Show (FVS) at Midwest FurFest.
What do we do?
The FVS is a non-competitive variety show. It's a bit of Vaudeville, sort of like being on the Muppet Show. We all cooperate as a team and we mix and match performers to acts as needed. If you have a "ready to go" act, we'll give you a spot. If you want to be in the show but don't have an act, join us and we'll help you put something together or we'll add you to an existing act. We strongly prefer to have all our actors be either fursuits or puppets, or at the very least have some furry content. (See the post on what makes a good act for details).
If you want to be in the show and are not on our mailing list, send email to rcking@speakeasy.net to join up - it is our primary mode of internal communication.
Announcements
This year our show is moving to Saturday evening at 7pm! We also will be holding TWO rehearsals (6pm Friday and 10am Saturday). You only need to attend one. If you have a choice, try to attend the Friday rehearsal.
Since our show is now during prime-time, we will be a bit more strict about adult content. Keep it PG folks!
Last year we experimented with rehearsal on parallel stages - this seemed to work well, so we're doing it again.
We will lay down multiple "masking tape" stages on the ballroom floor so that multiple acts can work out their marks and their timing in parallel. Then each act can get one final pass at the real stage when they are ready. Each tape stage will have a "boom box" sound system that can play CD-Rs.
Please send email if you have any other suggestions (rcking@speakeasy.net) - repeat suggestions are OK also - just because we couldn't do something in the past doesn't mean we can't reconsider this year.
Thanks!
Robert King
MFF FVS Director |
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| What makes a good Furry Variety Show act? |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|10:43 am] |
Here are some suggestions for your act:
1. Short is good. Funny is good. Short and Funny is better. We will accept other types of acts - live singing, sentimental monologue, experimental, etc, but if in doubt, quick comedy is a consistent winner.
2. Something different happening every 20 seconds. This isn't a firm rule, but you better have a reason if you want to break it.
3. Props are your friends. They keep the audience interested. We have a prop wrangler to help you.
4. PRACTICE! - Practice before the con. Practice at con before the rehearsal. Practice cues. Practice getting to your mark. Practice getting your motions in sync with your sound. Practice your entrance and exit.
5. Pre-recorded audio. Your voice will not carry and only the MC has a radio mike. Create your audio in advance, tweak it to perfection and burn a CD-R for us. [one exception: I look poorly on pre-recorded singing which has pitch problems - it's a pet peeve of mine ] Live mikes on wires will be made available in special cases. Live singing is permitted if you're up to it.
6. Interact with the MC. We love shtick and running gags which interconnect acts.
The Furry Variety Show promise to the Audience:
"Some of these acts may be good and a few may be painful - but we promise the pain will not last very long"
(thus - we reserve the right to shorten acts which threaten to break this promise)
Acts to avoid:
1. Performing to a full length song without choreography or props. Do you know how LONG a three minute song feels to the audience? It can be agony. Only people with incredible stage presence can pull this off. Please don't try to air guitar or freeform dance your way through a full length song. I require anyone planning to do something like this to show proof of choreography and content.
2. Bellydancing or similar specialized dancing must be time limited. Three minutes is a hard cutoff, but I may ask for shorter.
3. "We have this long windy sketch we've not practiced and only one of us knows it" -a guaranteed train wreck.
4. "I'm doing an interpretive dance of MacArthur Park" -- Ask yourself - do you REALLY have the skill to pull this off and not bore everyone to tears?
5. Too much adult content. This IS a midnight show, and we give some leeway, but if your act is intensely and unremittingly adult, we may not allow it. Keep it PG-13 for the most part. If in doubt, ask the director. |
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