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Camp Rock | E D U C A T I O N R E S O U R C E B O O K | P a g e 1

The National Youth Theatre Company (NYTC

) is a registered charity

dedicated to the personal, social and cr

eative development of young

people through the dramatic arts. Since

the Company’s foundation in

2005, we have engaged with over 2000 youn

g New Zealander’s through

our programmes, and tens of thousands mo

re as members of our school

matinee audiences.

Camp Rock is the end result of NYTC’s OnS

tage programme. Our cast

is comprised of over 150 young performer

s, aged between six and

twenty-one. They have been working toget

her through our workshop

rehearsal programme for the last four mo

nths. The OnStage programme

is part of our AllAccess initiative - a

series of programmes aimed

at providing highly accessible opportuni

ties in the arts. There are

no auditions to join the cast, and for m

any this is their first live

performance experience. The growth displ

ayed by these young people

during the months of the programme is re

markable, and taking to the

stage with NYTC is something they’ll nev

er forget.

NYTC is committed to developing strong,

mutually positive

relationships with the schools in our co

mmunity. We do our best to

provide performances and support materia

ls that make the experience

of live theatre both enjoyable and valua

ble for a school audience.

We would love to talk to you to find out

how we can support you and

make your relationship with NYTC mutuall

y beneficial. If you would

like to speak with an NYTC representativ

e, please don’t hesitate to

contact us at the email address below.

From all of us at NYTC, we hope you and

your students enjoy Camp

Rock and have fun working through the ac

tivities included in this

resource pack. We look forward to seeing

you at the theatre!

For more information, or to speak with a

n NYTC representative,

please email [email protected].

1 Introduction

3 Synopsis

4 Professional Statements

6 Character Descriptions

Follow-up Activities 10 Dance and Drama

11 Music

12 Literacy

13 Visual Art

14 Characterisation Exercise

Resources 15 1 - Script for Acting

16 2A - Chords

17 2B - Chords

18 3 - Celebrity Profile

19 4 - KWL Chart

20 5 - Plot Summary

21 6 - Venn Diagram

22 7 - Word Find

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SynopsisWelcome to Camp Rock - the ultimate camp for aspiring musicians (“We Rock”). Mitchie Torres arrives and greets her friends from

last summer (“Brand New Day”). Everyone is welcomed by Camp Rock’s founder, Brown

Cesario. Mitchie starts off Opening Jam with (“This Is Me”) and is joined by Connect 3 front man Shane Gray when he arrives with his brothers Nate and

Jason. In spotlight-absorbing fashion, Tess Tyler takes the stage (“Start the Party”). The campers soon receive an invitation

to visit the brand-new Camp Star, run by Brown’s rival and former band mate, Axel Turner. Luke and the Star Campers perform a high-energy number (“Fire”), which overwhelms the Camp Rockers. Axel offers them a spot at Camp Star, and Tess immediately makes arrangements. Brown quickly shuttles the Camp Rockers back home to avoid further defections. Before they leave, Nate becomes smitten with Axel’s daughter Dana, but is too shy to say anything.

Brown informs the campers that most of his staff took Axel’s offer and Camp Rock will have to close immediately. Mitchie, devastated, calls her pals to action (“Can’t Back Down”). Brown agrees to let Shane, Nate and Jason take over teaching the classes (“Play My Music”). Bolstered by their progress, the Camp Rockers challenge the Star Campers to a Final Jam showdown (“It’s On”). Tess and Axel up the ante and offer to broadcast “Camp Wars” so viewers can vote for the winner. Brown is furious when he hears about the contest, but the Camp Rockers convince him they can do it. Mitchie starts working on their number and drives everyone to focus. Shane, Nate and Jason try to lighten the mood (“Heart and Soul”), but Mitchie makes everyone get right back to work. Spying from a distance, Tess misses how much fun she used to have at Camp Rock. As Mitchie and Shane fight about not spending time together, Nate sneaks across the lake to sing to Dana all the things he was too shy to say (“Introducing Me”).

The Camp Rockers want to improve their chances by making the Final Jam number a duet between Shane and Mitchie, but they first have to get them back together (“Wouldn’t Change a Thing”). Camp Wars arrives and the Star Campers perform a flashy hi-tech number (“Tear It Down”). Intimidated, the Camp Rockers give it their best (“What We Came Here For”). Everyone’s thrilled until they realize that Axel solicited votes outside the broadcast and Camp Star is announced as the winner. On the way back to Camp Rock, Brown expresses how proud he is of everyone, even if the camp has to close down (“This Is Our Song”). Suddenly, the phones start ringing from parents who saw the performance and want to send their kids to Camp Rock next summer! Joined now by several Camp Star defectors, including Tess and Dana, the Camp Rockers are thrilled to know they will be back for an even better summer next year (“We Rock”)!


Disney’s Camp Rock has proven a hugely popular musical with youth and adults alike. A simple story of young people standing up for what they believe in and working together to make it happen.The greatest challenge when directing Camp Rock was organising the cast’s stage movements in new and exciting ways as to encapsulate the chaotic energy of the show,

while also finding a way to make the movement visually pleasing. It is a show busy with emotion and commotion and the way the cast shift through those emotions must be portrayed in their stage movement.

The most important element for the cast was to understand the concept of loyalty; what it means to fight for what you believe in and what it means to do the right thing. The rivalry between Camp Rock and Camp Star makes for great drama on stage and great lessons off stage.

Ultimately, Camp Rock is a story about coming together in times of need and paired with the vibrant energy of our young cast the show makes for an entertaining watch, and a great inspection of human instinct. Chanel Turner, Director for National Youth Theatre Company Trust.

James Doy

Chanel Turner

JAMES DOY

CHANEL TURNER


Disney’s Camp Rock was an exciting introduction to my f irst choreography role for the National Y outh Theatre Company.

This show has numerous high energy dances, some that see our cast of 155 all sharing the stage together, from our youngest at 6 to our oldest at 21.

Being a Musical Theatre Company, our cast are used to performing in similar dance style, one thing Camp Rock brought both for me and for them was overcoming the challenge of Hip Hip. Hip Hop is a technique that really isn’t for everyone and I am so proud of all of the cast for disciplining themselves and tackling this challenge head on.Choreography for this show has been a huge learning experience for me. It’s been a pleasure working with such a talented group of young people and I know their passion and conf idence will shine through in the performance you come to see.

Claire Murphy,

Head of Dance, National Y outh Theatre Company Trust

Claire Murphy

CLAIRE MURPHY

www.nytc.co.nz


Mitchie is smart, talented, passionate, and fights for what

she believes in.

Shane is the charismatic lead singer of Connect 3, and Mitchie’s boyfriend from last summer.

The shy Nate Gray is the drummer of

Connect 3, also Shane’s brother.

Jason is Shane and Nate’s brother. Comical, and easy-going he is the guitarist of Connect 3.

Quirky and gifted, Caitlyn is Mitchie’s

best friend.

SHANE GRAY

MITCHIE TORRES

NATE GRAY

CAITLYN GELLER

JASON GRAY

ers!



Daughter of pop star T.J. Tyler,

diva of Camp Rock.

Longtime camper, into fashion.

Loyal Camp Rocker, won last year’s Final Jam.

The new girl at

Camp Rock.Fabulous hip-hop

dancer.

TESS TYLER

ELLA PADOR

MARGARET ‘PEGGY’ DUPREE

ROSIE DAY

BARRON JAMES

moreers!


Barron’s best friend and partner in crime, also a dance enthusiast.Andy is never without

his drum sticks.

Owner and director of Camp Rock, a former rocker who has seen it all.

even more

CAMP ROCKERS

SANDER LOYA

ANDY HOSTEN

BROWN CESARIO

ers!


Dana is sweet, a terrific keyboardist,

and the daughter of the Camp Star

owner, Axel

A big talent with an ego to match.

Black-clad formidable founder of Camp Star, former rocker, Brown’s nemesis.

A slick, enthusiastic reality-TV host.

Reality TV Co-host.

STAR CAMPERS

DANA TURNER

MARIO FUNGHETTIGEORGE FARLOW

AXEL TURNER

LUKE WILLIAMS

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ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES CAN BE ADAPTED TO SUIT YOUR DESIRED CURRICULUM LEVEL. EACH ACTIVITY CAN BE COMPLETED

BEFORE OR AFTER THE SHOW.

Follow-up Activities

DRAMADANCE

Costume Design: Create a costume for your favourite

‘Camp Rock’ character to wear in a big stage

performance.

Watch the movie ‘Camp Rock 2, the

Final Jam’. Discuss/research constraints of making a movie vs putting on a stage

production.

Create 8 dance cards with

a different step you have made up on each.

Mix these up and create a dance with your friends. Which song would this dance best suit in

‘Camp Rock’?.

Act out a piece of the script

(provided in the resource section). Add costumes, think about what music you could use to underscore

it.

Accompanying worksheets are in the resource

section.


MUSIC

Research the work of

Kara DioGuardi, one of the song writers of ‘Camp

Rock’. What else has she written? What

similarities can you hear in her work?

Run a Battle of the Bands or talent contest in your

school/class. Think about what it takes to organise such an event. Don’t forget to include everyone who wants to

take part.

Practice the song ‘We Rock’ on guitar. The chords are provided in the resource section.

Accompanying sheets are in the resource section.


Using the template provided in the resource

section, create a plot summary of the important events in the show/film. Don’t forget to list the events in order. You

can draw or write your answers.

Research the lives of

the celebrities who play the characters

in the movie ‘Camp Rock 2’. How have the lives of Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers changed? Complete a celebrity profile sheet. Template provided in the

resource section.

Brainstorm adjectives (describing words) to

describe each character from the show.

Write a recount about the day you went to see NYTC’s ‘Camp Rock’ Don’t forget to say Who, What, When, Where

and Why.

Complete a KWL chart about ‘Camp Rock’. What

do you know about it already? What do you want to find out? What have you learned about

‘Camp Rock’.

Write a theatre review after you have been see the show.

Accompanying sheets are in the resource section.

Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Camp Rock the musical, to Camp Rock 2, the movie. Template provided in resource section.

LITERACY


VISUALART

Create a mixed up

rock instrument by folding your paper in

half, drawing the top half of an instrument in the

upper section and the bottom half of another instrument

in the lower section. Unfold the paper to see what you’ve created.

Roll big paper out on the floor, draw around your silhouette. Choose

a character and draw yourself as a character

from ‘Camp Rock’.

Choose your favourite set

from ‘Camp Rock’ and re-create it to scale inside a small

box. Use fabric to create soft furnishings and make models of the characters

in that scene to go inside it.

Listen to the song ‘This is Me’. Using a

projector/OHT trace your silhouette onto a piece of paper. Following the shape

of your face, cut out pictures or use photos or stickers to create

a ‘This Is Me’ collage.


Lie on your back in a free space on th

e ground with your palms

facing the roof and your legs outstret

ched and eyes closed.

Concentrate on your breathing and how

every breathe adjusts your

body on the ground. As your heart rate

begins to slow down to

rest slowly start to move your limbs.

Start by rolling from side

to side using only your fingers to help

you, and then slowly roll

to a seated position still with your e

yes closed.

Once at a seated position keep going b

ack to your breathing

and how it adjusts your posture in dif

ferent positions. As you

slowly stand up start to experiment wi

th gravity: how it feels

to have o control of your head, how it

feels to walk with loose

limbs and how it feels to walk complet

ely stiff. While you do

this think about your character and ho

w they would walk, how

they would feel in one particular scen

e and how this exploration

of gravity can adjust your character’s

posture in that scene.

CharacterisationExercise

Camp Rock’s ‘Mitchie’ is a complex girl. She is young and has insecurities, but simultaneously she is confident in her abilities and will go above and beyond for people she cares about and what she believes in. For her character, one should explore the difference between her in a stressed, tense physicality and a happy, relaxed physicality. Her character has many emotional journeys in the show and her physicality is only a mere contribution to portraying those changes to an audience.

Example:

SCENE 9: CAMP ROCK - Day 11

(The Camp Rockers enter in an exhausted, pathetic line, phones in hand.)

PEGGYCamp Rock - Day Eleven. Too... tired... to... text

ELLAYou know that weird thing you get in your thumbs from texting too much? I have it all over my body.

ROSIEI thought camp was supposed to be fun.

ANDYFun? What’s that?

SANDERWe’re supposed to be swimming now!

BARRONI’m dripping wet - but I haven’t seen the lake in days...

(Mitchie enters with clipboard, all revved up, as usual.)

MITCHIEOkay everybody! Let’s run the number one more time! And this time, don’t just go through the motions, do it like your life depends on it!

(Camp Rockers grumble and complain.)

ELLAReally?

PEGGY You’ve gotta be kidding.

SANDERIf I do it one more time, I don’t know if I’ll live to see fifteen -

MITCHIEAm I the only one who cares about what happens?

ROSIEI care.

SHANEMitchie, everybody cares.

CAITLYNWe just need a break that’s all

MITCHIEFine. But if there’s no Camp Rock next year, don’t blame me.

(Mitchie storms off.)


Script for Acting


Chords

N.C. at the start means “No Chords” - you don’t start playing the guitar until bar 6. The technical term for singing unaccompanied is “a cappella”.

Start out just trying to play the changes - so just strum your guitar one time for each chord. Slow it down if you need to.

You’ll see that the second chord looks a little more complicated - don’t worry too much about this. A suspended chord (in this case Dsus4 or D suspended 4th) is just a chord that has had an extra note added. If you look at the melody in bar 7, it’s a repeated G note. This isn’t a note in the chord of D major (D, F#, A) , so they’ve added it in on the top - if you play it on the guitar you’ll hear that the top note of the chord is the note which is being sung. If this is all a bit too complicated, you can actually get away without changing the chord at all here - try it and see!

In bar 17, the chord changes to a Bb. This is a harder chord to play on the guitar. The usual way of doing this is a “bar chord”. To play a bar chord, you need to cover the entire fretboard with the index finger of your left hand and press down hard. This is represented by the curved line in the chord symbol. If you can’t press down hard enough to make the notes come out clearly, it’s OK - as long as your finger is there it should sound fine.

Once you’ve got the hang of the song playing just one strum for each chord, try some more complicated strums. Something that works well for this song is strumming in quavers (so 8 strums per bar) and anticipating the chord changes. Anticipating means changing in advance - so you’d change chord on the last strum of each bar instead of the first of the next.

Further Study

Once you’ve mastered the verse, why not try to figure out the chorus? To give you a start, the chords used are Bm, G, A and D, repeated. They do change it up by sneaking an E chord in near the end - can you figure out where? The lyrics of the chorus are “Raise your hands up in the air and scream. We’re finding our voice, following our dreams. ‘Cause we rock (we rock) we rock, we rock on. Nobody in the world’s gonna bring us down. The louder we go well the better we sound. ‘Cause we rock (we rock) we rock, we rock on.”


Chords

Celebrity profile


Full Name Picture/Photo

Date of Birth

Hometown

Family members

Celebrities Favourite Things

How they first became famous

Career Timeline - list your celebrities career highlights. Record the name of the project,

the year and the part they played.

Special Awards or recognition (Grammys, Emmys etc)

KWL Chart


What do I know about ‘Camp Rock’?

What questions do I have?

What do I want to find out?

What have I learned?

(To be filled in on completion of unit).


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Camp Rock: Word FindMake your own word find by choosing 12 words based on Camp Rock -

character names, songs, events etc - and writing them in to the grid. Then fill the rest of the spaces with random letters. To make it more

difficult, you can write some of the words backwards or upside-down! Then see how long it takes your friends to solve the puzzle.

Content by Monique Dawson

For more information, contact [email protected]

The National Youth Theatre Company Trust

PO Box 305412

Triton Plaza

North Shore City 0757

Telephone (09) 948 6982

www.nytc.co.nz

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