First, I will discuss scenic design and the designers objectives. There are many objectives that a scenic designer strives to achieve, including setting the tone, establishing the time period or location, creating a natural flow between the design and the overall production, and creating practical stage sets. Setting the tone is important for creating feelings and emotion in the actors so that they can portray their characters in an accurate manner. Establishing the time period or location helps the audience to know the when and where of the play. Small details of the set design also helps the audience to better understand the characters personalities without the descriptions having to be verbalized. The scenic designer, director, and playwright …show more content…
converge together to create an overall separate "world" for the actors to act in. Creating practical stage sets is important to ensure that the set is functional and will withhold throughout the play. Costume design is the next production element.
The objectives for costume are similar to that for scenic design, including establishing the time period, creating practical costumes, and establishing a characters style. Establishing the time period is important in costumes because it allows the audience to know the era, season, or even economic status of the characters. This leads into creating a characters style, the clothing a character wears can indicate their personality, job, and stage in life. Lastly, it is important for costumes to be practical for easy on and easy off throughout the show to ensure quick changes can be made. Lighting is one of the most important elements of design, its main objectives being to provide visibility, time, mood, and create a rhythm of visual movement. Visibility is the most important objective because without light there can be no play. Using light to create time helps the audience to distinguish between days during the play. Light helps to provide a focus on the stage that establishes a mood throughout the play. Lastly, lighting designers want to create an undetectable rhythm of visual movement, this is what draws the audiences eyes to look at a particular character for dramatic
effect. Sound design is the last element of theatre production with objectives including, providing sound, creating an environment, and setting the mood. Like with lighting, without sound there can be no play. Sound doesn't just include the voices of actors but also music and sound effects. Creating an environment with sound can be done by adding background noises, such as cars honking, crickets chirping, and guns shooting. All these aspects help the audience to create an environment for the stage set that isn't just what they can see. Setting the mood with sound is important to reinforce the plays theme and central ideas by adding sound effects or music to scenes to create feelings or emotions. The most important objectives for all set design are creating a place or environment and setting the correct mood or tone. Without these two things being portrayed correctly the central idea or theme of the play may not be clear or realized by the audience.
The lighting in this movie is very effective. It helps to establish the characters very well. The audience is helping in distinguishing the bad and the good characters through the lighting. The movie overall is very stylized. There are some other strange lighting patterns brought out by Hype Williams, but by far the most effective lighting patterns are ones that help to characterize the main players in the film.
The lighting played a major role in setting the tone for both the theatre performance and the movie. In both the film and play, the lighting was dimmed and the non-important elements, such as background elements, were often hidden in the shadows. In the film the murky lighting also hid Todd in the shadows, in order to increase the suspense and further emphasize his intimidating demeanor. In the play,
Clothing that is worn by the actors during the play can be a reflection of the characters personalities. Nick, Lucy, Lewis and Julie all seem to be in normal clothing, reflecting the fact they are relatively normal, and don’t show signs of extreme ‘Madness.’ Ruth wears simple, old, and neat clothes that reflect her OCD, and the colours and patterns that Roy wears reflect his crazy and upbeat personality. Meanwhile, Henry wears business-like outfits that you would expect to see a lawyer wear. This helps to inf...
The use of lights throughout the play did not vary often. Throughout most of the play, bright overhead lights portrayed the play’s main set room: a small town beauty salon. The lights created an atmosphere that was not only cheerful, but also warm and inviting. On each side of the stage, warm, more natural lighting was used to make the small outdoor areas more realistic. Lights were also used to convey
The lighting was also very effectively used to show the coming and going of cars on the set. The reflection of lights on the front door of the house were used resemble those of an automobile. Even the final scene had just enough absence of light that the shadows of the characters could be seen sitting around the dinner table and praying by candlelight. At the very end of the performance the candles were extinguished consuming the set in blackness in turn signifying the end of the production.
Have you ever gone on an adventure? Traveled to great unknowns and saved a princess from a dragon. While you were saving the princess, you were probably dressed up in a prince costume. Costumes are important to help you get into character and play your part. Sherlock Holmes does this in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Throughout the book Sherlock uses costumes to help him get into character while solving a case. Sherlock dresses up as a drunkard, a clergy man, and an old man.
For example, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Burton implements dim lighting during meaningful moments and bright lighting during more vibrant moments. This effectively conveys the tone set for the scene and maintains a clear balance in the scene. This helps the audience clearly understand the scene’s characteristics and its meaning to the film. Similarly, in Edward Scissorhands (1990) Burton utilizes lighting to set contrast between the characters. The superficial town is set in a bright, sunny setting, however, the lives the characters lead are quite the opposite of bright. These individuals spend their free time judging others and have no individuality whatsoever. Furthermore, Edward, one of the only characters who is kindhearted, is portrayed in dull, dark lighting. The lighting contrasts with his sweet personality to emphasize who is accepted and who is not. This contrast helps the audience understand the contradicting worlds of Edward and the frivolous town. In addition, in Big Eyes (2014) Burton implements lighting to show the slow transition of Margaret Keane’s life. The lighting depicts the dulling of her life as she faces troubles in her life. The use of lighting here helps the audience see the clear transition in Margaret Keane's life and clearly understand the conflict in her life. Similarly, Burton utilizes lighting in his films
The lighting is used as colour symbolism through Priestley’s decision to imitate the emotions in the act, ‘the lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should...
The curtains of the play draw, the audience, quiet and eager waits for the lights to dim to see what William Shakespeare had brought before them. Shakespeare’s plays became enjoyable and fun to watch, seeing actors dress in amazing costumes and props used in The Globe Theater. (1-1)
The scenery shows realistic sets in the play. The text is very episodic that show the parts of the events in a story. The conflict shows a rough experience of growing up with adults, who are treating the orphaned boys very abusive and having some troubles on where they belonged. Peter, other boys, and Molly have some kinds of conflicts about being a leader and succeeding the mission where the Lord Astar (Molly’s father) have to send to Molly. The conflict has already resolved when they have completed their mission and kept their group safe. It also affects my overall experience that the conflict between different characters did show different perspectives on how they lead and express their experience of leadership in their mission. The space of the theater was small, but it’s large enough for the actors to perform and for the audience to see. The scenery designer Andrew Breithaupt of this play did show a specific place and time. For example, the beginning shows the ship and what era is it. The scenery is also very real locale in the play, and it’s very appropriate views toward the audience for non-professional and school play. The scenery of this play did show more realistic-moving type, but it did move some parts of the scene that I see in the play. Also, it showed the surprising element of changing the sets than the scene. Costume Designer Amy Zsadanyi-Yale did give the clues about the timeline, personalities of every character in the play. But I believe that the costumes should get focused on connecting the situations in the play. For example, an orphanage that the nameless boy (Peter) and other boys lived should have ragged-looking or something damage into the costumes so it can create an effect on costumes from the scene. The costumes show the conflicts and interpersonal relationships, but I should consider that the social groups in this play should look something different from the orphanage and upper class. Lightning and
For instance, a musical number about a character’s tragic past might include soft, golden lighting, while a scene about dancing in a dance class might include purple lights to show the overall mood of the scene. In addition, the costumes used in the musical added even more life to the musical by providing a visual representation of each character and his or her personality. The costumes allowed the audience to determine the character traits of each character while also deciding the type of homes the characters came from. For instance, one of the characters was dressed in pants and a shirt that would normally be seen worn by an older man or a father. This leads the audience to believe that the character might be an older person who has a family of his own.
By the use of visual design elements, the overall production of the play can be considered abstract. For example, the set design uses very little props and forces the audience to focus more on the actors and costumes. In addition, the set designer used very dark and dreary color such as black and grey to display the plague that was taking over the city of Thebes. During this time period that the play produced, the plague has made the people in the city weak, bitter, and unhappy. By using colors that represent this internal feeling that the characters are experiencing, the actors move in a certain way that coincidentally goes hand and hand with the set design. In further detail, the costume designer did a fantastic job of portraying certain status ranking by the color of robe they were wearing. For example, Oedipus was wearing a silk, garnish robe that represented royalty and a sophisticated man. Whereas, the ordinary people of Thebes were wearing dull, grey robes that displayed their lack of social ranking. All in all, the visual design elements were used in an appropriate manner that allowed the audience to get a better understanding of the abstract world that this play took place
I have never once been to a show where a change in lighting made me gasp in surprise; but at the beginning of Act Three, when the lights changed from a soft warm light to a harsh fluorescent truly blew me away. It sets the tone for the entire second half of the play, and I thought the way they went about utilizing the lighting was truly brilliant. I also found the dripping water in the Proctor’s home to be very impressive. It made the entire universe that much more realistic. As I watched the real drops of water drip from the ceiling and into the bucket, I was mesmerized and 100% engaged in the story that was happening. I have seen lots of great productions, with tons of brilliant actors, but I find that the little things, like special effects, and lighting is really what impress me when I go to see a show. The technical aspects of theater are truly what made a fine production great, and I like to pay complement where complement is
Linked with colour is the important use of light and dark ni the play to
Lighting played a major part in specifying when it was night or day. In the second half of the play, the lighting played a part by becoming brighter and focusing on one actor as she stood up on the box and spoke to the audience. When she was finished talking to the audience she snapped her fingers and stepped down with the light focusing directly on her, it made me feel as if the words she was saying were only for us “the audience” to hear. In whole the light and sound was beneficial for the play.