Content covered:
choosing an appropriate theatre space for this play, creating a ground plan and the design features to use/terminology on this ground plan, the actor/audience relationship for this play, using a composite set design, why adopting a minimalist set design might be beneficial for this play, the acoustics of the chosen performance space, creating sound cue sheets for extracts, using sound effects and the sound demands of this play, preparing costume plots and considering the main character representations through their costumes, colour symbolism and how it could be used with this play, Christopher's association with various colours, how to convey the changing depictions of Judy on stage, fabric and hairstyle choices for characters, depicting Christopher as a 'typical' teenager through his costume, the intensity, colour, form and movement of lighting choices, how to approach lighting choices when looking at an extract, type of lights available and their benefits, the positioning of lights, lighting angles, using the McCandless lighting system, using different lighting areas on a stage for various locations. Learn More