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SET and SCENERY Orig: K.Van.Exan Modified – T Jones. THE SET TELLS THE AUDIENCE WHERE THE ACTION IS WHEN THE ACTION IS WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECT THE CHARACTERS. ALL BEFORE ANY ACTORS STEP ON STAGE. IN SHORT IT HELPS CREATE ATMOSPHERE.
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SET and SCENERY Orig: K.Van.Exan Modified – T Jones
THE SET TELLS THE AUDIENCE • WHERE THE ACTION IS • WHEN THE ACTION IS • WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECT THE CHARACTERS. • ALL BEFORE ANY ACTORS STEP ON STAGE.
IN SHORT IT HELPS CREATE ATMOSPHERE
Scenery used to show where a drama takes place To place a drama in a certain time or place SET
Audience follows the action on foot, moving from one location to another PROMENADE THEATRE
Slope of stage to allow actors to be seen RAKE
NOW THINK. WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD HELP CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR WHICH YOU ARE AIMING.
CONSIDER What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting SIGHT LINES
---------------------- BACKCLOTH
area above the stage from where set or actors are FLOWN In on pullies FLIES YOU CAN USE THIS TO DROP DIFFERENT BACKCLOTHS
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SET CONSTRUCTED YOU NEED TO DRESS IT WITH DETAILS TO YOUR STORY AND CHARACTERS.
An item placed on the set, usually part of it e.g. a lamp, clock, picture SET PROP
OVER ALL THE WHOLE SET HAS A NAME……..
Resources used to create the setting where a drama takes place, e.g. backcloth, flats, rostra, furniture. SCENERY
IF YOUR SET IS EFFECTIVE THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE • TIME PERIOD • LOCATION • SOCIAL STATUS • ATMOSPHERE BEFORE ANY ACTORS WALK ON STAGE!
Draw a ground plan for 1 scene from your rehearsed improvisation • Design a set where the opening scene is a house where a murder has happened. • 7 marks