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SET and
SCENERY
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
FIRST DECIDE WHAT KIND OF STAGE YOU
WILL BE PERFORMING ON.
END ON STAGE
THRUST STAGE
PROSCENIUM ARCH
AVENUE STAGE
Audience follows the action on foot, moving from one location to another
PROMENADETHEATRE
CONSIDER THE EXTRAS…
APRON
Slope of stage to allowactors to be seen
RAKE
Drapes which curtain off the back or sides of stage
BLACKS
NOW THINK. WHAT ELEMENTS
WOULD HELP CREATE THE
ATMOSPHEREFOR WHICH YOU ARE
AIMING.
What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting
SIGHT LINES
CONSIDER
----------------------
BACKCLOTH
area above the stagefrom where set or
actors are FLOWN
In on pullies
FLIES
YOU CAN USE THIS TO DROP DIFFERENT BACKCLOTHS
FLATS
DOOR FLAT
WINDOW FLAT
TRAPDOOR
TREADS
Piece of scenery on wheels for ease of movement
TRUCK
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.
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