SET and

SCENERY

Orig: K.Van.ExanModified – 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

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

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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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