Set

• Purpose of set design


  • Conveys:
  • setting
  • period
  • themes or symbols
• Conveys settings


  Shows the audinece where the action takes place
• Conveys period


  Suggests the time that the play takes place in
• Communicating themes or symbols


  Set can communicate abstract concepts like themes or symbols
• What to consider with set


  • colour
  • condition
  • scale
• Colour


  Can symbolise various ideas on stage
• Conidition


  Can show the audience information about a character's circumstances
• Scale


  Forced perspective can be used to make objects on stage appear closer or further away
• Considerations with set


  • shape
  • staging configuration
  • texture
• Shape


  The shape of a set can convey various ideas about the environment to the audience
• Staging configuration


  • The position of the audience in relation to the stage
• Texture


  What the set is made of can convey information and create the feel of a set
• Backdrop


  • A piece of cloth hung behind the stage
  • can be painted
  • can have projections or coloured lights shone onto it
• Borders


  Wide and short drapes that mask the top of the stage where lights are hung
• Rostra


  A stationary platform for performers to stand on
• Projections


  A way of adding texture and detail to the stage
• Flat


  A piece of scenery used to represent a wall or to conceal a backstage area