design question

• the fabrics that were used to make clothes include: cotton, linen, wool and leather
• clothes would be off-white because they washed clothes in rivers and streams without washing powder
• spotlight - hard edged effect, illuminated and emphasises one character
• parcan - strong beam of light that covers the entire stage
• fresnel - soft wash of colour - natural
• gobo - a stencil placed over a lantern to project an image onto the stage
• coloured gel - something you can add in front of lights to project colours onto the stage.
• when talking about lighting talk about the intensity, layering, projection - where is it? what material are you projecting onto? why are you doing that projection? - ambience - atmosphere
• when talking about sound say if there is going to be a fade in or out, volume, echo, reverb, crescendos, diminuendos, the type - live? recorded? voiceover? from the wings?
• is the sound diagetic or non-diagetic
• what is diegetic sound?

  sound that the characters can hear
• what is non-diegetic sound?

  sound that the characters can't hear but the audience can.
• underscoring music is when the music plays beneath when the characters are talking
• surround sound is when there is speakers in the audience and that amplifies sound
• major music = happy atmosphere
• minor music = melancholy atmosphere
• cassocks - a full-length garment worn by certain Christian clergy
• doublet - a man's jacket
• buckled shoes
• talk about hair and makeup
• tap plates on the bottom of a characters shoe, so that every time they walk you can hear the footsteps - makes them more important.
• shawl - covers up shoulders often woolen
• wide brimmed hat
• linen long cape
• breeches - trousers
• black clothing was expensive because of the dye
• for Danforth dress him in white and black - this reflects how he sees the world - good and evil
• the girls should be wearing linen aprons to show they are servants
• headscarfs - religious
• bonnets - religiou
• woolen stockings
• natural coloured clothes were not expensive - they did not have to be dyed