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 PROMENADE THEATRE

CONSIDER THE EXTRAS…

APRON

Slope of stage to allow actors to be seen RAKE

Drapes which curtain off the back or sides of stage BLACKS

NOW THINK. WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD HELP CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR WHICH YOU ARE AIMING.

What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting SIGHT LINES CONSIDER

BACKCLOTH

area above the stage from 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