1. SET
and
SCENERY

2. 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.

3. IN SHORT IT HELPS CREATE
ATMOSPHERE

4. FIRST DECIDE WHAT KIND OF STAGE YOU WILL BE PERFORMING ON.

5. NATIONAL THEATRE SKILLS MASSIVE SETS CHERRY ORCHARD DESIGN
WATCH A SET BEING INSTALLED

6. END ON STAGE

7. THRUST STAGE

8. PROSCENIUM ARCH

9. AVENUE STAGE

10. PROMENADE THEATRE Audience follows the action on foot,
moving from one location to another
PROMENADE
THEATRE

11. CONSIDER THE EXTRAS…

12. APRON

13. Slope of stage to allow
actors to be seen
RAKE

14. Drapes which curtain off the back or sides of stage
BLACKS

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

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

17. area above the stage from where set or actors are FLOWN In on pullies
FLIES
YOU CAN USE THIS TO DROP DIFFERENT ITEMS

18. ----------------------
BACKCLOTH

19. FLATS

20. DOOR FLAT

21. WINDOW FLAT

22. TRAPDOOR

23. TREADS

24. Piece of scenery on wheels for ease of movement
TRUCK

25. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SET CONSTRUCTED YOU NEED TO DRESS IT WITH DETAILS TO YOUR STORY AND CHARACTERS.

26. An item placed on the set, usually part of it e. g
An item placed on the set, usually part of it e.g. a lamp, clock, picture
SET PROP

27. OVER ALL
THE WHOLE SET
HAS A NAME……..

28. Resources used to create the setting where a drama takes place,
e.g. backcloth, flats, rostra, furniture.
SCENERY

29. 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!

30. 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.
7 marks