Set And Props

Question 1

What do you include in a set introduction?

Answer 1

Intro

• Historical, social, cultural context of OPC
• Current trends
• Style, meaning, audiance
• reference the genre of the play and how it supports this Eg doors for farcical entrance
• stage type

Question 2

What are the flats of the set ?

Answer 2

Colour: a light grey-blue pigment with flats at upstage centre and at 25* angles down stage

Water stained yellow at the corners where the flats meet
- connotes lack of funding and renovation causing audiance to question how police have money for desk
- consider themes of bribery

Question 3

What would be underneath the desk ?

Answer 3

An electorate Persian rug
- expensive and connotes wealth again creating a visual juxtaposition within the aduaince mind

Question 4

Why are the doors important?

Answer 4

Exacerbate farcical moments and build up the tension on stage at points

Police station is depicted as a place of chaos, with constant movements of characters, doors opening and closing, and confusion ensuing—symbolising the lack of control within the political system.

Question 5

What sign would you hang up to make this recognisable to a contemporary British audience ?

Answer 5

Metropolitan police sign and logo placed above each door
- connotes location as a police building within London
- theme of establishment vs revolution

Question 6

What would you have in the centre of the flat at upstage centre ?

Answer 6

A window
- behind this would be a skyline of the Thames and London from a 3rd story
- further connote location as being in London and the location of the office being on the third floor

Question 7

Where is the play set and how can the set represent themes? ?

Answer 7

The play is set primarily within a police station and features a minimalist set design that reflects the confined, bureaucratic environment.

The setting acts almost as a microcosm of a corrupt state, where those in power are often as ridiculous and incompetent as they are oppressive.

Question 8

What does the set have to account for ?

Answer 8

quick, dynamic scene changes, often enhanced by slapstick comedy and physical action.

Question 9

does fo hide that the set is part of the play?

Answer 9

No
-does not hide wires, lights actors or props

Fo wants people to remember they are watching a play

Question 10

What type of stage would you use and why?

Answer 10

Proscenium arch- creates fourth wall- feels as though audience are spectators to Theatre- allows for Maniac to brake this illusion

Question 11

What desk might you have in centre stage?

Answer 11

Wooden mahogony desk inlaid with green leather surface with a golden trim- luxurious- visual metaphor for corruption when juxtaposed by the run down police station