The Crucible



The Crucible

My Directorial Vision

Themes/issues you wish to highlight/explore in your production

Characters that embody these themes or issues

Moods and atmospheres that you wish to convey in your production. (Use specific scenes to illustrate)

Chosen staging? (End-on, theatre-in-the round etc.) Why have you selected this staging?

Set and set dressing – what will your production actually look like in terms of the set and set dressing. Look at the example to see the level of detail the examiner will need to ‘see’ your production.

Example:

Now try your own set and set dressing concepts on the next page. How do they represent themes, moods, atmospheres, social conditions of the time? If a modern parallel what will it convey?

What are your chosen costumes? How do they represent themes, issues, character, historical time period, social conditions of the time?

Lighting choices. Give clear examples of the lighting choices you will make using the correct terminology. What will your lighting choices, reveal, convey, enhance etc.

Sound and SFX. Now do the same with significant music, sound or sound effects. Effects of this? If you are using music, define the exact track you wish to use e.g. ‘Flights of Angels’ by J. Piretti, ‘Adagio for Strings’ by Barber or at least name the style e.g. a selection of Plainsong/Gregorian Chants sung by monks

Symbols, emblems, unusual non-naturalistic elements e.g. lit cross on cyclorama, broken wall that moves slowly apart, shadow of noose etc. Give clear examples, when exactly these will be used and why.

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Reasons for my choice

• Shows the nature of living in a harsh environment of New England in 1690’s

• Shows living off the land in a Puritan society

• Conveys the feeling of little frivolity

• Nothing is luxurious, only necessity

• Shows the stark and austere world of living in a theocracy

• Shows the social conditions of the time and the specific world of the 1690’s

• Naturalistic set

• Symbolism shown through the high windows and walls which suggest claustrophobic world

• Set immediately gives a visual image to the audience of an oppressive environment

• Works with dialogue and helps us to see how scared Abigail and the girls are of being ‘found out’. Abigail lies etc.

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Act One – Set (Parris’ House)

• Dark brown wooden flats about 8 foot high, flats go around whole stage area

• Door to parlour and downstairs USR

• 1 small narrow window high up

• Scuffed, dark brown wooden floorboards

• Bare and austere interior

• Simple, plain table and chairs, plain bedding and candlesticks and lamps

• Set feel faded and colourless

Reasons for my choice

My set in Act One

Act One – Set (Parris’ House)

Act Two– Set (Proctor’s House)

Reasons for my choice

My set in Act Two

Reasons for my choice

Act Four – Set (The jail)

My set in Act Four

Act Three – Set (The ante room/court room)

My set in Act Three

Reasons for my choice

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E.g.

Act One – dim wash across the stage as lights slowly fade up to reveal Parris in the opening scene. A soft edged profile with pale blue gel picks out Betty lying in the bed and conveys eerie feel of dawn. Light slowly brightens through window in flat USC and spills on to floor as scene progresses. Lighting should convey mood of intensity, dim light should make us feel we are peering into Parris’ house and that it is a dark world for him as Betty is lying in bed, sick with something strange.

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