the 100 homework questions 7
Questions 1
Often a designer can use only a small amount of scenery, as in an arena space for example, to suggest a particular place. What single piece of furniture or prop would you use to suggest the following places: classroom, laboratory, a doctor’s office, a church, synagogue or mosque, a courtroom, bus depot, subway station, grocery store? Answer the question for EACH place.
Questions 2
Certain special events require special clothes. Discuss the “costumes” worn for a wedding, prom, OR funeral. What are such clothes trying to convey? What considerations might someone weigh in choosing clothes for these events?
Questions 3
Discuss the elements of costumes as they relate to characterization onstage. For instance, if you wanted to give the impression of an intensely evil character, what colors might you use? Line? Fabric? To what extent are these choices based on stereotypes? Is it acceptable to use stereotypes for artistic purposes?
Questions 4
Select a play from those you read this semester and indicate where the lighting and sound cues should come. Explain the reasoning behind your choices. (Examples of lighting: a person enters a room and switches on a lamp; a scene ends; a scene takes place at sunset. Examples of sound: a doorbell rings, a train comes into a station; birds are singing.)
Link: Othello http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1531
The rover http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21339/21339-h/files…
