THE DESIGNERS

Chapter 6

PART TWOHow to begin?

The Design Process

• Read the Script – analyze • Conference with the director• Decide on stylistic approach• Research – historical, otherwise• Begin Sketching

The Design Process

Research

• Victorian living rooms

Design for A Dolls House

Stylistic Approach

Does the script lend itself to a realistic “4th wall removed” approach?

Or would a metaphoric or stylistic approach be more interesting?

What about:•Elmer Rice’s THE ADDING MACHINE with ticker tape.•ALL IN THE TIMING made of gears from the inside of a clock. •A very modern HAMLET

Realism - 4th Wall Removed

1776

Realism vs Symbolism

Metaphor &

stylistic designs

The Adding Machine

All in the Timing

HAMLET

HAMLET

HAMLET

HAMLET

HAMLET

trompe l’oeil

• Means “eye deceiving”

trompe l’oeil