Leo Mauler
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I am taking a class in Contemporary Theatre, and the final project is a group project, a theatre company proposing a season of a play, a musical, and an "original play" to investors. Our group is five members, and four of them pick the musical and the play, and have to act out a scene from the "original play", a scene written by the group of a fictitious play. The fifth is the Designer, and has to develop the set design, ideally one set with minimal changes for all three productions. I'm the Designer, so I don't have to act in the conventional sense, just present the set and give a speech on it. The remaining four members of my group have yet to suggest a single play, let alone write the scene for the "original play."
Now, the teacher was a shrewd lady, and stated early on that unlike most group projects, if one or more group members fail to do their part in the group, only they will fail and the others who do their parts will succeed. The problem with being the Designer is that I'm used to whipping out the CAD application to design a set for a known play, but in this case if my other group members fail to pick plays, I'm left without a specific play for which a set design is needed.
I had thought of just building a black box, sticking in two platforms, and using a cute 1:24 scale fogger I happen to own--people in space, in smoke--but I can't imagine this will go over well with the teacher either.
Can anyone suggest a set type which would work for most plays? I'm really lost without some idea of parameters for the design.
Now, the teacher was a shrewd lady, and stated early on that unlike most group projects, if one or more group members fail to do their part in the group, only they will fail and the others who do their parts will succeed. The problem with being the Designer is that I'm used to whipping out the CAD application to design a set for a known play, but in this case if my other group members fail to pick plays, I'm left without a specific play for which a set design is needed.
I had thought of just building a black box, sticking in two platforms, and using a cute 1:24 scale fogger I happen to own--people in space, in smoke--but I can't imagine this will go over well with the teacher either.
Can anyone suggest a set type which would work for most plays? I'm really lost without some idea of parameters for the design.