Scene info ACT 1

Question 1

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Answer 1

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Location: hold of convict ship
Lighting: majority of the stage bathed in a very dim navy light, a single steel light lights centre stage with a grate shaped go-bo, dimly illuminating the convicts
Sound: sound of waves crashing against side of the ship, off stage sound of whip hitting flesh (no screams)
Additional set: n/a
Costume: rags
Make up: grime

Question 2

A1S2

Answer 2

Location: Sydney
Lighting: bright steel wash as scene title announced by Sideway, aborigine arrival→ vivid burnt orange and azure blue- heat
Sound: as aborigine arrives, aborigine clap stick, on stage, speaks, whisper of words in Dharug, the native language of the aboriginals in sydney Cove
Additional set: aboriginal symbolic depiction of the sun using pointillism and warm
Casting: Actor who will later play Ross
Costume: loin cloth, in skin tone- naked state, ‘uncivilised’- contrast to scenes before and after
Make up: White and red bands are painted across the chest

Question 3

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Answer 3

Location: Sydney Cove- outdoors
Lighting: Bright straw wash
Sound: intermittent high pitched screeches, typical of the corella and sulphur-crested cockatoo, gunshot
Additional set: Union Jack unfurled- lopsided
Props: Gun, colins has spyglass
Casting: harry brewer, no crisp enunciation, cockney
Costume: wigs, harry no wig
Make up: sweat

Question 4

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Answer 4

Location: Ralph’s tent at night
Lighting: blue purple toned wash, practical light: candle on crate
Sound: intermittent hiss of Floury Baker Cicada
Additional set: table
Props: Portrait of Betsy Alicia, handled candle holder, diary, pen- ink, flagon
Casting: R= round faced,
Costume: red coat on crate, undershirt damp with sweat,
Make up: R=damp, H=blotchy skin, circles under eyes

Question 5

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Answer 5

Location: Outdoors
Lighting: Straw wash, azure blue beam hits flag- day time
Additional set: n/a
Props: copy of the play, hakercheif
Casting: meg+ Mary are same character
Costume: contrast to raplh- white underskirt tinged with grey, blue dress coated with distressed areas and mottled colour
Make up: to furrowed lines on her face, blacken a tooth

Question 6

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Answer 6

Lighting: Phillip’s tent
Lighting: dark blue on flag- evening, mid-intensity warm wash- practical light- candles
Sound: Floury Baker Cicada-
Additional set: table and chair for phillip, a few crates, a few stalls, another chair- Ross
Props: Candles, spyglass for Dawes, tankards
Casting:
Costume: all wigs, all coats, no hats
Make up: red cheeks

Question 7

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Answer 7

Location: On the water near Sydney bay.
Lighting: US and CSL= bright straw wash, DSR+ bathed in cyan blue
Sound: Off stage, someone run hand through trough of water in time with oak strokes, silver gull
Additional set: two freestanding rowlocks
Props: oars
Casting: Duckling= young, soft featured. Harry= middle-aged, thinning hair
Costume: blue navel coat off, white undershirt open at the collar
Make up: Duckling is clean- Harry’s ewer

Question 8

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Answer 8

Location: Beach
Lighting: azure blue on flag, warm wash
Sound: Silver gull, gentle sound sound of waves crashing on the shore
Additional set: n/a
Props: play text 
Casting: Liz has harsh features, boyish figure, closely sheared hair
Costume: 
Make up: pock-marked

Question 9

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Answer 9

Location: Ralph’s tent at night
Lighting: blue purple toned wash, practical light: candle on crate
Sound: intermittent hiss of Floury Baker Cicada
Additional set: Crates for ralph
Props: fob watch, bible, other books, Betsy Alicia’s portrait
Casting: n/a
Costume: Ralph= without coat, him and ketch look more similar
Make up: sweat

Question 10

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Answer 10

Location: Outdoors
Lighting: afternoon light- straw wash with hazy orange and pink on back curtain
Sound: intermittent birdsong of the superb fairy-wren
Additional set: pile of bricks offstage- carries and piles near Mary
Props: Bricks, play script and new script, quill and ink- v. careful
Casting: wisehammer is short and middleaged, plain features
Costume: frayed waistecoat and breeches- well kept,
Make up: bronzed

Question 11

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Answer 11

Location: outdoors
Lighting: bright straw wash, blue on the curtain
Sound: n/a
Additional set: n/a
Props: hankercheif/ play text, bit of wood
Casting: n/a
Costume: Ralph sticks out like a sore thumb- red coat, tricorn hat, convicts clothes are patches and worn
Make up: bronzed, men scrapes on back of hands and arms,