Woman In Black set Flashcards
set - furniture
-random objects- wicker trunk, chair, stool, rail with costumes
-all well used so dull colours
-wicker chest creaked and groaned
-light enough to be moved- quickly changing scenes e.g. chest was used as a bed, desk, train, horse and cart
-non-naturalistic set allowed audience to suspend their disbelief and to buy in the scenes being crafted for them
-contrast is created later on when the naturalistic bedroom was revealed
-having such representational set earlier added to the impact of the room and unnerved the audience
set- gauze
-used to gradually reveal spaces and to allow upstage areas to be hidden
-audience discovers places along with kipps
-everytime he goes behind the gauze, we are at risk of seeing the woman in black
-upstage area becomes graveyard and child’s bedroom
-steps create tension as he ascends as we are not sure what he will meet up there
set-door
-extremely effective at creating tension
-initially covered
-tries the door after he hears sounds coming from it but it is locked
-recorded scream is played when he hits the handle and another time the door flies open by itself
-uneasy feeling of whatever is in the room should be left alone
-tension is created whenever the door is approached especially when the naturalistic nursery is revealed
set- causeway + hidden steps
-makes audience feel involved and frightened about where they lead or who is down there
-created a separate space so that audience knows that kipps is in danger away from the relative safety of the house
smoke blurred the line between audience and play- immersing them in
hidden steps allow woman to disappear- supernatural-ness which makes audience afraid for him
set-nursery
-upstage behind the gauze
-furniture had been covered with sheets in order to make graves
-access was through the locked door, which then flew open
-when kipps was upstage, tension was high
-furniture was solid, dark wood
-small bed, dresser and rocking chair
-covers and pillows on the bed and neatly folded clothes and toys, carefully arranged in the dresser
-colours were brighter than the rest of the dull, muted set
-red cushions, blue woollen outfits and colourful music box
-its detailedness in contrast to the rest of the set made it seem supernatural and other-worldly
-when kipps was in the room he was behind the gauze, away from the audience + safety
-after the woman in black destroys it- the heavy wooden furniture being scattered around the room demonstrates the depths of her rage + paranormal powers- made kipps seem unsafe as we witnessed what she was capable of
