Research & Development: Preparing the Theatre set

I visited the Fabworks shop in Dewsbury to purchase the material for my curtains and I decided it would be quicker and cheaper to sew a makeshift curtain myself. This went alright and on the day I will place the curtains up.

I had Jonathan from wood workshop nail both boards together. The reason I wanted the boards was to create a wall and I felt it would help add depth on the set and act as the key symbol of the story taking place in a flat/house.

A friend of mine has allowed me to borrow her rugs, and pillows and I am going to purchase a table cloth from Yellow Sunrise, a shop in Corn Exchange, Leeds, where they sell colourful and sometimes embroidered home furnishings.

I thought the home furnishings from that store would go well with the African theme, even though I was mainly focusing on the theme of colours instead of having obvious African ornaments on set.

This will hopefully come together on the day of filming, but the main colours I have incorporated are red, orange, yellow and green. These colours are I feel are bright and therefore will stand out on the set.

As said in the image below, I decided not to hire wardrobes and beds, instead I used sofas and tables from the University canteen and I feel that this enough works with the minimalistic idea of a theatre set. This will also allow me more freedom with the lighting set up.

Rough model of what I want the board to look like when it gets made

I just quickly modelled the main props I am going to have for filming, and a basic idea of where I shall be placing the lights.