Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nutcraker Set Design
- Prep for a visit (1st)
- 3 beds-
unsymetrical
balance allows
focus onto
wardrobe
- Grey colouring- drab
existence, contrasts
the matrons white hat
- Sloping brick layout -
suggests sinking building
and decreipt
- 2 oversized windows- shows
height and over powering
nature of the building
- Empty branches of trees outside the windows-
room is high up , no leaves suggest its winter
- Crack through centre stage -
walls crumbling , old building
, drab and dirty
- Clock in centre stage - emphasis when
the clock strikes 12
- Frozen Lake (2nd)
- Large circular shape at the back of the stage -
shape of eye, imagery that the dancers are
being watched through Claras eye.
- Large floating feather above dancers -
dream-like , pillow feather , sleeping imagery
- Upstage projection of pale blue
and white clouds - nice day , small
fluffy clouds
- By invitation only (3rd)
- Mouth shaped entrance - idea of food into the mouth
( gobstoppers, marshmallows etc ) , pink suggests
fun and sugary.
- The flat has blue and pink vertical stripes with clouds on top - connects to previous use of clouds ,
idea of an ideal world up in the clouds
- Uvula and mouth are covered by a mirror - mirrors are narcissistic ; dance is based on poses and
getting ready in the mirrors
- The wedding party (4th)
- Large wedding cake (upsatge centre) with 12 dancers , Prince Bon Bon is on
top layer and the marshmallow girls on the bottom layer - dancers seem
small like deocorations
- 10 candles , various silver bows - candles are the main form of lighting as the final scene opens