AQA Dance 10 marker for Nutcracker and Faultline

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Information on Lighting, Set Design, Costume and Accompaniment for Faultline and Nutcracker for AQA GCSE Dance's 10 marker question
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Accompaniment: Faultline MOOD - echoing soundscapes and booming notes create an atmosphere of tension STIMULUS - sitar in Kamala and Devaraj's duet links to Londonstani LOCATION - White noise of the city, sampled voices and mixed noises with rain later on suggest location THEME - Tense music indicates a tense youth culture
Accompaniment: Nutcracker CHARACTER - bold brass as Fritz and Sugar enter TIME - tubular bells chime 12 times in time for bed LOCATION - high flute trills in Frozen Lake shows snow MOVEMENT STYLE - Liquorice allsorts are spanish, with flamenco music and castanets NARRATIVE - Time for bed is a lilting lullaby DOLL - football rattle when Clara moves doll to show that it is wooden and stiff THEME - Music lilts and sways in a dreamlike manner
Costume: Faultline STIMULUS - Gender Costumes link into Londonstani THEME - bright, show offy ties show bling culture SUPPORTS LIGHTING PALETTE - dark with flashes of bright colour (the men) POWER - sexual undertones show a power play CHARACTER - tight fitting see through bodice and loose hair shows youthful, feminine, sexually aware girls
Costume: Nutcracker IDENTIFY SWEETS - Gobstopper helmets STIMULUS - orphans are identical, showing victorian orphanages PERSONALITY - Dr. Dross' costume looks like a SS commander ERA - Matron, Sugar and Fritz have typically victorian costumes LOCATION - hats and scarves show it's cold in Frozen Lake THEME - Clara goes from shapeless orphan rags to nipped waist, heels, lower neckline and bare arms to show her growing up NARRATIVE - Nutcracker doll and live Nutcracker's costume are the same
Set Design: Faultline THEME- Screen walls are architectural to show a city and urbanity LIGHTING - Gauze can be lit to show Patricia Rozario LOCATION - Oversized grey walls indicate a street MOOD - Grey, minimalist, abstract set shows a stark, cold, mechanical, urban mood STIMULUS - Secret entrance makes it look like men's opening trio came from the film CONTEXT - Film projection shows men in street to show urban setting
Set Design: Nutcracker TIME - Clock starts at 7 p.m. then 12 p.m. STIMULUS - Too few beds and cracked walls show a victorian orphanage MOOD - White and grey shows stark mood whilst pink shows a happy and fantasy mood NARRATIVE - Wedding cake and cracking walls LOCATION - Beds and tiled floors show a victorian orphanage THEME - Floor and pillars of orphanage in fantasy world show it's a dream CHOREOGRAPHY - Cake provides levels for dance
Lighting: Faultline STIMULUS - Monochrome lighting like the film THEME - Dark lighting with bright strips shows an urban street RESTRICTS PERFORMANCE SPACE - Square block of light stage right in lines and weaving TIME - Dark wash with green strip in Kamala's solo shows it's night time MOOD - Low lighting and navy blues creates an intense, dramatic and tense mood TITLE - White strip of light on the floor upstage in mens opening trio is a literal faultline
Lighting: Nutcracker CHARACTER - Seductive violet in KBG THEME - pink shows first love and fantasy theme MOOD - Deep blues and pinks in the wedding create a romantic mood DRAMATIC TENSION - pink to stark light spotlight on Clara in the wedding show lost love NARRATIVE - White flash in window shows lightning when the cupboard is opened TIME - Window backlit with an icy blue but dims as the clock reaches midnight
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