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Woman In Black

Lighting
1. GoBo's
  1. Screen (cut out shape) in front of stage lamp to project an image onto backdrop.
    1. Train: GoBo of window
    2. Church: Large cross
    3. Inside house: Elegant staircase
    4. Outside house: Always GoBo of outline of house
2. Spotlight
  1. Narrow beam of light to follow movement of door
  2. Focus attention on "actor" over narrator
    1. E.G. Scene where actor is in bed
      1. Emhasises feels of realism
3. Dimmed lighting
  1. Constant Theme
    1. Very dark: Woman In Black
      1. Appears
      2. Anything relating to:
        Haunting and ghostly about to happen
    2. When goes dark
      1. audience learns to expect a scare
    3. Acts as a cover
      1. Woman In Black can creep
        On to and off stage
        The intention of a sudden appearance and to intensify the scene
4. BlackOut
  1. Helps Woman In Black move around with out anyone knowing
    1. Keeps tension going
  2. Allows the actors to quick set up for next scene
5. Coloured lighting
  1. Red - Door
    1. Death of child?
      1. Woman In Black appears
  2. Blue - actor
    1. Weather
      1. Cold - Dream
  3. Bright light
    1. END
      1. Happness
        Summer's Day
  4. Makes the audience think its over
6. Moden Battery tourch used to symbolise our time to them
  1. Also a brighter light
Sound
1. Rocking Chair
  1. Louder and Faster as play goes on
  2. Can be heard 3 times
    1. each time getting
2. Heart Beat
  1. Fear and anxity
  2. Love between Woman In Black and her child
3. Music Box
  1. Child?
  2. Horror Context
  3. Builds Tension
4. Distortion
  1. Echo + Reverb
    1. Sounds Louder
  2. Sound Leads much of the actiom
5. Repetition
  1. Builds climax
  2. Rocking chair
  3. Slamming Doors
6. Sound effects
  1. relistics
Volume
1. Increases as play goes on
Set
1. Simple
2. small items
  1. Used for variety things throughout the play
3. House set
  1. Only reviled half way through the play
    1. As Kipps begins to explore the Eel Marsh House
4. Use of gauze is prevalent to this effect
  1. this allows the set to vanish and appear when necessary
  2. Made of a light translucent material.
    1. This curtain hangs in front of the set
      1. Making whatever is behind it only visable when light is brought up behind it
      2. When light shines on the front of the curtain, anything behind it cannot be seen
  3. Great effect to reveal the stair case and nursery scenes quickly and efficiently
    1. appearing as it from nowhere
Surprise
1. Never allowing the audience to relax
  1. always on edge
2. Woman In Black appears from nowhere
  1. Appears regularly
  2. appears from different parts of the stage
  3. Engaging the audience
    1. First time we see her
      1. walks through the audience
  4. Women In Black never appears slowly
    1. It is always in a flash
      1. creating a "blink and you miss it" effect
3. Actors
  1. Regularly breaking the "fourth wall"
    1. Enter the auditorium
    2. Taking the action directly out to the audience
      1. audience immediately feel part of the action
4. Just as the secret is only revealed towards the end
  1. The surprises continue right until the final scene
    1. Maintaining suspense and interaction

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	Created by Bethany Grimsey over 6 years ago