Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Design Emphasis--"A Memory of Lizzie" Set/Costume Research Task
COSTUME Reference from Script
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Page #
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Research Task
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1
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“small American schoolyard – Massachusetts in about 1871/2.”
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9
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Find pictures and descriptions of what kids would wear to school in
this period.
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2
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"The day they were killed i had on a blue dress" (Lizzie Borden)
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10
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Find pictures of a blue dress from the 1870's.
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3
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"C'mon let's play ball."
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14
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Find pictures of outfits back from the 1870's that are easy to move in
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4
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"Lizzie borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. Then she stood behind the door and gave her father forty more"
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22
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Find a picture of a white dress as you want there to be a shocking reaction for the audience. (White dress will be covered in blood)
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5
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"Cos we don't have boys playing sipping games"
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22
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Find outfits of what boys would wear during the 1880's, that would go well with this particular scene.
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6
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'Y'have flowers at 'em both, i reckon. i seen 'em at weddings"
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25
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Find wedding attire pictures from back in the 1880's.
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7
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"Dearly beloved, we are here today to bid farewell to the remains of our friend."
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28
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Find a picture of a black dress that lizzie borden would wear from back in the 1880's |
Costume Reference from Script:
1.Kids school attire:
Design One:
Source: http://maggiemayfashions.com/sewingblog/1870s-school-dress/
I personally think that this costume is appropriate for what kids would wear to school during the 1880's period, which is why after doing some research i thought that this costume would be the right costume for the girls to wear to school.
Character: Alice
2. Lizzie Borden "blue dress"-
Design Two:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/melanieharris/1880s/
On page 10 it said "The day they were killed i had on a blue dress", which is why i researched on blue 1880's dress that would be appropriate for Lizzie Borden to wear since the quote is based on the action that she had made that day.
Character: Barbara
3. Easy to move in outfits
Design Three:
Source: http://www.pem.org/collections/2-american_art
The fashion during the 1880's mainly consisted of big corset dresses which is what most women wore at all times. After doing a lot of research i have not found any outfit that would be easy to move in while playing, so i figured that even back in the days, children would move around in the attire that they are already in, which is why i chose this design.
Character: Dorothy
4. White dress
Design Four:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/thefaerie/late-19th-century-sportswear/
After doing some research, I came across this dress. As i mentioned above, during the 1880's the attire and fashion for the girls/women would be big skirts with folds, drapes, and pleats which would give the outfit a unique look. So after doing research i came across this white dress which i think would go perfectly with this particular scene as i had the thought of giving it a dramatic effect so that after Lizzie Borden kills her parents, there would be blood all over her outfit to give the audience a terrifying and shocking feeling.
Character: Ann
5. Boys outfit "playing skipping games":
Design five:
Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/238690848974155693/
During the 1880's boys would wear dress pants, a shirt with a tie, and a blazer/suit over it. Compared to the types of suits that men tend to wear these days, the attire for the men back in the 1880's was different as it consisted of different designs/patterns/ and texture as well.
6. 1880 Wedding attire with flowers:
Design Six:
Source: http://pinsndls.com/2010/09/02/875/
During the 1880's the wedding attire is a bit similar to the wedding attire we have today, except back then the dresses would have more frills and on them to make them look a bit more victorian.
7. 1880 black funeral dress for Lizzie Borden:
Design seven:
Source: http://historiful.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/fashion-from-the-1880s/
Since this particular scene has a funeral in it, i thought that, since Lizzie Borden is the main character, she should be the one wearing a black dress. Also as she is the one who is putting her friend in the coffin it would give the audience a scary feeling as well.
Character: Lizzie Borden
Friday, January 17, 2014
"A Memory of Lizzie" Evaluation of Design Work
Self Evaluation
After completing all my work on the
play of “A memory of Lizzie”, I personally think that my overall work was good.
Although my set design and costume design could be better, I still think that
the annotated work was still good and descriptive. My strengths for this
particular work and unit was that I was able to come up with many annotative
ideas and I think I went into descriptive details when it came to annotating the
two page part of the script. My main weakness for this unit and work was not
being able to draw the set design and costume design properly, as I am not an
art student and because I am not really good with drawing. To stop this from
happening next time, and to improve my design stage, I think that before doing
the design work I though research a bit more about set design and costume
design to draw the set and costume designs properly. Other than that I think
that my overall work was done and completed properly.
"A Memory of Lizzie" Design Unit Peer Evaluation
Peer Evaluation for “A memory of
Lizzie”
For this task, I evaluated Noshin’s
work based on “A memory of Lizzie” that she had posted on her blog. I think she did a good job with the costume
design because she took close up pictures of the detailing on the costume and
she also coloured in her drawings which makes it a bit more clear about what the
costume will look like and is a bit more descriptive. For Noshin’s stage design task, I think that
she could have done a better job, because it is not very clear in the camera
about what her set design actually looks like. One feedback that I can give her
to make her stop this from happening is the same feedback that I gave
myself, “ do some research based on set
design and then draw the design out to make it more clear and understandable
for the person who is seeing it.” I think that Noshin did a good job on her
annotate script because she gave clear and descriptive ideas about stage
direction and what each character should be doing. Overall I personally think
that Noshin did a good job, although her set design could be a bit better.
"A memory of Lizzie" Cat scene Script
"A Memory of
Lizzie" Cat Scene Script
Re-read the scene that is related in the script by
Frances/Francis concerning Mrs. Borden's cat. How might you achieve the
appropriate and horrific effect of the discovery of the cat? Write it out as a
script and include stage directions.
We can achieve the appropriate
horrific effect of the discovery of the discovery of the cat by having specific
type of lighting and sound effect on stage. While Frances tell the story to the
others about the discovery of the cat, the others could be sitting in a circle
on the floor while Frances tells the story. Meanwhile, there can be very dim
lighting on stage on the little group circle of girls and boys that are
listening to Frances tell the story of the discovery of Mrs. Borden’s cat.
There should be a background sound effect of a “chopping” noise, and a cat
“meowing” noise when Frances says: “she put the poor thing on the
chopping-block and chopped it’s head off.” The girls and boys sitting around
Frances can gasp and should have terrified expressions on there faces at this
point.
Stage casting placement for this
scene:
All the cast in this particular scene should be
sitting around Frances in a circle, in the middle of the stage.
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