Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Creative Overview


My production of Blood Wedding:

To begin with my major themes which will be demonstrated throughout the duration of the play will be: Love, Death, Conformity/Non-conformity, Tragedy and Betrayal.

Setting:
In my production of Blood Wedding, I want the setting of my play to remain in Spain. However, I would want to bring it up to date, too the twenty first century. I would do this through the set design, in some costume choices, the mannerisms of the characters, also the way in which they speak. For example the older characters in the play such as the servant will still speak with a weak Spanish kind of accent, however the bride, who will be younger, will speak with a more common accent to show the different generations.

Casting Choices:
Bride: Young, beautiful, dark haired, well spoken.
Bride Groom: Blondemiddle height, fairly attractive.
Leonardo: Tall, Dark hair, handsome.
Servant: Older Spanish lady.

Themes:
There is one main theme which is presented throughout the play which is "LOVE". The love that the Bride has for Leonardo.

Staging:
I want a traditional Proscenium arch stage form for my production, because I want quite an elaborate set so having a end on stage form will allow me to do this successfully.



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Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Major Themes

Physical &  Emotional isolation: 

Conformity & Non-Conformity: 

Social Pressure: The wife doesn't really want to marry the Bridegroom. She is marrying him because she is being pressured too by her father and society rather than because she wants too.

Death: its there and present throughout.

Passion: Lack of control over it. Lorca suggests that passion doesn't always mean its good, he represents it too lead to bad consequences. e.g. mothers passion for dead family. bride and leonardo's passion for each other.

"Scared of Social rejection" - Liv