My Set Designs (With more!)

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 3:58pm

I dunno if this is quite Off-Topic or not, but I wanted to post some set designs I recently worked on. I had the pleasure of spending the semester under the mentorship of an amazing Canadian scenographer and through the course of a semester I developed a set for Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Just thought some people might be interested to see my work. Lemme know your thoughts.

Parris's Attic:




Proctor's Home:




The Courtroom:




The Prison




Also here are some photos of a fashion show I designed the set for two years ago. It is apparently the biggest fashion show in Canada, which was cool. Also huge credit to the amazing lighting designer who brought it to life in ways I couldn't even imagine.















And here are some sketches of shows. The first is an outdoor West Side Story. Its supposed to be a twisting wall of corrugated metal. The other is a sketch of Merchant of Venice and a picture of the prelim model. Its supposed to be an amalgamation of Venice and modern Wall Street.

West Side Story:



Merchant of Venice:




Akiva Updated On: 12/6/06 at 03:58 PM

[mateo]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:03pm

looks soooo good!!!


Will it be realized?

[gumbo2]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:03pm

Very cool. I like that you can have so many different locations just by adjusting the two...plank thingies. I'm no expert on sets or anything but I like it.

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:03pm

Wow very interesting-- what was the director's concept for the show?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:07pm

that there's a big forest fire in the woods up center.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:08pm

Looks terrific -- I love clever, moody, adaptable sets.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:10pm

Mateo: Nope...won't be realized. We just designed it to a Preliminary Package level. I would LOVE to eventually have it realized one day, if only to see what the lighting designer could do with it.


JowKv99: Since I didn't have a director, I got to come up with the concept. Here's my artist's statement if you are interested:

The Crucible is a play about a community that is both in the early stages of development, and at the same time dangerously close to bringing about its own demise. While researching, I came across images of barn-raisings and burnt barns, and there were surprising commonalities. I decided to use these images as the origin of my design.

The walls of the structure move about, adapting quickly and simply to change the scene. These perforated, skeletal walls give the sense that the characters are not entirely safe from prying eyes, and emphasizing the need for caution in speech and actions.

The early Puritan pilgrims to America had to deal with the harsh realities of the outdoors, and that is represented on this set by surrounding the platform with earth and a wall of bramble that circles the stage and traps the characters. The back wall has a stone-like texture, representing the unforgiving forces of nature.

In this production, the villagers make up an ever-present chorus that is watching from beyond the platform. These prying eyes reinforce the tension of the piece, and comments on the mob mentality displayed in the play. These chorus members also are responsible for the set changes, in a way that the transitions create an image of the village working together to try and build a community. When they raise the roof of the attic to become the house, it recalls the images of a barn-raising, and by the time they are shifting the walls of the courtroom into the jail, it seems as though they are all too quickly tearing the house apart.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:12pm

Papa: Can I just tell you that I never realized that before. I just happened to paint the sky that way and I kept it because it seemed like the sky was splitting and the world was falling apart. But Now that you mention it....it DOES look like smoke in the woods, which is directly related to the play. Hah...thanks!

Akiva

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:14pm

VERY nice work!

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:15pm

Very cool-- I got the barn-raising imagery rigth away and picked up on the fire in the woods too--even if you didn't intend it.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:23pm

Hah thanks, It was definitely serendipity.

Akiva
Updated On: 12/5/06 at 04:23 PM

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 4:32pm

UNIT-SETS!!

That's the word I was looking for before...I love really great unit-sets that are clever, and most importantly, WORK. :)

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 5:33pm

Hah...yeah I enjoy designing unit sets as well.

Akiva

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:19pm

Those are really nice Link. It inspires me to do some set designs

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:31pm

Thanks! and you should! and post them!

Akiva

Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:53pm

I am really impressed! And here I thought you were just another pretty face!

[mateo]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:54pm

wow. great job on the fashion show.

did you have to build/paint them yourself?

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:19pm

Those are really cool. Gonna have to keep you in mind when I'm a big time director.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:23pm

WOW! The Crucible set look very simplistic yet dynamic. The fashion show set is wonderful I'll remember you when you become a huge set designer.
Updated On: 12/5/06 at 08:23 PM

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 9:17pm

I LOVE your Crucible set design.

I wish we had you to design for our production a few years ago!

And your fashion show design is just lovely!

[morosco]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 9:43pm

Very nice work!

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 11:11pm

Thanks guys!

And Mateo: I didn't have to build and paint the fashion show myself, although I was pretty active in supervising. I had an amazing crew that put in many VERY late nights (well...they turned into mornings) getting the show up on time.

Akiva

[mateo]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 12:27pm

aww, thats awesome!

I wish I had a crew, I end up having to do most of it myself. If I am lucky, I end up with one good assistant.



If I am ever in a pickle over some random scenic problema - I'm talking to you! :)

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:07pm

Excellent!!!

You should have designed THE APPLE TREE.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:13pm

Mateo: Yes...a crew is a very nice thing to have.

Munk: Thanks! I would have loved to, I am sure.

Akiva