Today myself and Oliver met to hash out Concept B. I had done mind maps on both concepts and it had raised a worrying conclusion - though they started in the same place, both concepts came to the same place. When presenting two so-saying different idea's it is important that they are separate. So myself and Oliver met to find a concept starting point that was relevant to the play and the idea's Ken had given us on the previous meeting that led to a differing visual conclusion.
The Concepts as they stand now;
Concept A; Focussing on the conflict; between left and right, the Athenians and the fairies, and the theme of love and deaths that carry through the script - looking at Pan's Labyrinth
Concept B; Focussing on the sexual and surreal, the confusion of perception and the symbolism in the play from a visual perspective, visual suggestion - looking at O'Keefe.
This gives a lot to look into but as I am a more visual person and Oliver is good at formulating idea's into a cohesive written plan we decided that I would come up with a visual collection of images and idea's and Oliver would do a write up of the concepts and we would go over them for a last check on Sunday to make any changes before meeting on Monday morning, before the meeting with Ken to present our concepts.
I am a lot happier with this now that we have two set and different idea's for concepts that are both supported by both the script and Ken's vision of the play.
BUT an issue has come up that has become a bit of a concern - the cast list. At the moment there are a set 15 principal characters to be designed for by myself BUT there are to be dancers for the Indian dance, and the possibility of fairies doubling as Indian dancers. There is also the possibility of the ASM's as scene changers needing costumes. This is a serious issue as - as the designer - I need to know how many costumes to design and who for. This issue is going to be another one to be sorted out at the meeting on Monday.
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