The Envelope- Design..

In previous blog entries, I have explained about the costume,props and types of staging for this work, however I haven't spoken about the lighting. The lighting for this piece is very minimal, because the stage and dancers are wearing black, the lighting appears a white spotlight. The spotlight moves around the space and follows various dancers. The dancers who aren't dancing in the spotlight can still be seen, however the lighting on them is very minimal. The movement of the lighting helps create the idea of 'where is the envelope' as it keeps moving around the space, it allows the audience to follow the movement of the envelope easily. There are no use of levels in this design, this could be because the shape of an envelope is flat, therefore because the staging is in the shape of an envelope, there is no need for levels in the set. The entrances and exits for this work are one entrance/exit at either side of the stage, I think this is because there is only one way to open an envelope, which therefore there is only one way to get off the stage from either side.