The lighting on Cinderella was the same in all scenes. It was natural, a yellowish white colour and bright. The lighting connected with her actions, as the colours were bright and positive, Cinderella’s actions were always positive. Cinderella had many props like the old broomstick, which symbolised how long she worked for the stepmother and a carriage, which was used to bring Cinderella to the ball.
Buttons was a male slave working for the stepmother. Buttons was portrayed as the joker as he cracked many jokes, for example: ‘the twin evil sisters are so ugly that when they were born the doctor took one look at the babies and slapped the parents’. Buttons acted so confident when Cinderella was not around by cracking jokes and messing around but as soon as she stepped on stage he froze and couldn’t talk, which showed the audience that Buttons acted like a confident guy but really he was no good with girls and romance.
Buttons mystery secret was that he was the fairy and he had a different personality. He smiled a lot, he was joyful, talkative and nice. His costume was different he had a white suit, white shoes and a white shirt. The lighting changed from grey to yellow – white colour. His fairy personality was a contrast to Buttons personality as Buttons was rude, loud and a joker while the fairy was nice, polite and happy, it was like the ying and the yang, two different people living in one body.
Buttons had a black suit with a white shirt. The suit showed me that the evil stepmother was a rich woman. It also showed me that Buttons was better treated then Cinderella, the white shirt showed me that Buttons job was safe unlike Cinderella’s, which again showed me is job was better. The black makes button look mysterious, as no one knew about his background until he told Cinderella after she had a romantic moment with the prince.
The lighting for Buttons was natural and yellow, which went well with his actions as yellow is a funny colour and funny was what he was.
The twin sisters were played by two men, which showed the audience how unattractive they were. The thought they were good looking as they both stood on stage trying to make them attractive by posing on stage. The evil twin sisters were very different in height. Lucretia was very tall while Griselda was very small which showed the audience the difference between the two as they argued about their height difference a lot.
The twins wear colourful clothes. The main colours are dark green which symbolises their wealth it shows that they are rich people, dull yellow which showed me how jealous they were of Cinderella as all their clothes had that colour, pink which shows how girly they are, dark blue which symbolises the power they have over Cinderella, orange and red symbolise that they want to take over Cinderella’s life. Their outfits are always colourful like a rainbow.
The lighting for the twins was a dramatic, purple – pink colour which connected very well with their actions as pink and purple are sexual desired colours, they did a lot of sexual movements, for example: they purposely moved their breasts forward or squeezed one of the prince bum.
The prince charming was a very weak character for me as he was not as believable, funny or dramatic as the other characters, but he had a strong rich accent, which made him sound and look like royalty, for example: ‘Pardon me may you excuse your hands from my buttocks’, the word pardon and excuse made him sound old fashion which is how I think royal people would speak. He stood up straight, hands behind his back, head high and chest up, which showed how powerful he was (not physically powerful). His actions were funny as they were a contrast to what he really was. He tried to make himself big and manly but really he was small and looked more feminine then masculine.
He always had golden suit even for the ball and wedding but they were different designs, which showed of his wealth it also showed how much of a show off he was, as he knew he was rich and he liked to show it off to people. For the ball he had a white suit, which showed the audience that he was a clean person, the white colour showed the audience the prince was faithful.
The stepmother was a very horrible and dramatic woman. She walked on stage, looked at the audience, called Cinderella’s name twice and on the third time shouted Cinderella’s name very loud, this showed me that she was a impatient woman who had a short temper which makes the audience sympathise with Cinderella as she is not a easy person to live with. ‘You despicable child’, the word despicable shows the audience that she is rich as she uses a strong and posh word.
The stepmother’s clothes were very gothic. She had a long, black dress, long dark green nails and long black hair. The long clothing covered a lot of her body part, which symbolised that she did not want people to find out about her evil ways.
The lighting was a dark green colour. The dirty green showed the audience how she got the money in a dirty way. Every time she appeared on stage smoke appeared on stage, which shows the audience that everything she does turns into ash.
The letter man was very proud of is job and thought he was better then everyone else as when he walked into the house he announced the good news ‘I have a very special announcement to make, the king chose me of course to tell you losers that you are all invited to the ball’. He gave the twins the letter with the tips of his two fingers and used a tissue to clean his hands, which showed me that he thought he was on top because the prince picked him to tell people the good news.
He had a white suit on which showed how classy, clean and wealthy the prince was. The letterman had pink cards with a picture of a golden crown as props, which symbolised that the ball was for girls only and that the girls were for the prince or future queen, its as if a girl gets the card she immediately knows what it is about at it was made for the specific people. The lighting was grey which was a contrast to his character as he was happy, excited and felt better then everyone else but really the other characters looked at him as a boring, old and sad person, which is why none of the character bothered to fight back after what he said.
There are many different sets. The prince’s castle which is white and gold and with diamonds. The diamonds and gold symbolises the prince’s wealth and high position. The white shows the audience how clean he is. The forest, which had cardboard trees with a bright green colour, which showed that the forest was a nice, forests not a scary one. The inside house of the stepmother very colourful just like the twins, it seems that the twins decorated the house most parents would not let that happen, this shows that the stepmother thinks the twins are grown up and she wants them to have fun.
The most memorable moment was when the stepsisters and mother found out Cinderella went to the ball and was the girl the prince danced with. The lighting immediately changed to a dark, brown and black colour and a scary sound/music was put on, everything turned from comedy to scary and serious. The characters all had serious faces. It was realistic as Cinderella was shaken, had a scared face and was walking back while the twins and the mum had angry faces and an evil smile on their faces and was walking towards her. The lights were turned off and a high pitch and loud scream was made. The contrast between the scenes took me off guard, as it was all comedy and unrealistic and then it turned serious, it shocked me, as I was not expecting it.
The form was abstract, musical and comedy as in one scene Cinderella had to pick up branches in the forest, she met the prince, they had a little conversation and she started singing a whole new world, then the prince said ‘Oi wrong song’ ‘huh oh dam I seriously do not still the difference between this fairy tales’. It was a romantic moment, which they turned into comedy it was also abstract as in real life this would not happen. They started singing a song about their feelings while walking towards each other, which was very funny as they were swearing because they did not know why they both felt so hot.
