Lighting will also help to show the main differences between the three worlds for example when the mechanicals are on stage the light will be dimly lit, this is to show the poor quality of these characters life styles. This will be a complete contrast to the Court world, the lighting there will be very brightly lit to show their wealth and good quality of life. In the fairy world the lighting will be colored to show how magical it is. The lighting will also change to make things appear to be magical, the main colour used will be green to show they are at one with nature and make it appear as if it is set in a forest.
Another main difference between these different worlds will be the costumes by how the characters appear will express what kind of world they come from. The Mechanicals will wear dull colors to represent their mundane life style, their clothing will be of poor quality and will have rips and holes in to show they do not have money to repair their clothing. The court world will be the complete opposite their clothing will be purple and gold, royal colors to show their wealth. The fairies will be in skimpy clothing to show how the magical forest is quite a sexual place. The men will be topless and the women will be dressed in skirts and tops with leaves and flowers on. Again this is to represent that they are in the forest and to show that they are not normal people.
The way the characters behave will also show what kind of world they are in, their body language and facial expression toward certain things will express their characters. For example the mechanicals are comical characters because they are of a lower status this could also be shown by the way they walk and act on stage. The court characters could stand with a high posture and be very calm to show they come from a high class back ground. The fairies could skip, or maybe even fly across the stage to show they are magical characters.
The characters dialect could also show their social background for example the mechanicals could perhaps have northern accents, ‘farmer accents.’ Where as the court world could speak formal English. I think the fairies could have a different range of accents and high pitched voices to make them seem small and delicate.
Finally the setting is also going to help portray the worlds the most, the court setting again would use lots of rich gold colours and perhaps have large columns as it is set in Greece. Later on in the fairy world these columns could become phallic symbols. In the fairy world the colours will be more green to bring across the fact it is a forest. the mechanical world will be very basic and simple to represent the fact they have a simple lifestyle, there will be very little colour or props.
All the social worlds will be portrayed very differently to make the worlds clearly distinctive to the audience. The initial impact will be mainly from visual aspects such as lighting, costume and setting. However the diacet and accent of characters from different social worlds will also define this.
Emily Willis