Section C
As the narrator my outfit is primarily black because the narrator is a constant reminder of what is to come in the play and so by wearing only black I reinforce the message of doom, by wearing all black I also don’t give anything away about my character and so he remains a rather enigmatic person throughout the play. We know why he is there but we don’t know who he is or where he’s from. I wear black, straight cut trousers with a white shirt and a fitted black blazer. I also wear a top hat which I use to show my change between characters, when I’m the narrator I wear it but when I’m another character I carry it or place it on the floor. By doing this the audience receives a very clear signal that I’m no longer the narrator,
Due to unforeseen circumstances we were not able to have lighting however we had planned what light we would have had, we would have begun with a white light centre stage where the twins lay dead and when the narrator approached them clutching a bible the lighting would turn red to represent the seriousness, I also feel that by using the colour red when the narrator first comes on the audience would being to recognise the narrator as a bad omen, a doom bringer. We would used light colours such as white and yellow for the twins in their early years to represent and symbolize their innocence but as they grow we would add darker colours such as green and blue to show the change and the fading of their innocence up until the final scene where they die in which we would use red lighting because the audience would be able to relate the red back to the narrator and so the audience could blame the narrator for what has happened. Scenes such as the ‘pill scene’ would have to be in dark colours such as blue to show how the twins lost their innocence and to show how much they have changed since that very first scene with them.
