Design Elements: 

Costume:

• Character: time place status
• concept
• cut
• drape
• silhouette
• pattern
• texture
• hair and wigs
• makeup
• millinery
• prostumes
• effects
• quick changes
• puppets/masks

SCENE, LIGHTING, SOUND, COSTUME

nevermore: dark mood and atmosphere, gothic costuming, low lighting, music, costume silhouette, dramatized costume, solo singing, limited colour palette, strange material/texture, wigs, makeup, masking, scrim, 

gandhi: live music, opera, chorus, puppetry, MASSIVE PUPPETS, manipulation of objects, common objects, relating to poverty, inspired by gandhi, nonlinear, larger scale, larger cast, texture and colour, set and light planning together, 

DESIGNER/SCENOGRAPHER:

useful scope of knowledge for stage design:

art and architecture, historical fashion and decor, drawing, panting, sculpture techniques, drafting and comp rendering, building materials, fabrics - fibers, patterns, dying and upholstery, craft, people and places, events current and historical, technology, colour theory, texture, aesthetic proportion, light and shadow

designers also draw on practical skills and knowlege, research skills, intuition, innovation and talent

designers are most most importantly collaborators, project coordinators and diplomats