Initial ideas

After a tutorial I realised that I wasn’t supposed to be altering the narrative at all. Although this would be a lot easier, it meant that I had to change my ideas. The narrative was to remain the same, so therefore I just had to add the gothic horror element to the set/ scene. I wanted to create a set that wouldn’t need that many backdrops or different scene changes. Therefore I decided to sketch out a room; a sort of hall way/ library. Different scenes would introduce different props, and lighting could black out certain parts of the set, so only some of the set was on show. For example a spotlight could be used.

I think it would be interesting to have quite a dark set, i.e pretty much just black and white, but with the odd thing in red. This would be a good contrast. The colour Red is associated with horror for blood, danger, sin, anger, and so on, but i think it also would suit the gothic Victorian feel to the set as well.

Although i don't want to compare too much to Sweeney Todd, I have noticed that it is filmed as though it were in black and white. There doesn't appear to be a lot of colour, accept for red. This is shown by this poster for the film:

Using a piece of tracing paper, I have also drawn in characters over the set just as an initial idea and to see possible places for them to be, and how they might interact with props/ scenery.