Esther Cunningham

Comm 272
Professer Stauffer

25 February, 2014

Digital Scene Design Portfolio

Analysis Package:

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Quotes:
-Demetrius, Act 4 Scene 2
Are you sure
That we are awake? It seems to me
That yet we sleep, we dream. Do not you think
The duke was here, and bid us follow him?

-Puck, Act 5, scene 1

If we shadows have ofended,
Think but this and all is mended:
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream

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Themes:
-an exploration of love and lust
-an exploration of dreams and reality
-the need for dreams (the forest) to change our reality (the Athenian court)
-choices are repercussions
-fate-especially in connection to love
-human emotions
-how much control do we have over who we love
-power struggles
-difficulty of love

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(Act 2)
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(Act 1)

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(Act 3)

-Color Palette (for the whole show)

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-Visual Morgue

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-Bibliography

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pinterest.com (Board: Midsummer Set Design, user: Esther Cunningham)
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http://www.picstopin.com/2560/stage-design-graphic-wallpaper-hd-desktop-wallpapers/http:
%7C%7Cwww*win7wallpapers*com%7Cwalls%7Cstage_design_graphic-wide*jpg/

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http://lancecardinal.blogspot.com/2011/06/into-woods-set-design-callingwood.html
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https://tickets.umtheatredance.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=145
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http://www.rfdesigns.org/wiz.htm
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http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=974579&mobile=on&page=5
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http://jasonandmarenbuchanan.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-9th-happy-birthday-paige.html
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http://www.sbtheatre.org/pastshows08-09.php
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Dramatic Concept: I would like for the line between reality and dream to be blurred. I would
like for the audience to leave feeling like they themselves have just woken up from a strange
dream or that they have just walked out of a cloud of heady, disorienting perfume and are not
really sure what they just witnessed. I would like the audience to leave not knowing which parts
of the show were meant to be real and which were meant to be more dream-like.



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Sketches:
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-Whole Set