How would you use design to create a sense of being trapped in a prison-cell scene? How would you contrast this with a scene set outside? In your answer, refer to both the rehearsal and the show. [25]
Award marks using a best-fit approach (max 25):
Level 5 (21-25 marks): Exceptional design vision demonstrating sophisticated understanding of how elements create atmosphere and contrast. Thorough, detailed, and imaginative.
Level 4 (16-20 marks): Accomplished design with clear understanding of how elements create confinement and contrast.
Level 3 (11-15 marks): Competent response with sound ideas. Identifies the need for contrast but may not fully develop all elements.
Level 2 (6-10 marks): Some relevant ideas but may lack integration or detail.
Level 1 (1-5 marks): Basic response with limited design ideas.
Indicative content:
Confinement:
- A small, enclosed set using flats or gauze walls to restrict the visible space.
- Minimal furniture: a narrow bed, a bucket, scratches on the wall marking time.
- Cold, harsh lighting with a single overhead source creating sharp shadows.
- Grey, concrete-coloured surfaces with no decoration or colour.
Contrast with visitor:
- A door opening to reveal warm, natural light from the corridor.
- The visitor bringing colour into the monochrome world through costume.
- Widening the lighting state slightly when the visitor enters.
- Adding ambient sound from outside when the door opens, contrasting with silence.
- The visitor's physical presence forcing new staging possibilities.