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Chelsea R. Bannan
The Whale
By Samuel D. Hunter
Lighting Design by Chelsea R. Bannan
Directed by Mark Liermann
Costume Design by Janelle Smith
Sound Design by Dwaine J. Potts
WMU, York Theatre
Opening Sequence
The way things used to be
Terrible Child
Photos by Cheslea R. Bannan and Mary Whalen
My Goal with this design was to emulate the passage of time with the different colors and intensities found in daylight; from dawn, to mid-day, to sunset, and to night. I wanted to blend the boundaries of where the audience existed and where the play took place to bring them a step closer to the world of the play. I did this by coloring the audience in colors that I felt tied to the scene. During the transitions between scenes there were projections that gave time and day and I washed the stage in colors that I felt would set up the coming scene. I also gave the color washes a watery texture that I used in the final scene.
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