T’is Pity She’s A Whore-
If I was going to be on the publicity team for this
production I would probably want to do some sort of family picture. I wouldn’t want it to be something too
obvious, but maybe a very oddly set group of people taking what appears to be a
very odd photo for a very odd family.
And I would try to find a way to tie the incestuous relationship between
Annabella and Giovanni in the picture. I
would like to use different variations of red since that color can represent
both death and love. It also represents
other things like blood or anger and all of these emotions are shown in the
play so I think red would be my main color.
Giovanni- Act 1 Scene 1-
“Me. My tortured soul hath felt affliction in the heat of death.”
Friar- Act 2 Scene 5-
“Peace! Thou hast told a tale whose every word threatens eternal
slaughter to the soul.”
Friar- Act 3 Scene 6- “Ay, you are wretched, miserably
wretched, almost condemned alive.”
John Michael Moore
I find your quotes very interesting, since they are all very dramatic and condemning, combined with the image of the family photo. I also like the inclusion of color as a meaningful choice, and could see a production using red as an inspiration for many of the design elements.
ReplyDeleteI like that idea to use red to represent all the emotions in the play and blood and anger. They are definitely a very odd family. Maybe you could create like a portrait with them kissing, standing by their parents, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Something like that. Red can mean so many things. It literally can be the worst thing and the best thing: death and love. So that's cool to have that differentiation in color.
ReplyDeleteYour family portrait idea is intriguing. I'd like to hear more. I agree that red, and other supper saturated colors could effective advertise for this play. I agree with Jenny as well about your quotes. With the juxtaposition of your violently dramatic quotes and the family portrait with suggestive staging, it sounds like your poster would reflect ample tension for this play.
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