Evaluation

To evaluate, I think I have done well in creating the room I wanted. I hoped to have achieved a room which looks like it is made of stone but at the same time has modernised features. I found it difficult trying to paint the walls and floor to make it look like a cartoon. Although I think i done well in what I have achieved.

My favourite part of my model making, was making the TV. I believe it is a good interpretation of what I imagine it to look like. I did not want my Theatre model to be the exact same as what I have seen on The Flintstones TV series therefore I transformed the images i have seen into my own creative vision.

For next time I would include more elements inside the room. Such as a bolder feature on the curtains or a wardrobe with some clothes inside. I would also use some different textured materials rather than felt to decorate majority of my furniture however this is also the material that helps my set look like a cartoon set.

I believe my strengths are in my design aspect for example, using everyday objects I have around the house such as tooth picks and candle holders. I think my model is very sustainable as I did not buy anything apart from the Cardboard to build it.

Theatre Set- Final

Overall I am extremely pleased with how my theatre set turned out. It looked very close to what i pictured in my head and here are a few pictures to show my final work:

Theatre set- Set dressing

I made the bed by cutting the foamboards to scale (measurements 2500mm by 2000) and gluing two together to make the bed seem thicker. I then used kitchen tissue to make my pillows I cut and folded it into shape before cutting and glueing down blue felt for the bed covers. I used four small pebbles to create the frame for the bed.

I used an empty candle case to create the shape of my lamp. I cut ridges in some orange felt to create a shabby look. I then glued the felt around the metal candle case which made my lamp shade complete. I used a stone for the base and frame of the lamp before gluing it all together. I then used one larger stone to make a bed side cabinet.

The next thing I made was the Television. I used two small stones for the base and a larger stone to create the actual TV. I coloured some sugar paper in blue and cut rounded edges and glued to the stone, this is my screen. I then cut three circles in sugar paper to create buttons and I glued these to the TV. I made the antennas for the TV using wooden tooth picks. I painted them grey and glued them to the top of the stone.

The last thing I made for my set was the curtains. I made the curtains by cutting white felt in zigzags to create a shabby look similar to my lamp. I then used a very small wooden stick as a curtain rail to glue the curtain to. I used blu-tak to hold my curtains to the wall. The reason I chose blu-tak rather than glue is because when I made the blu-tak Into balls, they looked like rocks and if think it matched my set well.

The making of my Theatre Model

I built my theatre set model exactly the same way as my TV one however this time I used the scale of 1:25 which is almost double the size of my TV model and I also used foamboard to show the thickness of the walls. The next stage in making my theatre model was to begin the decoration. I started by painting the floor and then the walls a grey colour. After that I used a sponge and a white/lighter grey to dab the walls and floor to give a more Stoney effect.

Once I had finished painting my set I then started to make the furniture. Majority of my furniture is made of stone to which I then decorated to show what furniture it was.

About my Theatre set

For my theatre set, I chose to place my door in a different place for a number of reasons. The left wall has a window the back wall is plain and the right wall has the door. I have designed my set this way because theatres do not hold much space behind and around the stage however there is much more space in the wings of the theatre therefore it makes more sense for the door to be on a side. Another reason I have put my door on the side rather than the back wall is because it's easier to hide things you do not wish the audience to see or hear. For example a hair and make up team or hanging props. In a television set these problems do not occur therefore it is not a problem for the camera to hide anything we don't want the audience to see. A theatre set is harder to design because I must make sure  everything is in a good position for the audience to see while at the same time, hide things we do not want them to see.

Theatre set- ground plan

I created the theatre set exactly the same way as the TV set however there is one main difference. The difference is that I have chosen to put the door for the theatre set on the right hand side of the wall rather than the back. I done this because in theatre there is not much room backstage and putting a door at the back of the stage would not be realistic as there is not much space. There is more space in the wings of a theatre to store props and allow for actresses/ actors to quick change or get hair and make up done. The door makes things more practical for a production to run smoother.

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