To Kill A Mockingbird

                                   
I worked on Cal State Northridge's production of To Kill A Mockingbird with Scenic Designer Adam Flemming. I assisted with finding research material, testing different techniques to acquire desired shadows. painting scenic pieces, and taking notes during rehearsals.

Our vision was to manipulate shadows with the use of light and set pieces in order to create interesting textures and move the story forward.


                                      
The world of the play is black and white. Our set portrayed that with the use of white paper and actors would step in front of a light to create rich black shadows on the set pieces.


                                       
Chinese shadow play was a huge source of inpiration for the show. Here we can see the dark contrast of a 2D character versus a 3D Character.

                                    
The set pieces along with the use of light allowed us to manipulate scale when it came to the characters. The further from the set pieces, the bigger an object or person became.

We utilized a page from the novel as well as a traslucent printed tree to create layers of depth.

The paper sheets were movable in order to create different settings. In this photo we can see the courthouse layout.