Set Design ideas.

Whilst contemplating ideas for my set, and thinking endlessly about roll top baths, I came up with the concept of having a central focal point of a much larger bathtub in the centre of the stage. A main plot point in the beginning of Iron Hans is the discovery of the title character in a large lake in the middle of the forest. As this is the scene I am focussing on for my set, I needed to have the lake in there somewhere. Not easy on a theatre stage, let me tell you that. So I investigated the idea of replacing the lake with a large scale bath, greatly adding to my surreal element, and honestly? I think it's fun!

I've been toying with ideas for backdrops, i.e whether to have one. While it would give the opportunity to bring the back of the stage forward and leave less space (claustrophobic), part of me wants to see what it would be like with no backdrop and no floor decoration, just the trees, the central bathtub, and some low key blue or green lighting. Green would give the traditional "scary" feel to the scene, and the position of the lights could be used to cast shadows from the trees, increasing to the fear.

I think the set will end up being essentially quite basic, with a lot of the atmosphere being created through lighting effects.