Reflection : Mother Courage Set Design

After finishing our set design project for Mother Courage by Brecht, we have time to reflect on the project. This was a new role for me so I learnt a lot of different ways of creating and approaching set design. It went into more depth than what I thought we would after what I learnt from previous plays like our commedia piece for example.

What I learnt:

• There are many different ways I can approach intial drawings & scale model drawings. They are vital for me to know where to place things, why to place them there, what stage to use... 
• There is a lot more to do than just have an idea, relate it to the performance concept and get together a set. Measurements need to be done, placements, storyboards, understanding script, scalemodels....
• Throughout the project, my ideas will change all the time to more I try out or research things. 

How the approach could be improved for next time:

• i would try out google sketches instead of hand drawing because I am not the best with drawing and I think google sketches would look good & professional, which can come in handy for my PPP
• I would research more about set design for other productions of the same productions i am doing to get a wide range of different techniques & approaches for the best altogether idea.