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Match the task with the Scene Designer’s objective.



1

Researching the architecture of nineteenth-century Spain
A)Help set the tone and style of the production
B)Establish the locale and period in which the play takes place
C)Provide a central image of metaphor
D)Solve practical design problems
2

Making a staircase wide enough to accommodate an actress in a hoop skirt
A)Help set the tone and style of the production
B)Establish the locale and period in which the play takes place
C)Provide a central image of metaphor
D)Solve practical design problems
3

Designing the set with bright colors and exaggerated shapes
A)Help set the tone and style of the production
B)Establish the locale and period in which the play takes place
C)Provide a central image of metaphor
D)Solve practical design problems
4

Placing enormous photographs of movie stars all over the flats
A)Help set the tone and style of the production
B)Establish the locale and period in which the play takes place
C)Provide a central image of metaphor
D)Solve practical design problems
5

Designing an view of the Eiffel Tower through the window of the set
A)Help set the tone and style of the production
B)Establish the locale and period in which the play takes place
C)Provide a central image of metaphor
D)Solve practical design problems

Match the task with the Costume Designer’s objective.



6

Designing a costume in which an actor can perform a sword fight
A)Help establish the tone and style of a production
B)Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it is set
C)Indicate the nature of individual characters or groups: their stations in life, their occupations, their personalities
D)Show relationships among characters: separate major characters from minor ones, contrast one group with another
E)Meet the needs of individual performers
7

"Distressing" a costume so that it is ragged and dirty
A)Help establish the tone and style of a production
B)Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it is set
C)Indicate the nature of individual characters or groups: their stations in life, their occupations, their personalities
D)Show relationships among characters: separate major characters from minor ones, contrast one group with another
E)Meet the needs of individual performers
8

Designing costumes that make clear who is English and who is French in Shakespeare's Henry V
A)Help establish the tone and style of a production
B)Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it is set
C)Indicate the nature of individual characters or groups: their stations in life, their occupations, their personalities
D)Show relationships among characters: separate major characters from minor ones, contrast one group with another
E)Meet the needs of individual performers
9

Design very dark, somber costumes with very sharp, angular lines
A)Help establish the tone and style of a production
B)Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it is set
C)Indicate the nature of individual characters or groups: their stations in life, their occupations, their personalities
D)Show relationships among characters: separate major characters from minor ones, contrast one group with another
E)Meet the needs of individual performers
10

Design costumes to reflect the high temperatures in equatorial Africa
A)Help establish the tone and style of a production
B)Indicate the historical period of a play and the locale in which it is set
C)Indicate the nature of individual characters or groups: their stations in life, their occupations, their personalities
D)Show relationships among characters: separate major characters from minor ones, contrast one group with another
E)Meet the needs of individual performers







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