Electra - My Production Role

My production role for Electra will be lighting. I will be working on this with Sophie. To fufill the production role, we will take notes during rehearsals and focus particularly on the chorus as they are onstage the whole duration of the play and constantly travelling. The travelling of all characters is important for me and Sophie to acknowledge because we need to know what areas of the stage  are used and how they need to be lit. By taking on the lighting, we will be attending the technical rehearsals to assist with activities, like rigging. One main responsibility we need to take care of is giving the caretakers notice of the smoke machine. To receive approval for the use of the smoke machine, we will need to visit the college's head of premises. 

Our lighting aims for Electra is to use autumnal colours, this means oranges, browns, greens and yellows. The autumnal colors will be most suitable when the tone of the piece is at it's calmest. For example, the beginning of the play, when Electra and the chorus are miming conversation sat downstage right. However, we also want to add a blue jel in the lighting, which will enforce a cold mood (eerie atmosphere.) I believe the blue jel would best fit the ending of the play, as the audience see Electra with her mother's corpse - a disturbing image, after learning their hatred for eachother throughout the play. A final additional colour we would like to use is red, it is a good colour for representing anger and death - two main themes within Electra. The use of red lighting would be suitable for Clytemnestra's 'dead' entrance, when she is being carried out from the house by the Old Man.