My concept for the show is set in an abandoned circus ground, and this picture caught my eye because of the bright colors contrasted with the dark storm clouds. This was an important idea to me, considering the show revolves around the aftermath of a great storm.
This photo captures the lost feeling I would want the set to have. Its too literal to represent what i would want to show to look like exactly, but there are elements i love, like the asymmetry of the picture.
I love this picture because, again, there is a really beautiful contrast between the vibrant colors of the circus objects and the dimmer hues found in the natural elements: forest and water.
I loved the image because it is sort of classically beautiful and lonely, and there while the colors are soft and pretty, there is just a hint of deterioration.
This picture shows the abandoned ferris wheel out of place in a very overgrown area, which is an element I want in the set. I want it to look as though the abandoned circus/carnival pieces have sort of fused with nature in an almost supernatural way.
This picture caught my eye for much of the same reason as above. Its as though nature is taking over the ferris wheel. It is pretty, but also kind of sad.
This image is very distressed, which I like. I don't want the set to be too sad and droopy, but I want the man-made elements to look somewhat old and forgotten.
I love the idea of carousel horses as an element of the set, because they give this beautiful but almost eerie sense of life-but frozen. I think that is something that Prospero would relate to very much.
This is a painting called magic circus and I loved the...well...magic in it. The Tempest contains many elements of the super natural and magical, and it is of course a comedy. This picture contains those aspects. I don't want the show to become too lost or lonely in mood, because that would destroy the intent of the work itself.
This picture and the one below are very important because they contain the color scheme I am inspired by for the show. I love the bright jewel tones, and how they are all mixed together. This, to me, is the show's palette. Not everything is this bright. The natural/super-natural elements (Ariel,the flowers, trees, etc.) are to be much brighter. The abandoned circus objects should be these colors, but distressed some. Miranda and Prospero will be costumed in slightly darker shades of these bright colors, while the Shipwrecked men where either slightly more earthy tones or much more garish tones.
I love the color and lighting of this picture. I think it would be so beautiful to be able to light the flowers and trees that have grown in the tent/carnival area to give them a sense of supernaturality.
In a circus setting, it only makes sense to make Prospero the ringleader as he is largely in control of the events of the show from the beginning.However, finding costumes I liked was a little difficult, because I don't want him to look like he is straight from Barnum and Bailey's. He must look wordly and wise, not big and clownish. I liked this because it looks a little opulent, but if distressed could reflect the fall of Prospero's life and the loss of wealth and title.
This is a cool hat. I like it because it says ringleader without screaming circus too hard.
I loved this picture because I immediately saw Prospero and Miranda in it. The costuming isn't exactly right, but it reflects at least one aspect of their relationship as father and daughter at the play's beginning- he is in control, and she is ready to follow his lead.
I think of Miranda, the young lover character, as a beautiful tight rope walker. Here is a classic depiction, very youthful and sweet.
This is a slightly sexier version of the same idea. I do not want her to be this vampy, but I like the idea of making her a little more womanly. Somewhere between a little girl and a woman.
I love the colors of the skirt, and the slightly off-period sensibility of the whole outfit. I think this is the direction I would most want to go in in terms of attitude for her(for both the lovers, actually). Sweet, but with an ever so slight hint of rock and roll.
I want Miranda to look like a doll, so I loved the big pink cheeks and exaggerated lips. But the extreme bottom lashes give her an edge, and this makeup helps her look a little more womanly and not like such a little girl.She is transitioning.
The second I saw this picture, from Cirque Du soleil, I thought of Ariel. Being that Ariel is not all human, I want him/her to not look be so easily identified as a circus "performer". Ariel is water and air, and everything from the colors to the ruff on the neck is perfection to me.
This picture and the one below really struck me in terms of costuming Ferdinand. They are both remniscent of turn of the century costuming, but a little updated, giving it a sense of fantasy for the piece. Also, the careful distressing in both reflects the trials Ferdinand experienced in the ship wreck.
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The two younger males in the picture were another image I liked when I was thinking of costuming Ferdinand- it isn't too "circusy" but it has the flavor while still maintaining the sense of fashion of the time.
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