Black Arrow Designs
Eilidh Proudfoot
Freelance
Model Maker
SHAKESPEARE "MACBETH"
THE BRIEF
During a course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland I was asked to make a model box for the set for Macbeth.
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I decided to keep the set traditional to the original text.
I did want the design to be simple and not include too many different pieces however be able to adapt to different scenes.
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It took me one week to complete the model.
CONSTRUCTION
The set is build from foam board, card, balsa wood and poly filler.
It is set up for a specific scene in the play.
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It begins with Lady Macbeth in a hallway in the Castle.
The archways remain on stage at all times.
There are two doors and three sections of wall added into the gaps to create the appearance of a hall.
The stage is raised to create height for the audience to look up at the events unfolding.
The floor is made to look like stone however there would be a cloth to cover which would have straw and mud added to create a courtyard scene.
As the scene changes the doors and walls are removed to only leave the archways.
This now creates a balcony or outdoors scene.
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An idea is for the archway to split in the middle and each half be pushed to the side. This would create a perspective view of the castle and its walls.
