Summary Macbeth theatre review on sound and set design

Macbeth Theatre Review – Sound and Set Design

Sound Set design
Diagetic vs non-Diagetic Material
Live vs Pre-recorded Colour
Volume Design/Pattern
Pace/Tempo Time Period
Silence/Pause Weight
Atmosphere Condition
Speaker Placement Position on stage


Set design and Sound for Macbeth

 Subtle high-pitched sound and uses props for marking on brick walls.
 Porter writes 1 on the brick wall symbolising Macbeth's 1st murder
 Thrust staging-audience 3 sides which makes it more immersive making
the audience feel a part of it.
 Benefits = more immersive or a fixed set
 Upstage 2 large grey doors when actors leave they go into the darkness
symbolising they have gone into the witches’ power
 Large LED clock upstage
 Starts at 2 hours to decline - significant counts down to Macbeth's doom
 The audience can see that his actions have consequences fate has been
sealed.
 The digital clock is a bold red colour
 Fixed brick walls are worn in to show his surroundings are worn in
 Staging declines in height to form barriers and witches are on the
outside and everything that happens is because of the witches.