Meet Fiona Crombie.
(click to venture to her website)
She's the set designer who is featured in the movie "In the Company of Actors", which goes around a production of Hedda Gabler. I googled her and found her website easily. I love her work. I think it's interesting in that her projects vary in so many different ways. She has dabbled in not only set design, but also works with costuming and film enterprises. All of it is well thought out, yet unique and fresh. Here are some that stood out for me and why.
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
This piece, while Crombie chooses to emphasize her costuming contribution to this production, astounded me in the ways of set, which she also helped with. The lighting cooperates perfectly with these pieces of stage, each raised at different levels. I think that this would be a turly engaging show to watch ebcasue of this design, but I would be curious as to how visiblity would work out, and how actors would travel fluidly between squares.
MR KOLPERT
This play, written by David Gieselmann is a dark comedy about a couple who pretends that they have murdered a man at their work, merely to entertain their guests. I really like the visual effect this set has, though I was suprised to hear this story was what it was. I love how the costumes create the characters to look almost like dressed up Barbie dolls, in the too-high heels and the perfect sweater vests. I also love the 70's style home, and how the boxy house jumps out of the black with the lighting strip around the perimeter. It's like a 1970's TV.
I'd like to leave some food for thought Benji, in the form of this "Showreel" Fiona Crombie has on her website.
PEACE OUT.
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