Set design

  so at school for our shows I am the head set coordinator. I love when cassette can be made believable with extreme detail, a set can be one of the best ways to help develop a character even more. Yes we filmed in a place that’s already built and established, but in one location I had such an opportunity to take creative set design and incorporate mis en scene elements through set-dressing props. The shot is of me in the mirror where it’s insinuated that I am doing drugs. 

    In this image there’s a lot to break down. Some of the biggest most noticeable things are the water bottles, box of tissues, and yarn flowers. because my character is the lead singer I wanted to make sure that there were a couple of water bottles in my dressing room space, there is one that’s already empty and there are two still filled. There is a box of tissues, which would be provided by almost any kind of dressing room ever but my more selfish character would definitely take the whole box especially because he’s seen as vain and cares about himself. there are many scattered tissues around, because honestly as someone who’s been in stage make up and prepared for a show tissues are very helpful and useful to get any kind of Schmeer off to help blot sweating, they help prevent any kind of impurity before you go on stage. Also for somebody who is doing the kind of drug that is insinuated in the video you would probably have a runny nose, so tissues also help him force that. My favorite touch in this shot is the yarn flowers. Though not spoken about, the flowers represent a character that will be shown later after the opening. They are from Kurt’s girlfriend for his big show. I thought that this would be pretty accurate because those flowers are from my girlfriend that she gave to me for our show Legally Blonde. it shows care, and specificity because it is a very intricate creation of something that is usually temporary… Most flowers die after a little but this is the trope of the flowers that never die, but it’s not cringy it’s crocheted and cute. There are more minute details that also help fill the space and provide a realistic mirror. To show Kurt as creative, there is a notebook and a marker that has tons of doodles and an expo marker. what are social roles as creativity and choices is the white tank top that is off on the dresser, I know it was a performer that there is the back-and-forth between certain costume pieces and the do I do this do I do that geez I don’t know kind of feeling, so the white tank top there helps emphasize that. To help enforce Kurtz drug use, there is a roll of dollar and eyedrops. To show that this is an every day type thing and just put things that are definitely used by you know everybody that show that this dressing room is kind of his living space before the show there is deodorant a gum wrapper and a box of mints. These mis-en-scene elements truly represent Kurt, but also the atmosphere he is in before getting pulled by lemmy.