Into the Woods - Overview

Into the Woods overview research using Pinterest clips

Classic fairy tales 'Into the Woods' draws from
Rapunzel

Image source: HD Wallpaper Season
http://hdwallpaperseason.com/logo-into-the-woods-2014.html
Accessed: November 11th 2014

Jack and the beanstalk
Cinderella
Little red riding hood

Key moral messages of the stories ie. What do they teach young children?
Be careful what you wish for - think carefully about decisions
Children listen/hang onto our every word

Main characters in the musical
Cinderella
The witch
Rapunzel
Jack
Little red riding hood
Wolf




My description of the different lighting, staging, props and costumes in the clips featuring different versions of 'Into the Woods'.

Clip 1:

Ground coated with dirt and tree bark  to represent forest floor

Layered backdrop with large trees that spread around re edges of the stage. Dark wood to support second level. - represents the enclosure of forests  

White spotlights to highlight certain characters in scenes, rest of stage dark to show night time/darkness did the woods

Set/scene never changes

Set and Props


Clip 2:

Projectored backdrop 

to change to different scenes eg clowds/woods/trees. Dim blue lighting, use of fog. 

Bright blue lighting 

Clip 3:

Tall and hanging ladders around the stage and leading up and off stage represent beanstalks jack climbs to where the giant lives

Foggy blue lighting 

Clip 4:

Large painted boards around the edges of stage featuring aspects from fairly tales, helps understand what well known characters are included. Large trees and tree trunk props subtly at the back in the gaps of the boards. Grey painted cyclorama represents night/darkness to come.

Clip 5:

Set outside on a stage, decorated/painted material of fairy tale themes and one of a door to show they are inside a building. Use of natural props such as trees, wind and birds tweeting to reinforce set scene. Plain white cardboard slot-together cow.

Costume and make-up

Fairy tale themed costumes;

The witch
Cinderella wears large sparkly white gown and tiara

Wears large sparkly white gown and tiara for Cinderella character

Jumpy and often rhymes. Some is Opera-style. Often fast and harmonises a lot