'AS LIVE' PRODUCTION: Final Set Design

Alex and Shanice from the set design team at Rochester came to the studios to listen to our production meeting, we also had a meeting with them after about the final set design changes.

Notes:

- Size of set - 8x4 foot per flat, 10.5 flats

- 3.5 metre catwalk

- Catwalk will be one step high, so no need for an additional step

- Floor is 11 metres long at widest part (the front of the set)

- We will be keeping the green and red sofas - we want two of the same coloured sofa

- Set design have a floor, and it's available to use if it fits the set

- 'Steal the Style' logo - 16 by 9

- To avoid the camera shooting off the top of the set, we've decided to have a - half foot of grey at the top of set - gradual into the black curtain around the studios

- Neutral colour for curtain

- Curtain maybe being reversible - plain and then glitter for Oliver

Below is the model set they brought in to show us. The colours and similar to what we want, with the pale neutral background and brick wall. We also have the feature wall back and will have plants growing up this. This will work well with our Spring / Summer fashion for the show. 

We agreed the catwalk to be 3.5 metres long, which we thought was proportional to the rest of the set and the sofas, looking at the model. 

There is a curtain at the back of the catwalk to disguise the back of the studio. We agreed that this can be reversible because we want a glitzy / shimmery backdrop for when we see Oliver step onto the catwalk for the first time - being his big entrance, we should do something with the background. Whereas, with the models we wanted a plain background as we won't even see the models until their half way up the catwalk on the screen. This is where a reversible curtain would work well. Alex and Shanice are going to work on a curtain stand on wheels which we can turn around when needed - with a plain light colour (possibly white) on one side and a glitter / shimmery on the other.

I like the idea of having the logo for 'Steal the Style' on the side wall - this is being kept and we are sending over the final logo for them to start putting into the set. 

Alex and Shanice also brought in some mood boards they made with our ideas for the set in mind. They researched into these styles before they made the model so they had a good idea on what style we wanted. 

The flower wall & general look

The flower wall came up in the discussion and we agreed this was a definite. They went for the industrial / rustic / studio look for the general style - with the metal poles and brick walls. We liked this as we pitched the rustic / brick style from the start. They are also able to create a real looking brick wall instead of painting one on to make it look more realistic.

We will be having metal struts down the walls to hide the lines in the joins of the flats, this will add to the industrial look. 

Sofas 

We were initially unsure about the sofas because they were quite bright and our colour scheme is more pale / pastel / dull colours. However, as the show has developed our titles have changed and are a slightly brighter colour, so the sofas shouldn't stand out too much from the colour scheme. Alex and Shanice also did some research into chat show sets and the sofas are all quite bright and bold, and as we don't really want to go down the route of buying new ones we have agreed to keep them.

I am looking forward to seeing the set up and running. We will be able to see the show come together when were rehearsing with the set.