Making the Tempest Front of House Board

First we came up with the 10 major things a FOH board need to be/have:

1) Interesting

2) Eye-catching

3) Relevant

4) Detailed

5) Personal

6) Textured

7) Clear

8) Presentable

9) Creative

10) Engaging 

Do you agree? What do you think is key for a front of house board? 

After a long, hard, rewarding day of cutting, sticking, painting, folding, creating and experimenting, Sarah Laura and I have completed the Front of House Display Board for The Tempest.

We began by collecting materials in the colour schemes of the show; rich earthy colours of the island as well as pastel and vibrant blues and greens of the sea, after being set the marketing task. 

We have matched the colour schemes to costumes, after visiting the RSC a few weeks ago to look at hire costumes, I realised how important linking characters to colours are and how to really create themes to make it clear to the audience. We wanted to use that same thought process when creating the board, deciding which areas need to be what colours and if they match the colour scheme of the character whose photo we put up. 

We collected in our ideas that were surprisingly similar and together created a map of the island.

Initially we tea stained white paper to give a worn and aged map and then added to the outline of the island on the panels of card.

The different textures key to add depth to a display, here we have used ribbons, felt, paint, tissue paper and card to create different elements.

 
Tissue paper for the sea, crate paper forest, Prosperso’s cell made from a bath sponge and felt for the land. These are only teasers come and see our finished product and our brilliant show 17th-20th April 2013 at the Crescent Theatre tickets available from 

http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/ at only £9.

 Or visit www.stage2.org for more information. 

Jacoba Williams