GRIMM TALE: THE LADY AND THE LION

Book Summary of The Lady And The Lion
This spellbinding new fairy tale, told with shades of "Beauty and the Beast," is an exhilarating story of virtue, heroism, and how love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles.

Love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles, as we see in this spellbinding fairy tale, with shades of "Beauty and the Beast." To save her father, a young woman must go to the castle of a menacing lion. She fears for her life, but finds kindness rather than danger there, for the lion by day is a gentle young man by night-a prince under the spell of a wicked enchantress. Soon the lady and the lion fall in love.

Unlike the more familiar tale, however, this story has only just begun. The prince is not yet safe from the enchantress, and it will take all of the lady's strength and courage, through a seven-year quest, to rescue him. Dazzlingly romantic and visually magnificent, this is a book for the ages-an exhilarating tale of virtue, heroism, and the power of love.

MY DESIGN WILL FOCUS ON PRODUCING THE PART OF SET WHICH I FEEL MOSTLY REFLECTS THE OVERALL ESSENCE OF THE PLAYS NARRATIVE.
I AM GOING TO DELVE AND EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT GENRES TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE A DESIRED MOOD AND STYLE FOR THE PLAY WITHOUT CHANGING ITS ORIGINAL NARRATIVE. MY MAIN CONCEPT WILL BE THE TRANSLATION OF THE SET PIECES INVOLVED IN THE PLAY BETWEEN THE LINES OF 16 TO 22.

THE MAIN SET PIECE INVOLVED IN THIS PART IS THE LIONS CASTLE AND THE FOREST WITH THE TRANSITION FROM THE FOREST FLOOR TO THE CASTLE'S ENTRANCE AND THEN ONTO THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT CASTLE GARDEN - WHICH DEPICTS TWO PLACES/SEASONS/MOODS AT THE SAME TIME.

Initial design developments and ideas consisted of the idea of having the castle being the main set focal point. This would be constructed on a large revolve (hence: to enable the transformation from castle entrance to garden.)


From this you can try to imagine the concept of the revolve - with the Lion's face being the castle's entrance and the rose bush (well lump of plasticine) being the Lion's tail. I wanted to instantly depict the ownership on the castle, it was the Lion's castle - hence the use of Lion features used to create such object/ set piece.