When assessing a production, it is essential to take into consideration if done by a group of professionals or a troop of amateurs. In the case of The Millennial Malcontent is was a student-run production making it limited due to its means. The two productions have very different standards that they need to live up to yet still can measure up to depending on how you look at it.
Both The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a professional production, and The Millennial Malcontent, an amateur one, have intricate sets that are made to be manipulated to create varying settings with little movement. The two shows, still being drastically different, both had well-developed sets that were cleverly used seamlessly flowing from scene to scene with easy manoeuvres. They assisted in creating sets that linked well to the story, for …show more content…
All the production seemed to mimic that concept that the construction of straight lines and graphic visuals. It used a more abstract set using at points only lights to build houses, subway stations, and mathematical problems. Whereas The Millennial Malcontent used set pieces that could find in real life settings like couches, pianos, and tables. Another similarity is the way the cast interacts with the audience they both break the fourth wall addressing the audience. In a lecture by Professor Kimberley McLeod, she spoke on the importance of the fourth wall and how it can be used as a device to drive the narrative. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the audience acts as more of the subconscious to
Both The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a professional production, and The Millennial Malcontent, an amateur one, have intricate sets that are made to be manipulated to create varying settings with little movement. The two shows, still being drastically different, both had well-developed sets that were cleverly used seamlessly flowing from scene to scene with easy manoeuvres. They assisted in creating sets that linked well to the story, for …show more content…
All the production seemed to mimic that concept that the construction of straight lines and graphic visuals. It used a more abstract set using at points only lights to build houses, subway stations, and mathematical problems. Whereas The Millennial Malcontent used set pieces that could find in real life settings like couches, pianos, and tables. Another similarity is the way the cast interacts with the audience they both break the fourth wall addressing the audience. In a lecture by Professor Kimberley McLeod, she spoke on the importance of the fourth wall and how it can be used as a device to drive the narrative. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the audience acts as more of the subconscious to