NOTES FROM STAGE DESIGN MEETING

Watched a performance from last year’s FMP:
Liked the rug for aesthetics and practical purposes (no slipping)
Like the basic, nice and simple stage design
Looks a bit cramped? Drums too close together?

Consider scaffolding (Performing Arts FMP show)
Should be a clean set up, no mess without hazards
Lights round the scaffolding, set up a new rig?
Plants?
MAMMA MIA - Blue and white lights?
Flowers / plants - set change for last song?
Theme - Industrial? Live Lounge? Festival? Pub? - Majority liked festival theme
Stools for slower, more acoustic numbers?
Thinking realistically - would a sofa work?
Wooden boards decorated (spray paint/graffiti style?) attached to scaffold?


Continued after lunch:
Drums like the video from last year, facing inwards
Mamma mia - choir can semi circle infront of drums?
Backline - helix (guitarists will need to create tones), bass amp as it can be DI’d straight out the back of it, amps won’t be mic’ed up for Mamma Mia (Jamie + Holly will go through helix’s)
Amps on risers or scaffolding?
Festival theme - amps stacked on top of each other? Max 3 as a column?

Looked at video of performance from Christmas
Discussed: lots of wires, looks messy, need a rug to cover the wire
Alfie - using Roland drum machine
Jay - using ….. DJ deck (projected logo + potential for rehearsal footage to show audience what Jay is doing on his decks)
Costume - discuss amongst your bands, do you want a costume change?
More uniformed / coordination for Mamma mia? 2 colours - blue + white?
Flower / something sparkly / headband (something small + cheap) to be worn to look more coordinated for Mamma mia?

Blackout after every song? Makes it more seamless? More professional?