Hamlet
...astle” since it is midnight the scenery will be set pitch black with some dim lighting twinkling stars this will help to create a sense of mystery and dramatic action at the present time, also the surroundings will be very bare not a lot happening, this will help to create the audience to focus on the main actors (“Barnardo”, “Francisco” and “Horatio”) at the introductory being of Act I. The settings could be achieved by means of painted canvas stretched over timber frames and so that the scenery can be changed swiftly. Costume In Shakespeare’s time since the background scenery was constructed quite bare due there artistical skills have not yet evolved so they would concentrate more on the costumes making and making them appear more elaborate and fit in with the role in which they are playing. In this scene the colours of the costume will not be vibrant and therefore will just be a standard simple formal uniform (helmet, long over coat and also big heavy duty black boots) which will build up the picture that they are guardsmen on watch. Sounds At the beginning of the act there will be no background sounds because this will create a disturbance within what the actors are trying to say. When Francisco says, “I think I hear them” at this point an interrupted sound of a crowd of collective could be incorporated to confuse him of who is actually there. Then when Horatio and Marcellus from then on there is a four-way conversation between them and they all seem on edge and at this point the actual emphasises and volume of there voice can range in pitch ...