Shakespeare: Blood, Bawdy, Sexy, and Bold! (Seattle University Theater Program 2024)

24 x 36", 11 x 17", 8.5 x 11", 1920 x 1080 px,

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This was my final design I created for my design work scholarship with Seattle University. The designs I created were made to be later edited when this theater production will be started in the 2024 - 2025 academic year. When the design is eventually edited, the names of the scene directors and the date and times will be changed for the show. 

 

This project was also another theater production project I worked on with Brennan Murphy, whom I have worked with on the Glengarry Glen Ross show. Working with Brennan again was much easier than other projects I've worked on because he's very easy to work with. When starting this projecting and after meeting with Brennan​, the criteria I was given was to create a design that would encompass the bloodiness and boldness of the play. When discussing the focal imagery with Brennan, he wanted to use the scene of Caesar being stabbed, a Romeo and Juliet death scene, or Othello being stabbed. I made versions of the design with Caesar being stabbed and one of Othello being stabbed in the back. The first version of the draft with Caesar looked too confrontational with Caesar's face appearing right at the focus which I intended. However, I think that confrontational aspect was too much, so I scaled it back with Caesar looking away instead and having the large pool of red blood fill in the focus area. When choosing between having Othello or Caesar designs being the main design for this theater production, we settled on Caesar because he's a more prominent and well-known Shakespearean character.

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Overall, this design was still a bit challenging to create. All of the imagery I was using was AI generated initially because I was struggling to find good enough theater images to use and edit for the cover design. The draft images both used AI generated images that were then edited. However, for the final draft designs for this project, the image I used was a touched-up screenshot I took of an image I found online of an actual theater production of Julius Caesar.