Teacher’s Guide to Possible Student Notes on Technical Elements
Comparing Technical Elements
Stage set and scenery
- Buzzard—fence, night sky with moon
- Wind—forest, shrubs in the foreground, house
Costumes
- Buzzard—suit, hat
- Wind—each animal’s character expressed through elaborate costume (students should describe each character’s costume specifically)
Makeup
- Buzzard—minimal
- Wind—elaborate: large front teeth on Otter and Rat, warts on Toad, wigs on each animal
Props
- Buzzard—scarf, stick, two chairs
- Wind—picnic basket, picnic cloth, food items, stick horse, motor car
Sound/music
- Buzzard—walking stick pounded on the floor
- Wind—orchestral music in one segment
Lighting
- Buzzard—focused on performer, some back lighting for depth, spillover onto audience (for television production audience shots)
- Wind—more complex to accommodate multiple actors, stage movement, etc.