Costume and Set Design
for Conceptual Project
[2022]
Clover (left) and Cricket (right)
A conceptual redesign and adaptation of Panic At The Disco’s Pretty. Odd. album, for which I wrote a narrative and designed for a theoretical production of the album’s tracklist.
‘CRICKET, son of JAY and brother of CLOVER, is a prolific inventor in his town. At a standstill with his creations after recieving news of a competition run by the city’s greatest council of inventors, he discovers the unfinished designs of his late mother, and sets out to complete them himself. Venturing into the city with his work, he encounters a world far removed from the home he knew.’
The album has a very specific whimsical and fantastical feel, which I wanted to thoroughly incorporate in this design. The lyrics found within the tracklist conjure up their own imagery, and tell their own stories, so the design was heavily influenced by their content, but by rearranging the order I was able to develop an original narrative. Each of the protagonists is adjacent to something found in nature which is developed through their costume design.
‘CRICKET, son of JAY and brother of CLOVER, is a prolific inventor in his town. At a standstill with his creations after recieving news of a competition run by the city’s greatest council of inventors, he discovers the unfinished designs of his late mother, and sets out to complete them himself. Venturing into the city with his work, he encounters a world far removed from the home he knew.’
The album has a very specific whimsical and fantastical feel, which I wanted to thoroughly incorporate in this design. The lyrics found within the tracklist conjure up their own imagery, and tell their own stories, so the design was heavily influenced by their content, but by rearranging the order I was able to develop an original narrative. Each of the protagonists is adjacent to something found in nature which is developed through their costume design.
(left to right: Kore, Inventor, High Councillor, Jay)
TRACKLIST:
(Act 1)
Nine In The Afternoon
When The Day Met The Night
Mad As Rabbits
(Act 2)
Do You Know What I’m Seeing?
She Had The World
I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
(Act 3)
From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins
The Piano Knows Something I Don’t Know
Behind The Sea
(Act 4)
Folkin’ Around
Northern Downpour
When The Day Met The Night (reprise)
(Act 1)
Nine In The Afternoon
When The Day Met The Night
Mad As Rabbits
(Act 2)
Do You Know What I’m Seeing?
She Had The World
I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
(Act 3)
From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins
The Piano Knows Something I Don’t Know
Behind The Sea
(Act 4)
Folkin’ Around
Northern Downpour
When The Day Met The Night (reprise)
Produced pieces include a rabbit head-shaped camera designed as a headpiece (but used as a prop!), a model stage and its preliminary sketches, a fish head costume piece and a production poster.
Project model box with insertable stage flats
Proscenium and stage flat design sketches
Mockup of a proposed fish head costume piece
Textile production poster and concept illustrations
