In what ways were drama techniques and effects used?

We came across many problems with the scaffolding of our production beca substance abuse we had polar reports we wanted to communicate. Firstly we wanted to make out the idea of a genus Circus by using Theatre in the calendar method however there were more cons than pros and although this helped create an image of the circus the live was too small which would limit the audience we had. Also, it would be challenging because we would prolong to perform to both sides which would limit how we acted in the scene.After trying give out away different styles of staging we decided on having the audience end on this helped increase the size of the audience and made it simple for us the actors because we save had to perform to the front. We also decided on having an apron through the shopping mall because it helped us get on and off and were an extra exit when demand to leave the stage exclusively was also good to get wet to the audience and interact with them more.The set of our production was simple because we had limited equipment but also we wanted to keep it simple because it meant as a grouping we would have to work harder to create the illusion and let the audience use their imagination. We utilise basic shore as well because there were legion(predicate) scenes so it was difficult to take them on and off. We decided on a few scenes were props were necessary e.g. clown scenes and Punch and Judy we found that we undeniable props in Punch and Judy because they help the storyline and create the characters, props helped ferment Punch and Judy look more like a toon and helped make it humorous because we exaggerated the size of the props e.g. Punch had a huge cig bette. We wanted to put a modern spin on Punch and Judy while sticking to the original storyline and the props are what help the audience to familiarize with it.In general we used somatogenetic theatre techniques meaning most scene had no or very little speech. This meant we had to intend messages through symbolic movement. Our body movements and facial mouthions helped commence the message to the audience. For example in The Mirror Scene we had to show the difference of opinion between two characters without speaking so we used exaggerated faces and movements to express the emotion of the piece.We used lighting and sound throughout the production to gestate the atmosphere and emotion of the piece. In the first scene we wanted to make the audience feel the excitement and thrill that a circus usually gives, so we used lots of different coloured flashing lights to give the idea of a circus and also disorientate the audience. The sound we chose was jolly strange sounding, we wanted to show that this wouldnt be a typical circus and give the impression something scary was going to happen. Another sound we used was a drumming sound to crate the idea of panic and dog with flashing bright lights to disorientate the audience again.For the end scenes we wanted to show a contrast between the emotions of the first half of the play were we symbolised in one scene love with soft pink lighting and guileless music with the darkness of the second half. During the freaks scene we tried out different sounds however decided that we would make the mental disturbances and overlap each other, making it distorted. This meant the noise wouldnt be clear and keeping the lighting dark and too a minimal with just one single light on helped create an uneasy atmosphere and keep the audience on their toes.