"Here in the heart of Hell to work in Fire..."

Another rough, basic set idea for a Luciferian-themed Floor Show. With added colour. I spoil you.

Obviously not to scale, and rather poor in quality, this design shows Frank as a Lucifer-figure, descending down on a set of light and dark wings, clothed in a waist-cloth, fishnets, and a feather headdress. The red lightning bolt in the background is a traditional symbol of the Transylvanians for the Rocky Horror community, appearing mostly in the film adaptation. Frank's wings would be attached to the lightning bolt, and he would separate

from them once finishing his "Don't Dream It" solo. Since a harness would not work, as there is no upper clothing to hide this, I had the idea to make it like the "cherrypicker" lift used in Wicked for Defying Gravity.

Now, just imagine that, but in reverse. And without any witches.

I'm not really a Wicked fan. Seriously. I've only seen it five times in two different countries. *cough*.

Anyway, I think the wings could work in that Frank could be standing on a small platform, which locks around his waist, and descending (rather than Wicked's ascent). This would make it easier to stage, and less obvious to the audience than a massive great harness. Although I think I'm going too far away from set design here...

The dead branches at the upper section of the stage are primarily framing devices, but are frequent themes in Doré's illustrations for Paradise Lost. Doré's work always makes me feel very odd, as if I'm looking at something human eyes aren't meant to look at. This is always most obvious with the illustration accompanying the line "dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before" from Poe's The Raven (my all-time favourite poem, along with Carroll's Jabberwocky, but that has nothing to do with anything.)

The image is very ethereal and otherworldly, seeming to show something that has never been and should never be seen before, which is pertinent to the line. It is possible that I could attempt to incorporate some of this into a future design.

The Corinthian pillars are another form of framing, something that is key to the scene for a dramatic entrance. This type of pillar is common in many Biblical epic, as well as high fantasy. One particular book that sticks out in mind concerning this is Wendy Alec's The Fall of Lucifer.

I decided to leave the backdrop very bare for several reasons. One reason is that a backdrop could detract from the impact of Frank's magnificent wings, which would not be the effect I want. Another reason is that there is very little in the way of backdrop that this scene requires. The scene is Frank's flight of fantasy, so very little in the way of reality is needed.