1. This is my finished product. On both Stage Right and Stage Left there are two
flats that are one colour, and three flats that are another colour. On Stage Right,
my flat along with the one to the left are painted “Wholemeal” to distinguish it
from flats 3, 4 and 5 which are painted “Sand” because they represent an
apartment whereas flat 1 and 2 are simply a different part of the building.
Equally, on Stage Left two flats are painted “Sand” and three are painted
“Wholemeal” for the same reasons, and also so as to show contrast between
the two sides of the “street”. My specific flat works with the flat to the left
because the fire escape is big enough to run along two flats put together. For
this reason, our flats are painted the same colour.

2. Also, we added polystyrene “bricks” to each flat in a disarrayed pattern in
order to add character to the set. We painted the bricks the opposite
colour to the flat so that they stood out and were noticeable. Then, as the
play is set in a rough area, we decided to “dirty up” the bricks and the
flats to fit into the geographical context. We did this by sponging a dark
(or light, depending on the colour of the brick itself) colour into the
corners of the polystyrene to make them look rugged and aged and also
onto the flats to create the same effect. It was important that continuity
ran throughout the set in order to achieve a professional look, so we
carried on this technique on all parts of the set. We placed a number of
bricks down the side of one flat and continued it all the way down onto
the lower staging to make it obvious which building was which.