This is my production analysis chart where I take a look at each part of the script and break it down into a chart of different scenes, who is in that scene, what page that scene is in the script and any additional information that needs to be on there.
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Interval Interval
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1pg2
1pg3-4
1pg5-7
1pg7-8
1pg9-10
1pg10-12
1pg12-15
2pg15-16
3pg16-18
3pg18-20
3pg20-21
4pg22-23
4pg23-25
4pg26
4pg26-27
5pg27-29
5pg29-31
5pg32-34
5pg35-36
5pg36-37
5pg37-39
6pg39-42
6pg42-43
6pg43-45
7pg45-47
7pg47-49
7pg49-51
7pg51-52
7pg52-53
7pg53-55
7pg55-59
7pg59-62
7pg62-63
7pg63-64
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Description
Overture
Prologue
Intro to Belle, (Belle song)
Dialogue with bookseller and Baker
Gaston entrance with 'silly girls'
End of 'Belle'
Belle playoff
Maurice introduction/ entrance
No matter what (song)
Wolf chase
Maurice enters castle meeting Lumiere and Cogsworth
Maurice meets Chip and Mrs Potts
Dialogue with Beast and Maurice
Gaston telling silly girls about his intentions for wedding Belle
Gastons Proposal to Belle.
Belle reprise (song)
Dialogue with Belle and LeFou
Cogsworth and Lumiere speak about the spell
Belle enters the Castle
Belle takes Maurice's place and is locked up in the Castle.
Belle is set free by Lumiere and sent to a new nice room elsewhere in the Castle.
Is this home (song)
Is this home reprise (song)
Gaston (song)
Maurice tells cronies of the beast
Gaston Reprise (song)
Cogsworth has grown a winding handle
Beast prepares for eating dinner with Belle
Beast storms into Belles room
How long must this go on (song)
Babette and Lumiere 'tickle my fancy' scene
Pre Be Our Guest
Be Our Guest (song)
Post Be Our Guest & tour through Castle
Beast finds Belle in the West Wing
BeastsingsIf I Can't Love Her (song)
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Set
"Majestic Castle" - preset? // Castle transformed after Transformation?
Possible water fountain?
Small French town - market stalls brought on?
As previous
As previous
As previous
Workshop style set? // Belles home seen?
As previous
dark forest reveals castle doorin middle of nowhere
castle interior, dark and old
As previous
As previous
Exterior of Belle's home
As previous
As previous
As previous
Interior of Castle
As previous
Cell in castle - bars, prison door
Set change during scene // Belle's room in castle - minimal furniture, old
As previous
As previous
Tavern - barrels, benches, bar, tables, chairs
As previous - tavern door needed? Or just wings?
As previous
Castle interior - fireplace, Beast's chair
As previous
Belle's room - must appear during previous scene
Belle's room & Beast's lair - destroyed, destruction, in a rage
Lumiere's post - outside Belle's room - castle interior
Belle's room (removed during scene) & Castle interior - dining room?
Castle interior - dining room?
As previous - handpainted ceiling? Stairs? // Beast somewhere in castle
West Wing - Beast's Lair? - destroyed in anger - traces of prince life
As previous
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2pg65
2pg65-66
2pg67
2pg67-68
2pg68-70
2pg70-71
2pg72-73
2pg73-75
2pg75-76
2pg76-77
3pg77-79
4pg80-81
4pg81-83
4pg83-84
4pg84-85
5pg86-87
5pg87-89
5pg89-92
6pg92-94
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Wolf Chase #2
Belle tends to Beast
Something There / Beginning of Something There (song)
Something There / Beast prepares for dinner with Cogsworth Lumiere
Something There / Beast gives Belle the library (song)
Something There / Enchanted Objects watch on (song)
Something There / Belle reads King Arthur & end of Something There(song)
Human Again / Human Again beginning
Human Again / Belle invites the Beast to dinner
Human Again / Human Again Ending
Maison Des Lunes (song)
Beast prepares for second chance with Belle
Beauty and the Beast (song)
Beast lets Belle Go
If I Can't Love Her Reprise / Enchanted Objects find out Belle has gone (song)
A Change in Me (song)
Monsieur D'Arque, Gaston and Mob come to collect Maurice
Mob Song / Belle shows Mob the Beast (song)
The Battle / The Mob invades the Castle
Gaston and Beast fight & Gaston's Death
Beast's Death
Transformation (music)
Enchanted Objects are human again
Finale & Bows
Forest - as previous forest scene in act one - preset
Castle interior - Beast's bedroom? - bed
As previous - Beast's chair needed
As previous
As previous (change) grand library full of books
As previous
As previous - in library
Castle interior - not library
Castle Library
Castle interior as previous
Tavern - bench, table, chair
West Wing
Dining room (ballroom?)
As previous
As previous
Exterior of Belle's House
As previous
As previous
Castle interior
Beast in West Wing
As previous
As previous
Castle interior
As previous
3. Props
Magic Mirror, Rose, Glass Dome
Belle's book
Market items - eg fish, milk, baguettes, books, eggs, hats, money/purses, cane
Gaston's gun, gunnysack, duck
Knife (kitchen not weapon), bread, fish
Belle's book
Maurice's invention, dog-legged clencher
Logs
(Wooden) road signs
Fireplace, Beast's chair
Chip's teacart , blanket
Flowerpot? - prop for Belle to be carrying // Miniature portrait of Gaston
Maurice's scarf
Clothes - of period, ball/expensive dresses, but old and dusty
Tankards, beer, pot/jug (spitting into)
Logs?, Mirror
Rose, Glass Dome
Magic Mirror, Rose, Glass Dome
Feathers
Napkin, Menu, buffet?, dishes, wine bottle/glasses, bread, soup/bowl, croutons, sugar
Tray of food (Beast for Belle), tapestries?
Rose, Glass Dome
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Costume
Prince - expensive, of peroid // Enchantress - ragged beggar (q change) beautiful dress
Belle - Poor looking, modest, clothing cared for
Ensemble - range in wealth, but all modest and similar // Baker - covered in flour? // Bookseller - smartly dressed
Gaston - tightly fitted, bold colour, hunting gear? // Lefou - like G but oversized // Silly Gs - dresses, heavily make-up'd
Maurice - poor, patched?, pockets for tools, covered in random inventions? (added) "funny looking" googles & helmet
Scarf - homemade
Wolves (if actors)
Lumiere - candlestick, golden, more youthful, but rusting // Cogsworth - clock, squared, rusted, aging
Mrs Potts - teapot, large, rounded, motherly // Babette - feather duster, attractive // Chip - small teacup, chipped
Beast - hairy large man that no longer resembles 'prince adam'
Gaston - better groomed this time?Silly Girls - dressed up?
Belle - showing a clear contrast between herself and the girls and Gaston
Belle wearing a coat?
Maurice - looking homeless almost, with ripped clothing.
Wardrobe - huge functional set of drawers & cupboards
Gaston -boots essential for this scene
Maurice - ripped clothes, run away through woods
Cogsworth - a winding handle attached to previous costume
Babette - covered in feathers, in location that Lumiere can get a mouthful from
Cogsworth - must show that he is head of the household (especially for this scene)
Ensemble - a range of kitchen utensils/cutlery/plates/etc
interval
4. Tree branch
Bowl & cloth, Rose?, Soup
Bowls (of soup)
Books
Chip's tea cart
Book - King Arthur
Dusting cloth
Book - King Arthur
Tankards
Beautifying props - comb, nail clippers, make up // Mirror, Rose
Banquet - table, cloth, cutlery, plates, etc
Magic Mirror
Magic Mirror
Pitchforks, torches, cell/prison (intended for Maurice), handcuffs
Magic Mirror, guns, knives, banners
Weapons for Enchanted Objects?
Gaston's knife
Rose, Glass Dome
Belle - cloak
Beast - ripped costume (during attack), wound
Beast - now in unripped clothing?
Belle - pink dress
Ensemble - same as "Be Our Guest"? - as enchanted objects
As previously seen
D'Arque - gothic, dark, cloak
Beast - ball outfit
Belle - golden dress
Ensemble - as in "Belle"
Enchanted Objects - battle ready? Rambo style?
Beast - looking more in despair than ever
Beast (change) Prince
Enchanted Objects - human costume relating to character
Ensemble - some as mob, some as human enchanted objects
5. Lighting
Spotlights - isolation // Transformation - flashes // Shadows created after Transformation?
Silhouette // Morning, sunrise // Lights to highlight Belle throughout - followspot
Lighting brightens with ensemble entrance // Baker & Bookseller's meetings need highlighting
Lefou & Gaston's scene needs to be highlighted, Belle also needs highlighting here
Heavily focussed on Belle at end
Morning, well established sun - not sunrise
Warmer lighting for Belle & Maurice than Belle & Gaston
Spotlighted? Intimate
Cold lighting, dark, shadows created // Flashes during attack?
Shadows, no lights/torches, Lumiere & Cogsworth revealed by lighting during scene
Castle gets brighter as Maurice meets more and more Enchanted Objects?
Beast begins in shadows
lights reveal daylight after last blackout
bright lighting?
daylight
change in lighting when LeFou enters?
Inside castle - light shining through windows
As previous
dark lighting in order to hide the beast
Lighting to show moving of location
spotlight on belle
dark again
As previous
Focusis on Gaston, dim stage
Warm lighting - as by fireplace - perhaps are around fireplace has warmer lighting?
As previous
lighting neutral until the beast reaches Belle
Split scene lighting - Belle's room & Beast's lair
Lights must come up on another area of stage to the previous split scene
Split scene, then whole stage can be lit from a point during scene
Split scene // Beast may need followspotting
Dark, unlit room, moonlight, cold
HeavilyfocussedonBeast
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Sound
Mic FX for narrator? // Sound FX for cold weather // Lightning? // Transformation FX
Birds twittering?
Soloists in ensemble require wireless mics // Ensemble mics on // Underscoring
Gun FX // Underscoring
Belle and Gaston require more prominence when singing over ensemble (mics)
Speech without underscore
Invention blowing up FX
Wolf howl FX, howling wind, scary atmosphere created by soundscape
Mic FX for Maurice - echo // Door slam FX
Pouring tea FX?
Loud roar from offstage (FX or live?) // Ends with a blackout
Silly Gs mics turned on before lighting - crying offstage // Booming laugh mic FX?
Underscoring during song
Silly Gs speaking over the top of eachother as they run off
Underscoring prior to song
Beast has lines from offstage // Roar (FX or live?)
Beast has loud lines - mic FX needed?
Scene begins with underscore // Ensemble mics
Additional mics needed for some ensemble
Underscore before and during
Ensemble mics
Beast shouting
interval
6. Dark, cold, flashes during attack?
Warm, in contrast to previous scene
As previous
As previous
Library must not be in light until Belle reacts to it
As previous
As previous - more focussed on Belle and Beast
Warm, dreamy lighting?
Focussed on Belle and Beast
Warm, dreamy lighting - as previous
As previous tavern scene
Warm, indoor lighting
Belle and Beast highlighted and focussed on
Warm, indoor lighting as previous
As previous
Highlighting Belle and Maurice - spotlight? - same as/similar to "No Matter What"
Sudden change when mob enter
As previous - highlighting Gaston?
Begins dark, then reveals Objects // Flashes during fight
Flashes - lightning, despair reflected
Reds, flashing - when stabbed
Wild, magical, bright
Warm lighting - refreshed - as through the world has been reborn
As previous
Beast roar (live or FX?) // Wolves FX
Underscore
Underscore
Underscore
Underscore
Underscore
Underscore to begin
Underscore
Fighting FX
Transformation/Magic FX
7. SFX
Transformation // Rose appearance & bloom
Silhouette
Gunshot - smoke // Duck drop
Invention blowing up - smoke & flash // Working on invention - motion
"Invention comes to life" - invention needs to move
Wolf attack
Fireplace - fire looking lit
Chip's cart rolling on // Liquid pouring
Caryatid coming to life
Possible moths & cobwebs in drawers - show lack of use?
Fireplace - fire looking lit
Possible fireworks - any cabaret style SFX that improve theatrical feel
interval
8. Wolf attack
Wound - make up FX
Maurice seen in mirror?
Gun smoke/explosions?
Beast stabbed
Transformation