The Mission (2018) │ Jungle Backdrop
       
     
The Mission (2018)
       
     
Jungle Backdrop Rendering
       
     
Jungle Legs & Border
       
     
The Mission (2018) │ Victorian Curtain
       
     
The Mission (2018)
       
     
The Mission (2018) │ Jungle Backdrop
       
     
The Mission (2018) │ Jungle Backdrop

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

E-werk │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

In-process photo │ Stephanie Tucci

The Mission (2018)
       
     
The Mission (2018)

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

E-werk │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

Production photo │ © Candy Welz

Jungle Backdrop Rendering
       
     
Jungle Backdrop Rendering

Through conversation and additional research images, we came up with the palette and style of the backdrop which was inspired from Rousseau paintings.

The size of the backdrop changed during the theater visits and the set designer asked me to add the extra 1.5 meters in width. The white space is my preparation to sketch in the additional jungle.

Drawing │Stephen Britze & Stephanie Tucci

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

Opera House │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

Photo │ Stephanie Tucci

Jungle Legs & Border
       
     
Jungle Legs & Border

The importance of repetition! There were two sets of legs and borders that had to be identical, but one being 4/5’s the size of the other to achieve a forced perspective.

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

Opera House │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

In-process photo │ Stephanie Tucci

The Mission (2018) │ Victorian Curtain
       
     
The Mission (2018) │ Victorian Curtain

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

Opera House │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

In-process photo │ Stephanie Tucci

The Mission (2018)
       
     
The Mission (2018)

Head of Scenic Art │ Stephanie Tucci

E-werk │ German National Theatre

Weimar, Germany

Director │ Christian Weise

Set Designer │Stephen Britze

Scenic Artist │ Andrea Wirth, Kathrin Kobinger, Kerstin Heerdegen

Paint Shop Assistant │ Andy Schultze

Production photo │ © Candy Welz