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ACTIVITY 1: The Role of a Designer
Before your students get started on researching the Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet and
Romeo and Juliet, it is important that they understand their role as a Designer of set or costume.
You should show them both of these videos:
ROH Design Challenge: Set Design film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUyzdZrQ-vM&feature=youtu.be
Washington National Opera: Costume Design film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6485D6kbA
Reflection Questions:
l What is the Royal Opera House?
l What is ballet?
l What can you find out about the history of ballet?
l What do you think Set Design/Costume Design means?
l What is a model box? Why do designers make a model box?
l How would a Director and Designer work together?
You may wish to brainstorm these questions quickly as a class, for you to
revisit later in your design project.
Optional Trips to Support this Project
You might want to organise a field trip with your students, to visit a local theatre or
production site where sets and costumes are made. The Royal Opera House’s sets and
costumes are made at High House Production Park. Click here to find out more.
Student Portfolio Checklist:
l Student’s notes about what they have learned about the Royal Opera House,
The Royal Ballet, Set Design and Costume Design
l Initial personal response and understanding of the Design Challenge project
l Letter from Kevin O’Hare, stuck in and annotated
Royal Opera House: Design Challenge 2018/19 (Secondary) 9