Sunday 3 April 2011

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - It's not just about the songs...

Don't judge me but I love musicals and a recent viewing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show made me appreciate it on another level. Yes the soundtrack is amazing and the costumes are brilliantly outrageous, but this time around I was really taken by the set design.

Firstly there is the outside of Frankenstein Palace - a grand, eerie mansion, a typical setting of a classic horror film.

The lobby of the palace is dingy but defintely a fixer-upper; plus animal heads have made a comeback, you just have to look in Graham & Green to see that.
They've gone for the shabby chic look in the Time Warp room - look at the mouldings on the doors, and the tatty ruched ceiling lights are great!
My favourite room has to the the lab. Dr. Frank-N-Furter's green scrubs are a stark contrast to the pink tiled walls and red accents. This monochromatic colour scheme is dramatic and loud - much like the movie!

The art deco lift is very cool, what a way to enter and exit a room (a corset and suspenders help too!).



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