Today Dan was going over his narration while we were working on creating a forest for little red to travel through. Our idea was to have the trees made out of people, two with one on the back of the other to add height to the trees. To make it really easy for the children to tell that the wolf is not a good character I had the idea that the trees could change when he goes through them and become scary and unhappy trees. Part of my inspiration for this is from the film Snow White. As she travels further into the woods the trees become stiffer and have more jagged movements unlike the pretty nice trees at the start of the film. So when little red is skipping through the forest the trees are smiling and swaying along to the happy magical music that is playing in the background, but when the wolf enters and passes the trees they turn sad and scared and their arm (branches) become harsh and stiff.
I think having the trees actually there as a visual is good because it will give the children something to look and help their imaginations when the characters are in the forest. It also means that the trees can interact with the audience because they are people and not just set, adding to the entertainment of the piece and helping them to keep interest.
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