Following the script of West Side Story I created an action chart in order to following the characters throught the story. The action/character chart is extremely useful element of a costume designer's profession because it "will provide you both practical planning facts and a means by 'which you can discover the play's rhythm stucture'." (Ingham,R., Covey, L., 1993)
The play structure was confusing the way I read it from the script because there where more of one action put in one scene so I have separated Act I and Act II into locations. The characters from The Jets are colored in blue, the characters from The Sharks are colored in red and the adult characters are in black. The action chart shows in which action each characters appear through the play. The appearances are marked with "x" in each row.
The play structure was confusing the way I read it from the script because there where more of one action put in one scene so I have separated Act I and Act II into locations. The characters from The Jets are colored in blue, the characters from The Sharks are colored in red and the adult characters are in black. The action chart shows in which action each characters appear through the play. The appearances are marked with "x" in each row.
Ingham, R., Covey, L. 1993. The costume designer's handbook [book]. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Griffith, R.E, Prince, H.S. 1957. West Side Story Playscript [online script]. Available at: http://chrhsdrama.wikispaces.com/file/view/WSS+script.pdf
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