Experience their world where they live amongst piles of books from which they learn about the english language, along with fairy lights to guide their way and a mesh bucket which takes them up to every level of the store.
The lives of the nomes is about to radically change as they discover that Arnold Bros est. 1905 is about to be demolished. Join them in their bid to escape into the ‘outside’.
Underneath the floorboards of Arnold Bros est. 1905, discover the magical world of the nomes. ‘Outside’ does not exist to the inhabitants of the store, however this changes when the meet some nomes from the ‘outside’ world…
Welcome to Arnold Bros est. 1905. Who needs to venture outside when you can get everything under one roof? Anything from stationery to haberdashery, find it here. Closing down sale now on! Everything must go!
This is a working progress and is not a finished product but it shows the 3 different levels of the department store. I have included the lift and escalator as described in the book and I am now working on creating models for all the displays and counters for the store. My final piece will work like a dolls house with the front section of some kind of hinge so it can be opened to see inside.
This is a photo of the top floor where the offices are. In the book the offices are described as having brown doors and thick carpet. I have painted the carpets red to coincide with the colour of the logo.
This is a close up of one of the ground floor windows with the ‘sale’ signs as described in the book. Here u can also see my Arnold Brothers logo which was described in the book as being red and gold.
Here you can see the exterior of the department store along with the floorboards underneath. This is the part which slots onto the basement section. I was inspired by all the old fashioned department stores which have lots of windows and brick work.
This is a photo of the basement section of my set model. This is the nome section under the floorboards. I have painted all the sections to look like wood and the doorways to look like mouse holes. I have also painted the exterior walls to look like brick. This photo also shows the steps which I have made to hide the basement section. The department store section will fit on top of this part. The different areas of the basement represent the different departments of the store and the different tribes of nomes that live in them.
BROCHURE
These are the interior pages of my 2 fold brochure. I have just used placeholder text and images for the time being. I want to include a bit of information about the world of ‘nomes’ along with a brief description of the main characters. The centre page will show a small photo of the actors along with a description and the last page is dedicated to Terry Pratchett. I think my layout works quite well but I possibly have too much text. I want to try and work on the layout to utilise the space without filling it completely with text.
BROCHURE/PROGRAM
This is a design for a 2 fold brochure/program. This image shows the front and back designs along with one of the interior pages. I have kept the front and back quite simple with no overwhelming information. On the interior page I have listed all the show times and dates (obviously these are not real).
Part of my concept for the promotion of my play consists of having a series of very small and very large objects. I want to have 2 sets of these brochures printed: one would be small e.g. A6 size or less; and one would be really big e.g. size A3 or above. The people who get these would be decided on which ticket they receive. I will have 2 sets of tickets (one small one big) and it would be up to the person to decide which one they want. If they choose the small one then they will also get the small brochure, and the big ticket holders get the big brochure.
