Red Carpet

Red Carpet

Red Carpet Backdrops in the Theatre

If you want to make a fantastic looking backdrop for a rich, lavish environment then a red carpet backdrop could look fantastic. Weather your production is a dinner party set in a rich mansion, a play on the royal family or celebrities, a red carpet will really show your backdrop off.

Colors are pretty self explanatory. A red carpet is always red. Red signifies royalty and wealth. Since the type of play directly affects where your red carpet will be situated below are some bullet points to see if you should have a red carpet in your backdrop. I have done these because I have seen red carpet backdrops used before when they really should not have been. If you answer yes to any of the questions below then use a red carpet backdrop, if not then think carefully and be sure that you really need it.

* Do you want your characters to appear wealthy or in some other way more privileged than others.

* Is your production set somewhere where you could easily have a red carpet? For instance is your play set in a mansion, where you could have the red carpet going up the stairs, or leading straight from the front door.

* Does your play include celebrities, or people of high importance.

Remember to think about the length of your carpet. Will it be just a short distance on your backdrop, or will it stretch right across both sides. Will you have it occupying most of the backdrop or only a small part? Another big thing you need to think about is what else you will have in the backdrop. Are you having just the red carpet or other decorations?

Think about whether you want tables either side of the carpet, or perhaps people standing either side. If you are including celebrities you may want to paint photographers on to give it that authentic feeling. Or perhaps if your red carpet backdrop is for someone who is not a celebrity think carefully about what would be around them. You don’t want to end up having a red carpet surrounded by photographers if the person to walk down it is not famous and unheard of.

Finally you will want to think about what colors you will use for everything else but the red carpet. I have seen productions where they have used red walls and furniture so it completely hid the red carpet and made it pointless. Try and use colors that don’t really stand out that much to emphasize the red carpet backdrop as much as possible. Grays and whites are good, and will help to bring out the red carpet. Also if you are having people in the backdrop make sure they don’t block out all of the red carpet if they are standing there lining it, as that would ruin the affect.

As you can see there is a lot to take in, so just take your time and make sure you don’t overcrowd the final image and make sure you get the colors right.

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