What Is The Mood Of The Play Gorgon

Gorgon was a play about young man named Lee who loses his best friend in a car crash and his journey about coping with his grief. The majority of the play is set 1 year after the crash, when his dead best friend’s twin sister comes to his apartment and tries to persuade him to go outside for her birthday. The story is portrayed through multiple theatrical elements such as set, lighting, costume and sound. This text response will be analysing two of the main theatrical elements used to directly appeal to the target audience of young adults.
Set was a main theatrical element used. The shape of the set is a major component to the atmosphere being created via the set. The set used in the play, Gorgon, was a set in which the audience is supposedly
Genres played included heavy metal and rap. In part these were also used to portray emotions of the characters at certain times. In the opening scene heavy metal can be heard playing with Lee screaming silently. This music was also incorporated in part 2 when Lee is visited by Lola and he tries to block her out with the noise. Rap music is used when Maz and Lee are in the car. This music is quite aggressive and upbeat, similar to the mentality of young people, especially young males. This reinforces the appeal of the play for young people. Other sounds used to appeal to young people included the video game sounds from the car racing game that Lee was playing in Scene One. Many young people own and regularly play video games so this was very easy to directly appeal to the target audience of young people. The sound of an actual car driving around was also used in the driving scene, somewhat recklessly, and this appealed to young people as many young people own cars and drive