Hound of The Baskervilles Case Study

Hound of the Baskervilles Design

Theatrical Design

Complete visual design for and Clive Francis’ adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Robin Herford and produced by Ian Fricker.

The design included costume by Sarah Grange, lighting by Sam Hopkins and set and projection design by Timothy Bird, with additional visual engineering by Sam Hopkins.

The design allows the Conan Doyle characters to emerge from a giant copy of the Strand Magazine placed on stage and for the pages to turn throughout the story, allowing us to change scene. The Hound makes its appearance courtesy of some visual trickery and the animation skills of Shaun Freeman, one of the senior animators from ‘Happy Feet’.

Prior to starting work on the show itself, Knifedge created a promotional film for producer Ian Fricker, with which to sell the concept to the touring venues. This formed part of the electronic press kit and was distributed on DVD and converted for streaming use on-line, to market the show itself.

Knifedge also created the title design for the show, used across all press and publicity for the piece.