Hound of the Baskervilles
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.
Set and Projection Desig: nTimothy Bird
Lighting Design and Visual Engineering: Sam Hopkins
Costume Design: Sarah Grange
Animation: Timothy Bird, John Keates, Shaun Freeman and Marc Hardman
Production Management: Matthew Freeman
This title sequence was created to start an unusual live theatrical adaptation of the The Hound of the Baskervilles, blending live action with film and animation story-telling methods.
The show itself used the idea of pages from a giant Strand Magazine turning to achieve scene changes. This title sequence tells the Legend of the Hound in picture book style.
