Emmanuela Mastora
Set Decorator
emmanou.mast08@gmail.com
6949503544
LSA three months Course in Fairy Tales and Scenography, 2017
Emmanuela Mastora holds an MA in Scenography from Damu and has been working in the film industry of Prague and Athens since 2019. Her architectural education in Athens and Krakow played a key role in how we perceive space in correlation with light, that was naturally and directly channelled into creating cinematic worlds. Living and working in Prague gave her an insight on how Barrandov Studio functions that lead to professional collaborations in films, series and commercials back in her hometown in Athens. Until today she has worked in theater as a costume designer assistant of Chiara Venturini for Mystery 11 MA by Romeo Castellucci in 2023. In cinema she has worked in numerus productions such as Crimes of the future by David Cronenberg, Broken Vein by Yannis Economides, a BBC short series, Sacrifice by Romain Gavras and the upcoming Charlie’s Tale by Christopher Nolan as an assistant Set Decorator.
During the process of adapting and developing the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast into a theatrical performance, as part of the three-month workshop in 2017, I chose to deconstruct the character of the Beast by analyzing the fragments of his personality, exploring his social character in the context of our contemporary society. A linear representation of the rose, viewed from above (in plan view), created a labyrinth on stage, where the audience could, through the use of a small camera mounted on the character’s costume, watch a projection of what was happening during his wanderings through the hidden parts of the set
