Theatre - Set Design, Stage Sets, Scene Painting

pt. 1. Tools, standards, and basic techniques -- pt. 2. Orthographic projection -- pt. 3. Specialized techniques -- pt. 4. Computer drafting -- pt. 5. Design and shop drawings overview -- pt. 6. The portfolio project.

Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting, sound, or projections. Unmasking Theatre Design shows you how to cultivate creative thinking skills through every step of theatre design - from the first play reading to the finished design presentation. This book reveals how creative designers think in order to create unique and appropriate works for individual productions, and will teach you how to comprehend the nature of the design task at hand, gather inspiration, generate potential ideas for a new design, and develop a finished look through renderings and models. The exercises presented in this book demystify the design process by providing you with specific actions that will help you get on track toward fully-formed designs.

Some articles included: Growing Flowers on Stage; Break-Away Glass; Photo-Murals for the Stage; Quiet Wire-Rope Curtain Track; Free Standing Curved Stairs; A Measured Approach to Kerfing; A Low-Voltage Remote Controller for Special Effects; Toggle-Clamp Locks; Comparing Four Plastics as Scenery Glides; Low Pressure Air Casters; A Simple Lift Jack; Using a Piano to Create a Reverberation Effect; Horn-Hat Mics for Sound Reinforcement

Some articles included are: Building Authentic Elizabethan Ruffs; Simple and Inexpensive Stained Glass; A Quick-Load Floor Pulley Design; A Simple Approach to Stretching Drops; Flexi-Pitch Escape Stairs; Spot-Welding Scrim with Sobo; Handrail Armatures for a Grand Staircase; The Triscuit-Studwall Deck System; A Frameless Turntable; Stand on Stage: Minimum Weight, Maximum Effect; A Self-Paging Cable Tray; Roller Chain Turntable Drives; A Bench-Built XLR Cable Tester

Some articles include: Deriving a Pattern for 18th-Century American Men's Fall-Front Breeches; The Cadillac of Rolling booms; Overlooking-the-Town Light Box; Constructing a Battery-Powered Candle; Simulating Neon with Rope Light; An Affordable Gold Leaf Finish; Using Alum to De-Wrinkle Drops; Low-Cost RP Screens for the Stage; Making a Severed Head; Hand-Held Dancing Fireflies; Plans for a Double Kabuki Drop; Tilting a Wall

What is a prop? -- Needs & means -- Safety -- Shop space -- Assemblage -- Measuring & marking -- Carpentry -- Metal -- Plastics construction -- Structure & framework -- Fabric -- Patterning & draping -- Sculptural materials -- Molding & casting -- Shells & laminates -- Surfaces -- Painting -- Graphics -- Budget estimates

Why make fake food -- Tools & safety -- Salt dough recipe -- Appetizers -- Bread: baguette, round sourdough bread, half loaf of a rustic round, & rye loaf -- Cheese platter -- Chicken wings -- Egg rolls, spring rolls, soy sauce -- Oysters on the half shell -- Popcorn -- Shrimp cocktail -- Vegetable tray -- Wonton soup -- Breakfast -- Donuts -- Oatmeal muffins -- Pancake & egg breakfast (includes over-easy eggs, pancakes, bacon, butter & syrup) -- Sticky buns -- Main entrees & side dishes -- Baked potato -- Chef salad -- Chicken lo mein -- Club sandwich -- Hanging meats -- Honey-glazed ham -- Lettuce wraps -- Lobster -- Pierogi -- Ribs with corn-on-the-cob -- Roast beef with mashed potatoes & gravy -- Salmon filet with side salad -- Spinach quiche -- Turkey -- Beverages -- Beer -- Hot chocolate -- Irish coffee -- Lemonade -- Martini with olive -- Milk: white & chocolate -- Pina colada -- Desserts -- Apple tart -- Cake with removable piece -- Cherry pie -- Chocolate cake ala mode -- Coconut cream pie -- Gelatin mold -- Pineapple upside down cake

1. Overview -- 2. Forces, stresses, and strain -- 3. Stress analysis for beams -- 4. Geometric properties -- 5. Sawn lumber beam design -- 6. Wood column analysis and design -- 7. Combined loading for wood members -- 8. Steel beam design -- 9. Steel column analysis and design -- 10. Combined loading for steel members -- 11. Trusses and cables -- 12. Plywood designs

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"The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tips, and more are discussed, illustrated by beautiful color examples that display step-by-step procedures and the finished product. This second edition offers even more in-demand information on stage management, drawing and drafting (both by hand and CAD), lighting fixtures, and special effects."

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from Antiquity to Postmodernism. Following an immersive teaching model, it presents a Nine-Step Methodology to help students strengthen their visual literacy and quickly acquire subject area knowledge. Moving chronologically through key periods in furniture history and interior design, such as the Renaissance, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Modernism, it traverses Europe to America to present a comprehensive foundational guide to the history of furniture design. Part I addresses furniture within the context of the built environment, with chapters exploring the historical perspective, construction principles, and the categorization of furniture. In Part II, the author visually depicts the structural organization of the methodological process, a three-category framework: History, Aesthetics, and Visual Notes. The chapters in this part prepare the reader for the visual analysis that will occur in the final section of the book. The book is lavishly illustrated in full color with over 300 images to reinforce visual learning and notation. A must-have reference and study guide for students in industrial and product design, interior design, and architecture.

SECTION ONE-WORKING IN A THEATRE; 1 Jobs in Theatre; 2 Theatre Buildings; 3 Thrust Theatres; 4 Proscenium Theatres; 5 Curtains and Backdrops; 6 Ropes and Knots; 7 Theatre Rigging; 8 Arena Rigging; SECTION TWO-THINGS IN A SCENE SHOP; 9 Hand Tools; 10 Wooden Joinery; 11 Wood and Lumber; 12 Essential Theatre Supplies; SECTION THREE-BUILDING SCENERY; 13 Construction Documents; 14 Flats; 15 Stairs; 16 Decking; 17 Metal Working; SECTION FOUR-STAGE LIGHTING; 18 Electrical Theory; 19 Power Distribution; 20 Lighting Control; 21 Photometrics; 22 Hanging and Focusing; SECTION FIVE-AUDIO AND VIDEO; 23 Audio Theory; 24 Sound Reinforcement; 25 Digital Audio Files; 26 Video Projection for the Stage

"An Introduction to Technical Theatre draws on the author’s experience in both the theatre and the classroom over the last 30 years. Intended as a resource for both secondary and post-secondary theatre courses, this text provides a comprehensive overview of technical theatre, including terminology and general practices."

Part I: The Profession of Scenic Artistry: The Professional Scenic Artist -- The Scenic Artist's Studio & Workspace -- The Scenic Artist & the Scenic Studio Personnel -- The Relationship between the Scenic Artist & the Scenic Designer -- Part II: The Tools of the Trade: The Painting Tools of Scenic Artistry -- Color & Paint -- Preparing Soft Goods for Painting -- Preparing Hard Scenery for Painting -- Part III: Two-Dimensional Scenic Painting: Scenery Cartooning & Layout -- Two-Dimensional Scenic Painting Techniques -- Trompe-l'oeil Painting Technique -- Signs & Lettering -- A Pathway of Student Projects -- Three-Dimensional Textures -- Surface Transformation: Faux Finishes, Aging Techniques, & Surface Finishing

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pt. 1. Materials and techniques of texture -- 1. Space : paint frame ; boomerang ; continental system ; floor paper -- 2. Equipment : buckets and containers ; paint carriers ; brushes ; paint and dye : dry pigments, casein, vinyl paints, latex paints, dyes, bronze powders -- 3. Color : color psychology ; basic color mixing ; color wheel ; primaries, secondaries, complementaries ; using black and white ; Table of Nine Mixtures ; classic scene-painting palette (traditional terminology) -- 4. Mixing the base, tint, and shade : procedure ; analogous colors and the common denominator -- 5. Preparing the surface to be painted : flameproofing ; primer coat -- 6. Basic scene painting and texture : focus and toning ; procedural methods ; graded wet blend ; scumbling ; spattering (and spatter and drag) ; sponging ; stippling ; rag rolling ; rolling ; flogging ; puddling ; dry brushing ; stenciling and stamping ; spraying ; brush care -- pt. 2. Basic lessons -- 7. The three-dimensional illusion and the light source : highlights and lowlights ; shadows, glazes/washes ; lining ; using the straightedge -- 8. Stonework : bricks ; rough stones ; cut stones ; marble -- 9. Wallpaper : painting considerations ; pounce method ; stenciling ; pattern arrangements ; spattering or spraying ; stamping a pattern -- 10. Woodwork : graining ; rendering methods : wash method, opaque method, dry-brush method ; wainscoting ; recessed and protruding panels ; additional examples -- pt. 3. Advanced lessons -- 11. Cornice moldings : Roman ogee and cove ; reversing the light sources -- 12. Panels and posts -- 13. Reflective metallic objects : graphic-arts approach ; scene-painting approach -- 14. Draperies -- 15. Foliage -- 16. Clouds, mountains, and water -- 17. Scale transfers : painter's elevation ; gridding ; opaque and overhead projectors -- 18. Perspective and the vista : perspective ; vanishing points -- 19. Drops and scrims : laying out ; starch priming ; storage drops ; flexible glue ; painting the drop ; translucencies ; cut drops and scrims -- 20. A final word -- Glossary

Contents: Understanding Sustainability and Defining Greener Production. Setting the stage for greener production ; Understanding the assessment process ; Beginning the journey ; The forest-view: non-technical areas ; The cast, stage managers, and crew. -- Identifying Strategies for Greener Production. Greener scene design: the cradle to cradle philosophy ; Selecting scenery materials and construction techniques ; The paint shop ; Greener stage lighting design and technology ; Costume design: the crossroad of ecology and artistic expression ; Costume construction ; Costume crafts, make-up, and storage. -- Moving From the Theoretical to the Practical. Walking the walk: integrating greener practices into realized productions.

Production Collaboration in the Theatre reveals the ingredients of proven successful collaborations in academic and professional theatre training, where respect, trust, and inclusivity are encouraged and roles are defined with a clear and unified vision. Garnering research from conversations with over 100 theatre professionals on Broadway and in regional and educational theatre, the authors provide multiple approaches to working together that are designed to help students and teachers of theatre discover and develop the collaborative tools that work best for them. Each chapter offers practical application with discussion prompts from real-life scenarios to practice and develop the critical problem-solving skills necessary for theatre artists to navigate common collaboration challenges. Compelling topical case studies and insightful interviews invite readers to explore the principles of collaboration and inspire them to build joyful, equitable, and collaborative relationships in academic and professional settings.

"This book explains and provides templates for organizing and managing a prop shop, from pre-production organization to production processes, budgeting, and collaborations with other production areas. It explores how to plan, organize, and maintain a prop shop for safe and efficient production work."

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A dictionary-style arrangement of entries on technical aspects of stage production. Includes an historical essay on scenery and lighting practices in the United States.

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A comprehensive encyclopedia of over 500 terms and words used in stage technology. It embraces all aspects of the technical operation of the stage including the use of flying and other machinery.

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Describes a wide range of tools, hardware, materials, electrical devices, mathematical formulas, architectural elements, and stage machinery through line drawings, charts, and tables. Also has a separate table of standard conversions.

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"Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published ... in 1929."

"It is only lately that there has been widespread attempt to define what the theater is trying to do — to achieve a synthesis of the various interdependent arts for more forceful expression of truth, keeping refinement of each art as an important but subordinate thing. In a measure, this book tells what the theater is trying to do; but it has another aim, elevated for the time into a vital issue, to tell quite literally, how the theater is trying to do it."
Contents: The Play Is Accepted: Play brokers -- Playreaders -- Accepting Plays -- Contracts with authors -- Plagiarism -- Play doctors -- The Director Takes Charge: Casting -- Actors' contracts -- Stage directors -- The Stage Is Made Ready: Unveiling backstage mysteries -- General stage divisions -- General terms applied to the set scene -- Entrances & stage positions -- Scene-shifting devices -- Scenery, Decoration, & Costumes Are Prepared: Set interiors -- Set exteriors -- How scenery is made -- The picture frame -- The stage picture -- Function of the setting -- Union of the arts -- Painting with lights -- Stage decoration -- Costumes -- Lighting & "Effects" Are "Worked" by the Stage Crew: Lighting devices -- Use of stage illumination -- Mechanical illusions -- Mechanical departments -- Managers Begin Their Activities: Producers -- General managers -- Routing -- Stock leasing & stock companies -- Piracy & copyright -- Local & company managers -- The Play Is Advertised & Tickets Are Sold: Advertising management in the theater -- Press agent efficiency -- General press representatives -- Paid advertising -- Special publicity -- Company advance agents -- Theater treasurers -- Ticket speculators -- And the Theater Is Opened to Audiences: Theaters, open & closed -- Seats & general accommodation -- Lines of sight & acoustics -- Orchestras -- Audiences, organized & otherwise