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| Where do the concepts or key ideas for the set design come from? |
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| What kinds of drawings are supplied to the other designers, Director, Stage Manager, and Technical Director? |
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| Groundplans, elevation, and centerline section |
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| Why does a Stage Manager need a groundplan of the set? |
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| The Stage Manager needs the groundplan to plan blocking and spiking |
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| Who chooses colors for the set and set dressing? |
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| The Scenic Designer, then the Director |
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| What other designers should the Scenic Designer consult when considering color choices? |
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| Costume and Lighting designers |
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| What are the 7 controllable properties of light? |
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1. Intesity (dimmers)
2. Color (color medium, gels, intensity)
3. Direction (where you point it)
4. Movement (sequential cues, followspot, intelligent lights)
5. Shape (globes, shutters, barndoors)
6. Duration (lightboard)
7. Diffusion (frost or silk diffusion mediums) |
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| What are the identifying characteristics of each of the 3 lighting instruments we discussed in class? |
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A. Fresnel Spotlight: 2nd most common lighting instrument, soft beam, barndoors which block the beam and tophats block the face of lights to audience
B. Ellipsoidal Reflecter Spotlight: Most common light, has lense barrel to adjust beam widths, back of light has lamp and has an ellipsoidal reflector
C. Strip Lights: Red, blue, and green lights which light cycs or huge areas, no shutters, barn doors or means of control |
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| Who is responsible for hanging and curcuiting the light plot? |
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| What other designers should the Lighting Designer consult when making color choices? |
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| Costume & Scenic Designers |
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| Who are the 3 individuals who are primarily responsible for the look of a large-budget motion picture? |
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| Director, Director of Photography, Production Designer |
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| How might a director make technical choices that reflect the status or moral character of a character? |
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Hero, "good guy", filmed with camera below eyelevel
"Bad guy"/Sad guy is flimed with camera above eyelevel |
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| What kind of shot typically starts a story film? Why? |
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| Establishing panoramic shot, gives audience the largest amount of general info |
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| Who controls the palette of a film? |
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| Who controls the lighting for each shot? |
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| Who usually controls how each shot is actually set up and accomplished? |
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| How many cameras are used in movies? TV? |
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1 CAMERA IN MOVIES/1 HR TV DRAMAS
4 CAMERAS IN TV |
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| Who is responsible for the construction of the set? |
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| How do Technical Director drawings differ from Set Design drawings? |
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| TD takes elevations to shop drawings (elevation from back) |
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| The history of the proscenium theatre can be traced back to...? |
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| What was the "magic" that made the Italian theatre of the Renaissance remarkable? |
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1. Perspective Drawings
2. Moveable Sets |
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