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| there are none, other than the scene design should create an environment for the play that is supportive of the production concept |
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* Establishes time (historical as well as season) and place (or locale)
* Expressive of the mood and spirit of the play |
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| Design establishes time (historical as well as season) and place (or locale) |
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* The designer needs to do historical research to provide historically accurate visual clues
* Scenic designer can give clues of locale by using clues like a steep roof, for example, would entail that there is often snow wherever the characters live |
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| Design is expressive of the mood and spirit of the play |
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* Mood = the dominant emotional quality of the production
* Spirit = refers to the production concept |
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* Serve the staging of the story
* Blocking
* Stage business
* Placing the action |
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* Character development
* Reveal socioeconomic level
* Environmental effects on character
* Efficient, planned and proper function of set
* Safe environment for the actors to work in |
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* Can it be built?
* Will it work?
* Is it safe?
* Portability/durability
* Can it be lit??
* Budgets (time and fiscal) |
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| rough drawings showing general composition with little detail |
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| finished color sketch of set |
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| picture composed of various materials glued to a surface, can include photos and images as well |
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| composite picture of photos and/or images |
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| mini scale version of set |
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| three-dimensional equivalent of a thumbnail sketch. Purpose is to help the scenic designer and other members of the production design team visualize the basic composition of the scenic design. Quickly constructed from Bristol boards, white card stock, or stiff paper and held together with tape or glue. Made to scale. |
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| provides a complete visualization of the scenic designer's concept. Built to scale, fully painted, and completely decorated with all the furniture, props, and set dressing that will be used during the production. |
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| depict every detail of the set as well as providing exact measurements of its components |
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| key drawing on which the remainder of the designer's plans are based. Scale mechanical drawing showing the top view of a setting in it sproper position on the stage. Clearly shows the form of the set and its relationship to the physical structure of the theatre. |
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| a sectional drawing whose cutting plane is the center line of the stage and auditorium, showing the height of the various elements of the theatre; usually drawn in the same scale as the ground plan |
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| show a front view of the set as if it were flattened into a single plane |
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| front elevations of the set, but they are drawn on watercolor board and painted to show not only the colors but also the painting techniques that will be used in finishing the set. They are renderings that the scenic artists and paint crew use when painting the set |
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| need to be made for properties and stage dressing that must be constructed--furniture, torches, specific hand props, etc. Sketched rather than drafted and include notes on size, color, weight, fabric type, finish, and decoration |
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| considerations during design development |
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| production style, theatre type (proscenium, arena, thrust, or black box), sight lines, actor interaction, safety |
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| a material that imports color to a paint or dye |
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| the liquid medium - water, oil, lacquer, and the like - in which pigments, fillers, and binders are suspended to create a paint mixture; after the paint is applied, the vehicle evaporates |
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| nonflammable, less expensive, easier to mix, quicker to dry, lighter in weight, and easier to clean up than oil |
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| some are used in scene painting for specific applications / decorative finishes |
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| the adhesive that bonds the pigment and filler to the painted surface |
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| water-base paint with a binder based in soy protein or milk. It is easily mixed, has excellent covering properties, and yields a matte finish. When fully dry it is water repellent, so it can be used on outdoor scenery |
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| a water-soluble synthetic thickener/adhesive |
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| water-base, not often thought of as a scenic paint. It's a synthetic liquid plastic with the flexible qualities of natural latex or rubber. It not only bonds well but is reasonably flexible too |
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| a material that creates opacity (covering power) in paint |
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| to pour paint back and forth between buckets to ensure a complete and uniform mix |
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| one of the keys to getting a professional looking paint job is starting out with paint that is free of particles like dust or dried pigments. That means you probably want to strain your paint. One of the best and least expensive ways to do this is with a pair of old pantyhose. |
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| finish appearance, amount of sheen |
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| flat, eggshell, satin (base boards), semi-gloss, gloss, high gloss (floors) |
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| Which is thinner, scenic paint or house paint? |
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| Scenic paint is much thinner than house paint |
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| Any store that has the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) |
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| handle, heel, ferrule, plug, bristle, tip |
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| crosshatching is an extension of hatching, which uses the use of fine parallel lines drawn closely together, to create the illusion of shade or texture in a drawing. Crosshatching is the drawing of two layers of hatching at right-angles to create a mesh-like pattern. Multiple layers in varying directions can be used to create textures. |
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| involves the blending of several hues. It provides the illusion of texture by creating an irregular, multihued (or multivalued) base. It yields a roughly blended base coat of fairly indistinct pattern. |
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| a technique of applying a relatively smooth covering of evenly spaced small droplets of paint to a surface. It is done over the base coat to help age the paint job, slightly after the hue, or smooth out any apparent irregularities in an unevenly applied base coat. |
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| similar to spattering, but applies a heavier texture to the scenery. Can be done with the tip of a brush, a sponge, or a feather duster. It can also be done with the frayed end of a rope. It is accomplished by loading one of these applicators with paint and touching it to the scenery. To avoid making an obvious pattern, you need to constantly change the position of the applicator and the pressure with which you apply it to the scenery. |
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| painting with a brush that holds very little paint. Just the tip of the brush is dipped in the paint. Any paint that has been picked up by the bristles is scraped off on the lip of the bucket. The brush is then lightly drawn across the surface to deposit a linear, irregular pattern of paint. It’s very effective in creating the appearance of wood. |
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| Natural sponges, which hold a great deal of paint, can be gently pressed against the scenery to create an irregularly textured pattern. Synthetic sponges are also used for texturing and they can be cut into a pattern and used as a stencil to form a repetitive pattern. |
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| Stippling with a feather duster |
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