Scenic Construction For The Stage

Author : Mark Tweed
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781785004520

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Scenic Construction for the Stage by Mark Tweed Pdf

Scenic Construction for the Stage is a comprehensive guide to the practical processes involved in constructing scenery for the theatre. Offering key insight into the role of the scenic carpenter, Mark Tweed details the progression from interpreting design, model boxes and drawings, to material selection, fabrication and finishing. Additional topics include advice for developing accuracy, finish and consistency; tool selection and sharpening; CDM, Health and Safety; practical workshop mathematics and geometry, and how to fit ironmongery. With an in-depth but accessible approach, this practical book offers advice on how to start out and improve as a scenic carpenter, building a solid repertoire of reliable techniques and working practices to achieve professional results. Includes a foreword by Sir Kenneth Branagh and illustrated throughout with 350 colour photographs and 34 technical drawings and detailed step-by-step instructions.

Author : Bill Raoul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0911747389

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Stock Scenery Construction Handbook by Bill Raoul Pdf

Author : Rob Napoli,Chuck Gloman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136084935

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Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques by Rob Napoli,Chuck Gloman Pdf

Basic. This is the key word in Scenic Design and Lighting Tecniques: A Basic Guide for Theatre, written by two seasoned professionals with over twenty years of experience. This book is designed to show you how to turn a bare stage into a basic set design, without using heavy language that would bog you down. From materials and construction to basic props and lighting, this book explains all you will need to know to build your set and light it.

Author : Arnold S. Gillette
Publisher : New York : Harper & Row
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0060423307

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Stage Scenery: Its Construction and Rigging by Arnold S. Gillette Pdf

Author : Susan Crabtree,Peter Beudert
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136084294

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Scenic Art for the Theatre by Susan Crabtree,Peter Beudert Pdf

Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists. With new information on scenic design using Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other digital imaging softwares this test expands to offer the developing artist more step-by-step instuction and more practical techniques for work in the field. It goes beyond detailing job functions and discussing techniques to serve as a trouble-shooting guide for the scenic artist, providing practical advice for everyday solutions.

Author : John Blurton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135868420

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Scenery by John Blurton Pdf

This practical book looks at the types of drawing used, equipment, materials commonly specified, surveying, and also covers building floors, flats, cloths, windows, doors, trucks, staircases, roofs, revolves, multi-story structures, and bridges. By addressing both theater and the commercial world this book will be of real help to a broad range of people in the theater industry.

Author : Dennis Dorn,Mark Shanda
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809387731

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Drafting for the Theatre by Dennis Dorn,Mark Shanda Pdf

In this newly revised second edition, veteran stage designers and technical directors Dennis Dorn and Mark Shanda introduce industry-standard drafting and designing practices with step-by-step discussions, illustrations, worksheets, and problems to help students develop and refine drafting and other related skills needed for entertainment set production work. By incorporating the foundational principles of both hand- and computer-drafting approaches throughout the entire book, the authors illustrate how to create clear and detailed drawings that advance the production process. Early chapters focus on the basics of geometric constructions, orthographic techniques, soft-line sketching applications, lettering, and dimensioning. Later chapters discuss real-life applications of production drawing and ancillary skills such as time and material estimation and shop-drawing nomenclature. Two chapters detail a series of design and shop drawings required to mount a specific design project, providing a guided path through both phases of the design/construction process. Most chapters conclude with one or more worksheets or problems that provide readers with an opportunity to test their understanding of the material presented. The authors' discussion of universal CAD principles throughout the manuscript provides a valuable foundation that can be used in any computer-based design, regardless of the software. Dorn and Shanda treat the computer as another drawing tool, like the pencil or T-square, but one that can help a knowledgeable drafter potentially increase personal productivity and accuracy when compared to traditional hand-drafting techniques. Drafting for the Theatre, second edition assembles in one book all the principal types of drawings, techniques, and conventional wisdom necessary for the production of scenic drafting, design, and shop drawings. It is richly illustrated with numerous production examples and is fully indexed to assist students and technicians in finding important information. It is structured to support a college-level course in drafting, but will also serve as a handy reference for the working theatre professional.

Author : Alys Holden,Bronislaw Sammler,Bradley L Powers,Steven A Schmidt
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1129 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317451099

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Structural Design for the Stage by Alys Holden,Bronislaw Sammler,Bradley L Powers,Steven A Schmidt Pdf

The follow-up to the 2000 Golden Pen Award-winning Structural Design for the Stage, this second edition provides the theater technician with a foundation in structural design, allowing an intuitive understanding of "why sets stand up." It introduces the basics of statics and the study of the strength of materials as they apply to typical scenery, emphasizing conservative approaches to real world examples. This is an invaluable reference for any serious theatre technician throughout their career, from the initial study of the fundamental concepts, to the day-to-day use of the techniques and reference materials. Now in hardcover, with nearly 200 new pages of content, it has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest recommended practices of the lumber and steel industries, while also including aluminum design for the first time.

Author : Alan Hendrickson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136036026

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Mechanical Design for the Stage by Alan Hendrickson Pdf

Scenic effects involving rotating turntables, tracking stage wagons, and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small pneumatic cylinders pushing loads of a few pounds an inch or two, to 40 horsepower winches running multi-ton scenery at speeds 6 feet per second or more. Usually this machinery is designed by theatre technicians specifically for a particular show's effect. Compared to general industry, this design process is short, often only a few days long, it is done by one person, design teams are rare, and it is done in the absence of reference material specifically addressing the issues involved. The main goal of this book is to remedy this last situation. Mechanical Design for the Stage will be a reference for you that will: * provide the basic engineering formulas needed to predict the forces, torques, speeds, and power required by a given move * give a technician a design process to follow which will direct their work from general concepts to specific detail as a design evolves, and * show many examples of traditional stage machinery designs. The book's emphasis will be on following standard engineering design and construction practices, and developing machines that are functional, efficient to build, easily maintained, and safe to use.

Author : Emma Troubridge,Tim Blaikie
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Theaters
ISBN : 1861264992

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Scenic Art and Construction by Emma Troubridge,Tim Blaikie Pdf

Describing the construction, painting and finishing of most of the scenic elements used in professional theatre, this book will be suitable for students, amateurs, teachers and novice practitioners. The book is illustrated throughout.

Author : Todd Muffatti
Publisher : Atlantic Publishing Company
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781620236079

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Creative and Successful Set Designs by Todd Muffatti Pdf

Filled with dozens of photos, illustrations, and technical diagrams, Todd Muffatti’s Creative and Successful High School Set Design guides theatre teachers through the preparation and design steps necessary to build an appropriate and effective stage set. Using his 40-year career as a professional set designer and university professor, Muffatti shares tips from his creative process and offers practical ideas about how to approach and accomplish imaginative set designs for high school theatre. Creative and Successful High School Set Design discusses the spatial relationship of the auditorium and stage, the factors to be considered when choosing a script, and the research necessary to arrive at a proper visual metaphor for a production. Muffatti covers many design style options and creative approaches that don’t require extensive building expertise, large amounts of time, or great expense. He shows how a small stock of basic scenery can be used to creatively serve multiple set designs with minimal additions. Muffatti outlines the skills involved in the design process — from sketching and drafting, to set dressing and model building — and provides illustrations to offer further guidance. Creative and Successful High School Set Design instills in high school drama teachers the imaginative, practical, and safe set designing habits that will help lift their students’ dramatic performances to their highest levels of achievement.

Author : Stephen G. Sherwin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136085017

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Scene Painting Projects for Theatre by Stephen G. Sherwin Pdf

The art, practice, and technique of scene painting is an essential part of theatre design. A scenic artist is responsible for translating the vision of the scenic designer to the realized scenery. Unlike all other scene painting books, this text will take you step-by-step through actual individual scene painting projects. Each project is commonly used in theatrical productions and each project builds upon the skills learned in the previous lesson. From wood and marble, to foliage and drapery, this book will teach the you how to become a skilled scenic painter.

Author : James Hull Miller
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0916260461

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Small Stage Sets on Tour by James Hull Miller Pdf

Text and illustrations provide instruction on how to build, transport, set up, and use portable stage sets, describing various theatre types, and including discussion of stage construction in churches, schools, and other spaces.

Author : Colin Winslow
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780719843556

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Handbook of Set Design by Colin Winslow Pdf

"The Handbook of Set Design" is a comprehensive guide to designing scenery of all kinds for a wide variety of stages, large and small. From concept to final dress rehearsal and performance, it takes you through the practical process of turning initial ideas and sketches into final sets that enhance the audience's understanding of the play as well as providing a memorable experience in their own right. Many photographs of stage sets designed by the author are included, together with explanatory illustrations, stage plans, technical drawings, models and colour renderings for a wide range of productions. Topics covered include: various types of stage, stage directions and naturalism; style, colour, texture and form, realism and naturalism; both traditional and state-of-the-art digital techniques involved in stage design; tools and methods for hand drafting, painting and model making; moving and changing scenery; and scenic tricks and special effects.

Author : John Holloway
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136082856

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Illustrated Theatre Production Guide by John Holloway Pdf

This invaluable guide takes a step-by-step approach to the most common and popular theatre production practices and covers important issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used on the stage. This new edition of the Illustrated Theatre Production Guide uniquely shows you how to build scenery through detailed lessons and hundreds of drawings. The illustrations make this book like no other and offers solutions to problems that you face, from rigging and knot tying, to drapery folding and the most detailed information on metal framing available. Written for the community theatre worker who has to be a jack of all trades and the student who needs to learn the fundamentals, respected author John Holloway teaches in a way that covers the necessities but doesn't bog you down with heavy language and boring verbosity. New features in this book range from expanded information on metal framing and foam construction to brand new elements such as a chapter on stage management and an extremely helpful Website with videos -- meant to go along with the informative section on projects. These videos take you from the drawings and descriptions in the book to the video instructions that will help you learn visually. A must have for the theatre professional as a guide to refer back to over and over again.