Unmasking Theatre Design A Designer S Guide To Finding Inspiration And Cultivating Creativity

Author : Lynne Porter
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317813477

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Unmasking Theatre Design: A Designer's Guide to Finding Inspiration and Cultivating Creativity by Lynne Porter Pdf

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. Revealing the inner workings of the design process, both theoretically and practically, Unmasking Theatre Design will jumpstart the creative processes of designers at all levels, from student to professionals, as you construct new production designs.

Author : Alison C. Dobbins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000450910

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Projection Design for Theatre and Live Performance by Alison C. Dobbins Pdf

Projection Design for Theatre and Live Performance explores the design and creation process of projections from a non-technical perspective, examining the principles of media for the stage in a manner that is accessible for both beginning designers and advanced designers dabbling in projections for the first time. This introductory text covers concepts and tools for designing, techniques to help readers tap into their creativity, and the core skills required of this field: problem solving, project management, and effective communication. Focusing exclusively on design and creativity, this book encourages individuals to leap into the creative design process before facing any perceived hurdles of learning everything technical about media delivery systems, cueing systems, projectors, cables, computer graphics, animation, and video production. Projection Design for Theatre and Live Performance is a reminder that, from the invention of photography to the enormous variety of electronic media that exist today, the ways projection designers can enhance a theatrical production are limitless. Written in an accessible style, this book is a valuable resource for students of Projection Design as well as emerging professionals. Its focus on design and creativity will restore the confidence of individuals who may have been daunted by technical hurdles and will encourage the creativity of those who may have been disappointed with their efforts in this field of design in the past.

Author : Robert Knopf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317326571

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The Director as Collaborator by Robert Knopf Pdf

The Director as Collaborator teaches essential directing skills while emphasizing how directors and theater productions benefit from collaboration. Good collaboration occurs when the director shares responsibility for the artistic creation with the entire production team, including actors, designers, stage managers, and technical staff. Leadership does not preclude collaboration; in theater, these concepts can and should be complementary. Students will develop their abilities by directing short scenes and plays and by participating in group exercises. New to the second edition: updated interviews, exercises, forms, and appendices new chapter on technology including digital research, previsualization and drafting programs, and web-sharing sites new chapter on devised and ensemble-based works new chapter on immersive theater, including material and exercises on environmental staging and audience–performer interaction

Author : Amic G. Ho
Publisher : AHFE International
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781958651667

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Human Factors in Communication of Design by Amic G. Ho Pdf

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023), July 20–24, 2023, San Francisco, USA

Author : Thomas S. Hischak,Mark A. Robinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538163450

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Theatre as Human Action by Thomas S. Hischak,Mark A. Robinson Pdf

Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, producer, choreographer, and more. The book concludes with a look at where and how theatre is evolving in America and the latest changes and innovations today. This fourth edition has been greatly expanded and updated, including: The introduction of four new plays—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Fences; Angels in America; and Hadestown—in addition to Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Hamilton A discussion of the rise of social media in raising awareness and replacing traditional review outlets An entirely new, enhanced section on diversity and inclusion in theatre An updated selection of playwrights featured, including Terrence McNally, Lynn Nottage, Tony Kushner, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, to better reflect the diversity of those writing for the theatre today. Featuring full-color photographs, updated discussion questions, new topics for further research, and potential creative projects, the fourth edition of Theatre as Human Action is an invaluable resource to introduce students to the world of theatre.

Author : Robert Klingelhoefer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317384380

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The Craft and Art of Scenic Design by Robert Klingelhoefer Pdf

The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources explores how to design stage scenery from a practical and conceptual perspective. Discussion of conceptualizing the design through script analysis and research is followed by a comprehensive overview of execution: collaboration with directors and other designers, working with spaces, developing an effective design process, and the aesthetics of stage design. This book features case studies, key words, tip boxes, definitions, and chapter exercises. Additionally, it provides advice on portfolio and career development, contracts, and working with a union.

Author : Oscar G. Brockett,Margaret A. Mitchell,Linda Hardberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000067806720

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Making the Scene by Oscar G. Brockett,Margaret A. Mitchell,Linda Hardberger Pdf

A lively, beautifully illustrated history of theatrical stage design from ancient Greek times to the present, coauthored by the world's leading authority, Oscar G. Brockett.

Author : Kaoiṁe E. Malloy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317694274

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The Art of Theatrical Design by Kaoiṁe E. Malloy Pdf

The Art of Theatrical Design: Elements of Visual Composition, Methods, and Practice addresses the core principles that develop the student designer into a true artist, providing a foundation that ensures success with each production design. This text concentrates on the skills necessary to create effective, evocative, and engaging theatrical designs that support the play contextually, thematically, and visually. It gives students the grounding in core design principles they need to approach design challenges and make design decisions in both assigned class projects and realized productions. This book features: In-depth discussions of design elements and principles for costume, set, lighting, sound, and projection designs Coverage of key concepts such as content, context, genre, style, play structure and format, and the demands and limitations of various theatrical spaces Essential principles, including collaboration, inspiration, conceptualization, script analysis, conducting effective research, building a visual library, developing an individual design process, and the role of the critique in collaboration Information on recent digital drawing tool technology, such as the Wacom® Inkling pen, Wacom® Intuos digitizing tablets and digital sketching, and rendering programs such as Autodesk® Sketchbook Pro and Adobe® Photoshop® Chapter exercises and key terms designed to provide an engaging experience with the material and to facilitate student understanding

Author : Robert Edmond Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780878301843

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The Dramatic Imagination by Robert Edmond Jones Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Elmer Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : American drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010104839

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The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice Pdf

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317260349

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Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Pdf

This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover and valorize the epistemological diversity of the world. Epistemologies of the South outlines a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism, in which conviviality, solidarity and life triumph against the logic of market-ridden greed and individualism.

Author : Linda Essig,Jennifer Setlow
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Stage lighting
ISBN : 1111836876

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Lighting and the Design Idea by Linda Essig,Jennifer Setlow Pdf

Understand the design process with LIGHTING AND THE DESIGN IDEA, 3E, International Edition! With coverage of professional theatre practices in both commercial and residential theater, this text emphasizes the process by which lighting designers turn their ideas about a piece into the medium of stage lighting. Design concepts are illustrated by the text's art program so that concepts are easier to apply. A new chapter provides real-world advice, sample resumes, and other helpful tools for making the transition from student to working professional.

Author : Arie Wallert,Erma Hermens,Marja Peek
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892363223

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Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice by Arie Wallert,Erma Hermens,Marja Peek Pdf

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Author : Carol Kinsey Goman
Publisher : Crisp Pub Incorporated
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1560525339

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Creativity in Business by Carol Kinsey Goman Pdf

This book will walk you through lessons and techniques to uncover your creative potential, learn blocks and blockbusters to creativity, become a confident and innovative problem-solver, and help build a climate for creativity. Everyone has untapped creativity waiting to be released! This book will help you uncover more of your innate creative potential and teach you how to access your creativity at will. Anyone can develop the skills to become a better idea-generator and innovative problem-solver.

Author : Suzanne Burgoyne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319789286

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Creativity in Theatre by Suzanne Burgoyne Pdf

People who don’t know theatre may think the only creative artist in the field is the playwright--with actors, directors, and designers mere “interpreters” of the dramatist’s vision. Historically, however, creative mastery and power have passed through different hands. Sometimes, the playwright did the staging. In other periods, leading actors demanded plays be changed to fatten their roles. The late 19th and 20th centuries saw “the rise of the director,” in which director and playwright struggled for creative dominance. But no matter where the balance of power rested, good theatre artists of all kinds have created powerful experiences for their audience. The purpose of this volume is to bridge the interdisciplinary abyss between the study of creativity in theatre/drama and in other fields. Sharing theories, research findings, and pedagogical practices, the authors and I hope to stimulate discussion among creativity and theatre scholar/teachers, as well as multidisciplinary research. Theatre educators know from experience that performance classes enhance student creativity. This volume is the first to bring together perspectives from multiple disciplines on how drama pedagogy facilitates learning creativity. Drawing on current findings in cognitive science, as well as drama teachers’ lived experience, the contributors analyze how acting techniques train the imagination, allow students to explore alternate identities, and discover the confidence to take risks. The goal is to stimulate further multidisciplinary investigation of theatre education and creativity, with the intention of benefitting both fields.