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Creative and successful set designs : how to make imaginative stage sets with limited Rresources / S. Todd Muffatti.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Muffatti, S. Todd, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.
Theaters.
Stage props--Design and construction.
Stage props.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (132 pages)
Place of Publication:
Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, [2018]
Summary:
"'Creative and Successful Set Designs' is a helpful resource for set designers, theater teachers, and performing arts directors to use to help avoid common pitfalls when creating the world of their production. Muffatti takes examples of sets from some of the best known works of drama and details the best ways to fully bring the set to life"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Intro
Foreword
Introduction
Appropriateness
Scale
Design Scheme
Challenges
Educational
Chapter 1
Performance Spaces
Proscenium Staging
Arena Staging
Thrust Staging
Chapter 2
Your Theater Space
Lighting
Auditorium Seating
Backstage
Your Space
Chapter 3
Play Choice
Single Sets
Unit Sets
Multi-sets
Simultaneous Sets
Chapter 4
Research
Theatre Space
The Playwright
The Script
Conventional staging
Sources
Chapter 5
Design Styles
Realism
Selective Realism
Skeletal Scenery
Structural Sets
Pictorial Style
Decorative Style
Chapter 6
Design Metaphor
Symbolic Objects
Recyclables
Abstraction
Design Elements
Line
Shapes
Size
Position
Texture
Value
Chapter 7
Color Onstage
Color Qualities
The Color Wheel
Color Schemes
Chapter 8
Stock Scenery
Platforms
Two-folds
Three Designs From Stock
A Midsummer Night's Dream
You Can't Take It With You
Anything Goes
Chapter 9
Drafting
Floor Plans
Front Elevations
Painter's Elevations
Chapter 10
Sketching
Measured Perspective
Furniture Drawing
Chapter 11
Model Building
Model Box
Professional Designers
Model Making Tools
Two-Folds
Model Furniture
Patience
Chapter 12
Making It Happen
Scheduling
Help
Building
Painting
Furniture and Props
Dressing The Set
Set Maintenance
Conclusion
Glossary
Acknowledgments.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-62023-608-7
OCLC:
1090497414

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