Scenic Design in Greece
Periaktoi; 3 sides that rotate to different scenes
Scenic Design in the Middle Ages
Temporary “mansion”
Scenic Design in Shakesperian
Platform Stage
Interior Vs. Scenic Design
Interior: function for life
ex; the stove works on stage
Scenic: Resemble Life
Ex; The stove doesnt work
8 Objectives of a scenic Designer
- Create an enviroment for the performance
- help set the mood & style
- Distinguish realistic from non-realistic
- Establish location & time period
- Design the concept with the designers and director
- IF there’s a central image, visually create that metaphor
- Coordinate and collaborate with other production elements
- Solve any practical problems.
Resources of a Scenic Designer
- Line
- Mass and composition
- Texture
- color
- Visual Rhythm
“Ground Plan”
A bird’s eye view of the scenic designer’s stage plot
Scenic design materials
- Flats (hard)
- Drops (soft)
- “cyc”clorama; covers back stage
- Legs- masks backstage
- Skrim- dreamlike scenes
- Wagons- roll scenes and items
Process of a Scenic Designer
- Read the script
- Meet with designer & other designers
- Make sketches
- Rendering- add color & texture
- Make a scaled model
- Make a ground plan
- Build
7 Objectives of a Costume Designer
- establish production style
- indicate historical period
- indicate the nature/status of character
- convey a symbol
- show a relationship or contract characters
- help actors move freely
- Be consistant with the production elements
Process of a costume Designer
- sketch
- render
- measure actors
- make costumes
Costumer Designer Resources
- Line
- Color
- Fabric
- Accessories
Stage lighting in the beginning
&
Considering Nighttime
Outdoors, daylight
Night-time: Implemented in the script and carried lanterns
Stage lighting in 1600 C.E
Candles and Oil Lamps
1770s Stage Lighting
&
David Garrick
New Overhead Lights and first gels with silk
created by David Garrick, owner of Drurylane Theater
Stage Lighting 1789-Modern
1785- Argand Lamp (Aime Argand)
1803- Gas Lamps
1879- Edison Lightbulb with switchboard
Modern- Dimmer System
Objectives of Stage Lighting
- Provide Visibility
- Reveal Shape
- Provide a focus
- Assist in creating mood
- Establish time/place
- Establish visual movement
Process of a Lighting Designer
- Read the Script
- Collaborate
- Research images
- watch rehearsal
- Location
- Light plot
- Hang focus
- Make light key sheet
Resources of a Lighting Designer
- Intensity
- Color
- Direction
- Forn
- Movement
David Garrick
Established Naturalistic Acting
Stanislovsky
&
his Acting Exercises
Acting teacher of the Moscow Art Theater. Created the realistic Acting Techinique
Exercises
- Relaxation
- concentration
- specific emotions, never act generic.
- given circumstances (understand the character)
- inner truth- internal thoughts of the character
- action- “What” “why” “how”
- Establish the super objective
- establish the pyschophysical action
- Emotional Recall
Dr. Cohen
Believed in focusing on the given circumstances
Acting in the Amplitheater
Greek Theater
- project voice and body
- chorus would tell story
- wore masks
Acting in the renaissance
- Direct address
- Alot of gestures
- claptrap- declare when you’re done
