Drama Appreciation \ Drama 1

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Chapter 14 : Designers & Technicians


Terms:
Design & Technology -
Set Design -
Costume Design -
Lighting Design -
Sound Design -
Makeup Design -
Properties Design -
Types of Stages
1. Arena Stage/ Amphitheater/ Theatre in the Round - Developed by the Greeks in 2000 BC.
2. Thrust Stage - Developed from trestle stages in the 1600’s in England. This type of stage has become popular once again in the 1980’s as audiences want to see their actors up close.
3. Proscenium Stage - Developed in the 1660’s in France from the Jeu De Paume (Tennis Courts). The Proscenium Arch is the most prestigious theater architecture.
4. Black Box Stage - An American development in the 1950’s consisting of a room painted black.
Set Design Terms
Sight Lines -
Cyclorama - "Cyc"
Scrim -
Wings -
Traps -
Fly space -
Raked Stage -
Masking - Travelers, Teasers, Tormentors
Furniture -
Types of Sets
1. Lights and a curtain - Simplest set
2. Backdrop - "Drop"
3. Platforms -
4. Flats -
5. Wagons/ Carts -
6. Turntables -
7. Box Set -
 The properties and sound equipment technicians work with the set designer.

Lighting Design

Torches -
Lime light -
Electricity - Invented in the 1800’s.
Visibility and Focus - Are the goals of the lighting designer.
Realism and Atmosphere -
Light Plot -
Cue Sheet -
Costume Design -

Costume symbolize characters. Edith Head (Hollywood’s most famous costume designer) said "Costuming is a cross between camouflage and magic".
Style -
Silhouette -
Color -
Fabric -
Cutters/ Drapers/ Drafters/ Seamstresses/ Fitters
Makeup Design
Foundation -
Color shading -
Special Applications/ Prosthetics -
 Makeup designing includes hairdressing techniques and styles. Makeup design is presently one of the easiest design fields in which to find employment.
Technical Production Staff
Technical Director
(In charge of the Theatre Building itself)
Electricians
stage hands
running crew
special effects
Set Designer
carpenters
painters
properties
furniture
special effects
Costume Designer
cutters
fitters
drapers/ drafters
seamstress
makeup
wigmakers
milliners
Lighting Designer
Flymen
lighting boothmen		Sound Designer
boothmen
musicians
singers		Stage Manager
actors
technicians
running crew
House Manager
publicity
box-office staff
program
 Musical Director*
musicians
singing actors
Choreographer*
dancers
dancing actors
*Musicals only

End of Chapter 14

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