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Script Analysis 1

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 Now that were familiar with a very well-equipped educational theatre, the first thing were going to do is read a short play and analyze it from the desired point of view. Lets read this very short play, called The Big Break, out loud in...

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Script Analysis 2

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SET DESIGN LESSON 2, VIDEO 2 Now, we will reread the play silently to ourselves, and doodle on a sheet of scrap paper as we read. Dont make conscious notes about the play, just read the play, and let your hand doodle, and make random notes. Straight lines, curved lines,...

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Script Analysis 3

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SET DESIGN LESSON 2, VIDEO 3 Look at your doodles now. Is there a predominant type of line? Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curved, circular, long or short, smooth or jagged? What kind of words have you written down? Colors, moods, materials? When you were reading and doodling, your subconscious was talking...

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Design Analysis and Styles

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SET DESIGN LESSON 3, VIDEO 1 Now that you have some ideas about the show and have a list of technical demands for the show, lets talk a little about types of staging and common design styles before we come back to the script. There are many different styles and...

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Differences Between Actual Buildings and Sets

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SET DESIGN LESSON 4, VIDEO 1 Probably the majority of sets that are designed for educational theatres are interior sets. Lets talk about interior sets right now. But remember that many of the same principles also apply to exterior sets. There are some obvious differences between houses and sets. First...

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Tour of A Completed Set

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 4, VIDEO 2 Here we are at the Theatre of St. Johns in midtown St. Louis, Missouri. This beautiful building was built in 1928, and the theatre space here is a converted gymnasium that is used by three different local theatre companies. Lets go on in. What...

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Exterior Sets

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 5, VIDEO 1 Exterior sets are a little bit more difficult to make realistic for several reasons. First, you are probably inside a theatre unless the play is being performed at an outdoor site like the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis. Its easier to establish the willing...

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Drops and Unit Set

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 5, VIDEO 2 Imagine the opening of your play takes place on a road approaching a realistic Medieval castle, and your characters wish they could escape their depressing peasant lives. Theres a blackout and when the light comes up, they are on a road leading to a...

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Multiple Set Shows

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 5, VIDEO 3 Many plays and especially musicals have multiple set changes called for in the script, and few educational theatres have the kind of facilities and budgets to recreate the original Broadway production. Here are a couple of things to consider when faced with the problem...

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Resumes and Portfolios

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 5, VIDEO 4 Hello. Im Kurt Knoedelseder, and over the past 35 years, I have served as the director of theatre arts at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, De Smet Jesuit High School, and the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. During that time, many of my students have...

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Projections

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 6, VIDEO 1 For hundreds of years set designers have used backdrops to help create environments on stage that help tell the stories of ballets, plays, and musical productions. Can you see where the drop meets the stage floor in this picture of a set from Hamlet?...

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3D Rendering

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 7, VIDEO 1 Were really fortunate to have one of Bobs and my former students here with us today. Daniel Lanier is a theatre teacher and a set designer. Welcome, Daniel. Thanks, Marty. Whats your objective as a set designer? A set designer needs to support the...

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Scale Drawings

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 8, VIDEO 1 Now that you have a good idea what a finished set looks like, how to design an interior set, and the needs of the set youre going to design, lets get started. A designer needs to communicate to the director, technical director, carpenters, and...

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Preparing To Build Your Model & Front Elevations and Model

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 9, VIDEO 1 By now you should have a ground plan that has been approved by your teacher. Now make a copy of your ground plan leaving out all the furniture and other set props. This is the ground plan that will go to the carpenters. On...

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Walls, Stairs, Platforms

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 9, VIDEO 2 Were going to practice building a model using the Off Center set. feet or five inches on a half-inch scale from the bottom of your posterboard all the way across the width of the posterboard. This will be the top and bottom of your...

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Furniture

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 9, VIDEO 3 After you have all the pieces of your set cut out, its time to start making the furniture. If you want, half-inch scale furniture can be bought at hobby stores like for dollhouses and train sets. A less expensive way is to make your...

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Painting Your Model Set

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 9, VIDEO 4 The next step is to choose your color scheme. Color theory can be a course unto itself. Since we dont have time in this program to go deeply into color theory, we advise that you experiment with colors on a separate piece of posterboard....

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Rear Elevations and Working Drawings

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SET DESIGN LESSON 10, VIDEO 1 As we said earlier, if your group has a set of flats that you use for every show youll probably need to work those flats into your design. If youre building some or all of your scenery from scratch, youll need to draw up...

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Designing a Period Set

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 12, VIDEO 1 Were extremely fortunate to have award-winning set designer Scott Neale join us to examine how to approach designing period sets. Scott has designed sets at the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, The Goodman Theatre, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Repertory Theatre...

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Designing a Period Set: Midsummer Night's Dream

Practical Technical Theatre

SET DESIGN LESSON 13, VIDEO 1 Were very fortunate to have Jim Kronzer here with us today. An exceptionally talented set designer, who designed the set of Midsummer Nights Dream for the Repertory Theatre of St Louis. The scenic artists are putting final touches on the set, preparing for opening...

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