![]() ![]() To do so, log onto my web site (Bookmark this URL for future reference.) Click on the link to Dept. You will need to download this off the Speech and Drama web site. These “roughs” are to be placed within the official Stieren Ground Plan. As you read THE FOREIGNER, record (and draw) ideas that come to mind.īased on your individual scenic flow charts, your 10-20 photo research images, and action sketch ideas, you will work on developing rough ground plan sketches in class.įor examples of digital research ideas, log onto DANCING AT LUGHNASA and investigate my Preliminary Research links. Take the time to open and review my thoughts at the bottom of the web site entitled preliminary sketches. Use my GYPSY homepage and Scenic Flow Chart as a model for your written scenic flow.įor an example of how I approach the study of a play in sketches, log onto my Production Design link and BALTIMORE WALTZ. What is the tone of the play? What kind of architecture, wall treatment and set dressing are necessary for the audience to appreciate the comedy of these country, city and foreigners in the action of the play? This is not a tragedy The subjective space for THE FOREIGNER may be less metaphoric than some of our future assignments but does require you to make design decisions in this area. As you go through the play, ask yourself, “How might the objective forms be placed in relationship with one another so that the actor, moving and interacting within the space might make sense out of the action of the play?”. Write down the action of the show, including lighting references, in a sequence of the plot action. Record references to period, locations, objects, seasons, and feelings to serve as keywords for additional digital visual research. What objects or forms need to be present to tell the story as scripted both in the dialogue and in the stage directions? Go through the script and underline all scenic references, props and specific actions like “goes upstairs as she goes through the swing doors into the kitchen,” to establish a scenic flow of events, a scene-by-scene synopsis. The objective reality of the space in THE FOREIGNER needs to tell a story. ![]() a house, trees, a tent, a shop), and by subjective or mental construction like metaphors or symbolic relationships attached to forms, textures, colors, etc. Space can be defined by objective reality (physical objects. Some THOUGHTS regarding your written preparation …Ī scenic designer is, to a large extent, a spatial conceptualist. Keep a file of digital images as you will use these to later develop your elevations. Also, bring with you 10-20 photos of the research you have downloaded in response to your reading of the play. MEET IN RUTH TAYLOR THEATRE, Design Classroom, Room 318īRING: Tracing Paper, pencils, erasers, architectural scale, triangles, masking tape and furniture templates, if you have them.ĭUE: A thorough scenic design reading of the play with a written scenic flow. Your evaluation for this design project will focus on the craft of executing the project while exploring the art of design solutions. The process will involve digital image research, hand drafting, scanning, Photoshop manipulation, drafted front elevations, scanning and Photoshop manipulation to create a final presentation. You will develop a design for THE FOREIGNER as a colored Front Elevation with a 1⁄4” Ground Plan. Our emphasis will be both a continuation of learning the Photoshop software on the MAC and the process of translating the play into an environment for the stage. ![]() OVERVIEW: For our next project, we will use THE FOREIGNER as our text to engage in the process of creating a scenic design from a script to the drafting board to the computer to a final rendering. ![]()
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