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Stage Design Essentials

The document discusses the process of set design including initial meetings, research, and final design. It outlines principles of design like line, shape, mass, and color as well as principles of composition like unity, harmony, contrast, and balance. It then describes different types of stages including the proscenium stage, thrust stage, arena stage, and black box stage. Finally, it outlines parts of a stage and methods of communication for set design plans.

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Stage Design Essentials

The document discusses the process of set design including initial meetings, research, and final design. It outlines principles of design like line, shape, mass, and color as well as principles of composition like unity, harmony, contrast, and balance. It then describes different types of stages including the proscenium stage, thrust stage, arena stage, and black box stage. Finally, it outlines parts of a stage and methods of communication for set design plans.

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SET DESIGN

PROCESS

• Initial meetings: Set Designer, Director, Technical Director

• Discuss Atmosphere, Style, and Color

• Research

• Incubation Period

• Final Design
PRINCIPALS OF DESIGN

LINES
SHAPE
MASS
MEASURE
POSITION
COLOR
TEXTURE
PRINCIPALS OF COMPOSITION

UNIT Y
HARMONY
CONTRAS T
VARIATION
BAL ANCE
PROPORTION
EMPHASIS
TYPES OF STAGES
PROSCENIUM S TAGE

• Looks like a picture frame

• Audience sits looking into the


frame

• Has a "Fourth Wall"

• Usually have the most


elaborate set designs

• Utilize traditional blocking


(i.e Down Stage, Up Stage,
Stage Left, etc)
TYPES OF STAGES
THRUS T S TAGE

• Stage juts out into the


audience

• Seating on three sides

• Can create several distinct


acting areas

• Sets are usually minimal

• Still has a distinct back stage


area

• Follows normal blocking


TYPES OF STAGES
ARENA S TAGE

• Sometimes called "Theater-in-


the-Round"

• Audience sits entirely around


the playing area.

• Encourages actor, audience


interaction

• Requires a set that allows for


continuous movement on stage
and does not block audience
view

• Props and Scenery must look


authentic
TYPES OF STAGES
BL AC K BOX S TAGE

• Essentially a big empty


square with walls painted
black

• It can be set up like any of


the previous stage types

• No permanent seats

• Often utilized as rehearsal


spaces
COMMUNICATION

• Ground Plan: Birds eye view of what the set will look like

• Elevation sketch: What the audience will see when looking at the
set

• Model: Miniature recreation of the set to see it in 3-D


PARTS OF A STAGE
STAGE ELEMENTS
• A. Act Curtain • H. Gridiron or Grid

• B. Apron • I. Leg

• C. Back Wall • J. Locking Rail

• D. Battens • K. Teaser

• E. Drop or Backdrop • L. Tormentors

• F. Flies • Cyclorama (Cyc), Proscenium


Arch, Trap, Wings
• G. Fly Gallery

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