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Written by Scott Parker
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here's the first paragraph excerpt from an article recently published in Dramatics Magazine, January 2009. To read the entire article, please download this PDF: Dramatics_Dark_Stormy_Night.
Lighting Design is an art form unto itself. At the same time, lighting designers are part of a collaborative team with the director and the other designers, including Scenic, Costume, Sound, Projections, etc. It is the collaborative work of the design team and director that brings that art to the stage. This is the first in a series of articles that will discuss various methods used by theater lighting designers. I will start by explaining the importance of properly understanding the script and communicating that understanding to the audience. I will then discuss some of the technical steps required to be a team member in the theater production collaborative process. Methods of sharing our lighting design ideas will be explored during the discussion of visual image research (what?!) and our own need to be able to draw and sketch. I will introduce the use of image editing software, Photoshop, to build a color lighting rendering.
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Written by Scott Parker
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The HSTech Mailing list is visited by over 400 current members. Students, teachers and various professionals ask and answer each others' questions.
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Written by Robert Kaplowitz
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I must say, in undermining one element of the program I've pushed so hard to help establish (amongst many other hardworking folks out there) that sound portfolios are, in the long run, very, very, very difficult to evaluate.
One thing I do really push for, in any sort of portfolio presentation, is the messy stuff. I want to see the designer's PROCESS more than anything else. The notes in the original script, the notes from the production meetings, etc.
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This flying method is a very
simple example. If you were to take it further, you could imagine how
to fly a person. It works the same way, but uses much heavier
equipment. The flying of people and of heavy objects is best left to
the professionals who have the proper training and equipment.
For our production of Dracula, we
needed a bat to fly around the stage. Not just up and down, but left to
right as well. You'll see that the bat is able to go up and down via
tie line through a pulley. This takes care of the up & down part
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At the end of this lesson, the student will be able to...
Draw
a series of wire frame boxes. Technique will include the use of line
weight in order to create the illusion of 3 dimensions.
What will this lead to in his/her future?
Being
able to draw set pieces and furniture. This will also lead to drawing
rooms, buildings, platforms, stages and other scenery. Perspective will
be added.
Why does s/he need this?
To be able to create drawings from rough sketches to final renderings.
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Written by Michael Powers
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Hello
Again and welcome to the Techie’s Corner. This month I am going to
start a series of articles on platforms. We will try to cover
everything from parallels to triskets to space age stressskin and
everything in between.
Platforms
in some form or another have been used in theatre as long as theatre
and the stage has existed. In fact the stage itself is a form of
platform. In some cases a stage is a permanent installation inside a
building and is usually raised to some degree above the audience. By
far though, the majority of stages in the world today are temporary
structures made up of platforms. Rock concerts, Music festivals, fair
grounds, school cafetoriums, etc. comprise more stages than all of the
legitimate theatres in the world.
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This is like a huge radial arm or
chop saw. We use it to cross cut sheets of plywood. The saw is a
standard circular saw mounted on tracks
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