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The Craft and Art of Scenic Design : Strategies, Concepts, and Resources.
The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources explores how to design stage scenery from a practical and conceptual perspective. Discussion of conceptualizing the design through script analysis and research is followed by a comprehensive overview of execution: collaboration...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF THE CRAFT; ASSESSING DESIGN; PRODUCTION: OKLAHOMA!; A LANGUAGE OF CLUES; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 2 SCENIC DESIGN IN THE PAST AND TODAY; A (VERY) BRIEF HISTORY OF STAGE DESIGN; The Greek and Roman Theatre; The Elizabethan Stage; Asian Theatre; The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Nineteenth Century; Modern Stage Design; A Closer Look: An Example of Modern Stage Design; THREE STRONG INFLUENCES ON DESIGN TODAY; Constructivism; Brecht and His Designers; Action Design.
- CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE: POSTMODERN STAGE DESIGNCharacteristics of Postmodern Design; A Closer Look: A Postmodern Example; Postmodernism Wrap-Up; DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS: EXAMPLES OF CHANGE; RESOURCES: SOME CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN DESIGNERS AND HOW TO FIND OUT MORE; A FINAL NOTE; READING LIST; SUMMARY; A NOTE ON THE PROJECTS; PROJECT: RESEARCH A DESIGNER; PROJECT: SKETCH AND PLAN; CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH DIRECTORS; COLLABORATION; STRATEGIES: TALKING ABOUT THE PLAY; COLLABORATING THROUGH IMAGES; STRATEGIES: AS MEETINGS PROGRESS; What to Show the Director and When; The Groundplan.
- THINKING LIKE A DIRECTORDesigning Moments; Blocking; Stage Pictures; Production Case Studies; PRODUCTION: HAMLET; PRODUCTION: CHARLOTTE'S WEB; SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ON COLLABORATION; Trust; Openness and Change; When Things Don't Go Your Way; SUMMARY; PROJECT: THE PROJECT PLAY; PROJECT: STAGE PICTURES; CHAPTER 4 WORKING WITH TEXT; GENRE AND STYLE; THE TWO TYPES OF TEXT; Primary Text; Secondary Text; READING THE PLAY; First Read; Consider Not Reading the Set Description; Read Like a Director; French Scenes; THE BREAKDOWN; REVIEWING THE FACTS; Who and What = Character and Action.
- When and Where = Time and PlaceHow and Why = Plot, Theme, and Mood; WORKING WITH WORDS; The Style of the Playwright's Language; Words as Images; Music as Text; PRODUCTION: THE GLASS MENAGERIE; READING LIST; SUMMARY; PROJECT: TEXT; CHAPTER 5 RESEARCH, PERIOD, AND VISUAL HISTORY; RESEARCH AND HISTORY; MAKING THE PAST REAL; Pre-photographic Research; Photographic Research; Economic Style; ACQUISITIVE RESEARCH; Making the Past Fresh; PERIOD; Anachronisms; Period Costumes; WHAT TO RESEARCH; Play and Playwright; Other Productions; Nonspecific Research; How Much Research Is Enough?; The Right Stuff.
- A RESEARCH AGENDAProduction Bible and Dropbox; COMBINING KEY IMAGES; PRODUCTION: SUMMER AND SMOKE; MAKING CONNECTIONS; PRODUCTION: THE GRAPES OF WRATH; CREATING A RESEARCH FILE; READING LIST; SUMMARY; PROJECT: RESEARCHING THE PROJECT PLAY; CHAPTER 6 THE DESIGNABLE IDEA; CHOICES; LOOKING FOR ADJECTIVES; THE WRITTEN STATEMENT; OBJECTS HAVE MEANING; Study the Characters and Themes in the Play; Research the Locations and Things in the Play; PRODUCTION: CAROUSEL; PRODUCTION: AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE; PRODUCTION: A CHRISTMAS CAROL; SUMMARY; PROJECT: THE DESIGNABLE IDEA; CHAPTER 7 SPACE.