Part 1: -
Trough out this
unit I have learnt a lot about the role of a designer in theatre productions.
This was something completely new that I have done and something we hadn’t ever
done in drama before. It was challenging for me because it was hard for me to
understand the concept. I was having challenges with the stage design. I did a
lot of tries with my stage design; I also had to do a lot of research. I have
provided the research on my blog. I
learnt that the role of a designer is very important and challenging because
you have to be very thoughtful and intelligent of how you set everything up and
you have to consider everything by seeing how comfortable it will be for the
audience to see and whether or not they will find the show amusing. We also
have to consider the conformability of our actors, as they are the ones that
will be running the show. I learnt that in set designing you have to know how
to “Communicate your ideas to costume, make- up, props and lighting designers.”
(Creative Choices) Also, another thing I found out from my research was “Studying scripts and discussing ideas
with the director” (Creative Choices) Also, the directors need to have very
good knowledge about the cost and what they can spend their money on and to be
on their budget.
Part 2: -
There are many steps to designing a
stage. The firs step is to read the script very carefully and efficiently. It’s
important to read the script because from the script we get a very good idea of
how the story is and we get an idea of how the stage should be. After reading
the script we must have sketches of the stage because it’s very important and
it may take a long time to set up. We must have a thumbnail sketch, floor
sketch, birds eye view sketch and a very descriptive sketch. After that we
should get into some research and look at how things were back then, for
example, how the dressing was back in 1970. We must do a lot of research so we can give a really good
example to the tailors. After that we need to get out and buy the props and
everything we may need. The set designing should be clear, for example, if we
want to show a church it must be clear that it’s a church. If not, the audience
will be confused and it really have them any interest for the show. Sketch design is very important because every
part of it will interest the audience and that is the main goal of a theatre.
Part 3: -
This unit was very different and
something very new to me. I had never done the sketch part of drama. However,
because it was new I learnt a lot trough the unit. I struggled a lot too because it
was something new and it was hard for me to grasp it. I had a hard time doing
the stage design because it was hard to explain everything but after Ms.
Kimberly showed us some designs it helped a lot. The designs were very
descriptive and impressive. Later on the unit I chose to focus on stage design
because I enjoyed doing it. I liked the directing aspect of this unit and it
was something I always wanted to try. Trough out the unit I had to do a lot of
trials with my designs because I made mistakes but I think I improved every
time I tried again. Also, it was very difficult to stay with the work load
because trough out the unit we had a lot of work and all the work were very
long. I lost my focus and I was left behind with my work. However, I think I managed
to catch up at the end I am satisfied with my work. From next time I plan to
work along so I don’t have to do the triple amount of work together at the same
time.
Sources: -
http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/develop-your-career/template/stage-designer
http://www.aact.org/people/setdesigner.html
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