Designing for Theatre

Types of Design• Costume

• Set

• Light

• Sound

• Props

• Make-up

How to come up with a Design•Who- Characters in the play•What- does the play give you clues for

what to design•When- Time Period•Where- Location•Mood of the play•Imagery in the play

Costume Design•Costume Plot- List of every character and

costume for each scene

•Costume Rendering- head to toe drawing of a character that is labeled with all the costume pieces

•Acquisitions list- Each costume piece you decide to :Buy, Pull, Rent, Borrow or Build?

COSTUME PLOT

COSTUME RENDERING

Set Design•Set Plot/Ground Plan- bird’s eye stage

view with where the set pieces go and what they are

•Elevation sketch/Set Rendering- drawing of what the audience sees

•Model- 3D mini set to show the crew how the set should look after build

SET PLOT/GROUND PLAN

SET RENDERING

SET MODEL

Lighting Design•Light Plot- like a ground plan but with

lighting instruments

•Cue Sheet- List of lighting cues for every scene in a play; tells what lights will be on and when that happens

LIGHTING PLOT

LIGHT CUE SHEET

Sound Design•Microphones for actors? Live sound?

Recorded sound?

•Cue Sheet- List of sound cues and when in the play they are played, for how long, and the volume level

SOUND CUE SHEET

Props- Props Master•Decorative Props/Set dressing, Hand

Props

•Decide- Buy, Build, Pull, Borrow, Rent?

•Prop Table- Each prop is labeled and split up into sections

PROPS TABLE

Make-up•Straight Make-up or Character Make-up?

Any special effects?

•Make-up Morgue- book of researched pictures to help with the design

•Make-up Rendering- Blank Face that you color and label with location of make-up and type

MAKE-UP RENDERING