1. Design
Sets and Costumes

2. The Scene Designer's Objective
Establishing Tone and Style
What style is this? How does the set communicate the tone?
William Ivey
Hairspray

3. The Scene Designer's Objective
Establishing Tone and Style
What style is this? How does the set communicate the tone?
Robert Wilson
Woyzeck

4. The Scene Designer's Objective
Establishing Tone and Style
What style is this? How does the set communicate the tone?
From Tale of the Teeka

5. The Scene Designer's Objective
Establishing Locale and Period
Mozart opera (Don Giovanni)

6. The Scene Designer's Objective
Establishing Locale and Period
Modern interpretation of Greek plays, set by Bruno Buonincontri

7. The Scene Designer's Objective
Providing a Central Image or Metaphor
A literal central image: The fire pit
-Supported the idea of stories told around the fire. The whole show was this sort of story.

8. The Scene Designer's Objective
Coordinating Scenery with the Whole
Crow and Weasel was a world where everything could transform. The set was flexible and supported many different uses.

9. The Scene Designer's Objective
Solving Practical Design Problems
Integrated with artistic choices are the practical choices (how to create what is envisioned), which are the designer’s area of expertise. The director is NOT usually a visual artist.

10. Elements of scene design
Levels!
Opportunity (does it give actor’s chances to move and use the space differently)
Composition – necessities of the scene
Texture
Color

11. Scale Design
In order for your builders to know how large items should be, set designs will use smaller measurements to indicate size. The scale must always be the consistent throughout the design.
Say we chose ¼” = 1’ In a drawing, a table might be 2” (inches) – meaning it should be 8 feet long
What if we had a wall that was 1.5” How large should we build it?

12. Drawing it out
In this class I will ask you to create a sketch design (looking from front, instead of bird’s eye view).
Here are some examples:

15. Physical Layout: The Playing Area
Again from Crow and Weasel

16. COSTUMES

17. Clothes can immediately communicate…
Position and status
Gender
Occupation
Occasion
A bit about personality (is the person flamboyant? Modest? Independent? A conformist? Etc)

18. The Costume Designer's Objectives
Setting Tone and Style

19. The Costume Designer's Objectives
Indicating Time and Place

20. The Costume Designer's Objectives
Indicating Characterization

21. The Costume Designer's Objectives
Indicating Relationships among Characters

22. The Costume Designer's Objectives
Meeting Performers' Needs

23. Elements of Costume Design
Resources of the Costume Designer
Line
Color
Fabric
Accessories

24. Elements of Costume Design
Related elements
Makeup
Hairstyles
Masks

25. Ben Nye Makeup

26. Corrective Makeup

27. Old Age Makeup

28. Fantasy Makeup

29. Prosthetic Makeup