Stage Design and Direction

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Design • Stage design is the creation

of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. 

• The "stage picture" is the "look" or physical appearance of the stage for a play.

• It should be visually appealing for the audience or should express the show's concept.

Elements of Stage Design for Theatre

• There are four primary designers at work in any stage production –Set designer–Costume designer–Sound designer –Lighting designer

• Is possibly the most important of the elements in the overall design for a play.

• Other elements need to know the basic shape of the set design before they can do their work.

• The set designer will create a plan that includes any building, furniture or rigging that needs to be included to create the total set.

• The work will then be carried out by a production manager and his team.

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• The costume designer works with the director, the set designer and closely with the script itself to create looks that are appropriate for the period and characters, while fitting in with the overall vision for the design of the show.

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The costume designer designs the costumes that each actor wears, and helps supervise the making or purchasing of these costumes.

• The lighting designer's job is to set the mood for the various scenes in the play through strategic use of light.

• The actors need to be seen, but the way an actor is lit, including the angles, colors and intensities, can greatly inform the feeling that the audience takes from a given scene.

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• Some plays also require many sound effects.

• The sound designer may be responsible for live music in plays where the music is not prerecorded.

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nThere is usually recorded music played underneath scene changes and often underneath the scenes themselves.

Stage Direction

• Are directions given to the actor(s) by the director.

• They involve the physical movement of the actors on stage.

• The actors are supposed to note the directions in their scripts.

• The Stage Manager is also supposed to write down all stage directions in their master book, known as the "Prompt Book".

• If there is any disagreement about where an actor is supposed to move, or how, the prompt book is the final word.

Terms: • Upstage: moving away from the audience,

towards the back of the stage. • Downstage: Moving towards the audience,

towards the front of the stage. • Stage Right: Moving towards the Right (facing

the audience) • Stage Left: Moving towards the Left (facing

audience). • Cross: Crossing the stage to a predetermined

position. 

An example in a prompt book might look like:

"X(cross) DSL to DSC (down stage center), X US (upstage), and out

(exit) SR (stage right).