THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Infinite Space, Plastic Film, Urinetown

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Theatre and Dance
• Course: THE 2000
• Professor: Mitchell Charles

Document Summary

Set design (scenic design)- primary function of stage design. Prepare the audience for the world of the play. Indicate time and place: sketch, ground plan- overview of the set, front elevation- what the audience sees, model- 3d figure of stage (cid:862)readi(cid:374)g a set desig(cid:374)(cid:863) everything on stage is symbolic. Perspective scenery- leaves an impression of distance. (depth) Backdrops- painting on the screen (revealing the setting) 3d scenery would be put in layers flats- basic unit of scenery in the theatre. Box-set- 3 walls (4th wall is the audience) Gel- changes color of the light with a plastic film. Cyclorama- giant piece of material, when projected, gives an allusion of depth (infinite space). Must: know how natural light behaves. (knowing where the sun is, what time?) Origi(cid:374): (cid:862)co(cid:373)edy(cid:863) co(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) co(cid:373)us, a greek fertility god. Aristotle- comedy represents men as worse than they are. Nothing is comic outside of what is exclusively human.