Book description
This invaluable guide takes a step-by-step approach to many common theater production practices and covers important issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used in stage plays.Illustrated Theatre Production Guide contains a brief history of physical theatres and the development of various forms such as thrust, proscenium, and black box venues. Operation of theatre equipment is covered in detail in the chapters on rigging and curtains. Instructions for operating a fly system and basic stagehand skills such as knot tying and drapery folding, are clearly outlined. The use of metal tubing as a structural element is explored as an alternative to wooden scenery. The chapter on lighting discusses electrical theory as well as the practical aspects of hanging and focusing lights. The final chapter in Illustrated Theatre Production Guide is a compilation of many different projects that are easy to approach and to complete, and have practical value for a theatre group.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THEATRE TYPES
- CHAPTER 2 PROPERTIES OF THE PROSCENIUM THEATRE
- CHAPTER 3 THEATRICAL RIGGING
- CHAPTER 4 ROPES AND KNOT TYING
- CHAPTER 5 DRAPERIES AND DROPS
- CHAPTER 6 ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER 7 HARDWARE
- CHAPTER 8 SHOP SUPPLIES
- CHAPTER 9 WOOD, LUMBER, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS
- CHAPTER 10 HAND TOOLS
- CHAPTER 11 SAWS AND WOODWORKING
- CHAPTER 12 CONSTRUCTING FLATS
- CHAPTER 13 BUILDING STEPS
- CHAPTER 14 DECKING METHODS
- CHAPTER 15 METAL FRAME CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER 16 FULL-SCALE PATTERNS
- CHAPTER 17 BUILDING DOORS AND WINDOWS
- CHAPTER 18 WORKING WITH POLYSTYRENE FOAM
- CHAPTER 19 HOW DO YOU MAKE...
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Illustrated Theatre Production Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2002
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136082931
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