TV Scenic Design, 2nd Edition

Chapter 6

Shoestring staging

Here we are going to discuss ways of making optimum use of limited facilities, budget and space – yet get high-grade results on the screen.

 

 

 

6.1 Biggest is not best

Scenic design for any television or video program can be costly. But a great deal depends on the ways the director, the set designer, and the lighting director decide to interpret the program.

Let us think for a moment about those television and video shows one sees, in which a simple, straightforward subject such as a solo singer is presented within an elaborate, impressive decor. The treatment we see on the screen is not inherent in the subject but has been decided on by the production group. Does this treatment really heighten the appeal of the ...