1. Brillantes
Sarmiento
Suplido
Yulo
10A
Stage Design and Direction
2. • Stage design is the creation
of theatrical, as well as film or television
Stage Design 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.
4. • There are four primary
designers at work in any stage
production
–Set designer
–Costume designer
–Sound designer
–Lighting designer
5. Set Design • 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.
6. • The costume designer works with the
Costume Design 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.
The costume
designer designs
the costumes
that each actor
wears, and helps
supervise the
making or
purchasing of
these costumes.
7. • The lighting designer's job is to set the
Lighting Design 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.
8. There is
Sound Design usually
recorded
music played
underneath
scene
changes and
often
• Some plays also require underneath
many sound effects. the scenes
• The sound designer may themselves.
be responsible for live
music in plays where the
music is not prerecorded.
10. • 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.
11. 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.
12. 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).
