THE DESIGNERS

Chapter 6

PART FOURScenic Materials

& Props

• The construction of the scenery begins.

The Design Process

Scenic materialsScenic materials

• Flats

• Platforms and wagons

• Stage machinery

• Drapes, torms and teasers

• Set pieces (furniture,etc ) - set decoration

• Props

Scenic Materials

The stage “flat”

Constructing platforms

Backdrops, cycs and scrims• Backdrops painted by scenic artists

• Cycloramas – “cyc”

• Scrims

Scrim for “1776”

Backstage

Black scrim

The fly rail

Backdrop

Wall of light

CLYTEMNESTRA Gobos on textured background

CLYTEMNESTRA Gobos on textured background

CLYTEMNESTRA Gobos on textured background

CLYTEMNESTRA Gobos on textured background

Early set shift methods

Deus ex machina ekkyklema

• Draperies and soft goods

Austrian drape

Grand Drape

Masking

Used to keep the audience from seeing backstage

Legs & Borders

Teasers & Tormentors

“rags”

Cut out drop, backdrop, cyc

The 4th wall removed Sherlock Holmes

The Box Set 4th Wall removed “1776”

“1776”

“1776”

Props Short for “properties”

• Set props• Furniture; chairs, tables, sofas,

lamps

• Set dressing• Rugs, drapes, books on shelves

• Hand Props• Items that the actors handle

Set Props

Hand props

• Is it a prop or a costume?• Glasses

• Handkerchief• Walking stick

• Purse• Parasol