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Chapter 10-Stage Settings

Stage settings and scenic design play an important role in depicting life for the audience of a play. Different types of sets include box sets, curtain sets, unit sets, and profile sets. Key principles for set designers to consider include unity, balance, proportion, emphasis, and focus to enhance the story and characters. Sets are constructed using frames, then painted and dressed with details before being safely erected, shifted between scenes, and deconstructed backstage according to safety guidelines.

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Chapter 10-Stage Settings

Stage settings and scenic design play an important role in depicting life for the audience of a play. Different types of sets include box sets, curtain sets, unit sets, and profile sets. Key principles for set designers to consider include unity, balance, proportion, emphasis, and focus to enhance the story and characters. Sets are constructed using frames, then painted and dressed with details before being safely erected, shifted between scenes, and deconstructed backstage according to safety guidelines.

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Chapter 10

Stage Settings

The theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense


more truly than history.
-George Santayana, Poet and Philosopher
Vocabulary:
Box set:
Curtain set:
Value:
Unit set:
Unity:
Tints:
Permanent set:
Emphasis:
Shades:
Screens:
Proportion:
Intensity:
Profile set:
Balance:
Saturation:
Prisms or periaktoi:
Hue:
Focus Questions:

1. What are the purposes of scenery in a play?


2. What are the effects of scenery in a play?
3. How has scenic design developed from the Renaissance through
modern times?
4. What are some types of sets?
5. What are some of the basic principles and considerations of set
design?
6. How do you construct and erect a set?
7. How do you paint and build scenery?
8. How do you shift and set scenery?
9. What are some tips for backstage safety?

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