Computer Visualization for the Theatre: 3D Modelling for Designers

ISBN-13: 9780240516172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str.

Christine White; Gavin Carver; Gavin Carver

Opis

The computer offers tremendous advantages in areas that have always confronted set designers. Increasingly, students are being taught the benefits of using computers to visualize sets and lighting designs.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Setting the scene: contexts and approaches; Outlining the software and its development; Thinking about the hardware: an overview of relevant technologies; Navigating the computer space; The basics of modelling; The basics of materials; The basics of lighting; The rule of change - scenographic improvisation; Composition, cameras, rendering and resolution; Advanced modelling; The design over time: storyboards and animations; Project management; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary

O autorze

Gavin Carver is a Senior lecturer at the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he teaches design and technology for theatre, and outdoor performance. He is a founding member of the Kent Interactive Digital Design Studio.
Christine White is a lecturer in drama and theatre studies at Loughborough University. She has worked as a freelance lighting designer for many companies and events. She has taught technical theatre and scenography for over ten years in training academies and for degree programmes.