Innovating the Design Process: A Theatre Design Journey

ISBN-13: 9781032121185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 146 str.

David E. Smith

Opis

Innovating the Design Process: A Theatre Design Journey explores the process of designing for theatre and details how each part of a designer’s own process, no matter what their design specialization, can be innovated and adapted for a more confident journey and for better outcomes.

 

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Innovation and Creativity  2. Prototyping as Design Process  3. Words as pre-prototype  4. Script as Machine  5. Symbols, Narrative and Vocabulary  6. Granularization  7. Purpose, Meaning, Reason and Research  8. Word-based Prototype Template  9. Simplicity, Syncing Up and Annealing  10. On-Ramp, Quest and Warmup  11. Meet and Greet  12. Designer Run  13. Next Morning  14. Fade Ins and Outs  15. Designer as Chef  16. Content, Distribution, Environment  17. Quiet Time  18. Tech  19. Observing Theatrical vs Dramatic  20. Ending Safely

O autorze

Professor David E. Smith is a sound designer, composer, inventor, educator and author. He spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England where he engineered and designed the sound for many shows. More recently David has composed and/or designed the sound at Triad Stage in Greensboro NC, Arena Stage in Washington DC (Helen Hayes award nomination), North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly Massachusetts, Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence RI, The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta GA, Twin City Stage in Winston-Salem NC, Paper Lantern Theatre Company in Winston-Salem NC and Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville NC. David is the founding director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts BFA and MFA theatre sound design programs, where he built a unique pedagogy for training young professionals and has published papers on the intersection of audience engagement and design.