Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography

A theatrical designer must address two questions when designing a production: What is the play about and what is the play like? To find the metaphor within a play is to unlock inspired and unique design concepts. Theatrical Design: An Introduction is about how to find the design idea for a production and what to do with that idea once identified. This book emphasizes script analysis and interpretation specifically for designers: how to release meaning and design inspiration from lines and characterization in a script. It then explains the artistic elements and principles of design...

Unbuttoned: The Art and Artists of Theatrical Costume Design　documents the creative journey of costume creation from concept to performance. Each chapter provides an overview of the process, including designing and shopping; draping, cutting, dyeing, and painting; and beading, sewing, and creating embellishments and accessories. This book features interviews with practitioners from Broadway and regional theatres to opera and ballet companies, offering valuable insights into the costume design profession. Exceptional behind-the-scenes photography illustrates top...

A theatrical designer must address two questions when designing a production: What is the play about and what is the play like? To find the metaphor within a play is to unlock inspired and unique design concepts. Theatrical Design: An Introduction is about how to find the design idea for a production and what to do with that idea once identified. This book emphasizes script analysis and interpretation specifically for designers: how to release meaning and design inspiration from lines and characterization in a script. It then explains the artistic elements and principles of...

Many beginning and hobbyist costumers believe that professional costume/prop builders have unlimited and specialized resources with which to ply their craft. Actually, the pros create things in much the same way that hobbyists do, working as resourcefully and creatively as possible with a limited budget. Creating the Character Costume dives into these methods to showcase how to achieve expert looks with limited means and lots of creativity. Part One explores tools, materials, and construction methods.

The Art of Theatrical Sound Design is a textbook which emphasizes the artistry of the 'why' behind the decisions made by sound designers, as well as practical advice on how to achieve that artistry through technology.

The book is structured with an initial brief discussion of the history of sound design, through which students will understand the long line of artists that have come before them and how technology has added to the advancement of the field. This is followed by an overview of the theory of how sound works in order to understand how sound affects the human body,...

The Art of Theatrical Sound Design is a textbook which emphasizes the artistry of the 'why' behind the decisions made by sound designers, as well as practical advice on how to achieve that artistry through technology.

The book is structured with an initial brief discussion of the history of sound design, through which students will understand the long line of artists that have come before them and how technology has added to the advancement of the field. This is followed by an overview of the theory of how sound works in order to understand how sound affects the human body,...

Stage Manager: the Professional Experience Refreshed takes the reader through all aspects of the craft of stage management, from prompt books and technology to relationships and people management. Using interviews with other professional stage managers, the author provides a practical, experience-based guide for students and aspiring professionals alike, offering an extensive discussion of what makes a good stage manager and working through the life of a production.

A -how-to- manual written for the independent travelling magician or any other street performer. Includes the specific details on different approaches for street, bar and restaurant. Some of the topics are: picking the right bar, entering the bar, working the crowd, building the tip, the re-hash, what to avoid, and taxes. Bonus -Reserve Stock- included in the book, which details excellent methods of performing certain tricks.

Stage Manager: the Professional Experience Refreshed takes the reader through all aspects of the craft of stage management, from prompt books and technology to relationships and people management. Using interviews with other professional stage managers, the author provides a practical, experience-based guide for students and aspiring professionals alike, offering an extensive discussion of what makes a good stage manager and working through the life of a production.

Props are moving objects of attention: they can be part of theatre scenery, equal partners in performance, or autonomous things. This wide-ranging book brings together theoretical and practical viewpoints on objects in performance, covering actor training, scenography, materials, construction techniques and object theatre. Eleanor Margolies also explores the viewpoints of actors, directors, designers, prop makers and spectators to demonstrate the varied experiences practitioners have of using props.

Guerilla Theatre is a nuts-and-bolts approach to the kind of interactive environmental theatre found only at Faires, and is a superb handbook for both the beginner and advanced street/improvisational actor.

Written by J. Paul Moore, a forty-year Renaissance Faire performance veteran and a master of improvisational theatre, the book guides the reader through the crafting and performing of a wide variety of ways to entertain Faire-goers, singly and in groups. The book is edited by Phyllis Patterson, the creator of the original Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Agoura, California.