In their book “Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques”, Susan Crabtree and Peter Beudert emphasized, “Don’t draw things; draw relationships. It’s so simple: just put every brush stroke in the right place.” The quotation basically summarizes the job of a scenic designer, who is responsible for bringing the world of the production onto the stage.
The scenic designer (or set designer) is expected to fulfill five basic goals in order to design an overall concept for the play. Firstly, he designs the concept, which extends the director's production concept into a complete plan for the visual aspects of the production, including the style of the scenery, the number of scenic locations, how the stage action will move from location …show more content…
After studying fine arts at the Crawford Art School, he moved to England to train in theatre design at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In the course of his 30-year career, Crowley has won five Tony Awards (for Aida, Carousel, The History Boys, Mary Poppins and Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia) and has designed over 20 National Theatre and 25 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions as well as numerous operas, ballets and musicals. His sketches, models and photographs of some of his personal favorite creations over the years are pictured at the RSC (Jones). Most recently, Bob Crowley and 59 Productions have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for An American in …show more content…
Once the producing staff agree upon scenic ideas, set designers paint renderings or build models to represent their finished designs. The initial purpose of the rendering or model is to communicate to the rest of the production staff how the set will look to an audience member. Renderings and models each have their advantages; renderings can be painted to give the full effect of actors, costumes, and lighting on a set, while models give a more accurate sense of how a set will work in three dimensions or as set pieces are added and moved over the course of the play
The scenic designer (or set designer) is expected to fulfill five basic goals in order to design an overall concept for the play. Firstly, he designs the concept, which extends the director's production concept into a complete plan for the visual aspects of the production, including the style of the scenery, the number of scenic locations, how the stage action will move from location …show more content…
After studying fine arts at the Crawford Art School, he moved to England to train in theatre design at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In the course of his 30-year career, Crowley has won five Tony Awards (for Aida, Carousel, The History Boys, Mary Poppins and Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia) and has designed over 20 National Theatre and 25 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions as well as numerous operas, ballets and musicals. His sketches, models and photographs of some of his personal favorite creations over the years are pictured at the RSC (Jones). Most recently, Bob Crowley and 59 Productions have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for An American in …show more content…
Once the producing staff agree upon scenic ideas, set designers paint renderings or build models to represent their finished designs. The initial purpose of the rendering or model is to communicate to the rest of the production staff how the set will look to an audience member. Renderings and models each have their advantages; renderings can be painted to give the full effect of actors, costumes, and lighting on a set, while models give a more accurate sense of how a set will work in three dimensions or as set pieces are added and moved over the course of the play