Staging Ideas (Concepts and Techniques for Costume and Set Designers)

Title: Staging Ideas (Concepts and Techniques for Costume and Set Designers)
Author: Curtis, Stephen
Price: $49.99

This practical and informative book outlines everything you need to know about set, costume and lighting design from initial concept, script analysis, research ideas and putting it all together.

The book is structured in several layers with the main chapters covering the key steps in the design process, followed by a case study-the Queensland Theatre Company's production of Pygmalion which Curtis designed the sets and costumes for-giving practical working samples relating to each step in the process. The further thinking sections investigate more complex aspects of how designers work, and can be read in sequence or as specialised thought-provoking topics.

CONTENTS
Forword - Neil Armfield
Preface - Stephen Curtis
Chapter 1 - What Is Performance Design?
Chapter 2 - Getting Started
Chapter 3 - Interpreting the Script
Chapter 4 - Researching to Feed Our Imagination
Chapter 5 - Communicating Our Ideas Visually
Chapter 6 - Developing Our Design Concept
Chapter 7 - Experimenting With Our Ideas
Chapter 8 - Using Space as a Design Tool
Chapter 9 - Using Character as a Design Tool
Chapter 10 - Using Light as a Design Tool
Chapter 11 - Resolving the Set Design
Chapter 12 - Resolving the Costume Design
Chapter 13 - Realising the Design
Appendix A - Forms, Genres and Conventions
Appendix B - Visual Style
Endnotes
List of Illustrations
Index

Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Publication date: 01/03/2014
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780868198774