Essentials of stage scenery
By: [by] Samuel Selden and Tom Rezzuto.
Contributors: Rezzuto, Tom, joint author.
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
Notes: Bibliography: p. 257-258.
Based on the first part of Stage scenery and lighting, by S. Selden and H. D. Sellman.
Table of contents: title: Scenery as an interpretive and collaborative art. The organic production -- Scenery, the environment of action -- Functions of the environment : placing the action -- Functions of the environment : reinforcing the action -- Functions of the environment : dressing the action -- The four elements of the environment -- The practicable setting -- A summary -- Scenery and the performance area. Introduction -- The proscenium theatre -- The problem of sight lines -- Alternatives to the proscenium stage -- The apron, or open, stage -- The arena theatre -- The horseshoe theatre -- Other experimental forms of indoor staging -- Outdoor theatres -- Conclusion -- Standard stage equipment. Introduction -- The front curtain -- The teaser and the tormentors -- The gridiron and the fly floor -- The counterweight system -- Electrical flying systems -- Stage draperies -- The sky -- Planning the scenery. Introduction -- The sketch -- Perspective drawing -- The floor plan -- The model -- The working drawings -- Drafting conventions -- Drafting equipment -- Constructing the scenery : general practice. Introduction -- Practical demands of scenery construction -- Workshop equipment -- Lumber materials -- Fabrics -- Hardware -- Glue -- Construction procedure -- Jointing -- Covering -- Fastening the units together -- Flameproofing -- The use of papier-maché and impregnated fabrics -- Constructing the scenery : specific practice. Introduction -- Scenery units -- A plain flat -- An irregular-shaped flat -- A paneled flat -- A jog, a two-fold, and a return -- Flats for a door, a window, and a fireplace -- A door-frame unit -- A window-frame unit -- A fireplace -- An archway -- The ceiling -- Drops, borders, and tabs -- Platforms -- Steps and stairs -- A column -- Tree trunks and foliage -- Rocks and built-up ground -- Groundrows and silhouettes -- Walls and fences -- Log-cabin walls -- A beam -- Irregular three-dimensional combinations -- The use of molding -- Painting the scenery. Introduction -- The approach to scene painting -- Paint materials -- Painting implements -- The paint frame -- Elements of color and color mixture -- Color harmony -- Practical modifications -- Preparing the paint -- Some suggestions for mixing paints -- The prime coat -- The following coats -- Painting over old surfaces -- Surface textures -- Painting techniques -- Interior and exterior walls -- Shading and toning walls -- Imitating woodwork -- Log-cabin walls -- The sky -- landscape pieces -- Foliage -- Mist and distance effects -- Painted shadows -- Reproducing from sketches -- Gold and silver metallic paints -- Oil paints -- Shellac -- Dyes -- The dry palette -- Dimensional texture in paint -- Shifting the scenery. Introduction -- Planning the shift -- Types of shifting -- Methods of shifting -- Minimum scenery. Introduction -- The cyclorama background -- The scenery -- Lighting minimum scenery -- Conclusion -- Stage properties. Introduction -- Functions of stage properties -- Large properties -- Small properties -- Materials for property construction -- Painting the properties -- Specific properties -- A summary -- Glossary.