Theatre and design. The nature of theatre -- The designer's goal -- Two key elements of any design -- The designer's expressive tools -- Deconstructing the creative process. Thinking about thinking -- Idea generation -- Defining the creative process -- Putting theory into practice. Creative process / design process -- Fallacies about the design process -- Essential activities for the designer -- Unpacking the design process. Comprehend the nature of the design problem -- Gather inspiration -- Invent solutions -- Develop the work -- Present the [Best] solution -- When you get stuck -- Dracula, a case study -- Putting it all together. collaboration -- Personal factors -- Designers of dreams.
Summary:
"Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting, sound, or projections. Unmasking Theatre Design shows you how to cultivate creative thinking skills through every step of theatre design - from the first play reading to the finished design presentation. This book reveals how creative designers think in order to create unique and appropriate works for individual productions, and will teach you how to comprehend the nature of the design task at hand, gather inspiration, generate potential ideas for a new design, and develop a finished look through renderings and models. The exercises presented in this book demystify the design process by providing you with specific actions that will help you get on track toward fully-formed designs. Revealing the inner workings of the design process, both theoretically and practically, Unmasking Theatre Design will jumpstart the creative processes of designers at all levels, from student to professionals, as you construct new production designs"-- Provided by publisher.
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