Scenic Designer Objectives

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First, I will discuss scenic design and the designers objectives. There are many objectives that a scenic designer strives to achieve, including setting the tone, establishing the time period or location, creating a natural flow between the design and the overall production, and creating practical stage sets. Setting the tone is important for creating feelings and emotion in the actors so that they can portray their characters in an accurate manner. Establishing the time period or location helps the audience to know the when and where of the play. Small details of the set design also helps the audience to better understand the characters personalities without the descriptions having to be verbalized. The scenic designer, director, and playwright …show more content…

The objectives for costume are similar to that for scenic design, including establishing the time period, creating practical costumes, and establishing a characters style. Establishing the time period is important in costumes because it allows the audience to know the era, season, or even economic status of the characters. This leads into creating a characters style, the clothing a character wears can indicate their personality, job, and stage in life. Lastly, it is important for costumes to be practical for easy on and easy off throughout the show to ensure quick changes can be made. Lighting is one of the most important elements of design, its main objectives being to provide visibility, time, mood, and create a rhythm of visual movement. Visibility is the most important objective because without light there can be no play. Using light to create time helps the audience to distinguish between days during the play. Light helps to provide a focus on the stage that establishes a mood throughout the play. Lastly, lighting designers want to create an undetectable rhythm of visual movement, this is what draws the audiences eyes to look at a particular character for dramatic

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