Theatre : Stage : Show (Chronotopes)

... Caligari Moments in class


* drawing by google (new: 2.4.07)

The Society of British Theatre Designers (see Gallery)

Director & Designers: set, costumes, light...

ArtsAlive.ca (canada)

set design links * (recommended)

Directorial Concept and Design

shows "9 Square" in drama breakdown (part I) and acting (part II).

SPACE page in THR Theory *

SEMIO : semiotics

Spectacle (transition to part 4. Directing Public)

Read Biomechanics I (chronotope)!

3 D and 3 levels

floor plan exc. in class (scenes)

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Lesson 9: set -- landscape for action

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium

Many photos of Meyerhold's productions have the same look: the levels. Set must be a machine for action. It has to be functional. Period.

Vertical composition -- the same as with actor's size. Standing, seating, floor. Three basic levels, but on macro-scale.

Space formation: by drama

"Acting Areas" (drama -- actors -- stage)

thrust

textbook reading : part 4, 5, 6 Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (scenes in class)

2007 [in class -- Hamletmachine, Muller ] concept-design
DangerousLiaisons
ShowCases: shows.vtheatre.net
Visual Composition