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October 3, 2012. Warm Up: How important do you think accuracy of measurement is as a production design transitions onto stage? Objective: Students will understand how to scale objects for staging purposes. Scale…no not on lizards.
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October 3, 2012 Warm Up: How important do you think accuracy of measurement is as a production design transitions onto stage? Objective: Students will understand how to scale objects for staging purposes.
Scale…no not on lizards • Scale is at its most simplest a ratio between actual size and drawn/depicted size. • Example: Toy cars are between 1:43-64 scale models. (it means the car is 1/43rd-1/64thregular size) It’s how we shrink and blow things up while maintaining consistent dimensions. • Scale is in part of everything, believe it or not. Everything gets designed somewhere, and done in scale…think about it!
How does it work? • Scale is stated as a dimension = 1 foot (usually, and in our purposes) • Example: 1” = 1’ means for every inch you draw on paper, you are representing one foot in real size. Scale is also shown as 1”:1’ • 1’=1’ is a one-to-one scale meaning you are drawing in real size. You would need A LOT of paper.
How do you USE it • All theatrical objects are drawn in scale when doing any scenic design. Floor Plans and Flat dimensional drawings are easy (vertical, profile, ect…) • 3D scale is VERY HARD, and I don’t understand it…hence why I use sketch up and do not ask you to do 3Ds in scale. • If an object is 2’x2’ (length x width) what would it look like in ¼” and ½” scale (practice!)
Scale Practice • Draw the stage: 38’x21’ in an appropriate scale for a piece of white paper • Draw a scaled floor plan that depicts the following items in scale: • 4’x4” wall units (3) • 4’x4” door unit w/ 32” door (1) • 4’x4” window unit with 28” window (1) • 8’x3’ couch (1) • 18”x30” coffee table, rectangle • A telephone • A Lamp • 3’ diameter round table (1) • Dinning chair (16” wide x 20” long) (2)