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Chapter 8 The Visual Collaboration

Wainstein , STAGE DIRECTING A DIRECTOR’S ITINERARY. Chapter 8 The Visual Collaboration. Working with Designers. Realizing the visual concept. Producer hires the director and designers. Director and designers research Informal meetings First design meeting (sometimes by phone)

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Chapter 8 The Visual Collaboration

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  1. Wainstein, STAGE DIRECTING A DIRECTOR’S ITINERARY Chapter 8The Visual Collaboration Working with Designers

  2. Realizing the visual concept • Producer hires the director and designers. • Director and designers research • Informal meetings • First design meeting (sometimes by phone) • Work on sketches, drawings, thumbnails • Second design meeting • Refine the plans • Final design meeting – present models

  3. Collaboration

  4. Types of Collaboration • Designer has no ideas • Designer forces their ideas on director • Collaboration

  5. Meeting with designers Build on informal discussions that precede the first design meeting

  6. SOMETIMES, these informal meetings are brainstorming sessions to “get the juices flowing.”

  7. Design Meetings • Informal…meetings in hallway, over coffee, by phone

  8. First Design Meeting • Called by Production Manager or Producer • Director shares concepts • Everyone discusses their working ideas • This is a free exchange of ideas

  9. Words to remember Don’t be afraid to speak up. Once a design is finalized, changes are hard to make.

  10. Second Design meeting Designmers present their sketches. Director and designers agree to revisions and a date is set for a final meeting. HINT: The director should compliment the designers for their work. Be honest. Ask for what you need.

  11. Final Design Meeting Final renderings, models are presented Deadlines for changes are set Designers move onto the implementation phase.

  12. From Design to Tech Rough sketches and thumbnails

  13. RENDERINGS

  14. MODELS

  15. Ground Plans

  16. Elevations

  17. BUDGET The TD, sometimes the PD budgets the materials and labor needed to build the show

  18. Drafted Plans

  19. Schedule

  20. Building process

  21. LOAD-IN

  22. Technical Rehearsals

  23. Realizing the Costume Design Thumbnails of Characters

  24. Research

  25. Final Renderings

  26. Rent, Pull, Shop or Build

  27. Process work • Measurements • Fittings • Costume Parade

  28. Publicity Shots

  29. The run

  30. LIGHTING Create the plot Hang and focus Final plot Focus Write cues Set cues Run

  31. CHANGES “Changes must be soundly reasoned, affordable and able to happen given the time and labor available. It is easier to change something if it hasn’t been built yet.” (68)

  32. Final thoughts • Respect your collaborators • Understand their work and process • Visit the shops frequently • Keep channels of communication open

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