Tech Director’s Notebook

Intro. Project

Set Design

0For this part of the project you will design a set for your one act play you read.

0Knowing the things you learned from reading and analyzing the script yesterday, select one set that is required of your show.

0Some of you have one location. Some of you have multiple locations. If that is the case, choose one location in your show to do a design.

3 Types of Set Designs

0Bird’s Eye / Ground Plan- gives designers a “to-scale” reference to know exactly how big things are, where they will be placed on the stage, and how much room there is to use for actors to move around.

0This is exact measurement.0This is in black and white (pencil), no color. 0Lines and shapes.

Bird’s Eye – Ground Plan

Bird’s Eye – Ground Plan

Bird’s Eye – Ground Plan

Rendering

0This is what the set will look like from an audience’s perspective.

0Shows colors, textures, size, depth.0Full color0As if you were sitting in the audience and took a

picture of the set.

Rendering

Rendering

3-D Model - Shoe Box Model

03- Dimensional0Ground Plan and Rendering comes to life0Color, textures, patterns, to scale

0You will need to bring in an old shoe box for this.

3-D Model

3-D Model

3-D Model

3-D Model

Make-Up Design

0 You must have 2 different make-up designs.

0 Fanciful, Animal, Cuts and Bruises, Old Age, or Basic Corrective

This can be two different designs for 1 character, OR1 design each for 2 different characters

Flesh tone must also be used. No one is COPY PAPER WHITE (except a mime).

Light Cue Sheet

0 Cue #- starts with 1 and goes through whatever number of however many cues you have in your design.

0 Blackouts count as cues as well.0 Desired look- What look are you trying to create?

Eerie night time? Angry sunset? Bright sunny day? Single spot light on Stage Left?

Page #- What page does the look happen onCue line- What is the line and character who speaks the line the light look happens on?Notes- any special things you want to convey about the cue/ look? Does it fade up or out slowly? Is it a quick on or off?

Props Design

0Make a list of all props (things an actor handles other than set or costumes) in your show

0What act (1,2,or 3) and scene (1,2,3,etc.) is the prop used in

0Description- is it old? Brand new and very nice condition? Who uses it?

Sound Design0 What music and sound effects are needed in your show?0 What music will you use to set up the mood of the show when the

audience is entering?0 What song will capture the theme of the play at the very end that

you can use for a curtain call/ bows?0 Number- Cue number (start with 1, and go for as many cues as you

need for your show in order of the script)0 Page- page number the cue happens on0 Cue line- who says it and what is said right before it happens0 Desired effect- description of the cue (door bell, glass shattering, gun

shot, song is played, etc.)

0 You must also find a song to use for the curtain call and write that on the back of your cue sheet

0 Make a playlist for pre-show of 5 songs that will help set the mood/ characters for the audience as they enter.