Synopses & Reviews
This new and fully updated edition of the Illustrated Theatre Production Guide takes a step-by-step approach to the most common and popular theatre production practices, covering important issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used on the stage. This book examines theatres and their equipment, tools and materials, and scenery construction, as well as the principles of electricity and implementation of a lighting design. New additions include:
* Hundreds of unique hand-drawings that illustrate lessons, giving detailed, dimensional instruction * New chapters on stage management and electrical theory as it relates specifically to stage lighting * Completely revamped chapters on metal frame construction and the practice of entertainment lighting covering DMX signals, dimmer mechanics, power distribution, digital lighting * Eco-friendly tips on how to reuse and recycle props and set material * Multiple do-it-yourself projects and practice problems *Companion website with a solutions manual and how-to videos that give an exclusive visual on crucial backstage tasks such as properly tying knots, building a chandelier, and constructing an outdoor stage
Illustrated Theatre Production Guide, Second Edition offers techniques and best-practice methods from an experienced industry expert, creating a foundation on which to build a successful and resourceful career behind the scenes in theatre production.
* NEW! Accompanying Website with how-to videos give an exclusive visual on how to do crucial backstage tasks such as properly tying knots, building a chandelier, and constructing an outdoor stage.
* Hundreds of unique hand-drawings illustrate lessons to give dimensional detailed instruction
* Greatly exapanded metal frame construction chapter, tons of new projects, and a brand new chapter on stage management to give you a more complete reference guide.
Synopsis
This invaluable guide takes a step-by-step approach to the most common and popular theatre production practices and covers important issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used on the stage.
This new edition uniquely shows the reader how to build scenery through detailed lessons and hundreds of drawings. The hundreds of illustrations make this book like no other and offers solutions to problems that all those involved in a production face everyday...from rigging and knot tying to drapery folding and the most detailed information on metal framing available. Written for the community theatre worker who has to be a jack of all trades, or the student who needs to learn the fundamentals on his or her own, John Holloway teaches in a way that covers the necessities in great detail but doesn't bog you down.A must have for the theatre professional as a guide to refer back to over and over again.
* NEW Accompanying Website with how-to videos give an exclusive visual on how to do crucial backstage tasks such as properly tying knots, building a chandelier, and constructing an outdoor stage.
* Hundreds of unique hand-drawings illustrate lessons to give dimensional detailed instruction
* Greatly exapanded metal frame construction chapter, tons of new projects, and a brand new chapter on stage management to give you a more complete reference guide.
Synopsis
Completely expanded and remodeled new edition of this unique look theatrical scenery construction
About the Author
John Holloway is a Full Professor in the Theatre Department of the University of Kentucky where he has taught for 27 years. Professor Holloway is an ongoing freelancer involved in designing, engineering, and constructing stage scenery for television and theatre. He worked as stage mechanic and Technical Director for over 30 years, and has built scenery for over 200 plays, television shows, commercials, operas, and trade shows. Professor Holloway is a longstanding member of the professional stagehand’s union, IATSE and served as the president of Local 346 for many years. He toured with the national touring companies of Grand Hotel (Tony Award winner, 1989), The Will Rogers Follies, and Camelot.
Full Professor and Technical Director for the Theatre Department at the University of Kentucky
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 Theatre Types
Chapter 2 Properties of the Proscenium Theatre
Chapter 3 Rigging
Chapter 4 Ropes and Knot Tying
Chapter 5 Soft Goods
Chapter 6 Electricity
Chapter 7 Power Distribution
Chapter 8 Dimmers and Lighting Control
Chapter 9 Photometrics and Hanging the Lights
Chapter 10 Operating a Followspot
Chapter 11 Sound
Chapter 12 Computer Programs for Theatre
Chapter 13 Stage Management
Chapter 14 Hardware, Fabrics, Adhesives, and other Theatrical Supplies
Chapter 15 Wood, Lumber, and other Building Materials
Chapter 16 Hand Tools
Chapter 17 Saws and Woodworking
Chapter 18 Constructing Flats
Chapter 19 Building Stair Units
Chapter 20 Decking Methods
Chapter 21 Metal Frame Construction
Chapter 22 Full Scale Patterns
Chapter 23 Doors and Windows
Chapter 24 Working with Foam
Chapter 25 How Do You Make…