What is a Stage Platform Shop Drawing? Seen here is the shop drawing for our folding platform. When you take a closer look, you will see the cut list and the shopping list on the right. The ground plan view is to the left, the front view is on the top left, and the...
The role of the lighting designer within theatre is to work with the director, set designer, and costume designer, to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost. The...
When we use “scale” we are enabling us to use a small drawing to diagram a larger project. If we wanted an extremely accurate drawing of an object, we would draw a picture of it at Full Scale. That is, draw it full size. For every foot of object you would...
How to draw a straight line? Sounds simple doesn’t it? Draw a straight line. Go ahead, give it a try. Take your pencil and draw a straight line. Hint: drawing a line side to side is easier then up and down. Not easy is it? Now, try a ruler. In technical theater...
The script is the paperwork of the author to the audience. It just takes to rest of us to bring that paperwork to life. The creative team uses the script to discover what the author wishes to say. But then, we need to communicate how we wish to say our interpretation,...
After Elias Howe invented the first American-Patented sewing machine (in 1846) and Isaac Singer built the first commercially successful sewing machine (in the 1850s), the time-consuming and laborious task of sewing garments became faster and easier. High quality...
However, let’s get the pool built. First, pools take a lot more water than most people realize. A small pool 10″ deep and 4’ diameter contains 78 gallons of water. 78 gallons of water weighs 650 pounds, or, at 10″ deep, 51 pounds per square foot. That is a lot of...
Techie’s Corner As a continuation of last month’s column about “Rain On Stage”, this month’s column will focus on water on stage. Specifically, water in sinks. Next month, I will wind up this topic with a discussion of other types of water such as...
Water can be a great tool to add realism to the stage. We will be adding more water effects as they become available. We are thankful to Michael Powers for several articles on the wet stuff. Michael Powers has graciously allowed us to reprint his articles on the...
Well, here we are again at the Techie’s Corner. This month, we will wind up our section on methods of creating fake fire for the stage with a brief discussion on torches, candles and lanterns. Torches have been around, well, forever. In fact torches have been...
Hello and welcome to the TECHIE’S CORNER. When last I wrote we were discussing fire. This month’s column will touch on”Fire the Old Fashioned Way”. Fire has been a major problem in civilized urban areas as long as man has been civilized and...
Techie’s Corner – Fire and more fire. Last month we discussed what fire could do, some of the moods it could evoke and some situations and reasons for using it. For a review, please read last month’s article available in the back issues of TRE. As...
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