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Two Dimensional Scenery (for 4/1/99)
2-Dimensional Scenery
Lecture Notes
Page references are to:
J. M. Gillette, Theatrical Design and Production (3rd ed), Mayfield, 1997.Types:
- Drops
- Drapery
- Framed scenery
- Components: doors, windows, trims
Drops:
Materials:
- Muslin
- Scrim or gauze
- Other and combined
Assembly:
- Horizontal seam
- Top attachment
- Webbing
- Batten
- Bottom attachment
- Pipe or chain pocket
- Batten
- Cut Openings
- Gluing and filling
Drapery:
Types:
- Travel
- Guillotine
- Tableau
- Contour
- Braille
- Roll
Materials:
- Velour
- Monks cloth
- Scrim or gauze
- Other
Assembly:
- Webbing top
- Chain pocket bottom
- Vertical seams
- Fullness or panels
Framed Scenery
Types:
- Traditional
- Hollywood
- Framed drop
- Special constructions
- Door and window flats
- Irregular shapes
Materials:
- Soft
- Muslin
- Velour, other
- Hard
- Lauan
- Wafer board and other
Assembly:
Parts:
- Rails (full width)
- Stiles
- Toggles
- Corner brace
- Corner blocks & Keystones
Process:
- Assembly
- Covering
- Soft: Gluing and trimming
- Hard
Special constructions
- Hard shapes: cutout and frame as needed.
- Soft shapes: attach profiles to regular shapes and cover.
- Doors and windows:
- Create with added toggles in a standard flat
- Create by arranging standard flats around the opening
Components
- Doors
- Windows
- Trims
Doors and Windows
Types:
- Dependent
- Independent
Parts:
- Doors:
- Shutter
- Reveal
- Casing
- Windows:
- Sash
- Reveal
- Casing
Trims
Types:
- Cornices and coves (ceiling corners)
- Casings for doors, windows, openings
- Wainscots, picture rails, baseboards
- Pilasters, columns
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