Sculpting Space in the Theater: Conversations with the top set, light and costume designers - Softcover

Ebrahimian, Babak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240808665 ISBN 13: 9780240808666

Publisher: Focal Press, 2006

Synopsis

If you are working in theater involved in set creation, lighting or costume design this book will inspire you to reach the heights of the masters as you learn how they succeeded.

To move a world from text to stage requires unique and considered design. Sculpting Space in the Theater reveals the philosophy and process of the most influential set, costume and lighting designers working in theater today. The designers profiled in this book - all of whom have established a visible signature and particular design process - have had a remarkable impact in the field of theater design worldwide.

Interviews, illustrated with photographs and working sketches, reveal the vision behind designs, and personal anecdotes reveal lessons learnt, providing a practical insight into how designers approach their work, and achieve the effects they want.

.Theater professionals and students will learn from this unique guide how best to move a world from text to stage.
.The most influential theater designers gathered together in one book to share the secrets of their craft.
.Over 500 color illustrations detail each stage of the process to inspire theater designers to improve their art.

About this title

Book Description:

The only title to cover the collaboration of set, costume and lighting design in one inspirational volume.

About the Author:

Lecturer in theatre and cinema at Stanford and Columbia Universities. Trained Director who has worked extensively with American designers and has also designed many of his own sets. Author of The Cinematic Theater (Scarecrow Press, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0240808665
• ISBN 13: 9780240808666
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176