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Advice sought from set builder / designer

Wed, 1 Aug 2007, 08:57 pm
Johnny Grim7 posts in thread
Hello people's. A lad in sane productions next production has a couple of tricky / major set changes at rather inapprpriate times (damn those stupid playwrights who pay no creedence to feasability). I was hoping someone with vast expereince may be kind enough to discuss said changes and offer words of wisdom, or even better may wish to be involved with our production in October. cheers Johnny Grim 9355 5591 johnnygrim@optusnet.com.au

"stupid playwrights who pay

Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 02:41 pm
"stupid playwrights who pay no creedence to feasability" I know that's probably a sarcastic comment, but as a playwright I know I think about set and the possibilities of it moving on and off. As a director of plays I try and put myself into the eyes of the playwright and think what they would be thinking about set at the time of writing. If scene change music goes for a certain amount of time it's for a reason. If there is a minor set which turns into a major set with virtually non scene change music I think of a curtain to hide the change. It's these little clues within the script that to me point out how 'feasible' a set should be. Almost like an instruction sheet for building set. Surely a set has to be designed to fit with changes...if your set isn't going to work out, maybe it's too big, too indepth or something like that...rather than a flaw of the play. ...in saying that I have seen some tight set changes, but have always found ways to work them out. ____________________________________________________________ Currently working on: A nice break before jumping into my next project.

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