Working In The Theatre: Scenic Design
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Follow the journey of Tony and Obie Award Winner Beowulf Boritt and Obie and Hewes Design Award winner Mimi Lien as they explore the process of a Scenic Designer. Find out how they got started, what it takes to work in this profession, and how the scenic design is informed through collaboration with many other key members of the theater.
For more information on Beowulf Boritt: www.beowulfborittdesign.com/
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For more information on Mimi Lien:
www.mimilien.com/
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Who came here from school
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Me, I watched it for tech theater.
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this video is really long, so if you have stagehand and have to fill out this google form like i do, i've done all the work for you.
question one: what does beowulf think of scenery design as? a transformation of _____ over _____. *
answer: space over time (4:25)
question two: what is the first thing mimi thinks about when given a space with flexible seating? *
answer: what the relationship is between the audience and the play. (5:17)
question three: according to mimi, why do choreographers and architects get along? *
answer: they think about space in a sculptural way. (19:49)
question four: what made beowulf's design for act one at lincoln center more eco-friendly? *
answer: the props were either reused from old sets or borrowed from other productions. (24:50)
✰ make sure to change up the wording a bit! hopefully this helps at least one person.
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Your literally Jesus thank you
i am an architecture student. An i have theater Design for my Thesis project. the more i learn about theater, the more i am drawn into the field of scenic designing. Theater was introduced to me at an early age and i hope that i can pursue my career as a scenic designer , art director in the future
+Mario Pathaw Thank you, Mario! Glad this could help.
Can I just say though, Beowulf is such a badass name....
Ikr? I think the name came from a short story of the same name about medieval knights and stuff like that. But I totally agree. I remember reading that story in my world history class lol.
@Shux Nyx Oooh I remember it now, thanks! It was an interesting poem.
I just realized this is something I can and would like to do.
who else watching for school. Can yall email me 10 facts from the video?
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I’m a freshman in high school and started an internship in set building/technical theater. It’s amazing to see where the drawings me make come to life come from, and how much effort goes into it. Sets seem to a lot of people to be a given part of a show, with the assumption that it was easy to create. This definitely proved that wrong
Omg I know you posted this a while ago but how did you find an internship that would take someone so young! That’s so cool!!
How’s your career going now?
The rotating set with different locations is a superb idea! such an inspiring video ^_^ ❤
Sruthi Nambiar it's so efficient, too! I designed the set for my senior musical of "Annie" and one side was the orphanage and it was a trifold that could separate and rotate into the mansion. (2 techs would also bring out columns to add to the feel) With such a small stage and even smaller budget it was perfect and one of my proudest moments.
Beowulf Boritt? What a great name!
Couldn't sets be auctioned off? I'm sure there'd be some wealthy patrons of the arts who have the money and space to store them. And that would bring money back to the theatre, as well, so it'd be a beautiful, full-circle situation.
+MoGyver Holmes True! Or I feel like they should be donated to local community theaters and or high schools.
Mo Poppins lots of places just don’t feel like it and mostly don’t have the time
It’s much more complicated than this. Many a times the set is made to last through a production and not meant to be relocated or reused in other spaces for obvious safety concerns. The issue is often there’s no good reason to save a set as a while but there’s often pieces that get kept such as usable pieces of wood like example 2x4’s over 2’ long are reusable, plywood over 2’ square is too. It’s the materials that get kept and the rest that’s often pitched. Unless you’re rich and can afford to scratch build everything
What an in-depth video! I love to hear about people who work in theater. Thanks for uploading!
What I loved was how the set designers would know when to use simply a set piece like a desk or bed, or when the feel of the play was more right to have the entire house shown with different rooms and whatnot.
I am an actress and I am studiying architecture as a second career (I love both) and when I read the comments and watched this video I felt like I finally belonged. Thank you.
this video single handedly made me want to go back into scenic and set design.
This video single handily made me want to jump off a bridge
Matthew Troy than don’t watch it
Bob The Duffel Bag or do
@@matthewtroy5249 Why
25:03 I saw this show, the sets were incredible!
I read An Octoroon for Theatre History and loved it, so cool to hear from a scenic designer about how she made it Brechtian too
I saw her work at American Repertory Theatre in Boston. I was thrilled to known that she had won the prestigious MacArthur foundation genius grant award.
I am a technician apprentice in a theatre that is only for guest performances and it's often really interesting to see what kind of set ideas different companies come up with and all that good stuff.
This is so cool! I love this video! Set design looks so hard but so easy and very fun to do! Thanks for the video!
It was very interesting seeing the process of how they come up with their ideas, very inspiring!
What sorts of Materials do you use when you're making your smaller figures like Chairs, beds, etc. Any furniture really. I am having trouble finding what I need exactly. I am in a production class and we have to design a set, and i chose "A Streetcar Named Desire" which is proving a bit more challenging than I had originally though. My biggest struggle though is keeping things in the right Scale, as well as creating the figures by hands, and what materials I need to create them.
This is the best video series!!! Please keep them coming!!
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I am so proud to have known Mimi Lien.
Thank you so much for this video.. I am very much interested in pursuing a career in scenic design and I now attend an arts college for Illustration. I considered going to college instead for theatre design but chose to enhance my skills in drawing first. This video very much help understand the process of scenic design and that not everybody has to go to college for theatre in order to pursue a theatre career.
This video series helps me understand about tech theater in general sm!
This is great! Thanks for the video. I work for a local road house and it's always when the more creative, unusual or unique the productions are that come through or rent the space to be created where I am at the more excited I am to be a part of it. set design is something I am working towards involving myself in as a more primary focus and I found this video inspiring.
I was wondering if anyone knew the program beowolf is using during the 7th to 8th minute mark?
25:40 - EXACTLY .... When I made something and my Mom want to put it in a trash .... I always say NO ! I'll maybe use that somewhere someday
This is soooo helpful, as a new playwright.
This is very inspirational, ans intriguing. Thanks for the help it makes a lot of difference.
Best career video I've ever seen. Thank you. 😌
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I love how much effort is put into the design.
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this was great!
where in america can you study to do this?
I am a screen writer I'm just watching because I love seeing the stage "come alive"
Thanks Candyce! You should also check out our episode on Lighting Design. czcams.com/video/wqMYsjHU5rU/video.html
What show is the one with the turning set
I have severe budget envy! I might sometimes get £400... Really interesting video, thanks.
i love the music 😭
Hey guys! Great behind the scenes views!It's pretty hard to "explain" theatre. So You did a great job with this series.
Researching for a fandom project. This is really interesting.
Hi, I am in high school still, but I am extremely interested in theatre technical production. I was just wondering what are all the positions in technical production. Thank you!
I'm also in high school, so this is by no means a professional answer, and this is just how my school divides the work, but in Stagecraft, there are usually 5 groups that make up the Set Crew.
-Builders, who actually build the set with drills and screws and all that
-Painters, who paint the set after it is built along with any backgrounds
-Propmasters(sort of an unofficial group, usually people who move between the first two groups end up here), who make props, a bit self-explanatory
-Techies, who work with lighting and curtains/flies (I admittedly know nothing about this)(EDIT: Oh shit, and sound. Techies also do sound)
-Costumes, who design, sew and fit the costumes for each actor
Once most of the stuff is built, the people who have put in the most effort, shown up the most, etc. are chosen for Stage Crew, which moves things during the show. I work mostly in the first three crews, though I have worked on costumes before. I know nothing about what Techies do.
@@bennett8921 Yea. We have all of those at my highschool, but our teathre teacher is like a college type of hard. It's fun though working with them and stuff. Light and sounds are seperet from them,
I am interested to know if all scenic designers are in Local 289 and have gone through the apprenticeship process.
Hey does any one know where you would start to get into the business always loved making and creating displays or little mini sets
Offer your services to small theater companies where you live, like community theatres and schools. Learn how to design on a shoestring budget. Do as many different types of theater as you can: plays, musicals, opera, ballet, etc. to broaden your horizons and your portfolio. And read, read, read. Good luck.
@@tommytimp Read what? Sorry, I was eves dropping since I also want to get involved with this field.
@@LoiselsPhotography Read everything. Read the "Best Plays" volumes in your library, see if you can find back issues of Theatre Crafts magazine. Read Frank Rich's book on Boris Aronson. Find a copy of American Set Design 1 and 2 to get perspectives from a lot of the big names from the recent past. The library can be your best friend.
Verry nice channel 👏😻
I'm ab interior designer transitioning into sound studio set design for film soon.
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An opening night on broadway... it's kind of magic.
His sets are way more interesting than hers, honestly. And I do not think that takes away from the story of a play. I think it draws you more in, when it's something believable. Something different can believable too, but just a few walls take me out of it.
WoooW you make me love my major study (Theatre Set design) which I hated it because of some mysterious reasons.... I want to study it again with you and by the way I'm now digital painter and I want to use digital drawing and painting in scenic design.... Any tutorials?
where did you study theatre set design
My dream career
P.s. Why don't theaters and warehouses just take apart any unwanted set pieces that are taking up space and recycle the materials?
Recycle them how? Scenery is steel and wood and foam and fabric many times all glued together...
A lot of stowed away set pieces are reissued for the same shows in nearby areas
I take tech theater at my school and most of the wood pieces we use are from old sets which is actually very annoying because they tend to have tons of holes in them and are much more tedious to use.
what's the software you use for scenic design?
They are usually using Autocad or Vectorworks and Photoshop.
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Well now that it's 2020, the last show I was in used mostly green screen with a few props from storage to add depth lol
What shows
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