How does a scenic concept, so convincing from the audience’s viewpoint, fail on the stage? The answer often lies with the difference between an elevation and a floor plan. Elevation is looking at a set…
If you develop a concept sketch that is too detailed, the idea may seem complete before it has been fully explored. The thumbnail sketch solves this problem by having you sketch each possibility as a…
Take some graph paper and draw yourself the outline of a stage. Include a door, a chair and a platform. Now draw some lines connecting the door to the chair, then from the chair to…
A short script scene might contain just a handful of lines of dialogue, but it could imply a whole space. The clues aren’t restricted to obvious descriptions like “a cramped space” or “a dilapidated desk”.…