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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to stagecraft: Stagecraft – technical aspect of theatrical, film, and video production. Stagecraft is distinct from the wider scope of

scenography Scenography (inclusive of scenic design, lighting design, sound design, costume design) is a practice of crafting stage environments or atmospheres. In the contemporary English usage, scenography is the combination of technological and material ...

. Considered a technical rather than an artistic field, it relates primarily to the practical implementation of a

designer A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans. In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...

's artistic vision.

Essence of stagecraft

Stagecraft *

Cue (theatrical) A theatrical cue is the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time. It is generally associated with theatre and the film industry. They can be necessary for a lighting change or effect, a sound effect, or some sort of stage or set ...

* Curtain Call *

Rehearsal A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of practising, to ensure t ...

Stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta ...

* Theatrical constraints * Theatrical superstitions *

Technical rehearsal The technical rehearsal or tech rehearsal is a rehearsal that focuses on the technological aspects of the performance, in theatrical, musical, and filmed entertainment. Types Tech rehearsals generally are broken down into four types: dry tech re ...

* Technical week * Performance

Branches of stagecraft

Lighting

Lighting design In theatre, a lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text while keeping i ...

Lighting involves the process of determining the size, intensity, shape, and color of light for a given scene. Typical work includes hanging, focusing, procurement and maintenance of fixtures as well as some aspects of

show control Show control is the use of automation technology to link together and operate multiple entertainment control systems in a coordinated manner. It is distinguished from an entertainment control system, which is specific to a single theatrical depart ...

. * Electrician (theatre) *

Color temperature Color temperature is the color of light emitted by an idealized opaque, non-reflective body at a particular temperature measured in kelvins. The color temperature scale is used to categorize the color of light emitted by other light sources ...

Intelligent lighting Intelligent lighting refers to lighting that has automated or mechanical abilities beyond those of traditional, stationary illumination. Although the most advanced intelligent lights can produce extraordinarily complex effects, the intelligence l ...

LED stage lighting LED stage lighting instruments are stage lighting instruments that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source. LED instruments are an alternative to traditional stage lighting instruments which use halogen lamp or high-intensity discharge ...

Light plot A light plot, lighting plot or just plot is a document like an architectural blueprint used specifically by theatrical lighting designers to illustrate and communicate the lighting design to the director, other designers and finally the Master Ele ...

- Stage lighting - Stage lighting instrument - Stage lighting accessories

Audio

Sound design Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including ...

Sound, which can include musical underscoring, vocal and instrument Audio mixing (film and television), mixing as well as theatrical sound effects. *Audio engineering *Microphone - Sound - Smiley face curve

Carpentry

set construction Carpentry is the process of building Theatrical scenery, scenery, which can include scenic painting and soft goods (drapes and stage curtains). Scenic carpentry also covers ''mechanics'': the design, engineering and operation of Fly system scenery or flying of performers and mechanised scenic elements. *Carpenter (theatre) *Counterweight fly system - Rail (theater) - Rigging (theatre) - Scene shop - Scenery wagon -

- Theatrical scenery

Props

Theatrical property Props, which includes furnishings, set dressings, and all items large and small which cannot be classified as scenery, electrics or wardrobe. Some Theatrical property#Property department crossovers, crossover may apply. Props handled by actors are known as ''hand props'', and props which are kept in an actor's costume are known as ''personal props''.

Costumes

costume construction Costuming, known as the Wardrobe (clothing), Wardrobe department, is responsible for costume design, costume construction, construction and the procurement and maintenance of costumes. *Make-up artist - Wigs

Positions in Stagecraft

Management

*Stage management *Technical director *Production management (theatre) *House management *Company management

Technical

*Carpenter (theatre) * Electrician (theatre) *Fly crew *Property master *Pyrotechnician *Running crew *Spotlight operator *Stagehand *Theatrical Technician *Technical crew *Wardrobe supervisor

Design

* Costume Designer *Lighting designer *Scenic designer * Sound Designer * Video design

Stagecraft organizations

* International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees * PLASA * United Scenic Artists * United States Institute for Theatre Technology

History of stagecraft

History of stagecraft *2007 Broadway stagehand strike

General stagecraft concepts

Parts of a theatre

Terminology

*Bobbinet - McCandless method - Spike (stagecraft) - Tannoy * Theatrical production * Film production * Video production

Important technology

*Architecture for Control Networks, ACN - C-Clamp (stagecraft) - Color gel - Color scroller - Dimmer - DMX512 *Fog machine - Followspot - Footlight - Gobo (lighting) - Haze machine - Parabolic aluminized reflector light - Safety curtain - XLR connector

Venues

*Broadway theatre - Regional theatre in the United States - community theatre

Persons influential in the field of stagecraft

*Dale Ferguson (designer), Dale Ferguson - Designer *Neil Peter Jampolis - Lighting and Set * Samuel James Hume - Organizer of the first exhibition of stagecraft in the United States.

Costume Designers

*Jane Greenwood - Paul Tazewell

Lighting Designers

List of lighting designers *Andrew Bridge (lighting designer), Andrew Bridge - Howell Binkley - Luc Lafortune - Mark Henderson (lighting designer), Mark Henderson - Nigel Levings - Paul Gallo - Richard Riddell - Tharon Musser

Set Designers

*Allen Moyer - Carl Toms - Donald Oenslager - John Conklin - John Napier (designer), John Napier

Sound Designers

*Paul Arditti

Technical Directors

*Wayne Nakasone

Awards

*Dora Mavor Moore Award *TEC Awards *Tony Award for Best Stage Technician *Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Designer

Stagecraft lists

*List of theatre personnel *Running crew

References

External links

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