In creating my other Lens on theater set design (look in the right column), a few questions kept popping up from visitors - because I hadn't thought of them. So, Finally, Here are a few answers to the puzzles that a theater production can...

We wanted to make something different. Something people hadn't seen before. I couldn't rely on finding an existing setting that would serve our needs and the colors we were envisioning. A seamless paper backdrop wouldn't have the same effect we were going for. So I had to build a set. With pretty m

Building film sets: film sets only appear real when seen from the camera's viewpoint. When seen from any other angle the reality behind the illusion is exposed - basic, timber, temporary construction

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A selection of sets and props I designed, built, and directed students to build during my tenure as Quince Orchard High School Theatre's Technical Director. Design considerations were the artistic nee...