The art of scenic design : a practical guide to the creative process /: a practical guide to the creative process. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Mark Morgan.
• Authors: Morgan, Robert Mark
• Editors: Volz, Jim
• Contents: List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: "And Just Like That'Let's Recognize the Theatrical Identity CrisisRely on Story - AlwaysAdjacent Possible and the Liminal SpaceWhat Has Changed … and What Has Not1. The Designer as a Child FuturistWho I Am and Why You Should Bother to CareThe Creative Adult is the Child Who SurvivedCreativity ScarsTake the Risk of Not KnowingYou Are a Designer EverydayTwo Worlds That Collide at the Stage Edge2. Empathy and Answering "What Story Are We Telling' With CollaboratorsThe Beginning of the Design Journey - and the Possibility Represented in 'What If…'Creating Creative SpaceThe Design Jacket and How it Fits (or Does Not Fit) the PlayIf/then as a Catalyst for Design IdeasRenaissance Teams3. The Importance of Research as 'Fuel' for ANY ProcessThe Playlist of the MindDesigner as Translator into a Visual LanguageVisual AlchemyDesigner as Visual Collector (Bordering on Visual Hoarder)Get Your Inspiration from ANYwhere!Responsibility to the Story as a StorytellerIdentifying PatternsIdentify What is Your "Cup of Tea"…and Ignore ThatPrimary and Secondary Research4. Clawing and Scratching out an IdeaDesign is Messy…and Lose the BoxesGet Lost in the WoodsAcross Space and TimeThe Design Digestive System Avoiding the Self-editYour Inner ClownWhat is Working…and What Isn't?Answering 'What if…' with Your PencilSpace, Time, and the Default Mode Network5. Modeling and Shaping an Object and an IdeaYou are Your Own InstrumentDon't Tell Me, Show MeThe Saint Joan SagaThe Model: It's Not Jewelry. Don't Fall in Love.Modeling as Prototyping6. Creative Swings, Career Fields, and Collaboration Collaboration is KeyThe Myth of the Sole GeniusThe Path vs the FieldDon't Fit In. Don't Try to Fit In.Q-Theory and the Creative TeamDesign as Collaborative Craft7. The Tech and Preview Process - the Ultimate Proof-of-ConceptRecognize Your RoleA Musical Factory with Lessons to SpareThe Leap of FaithThe Playwright as ProphetThe Promise of the Payoff8. The Inevitability of Failure and the Sea of CriticismCourage: The Man (or Woman or Person) in the ArenaDo No Harm, Take No ShitA Moon for the Misbegotten and the Very Public FailureChannel the Haters: Prove them Wrong9. Where Do We Go From Here?The Certainty of UncertaintyTake Stock: What has not ChangedRe-think the Theatre Volume: Where Are We…and Where is 'Where'?Don't Pack Up!NotesFurther ReadingIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 792.025; Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350139565; 9781350139572
• Related ISBNs: 9781350139558; 9781350139541
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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