ABSTRACT

TV Scenic Design is a comprehensive resource for aspiring and practicing set designers. Summarizing the principles and practices of scenic design, it details design approaches, structures, and staging methods.

TV Scenic Design is a comprehensive resource for aspiring and practicing set designers. Summarizing the principles and practices of scenic design, it details design approaches, structures, and staging methods.

The information contained in the book can be applied to a variety of design situations, from campus or network TV studios, to exhibitions, audio-visual presentations or window displays.

Whatever the scale, space or budget, the methods described in TV Scenic Design will ensure professional results. Now expanded to cover 'virtual' set design, this new edition continues to be an invaluable aid to anyone involved in creating effective sets.

Contents:
The background of design * The basics of design organization * Scenic construction * Staging techniques * Staging practices * Shoestring staging * Scenic effect * Electronic reality * Scenic operation * The designer on location * Controlling the tone and color * Lighting and the designer * glossary * Index

Gerald Millerson's books on television and video have been acknowledged as among the best ever published. His other titles for Focal Press are Video Production Handbook, The Technique of Television Production, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film and, in the Media Manual series, Effective TV Production and Video Camera Techniques.

chapter |10 pages

The background of design

chapter |25 pages

The basics of design organization

chapter |44 pages

Scenic construction

chapter |46 pages

Staging techniques

chapter |19 pages

Staging practices

chapter |16 pages

Shoestring staging

chapter |15 pages

Scenic effects

chapter |20 pages

Electronic reality

chapter |21 pages

Scenic operations

chapter |6 pages

The designer on location

chapter |11 pages

Controlling tone and color

chapter |13 pages

Lighting and the designer