Basic Set Construction & Theater Safety
Shop Safety & Set Construction For The Acting Teacher
Many Secondary Theater Teachers have a very strong background in performance and directing, but feel less comfortable swinging a hammer or using a power tool. Basic Set Construction and Theater Safety is a program geared towards those teachers and towards aspiring technical theater students. The program was developed by Bob and Marti Fowler, career theater teachers with over 70 years of combined educational and professional theatrical experience.
Theater Safety
A theater can be a very dangerous place to work. While this program is by no means an exhaustive OSHA analysis of your theater, there are basic safety rules that apply to any theater.
Tool Safety
Set Construction and Theater Safety also shows, through demonstration, not just lecture, how to safely use common hand tools. These tools are divided into three categories: measuring and marking, cutting and shaping, and joining tools.
Set Construction
Set Construction and Theater Safety begins with a tour of a completed interior set. The DVD then breaks the set into it's component parts. The tour stops and returns to the shop and shows how to construct practical set pieces such as platforms, stair units, and wagons. Scale drawings, and computer generated graphics reinforce the construction techniques shown on the program. Flat construction is next, including joining techniques such as how to use hinges and lash lines, battens and keeper hooks, and how to dutchman. Finally, how to dress out a set with set props is examined.
Striking the Set
Striking a set can be the most hazardous time of a production.
Basic
safety guidelines and the order in which a set is struck are covered.
Features & Benefits
- Flexible Format - Use the entire program as a fifteen-day lesson plan, or select individual topics as necessary-all at the click of a button!
- Instant Access - The latest DVD technology, enables you to navigate topics by chapter and instantly find specific lessons in the program. This eliminates time-wasters such as fast forwarding and rewinding. Also makes it simple to help individual students make up a missed class or perform remedial work.
- Support Materials on CD-ROM - Includes all lesson plans, handouts, worksheets, and tests, both performance and written. Everything is cross-referenced to National Standards For The Arts. And you have permission to reproduce the materials for classroom use!
- High-Quality, Durable Media - Digital video provides a clear, high-quality picture, and with proper handling DVDs last many years with minimal wear.
- No Special Equipment - DVDs play on any standard DVD player or computer equipped with a DVD drive.
- Professional Production Values - Practical Technical Theater is produced by Interactive Educational Video LLC.
- Easy Ordering Process - Submit a purchase order from your school for easy ordering and fast delivery. Call (314) 650-3873 or view Our Ordering Information on this website.
