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Set Design

Teach your students how to maintain top notch production values in facilities that range from the high school "cafetorium" to state-of-the-art theaters with PTT?s Set Design program.

Key Concepts

• Provides examples of various types of common interior and exterior set designs: Box Sets, Unit Sets, and Wing and Drop Sets, as well as combinations of those three types.
• Demonstrates how to analyze a script to determine technical demands.
• Offers hands-on group projects such as researching for period plays, working with the director and other designers to achieve a specific style, and directional compositions.
• Analyzes common aspects of set design including sight lines, furniture placement and traffic patterns, and basic scale drawing.

Features & Benefits

• Flexible Format - Use the entire program as a six-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.

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