stagecraft

drawing at a high table ( . Stagecraft is a technical skill in theatrical, film, and video production. It includes constructing and rigging scenery; hanging and focusing of lighting; fabrication and procurement of costumes; make-up; stage management; audio engineering; and procurement of props. Stagecraft is distinct from the wider umbrella term of scenography. Considered a technical rather than an artistic field, it is primarily the practical implementation of a scenic designer's artistic vision. Stagecraft may be executed by a single person (often the stage manager of a smaller production) who arranges all scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound. Regional theaters and larger community theaters will generally have a technical director and a complement of designers, each of whom has a direct hand in their respective designs. Within significantly larger productions (for example, a modern Broadway show) staging a show requires the work of carpenters, painters, electricians, stagehands, stitchers, wigmakers, etc..

drawing at a high table ( . Stagecraft is a technical skill in theatrical, film, and video production. It includes constructing and rigging scenery; hanging and focusing of lighting; fabrication and procurement of costumes; make-up; stage management; audio engineering; and procurement of props. Stagecraft is distinct from the wider umbrella term of scenography. Considered a technical rather than an artistic field, it is primarily the practical implementation of a scenic designer's artistic vision. Stagecraft may be executed by a single person (often the stage manager of a smaller production) who arranges all scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound. Regional theaters and larger community theaters will generally have a technical director and a complement of designers, each of whom has a direct hand in their respective designs. Within significantly larger productions (for example, a modern Broadway show) staging a show requires the work of carpenters, painters, electricians, stagehands, stitchers, wigmakers, etc.. ==History== ==Sub-disciplines== Stagecraft comprises many disciplines, typically divided into a number of main disciplines: Lighting and lighting design, which involves the process of determining the angle, size, intensity, shape, and color of light for a given scene as well as hanging, focusing, procurement, and maintenance of lighting and special effects equipment, and aspects of show control. Makeup/wigs: The application of makeup and wigs to accentuate an actor's features. Mechanics: Design, engineering and operation of Flown scenery or flying of performers and mechanized scenic elements and special effects. Production, which includes stage management, production management, show control, house management, and company management Scenery, which includes set design, set construction, scenic painting, theater drapes and stage curtains, and special effects. Sound design, which can include musical underscoring, vocal and instrument mixing as well as theatrical sound effects. The sound designer is also responsible for the system design and build. Theatrical property, or props, which includes furnishings, set dressings, and all items large and small which cannot be classified as scenery, electrics, or wardrobe. Some crossover may apply. Props handled by actors are known as hand props, and props which are kept in an actor's costume are known as personal props. Wardrobe: costume design, construction, procurement, and maintenance. Video (or Projection) is a relatively recent field of stagecraft which is gaining recognition. As well as being a discipline in itself, its role may also be taken on by the Lighting or Scenery disciplines. Stage automation: is the use and control of moving electronics that have the ability to move set pieces, set dressings and stage floor among many other stage elements. Stage automation may also include rigging when a motor is used to control lines or objects. ==See also== Association of British Theatre Technicians International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, a labor union serving the interests of professional stagehands Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA), UK Running crew Samuel James Hume, organizer of the first exhibition of stagecraft in the US Sound stage Technical rehearsal Technical week United Scenic Artists, a labor union that represents professional designers in the entertainment industry United States Institute for Theatre Technology ==References==

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