Applying directly to the experience of theatrical production, this work helps students relate the concepts and procedures they learn to their artistic work. It includes end-of-chapter questions and summaries, and is intended for actors, directors, and designers.

As a theatrical designer, it is vital for you to be able to develop your drawing skills to create renderings that can effectively communicate your visual idea. This book starts with the fundamentals of drawing, moves to the types of media, and finishes with specific exercises in each section that makes you proficient.

Aims to provide straightforward solutions to challenges faced by actors, make-up designers and wardrobe departments when dealing with hair and wigs for stage productions.

Created by some of Japan's talented and special effects make-up artists, this guide covers almost everything from easy scar make-ups to basic techniques to masks and full-scale prosthetics, with illustrations.

Suitable for film, television, and theatre makeup artists who need to know the basics on how to accomplish flawless makeup applications, this book offers fundamental practices and techniques usually known by Hollywood makeup artists.

Helps you to face the audience without fear, enjoy the moment and succeed. This book shows you how to: channel adrenaline into energy; excel in auditions, exams and concerts; cure shakes, jitters, butterflies and brain fog; survive mistakes and hazards on stage; and, enjoy confident performance.

In the world of film and theatre, character transformation takes a lot of work, skill, and creativity. Focussing on SFX, this book takes you through the many genres that need a special effects makeup artist, like horror, fantasy, and sci-fi. It also tells you about the tools you may need, and how to maintain your toolkit.

For anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work.

A practical guide to scene painting for students and novices, as well as a reference for intermediate scene painters. It provides instructions in how to paint a variety of basic and advanced effects commonly needed for the theater. It clarifies the origins of painting techniques. It also includes additional painting projects and their variations.

Are you stuck on writing your personal statement for drama school? Ever wondered just what audition songs actually belong on that famous 'overdone' list? Can you just not get seen for those auditions? This guide deals with these questions and offers advice on musical theatre, stage acting, film, television and other related issues.

Provides information for designers, covering traditional hand drafting techniques and computer-based drawing programs. This book covers the basic tools, principles of scenic drafting, professional applications for the stage, motion pictures, television, trade shows, and amusement park scenery. It includes a chapter on virtual scenery and lighting.

Using personal experience, the author introduces the concept of art and design for performance. Each chapter contains a concise text, informative illustrations and practical exercises to stimulate exploration in both two and three dimensions. Examples illustrate the methods adopted and practised in theatre schools and companies.

Details concepts, procedures, and guidelines to ensure a successful production. This book explores troubleshooting principles, working relationships, and technologies. It provides a linear aspect of building a show from beginning to end.

Useful for theatre designers using 3D software for computer visualisation in the theatre, this book presents a guide to the creative design process and provides an introduction to the use of computers in live performance. It covers the software packages and techniques for 3D modelling alongside creative ideas and concepts for working in 3D space.

Aims to take you on a journey of exploration into the heart of the world that paints pictures and tells stories with one of the most basic of all materials - light.

A general introduction to the central role of technology in contemporary theatre production.

Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practical guide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by men between the 16th and 19th centuries.