An authoritative guide to modelmaking for theater
This third edition of noted scenographer Darwin Reid Payne’s landmark text builds upon Payne’s theories and exercises to provide a modern exploration of the practice of theatrical modelmaking. With chapters on traditional and contemporary materials, tools, and techniques, the book serves as a foundational guide to understanding the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of scenographic modelmaking, making it essential for the beginner, generalist, and professional design practitioner.
The volume begins with a brief history of the scenographic model and explores how modelmaking has adapted to changes in materials, technology, and commercial influences over time. It details setting up a safe, productive model-building studio before introducing the types and purposes of various scenographic models. It then instructs the reader in constructing common model elements and accessories. Later chapters explore how the models reveal stage space and create mood and atmosphere through tonal shading and lighting; discuss the use of found objects, collage techniques, and projection models in scenic design; and delve into 3D printing and computer routering. The final chapter provides information on various aspects of photography and image sharing related to design and production communication.
This comprehensive text provides information not just from theater but also from other modeling disciplines and sources, including architecture, film, dioramas, dollhouse modeling, and model railroading. A useful resource for high school, community college, university, and community theater enthusiasts, it is an excellent reference book for theater designers throughout the country.
The Scenographic Model, third edition, builds upon the theories and exercises of noted scenographer and author, Darwin Reid Payne, to provide a contemporary exploration of the art, resources, and practice of theatrical modelmaking. Bringing together a vast array of information on subjects like traditional and contemporary materials, tools, and techniques used in theatrical modeling, each chapter introduces the reader to fundamental aspects of modelmaking. The book serves as a foundational guide to understanding the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of scenographic modelmaking, making it essential for the beginner, generalist, and professional design practitioner.
Arvustused
"This book should be an essential reference in every designer's library. Covering the advantages and disadvantages of all the traditional methods, tools, and materials, it has now been smartly updated to include new approaches and technologies, bringing it in line with contemporary practice." Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, scenic designer and author of Glimmer
"The authors demonstrate how models can be a bridge between the designer's imagination and the physical environment to be created. Highly recommended." Paul C. Weimer, scenic designer and chair of performing arts, University of Southern Indiana
"The Scenographic Model reminds us that the physical hand-crafted model endures as an important artistic communication tool, enticing the creator and the viewer to imaginatively enter a small, intriguing fictional world."Margaret Mitchell, professor emerita of theatre arts and coauthor of Making the Scene
"A complete and comprehensive course of DIY instruction, this new and expanded third edition of The Scenographic Model from the Southern Illinois University Press is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and college/university library [ stagecraft, model-building, and 3D-printing] instructional reference collections and supplemental Theatre Department curriculum studies lists."James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Scenographic Model in History
1. Model Preparation
2. The Scenographic Modeling Process
3. The Scenographic Model in Fashioning Stage Space, Mood, and Atmosphere
4. Experimental Modelmaking
5. Emergent Technology
6. Photographing and Archiving the Scenographic Model
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Darwin Reid Payne was a professor emeritus of scenic design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of Materials and Craft of the Scenic Model, Theory and Craft of the Scenographic Model, The Scenographic Imagination, and Computer Scenographics.
Ronald Naversen, (Ph.D.) is a professor emeritus of scenic design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has worked as a freelance designer for numerous theatres including Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, the Vitalist Theater of Chicago, and the New Harmony Theater in Indiana. He has published articles in TD&T, Stage Directions, and Theatre Crafts.
Brad M. Carlson is an associate professor of theatre design and Chair of the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Truman State University, where he teaches scenic design, and stagecraft. His professional design work has been featured at The Rose Theatre in Omaha, The Human Race Theatre in Dayton, Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, and the New London Barn Playhouse, in New Hampshire.
