Stagecraft – Sylvan Hills High School

Describe production style and stylization.

Identify and use the elements of design

Identify and use the principles of composition

Identify and use the principles of color in design

All production elements (costumes, scenery, lights, make up, acting) follow a common set of characteristics

Historic periods overlapMany styles exists at the same timeElements of styles may be used to

describe historical periods

The use of specific compositional elements characteristic of a particular style or period to create the essence of the period.

The process of conceiving and executing a plan: creating a stylistic plan for the production concept to be used by all creative elements of production.

Line – a narrow elongated mark Dimension – the length and width of a

line. Quality – Its shape, value, and contrast

with surroundings. Character – Its emotional meaning.

Shape – Produced when a line encloses a space

Mass – the 3D manifestation of shape. (Depth)

Measure – judging the size of objects and their distances between.

Position – The location between adjacent shapes or masses.

Color – Generates physiological and cultural reactions.

Texture – Visual or tactile surface appearance or characteristics.

The cohesive unified manner of arranging the elements of design

Unity – A stylistic plan to which all parts of the design follow. (Each part is logically connected to the production concept.)

Harmony – The blending of elements to produce a flow of compliment.

Contrast – The juxtaposition of dissimilar design elements. (stronger in serious plays – to show tension)

Variation – Creates visual interest by removing monotony.

Balance – arrangement that gives a sense of restfulness, stability, or equilibrium. Symmetrical Balance – (mirror image

on left and right) Asymmetrical Balance – (left and right

do not mirror each other / Balance is achieved through contrast of elements

Proportion – The relationship of the parts of an object to each other and the whole. (Western concepts of beauty are based on proportion)

Emphasis – Directing the audience’s attention to a specific place (acting areas)

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Hue – The quality that describes the difference of one color from another (Blue, Red, Yellow, etc.)

Saturation (Chroma) – the amount (percentage) of a particular hue in a color mixture. (Fire engine red – dusty rose)

Value – the relative lightness or darkness of a color (lighter = high value, darker = low value)

Tint – a color with a high value (from a mixture of a hue with white pigment or light)

Shade – a color with a low value (from a mixture of one or more hues and black)

Tone – a color of middle value (from a mixture of hue, black and white)

White light contains the various colors of light.

Pigments are materials that absorb certain colors of light and reflect other colors.

The color of a pigment indicates what color light is being reflected.

Primary colors – hues that cannot be derived or blended from any other hue. In light – Red, Green, Blue (all

together make white) In pigments – Yellow, Magenta,

Cyan(all together make black) Secondary colors – hues that

result from mixing two primary hues In light – Yellow, Magenta, Cyan In pigments – Red, Green, Blue

Any two hues when mixed together produce white (light) or black(pigment).

Assignment Using pages 99 – 100 (brown book), identify the

usual or possible meanings of the specific colors listed: Yellow, orange, red, green, blue, violet, black, white, and brown.

Describe the style of your generation: clothes, colors, hair, etc.

List all of the complimentary color pairs that produce white light.

List all of the complimentary color pairs that produce black pigment.

Reminder: Design and Production Project Make Up/ Re-do Due by Friday.