Book description
The Technical Brief is a collection of single-focus articles on technical production solutions, published three times a year by the prestigious Yale School of Drama. The primary objective of the publication is to share creative solutions to technical problems so that fellow theatre technicians can avoid having to reinvent the wheel with each new challenge. The range of topics includes scenery, props, painting, electrics, sound and costumes. The articles each describe an approach, device, or technique that has been tested on stage or in a shop by students and professionals.Some articles included are:
Building Authentic Elizabethan Ruffs; Simple and Inexpensive Stained Glass; A Quick-Load Floor Pulley Design; A Simple Approach to Stretching Drops; Flexi-Pitch Escape Stairs; Spot-Welding Scrim with Sobo; Handrail Armatures for a Grand Staircase; The Triscuit-Studwall Deck System; A Frameless Turntable; Stand on Stage: Minimum Weight, Maximum Effect; A Self-Paging Cable Tray; Roller Chain Turntable Drives; A Bench-Built XLR Cable Tester
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Costumes
- Lighting
-
Lighting Effects
- A Schmitt-Trigger Practical Switch
- Moving Leaves by the Power of Spring
- A Ground-Fog Generating System
- A Phase-Changing Moon Box
- The World’s Brightest Glowing Thing
- Disappearing Footlights
- Modifying Kodak’s Fun-Flash® for Theatrical Effects
- Simultaneous Realtime Control of Sound and Light with MIDI
- A Sure-Shot Fireball Effect
- A Motorized, Mirrored Rain Effect
- Theatrically Safe Outdoor Bonfires
- A Free-Falling Ball of Light
- Painting
-
Props
- More Stage Blood
- Low-Tech Ghost Effects: Moving Furniture
- Latchless Rotating Shelving
- Rat Trap Stage Trick
- A Flashing Cane for Casting Spells
- Building Distorting Mirrors
- Pneumatic Debris Cannons
- A Recycled-Bike Rig for a “Zinging” Puppet
- A Simple Approach to Complicated Theatrical Sculpture
- Ornate Chandeliers Made Simple
- Maskmaking 101
- Creating a Glass-Block Effect
- The Cheap, Easy, and Effective Snow Machine
- Rigging Hardware
- Rigging Techniques
- Safety
-
Scenery
- Lightweight Acting Cubes
- Step Modules for Stock 6:12 or 8:10 Stairs
- Flexi-Pitch Escape Stairs
- A No-Weld Spiral Staircase
- Pinless (and Painless) Pipe Pockets
- Spot-Welding Scrim with Sobo®
- Handrail Armatures for a Grand Staircase
- Tube Steel Perimeter Framing for Flats
- Triscuit Cart
- A Pre-Cambered Overhanging Ceiling
- Whalers — Low-Profile Stiffeners for Steel-Framed Flats
- A Space-Saving Rain Wall
- Fabric Hinges for Space Frame Flats
- PVC Framing for Non-Weight-Bearing Scenery
- A Modified Parallel Platform Unit for Audience Risers
- Scenery Decks
- Scenery Electronics
- Scenery Hardware
-
Scenery Mechanics
- A Pneumatic Floor Lock System
- Tap-Water Hydraulic Power
- A System for Rotating Linked Periaktoi
- A Telescope-Stabilized Lift Rig
- A Spring-Driven Revolve
- Single-Orientation Curved Tracking
- Rotating Doors
- A Pneumatic Tab Turner
- Roller Chain Turntable Drives
- A Hand-Driven Endless-Loop Turntable Drive
- A Plausible, Practical Raft
- Flipping Trap Unit
- A Control Rig for a Down-Opening Trapdoor
- Mini Paint Roller Piston
- Scenery Tools
-
Sound
- How to Use Your Headset as a Page Mic
- Amplified-to-Line Signal Converter
- Two Head Attachment Methods for Wireless Microphones
- A Device to Determine Sound System Polarity
- Making a Prop Tape Player Cueable
- A Bench-Built XLR Cable Tester
- Inexpensive Digital Noise Reduction
- Two-Scene Sound Control
- Recreating an Acoustic Space with Discrete-6 Recording
- Combined Topical Index: Volumes I and II
Product information
- Title: Technical Design Solutions for Theatre
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2012
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136082771
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