scenic design
Theater visual environment
Scenic design is the art of creating the physical environment for a theatrical production, film, or television show.
A scenic designer plans sets, backdrops, and spatial elements that establish setting, mood, and atmosphere.
The discipline combines architecture, painting, and stagecraft: She studied scenic design at drama school.
Also called set design or stage design.
- backdropsScenery behind performers
- set piecesPrearranged tactical plays
- cycloramasCircular scenic paintings
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- technical drawingPrecise specification illustration
sightlines · scrims · mise-en-scène · stagecraft · sketching · model-making · props · ground plan · composition · rendering · scale model · art direction · perspective · color theory · architecture · dramaturgy · painting · curtain
- applied artsapplied arts, decorative arts, craftsmanship, furniture making, glassblowing
- stagingstaging, stage, set, set dressing, set decoration
- Ancient TheaterGreek theater, Roman theater, theatron, skene, orchestra
- entertainment designvisual effects, animatronics, theatrical makeup, special effects, pyrotechnics
- Film Artart direction, concept art, matte painting, movie posters, poster art
- Film Setsfilm sets, art direction, soundstage, backlot, set construction
scenic designsound design
Crafting audio for media
bare stage · costume design · lighting design · makeup design · choreography
scenic designsound design
Crafting audio for media
lighting design · incidental music · ambient sound · underscore