set dresser

Scene detail arranger

A set dresser is the crew member responsible for placing and arranging decorative objects on a film, television, or theater set.

Working under the set decorator, they handle furniture, artwork, lamps, books, and other items that give a space its lived-in character: The set dresser spent hours getting the detective's apartment to look authentically cluttered.

Opposites
creative hierarchy in production design

set dresserset designer

Theatrical environment creator

production designer · scenic designer · art director · concept artist · director

background environment vs. foreground performance

set dresseractor

One who portrays characters

performer · lead actor

Family

set, dresser, sets, setting, setter, setters, dress, dresses, dressed

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