The Stagecraft Handbook

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The Stagecraft Handbook Daniel Ionazzi Get the complete, illustrated guide to scenery constructionUsing nails and wood, fabric and paint, hardware and rigging, you create an illusion. You build the make-believe world of the play. Now you have a scene-shop manual to help you. In "The Stagecraft Handbook," Daniel A. Ionazzi, director of production for the UCLA Department of Theater, offers trap-room-to-grid guidance. Clearly written, heavily illustrated, this book covers every aspect of scenery construction. Turn here and learn about: the four primary stage configurations–proscenium, thrust, arena and environmentalflying scenery and moving floorsorganizing the scene shop to make good scenery quickly and inexpensivelyshop tools and safetyscaled drawings, models and other communications tools you'll use to translate the designer's vision into a setmaterials commonly used in building sceneryconstruction techniques for flats, platforms and other standard scenic unitsinstalling and rigging scenerymaintaining an inventory of stock sceneryLet "The Stagecraft Handbook" help you turn ordinary materials into extraordinary illusions. 208 pages Published October 15th 1996 by Betterway Book Amazon.com Review The Stagecraft Handbook strives to be lightweight, compact, and economical. Daniel Ionazzi leaves the specifics to the designers, but provides practical, reliable advice for those involved in setting the stage. With chapters on tools, scale drawings, scenic materials, joinery, flats, and rigging to fly, Ionazzi provides valuable know-how to help novice and experienced stagecrafters create their dream sets within practical boundaries of time and money.