Scenic design also known as Stage design is the creation of theatrical scenery. Scenic designers have traditionally come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but nowadays, generally speaking, they are trained professionals, often with M.F.A. degrees in scenic design. The scenic designer is responsible for collaborating with the theatre director and other members of the production staff to create an environment for the production and then communicating the details of this environment to the technical director, charge artist and props master. Scenic designers are responsible for creating scale models of the scenery, renderings, paint elevations and scale drawings as part of their communication with other production staff. Look up scene on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... The technical director is usually the senior technical person within a single business unit of a company. ... A charge artist leads and oversees the painting of stage scenery. ... A scale model is a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object being represented. ... Rendering in visual art and technical drawing means the process of shading and texturing of an image, especially a realistic one. ...

In Europe scenic designers take a more holistic approach to theatrical design and will often be responsible not only for scenic design but costume, lighting and sound and are referred to as theatre designers or scenographers. Like their American cousins European theatre designers and scenographers are generally trained with Bachelor of Arts degrees in theatre design, scenography or performance design. Scenography is the practice of making theatre including sets, costumes and texts from a theoretical and practical point of view. ...

Notable scenic designers include:

Adolphe Appia, Boris Aronson, Howard Bay, Edward Gordon Craig, Barry Kay, Ralph Koltai, Ming Cho Lee, Santo Loquasto, Jo Mielziner, Jean-Pierre Ponelle, Josef Svoboda, Peter Wexler, Franco Zeffirelli Boris Aronson (c. ... Edward Gordon Craig (16 January 1872-29 July 1966) was a British actor, producer, director and scenic designer. ... Barry Kay (born [[Melbourne[[ 1932 - died London 1985), trained at the Academie Julien in Paris, was a highly talented and internationally acclaimed stage and costume designer. ... Jo Mielziner (1901-1976) is an American theatrical designer born in Paris, France. ... Gianfranco Corsi (born February 12, 1923), better known as Franco Zeffirelli, is an Italian film director. ...

See also

• Scenography
• Set construction

Scenography is the practice of making theatre including sets, costumes and texts from a theoretical and practical point of view. ... In drama, the set (or setting) is the location of a storys action. ...

External links

• Scenography - The Theatre Design Website Theatre Design / Scenography
• Society of British Theatre Designers Theatre Design
• What is Scenography Article illustrating the differences between US and European theatre design practices
• Stagelink Production and Set Designer Directory