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THTR 1500: Intro to Production Design
Welcome
Researching Your Play
Production Design Overview
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Theatrical Designers
Theatrical Designer Presentation
Choosing a Designer
Need inspiration for picking a designer? Take a look at these lists:
The Hot List: 6 Go-To Set Designers | Broadway Direct
List of Famous Theatrical Set Designers | Ranker
The Best Sets From This Year’s Top Plays and Musicals | Architectural Digest
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design | Wikipedia
20 Great Hollywood Costume Designers You Should Know About | Taste of Cinema
List of costume designers | Wikipedia
Finding Information on Your Designer
1) Find biography books in
OhioLINK
or
CU Books
Search your designer's name as a keyword - for example "Edith Head" - and find books like:
Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer
by
Jay Jorgensen
Call #: OhioLINK
Publication Date: 2010
Edith Head: The Life and Times of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer
by
David Chierichetti
Call #: OhioLINK
Publication Date: 2003
You might even find books written
by
your designer, which provide insight into their design philosophy:
How to Dress for Success
by
Edith Head
Call #: OhioLINK
Publication Date: 2011
The Dress Doctor
by
Edith Head
Call #: OhioLINK
Publication Date: 2011
You can also search
Google Books
previews. If you find a book you like, search its title in OhioLINK or CU Books to see if you can request it.
2) Search
OneSearch
for biographical information in articles
Again search your designer's name (i.e. "Edith Head") as a keyword and find articles like:
Edith Head: How a Schoolteacher Who Couldn't Draw Became the Designer of Hollywood's Most Glamorous Costumes
A Fearless Woman, Ahead of Her Time
Gendered Labour, Gender Politics: How Edith Head Designed her Career and Styled Women's Lives
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