Exam 11: Image Makers: Designers

John Lee Beatty, who designed the Broadway production of The Heiress, studied with ________, who was heavily influenced by _____________________

In ancient Asian and Greek theatres, actors used a white-lead makeup or masks made of

The set designer visualizes the details of place, movement, and objects in space.

There has been a move away from the naturalistic, realistic sets that were the standard in the 19^th century theatre. In the 20^th century, non-realistic, impressionistic sets became common place. Discuss what changes in design philosophy accompanied this, including a discussion of one of the designers who contributed to the development of design.

Theoni V. Aldredge took many thousands of photographs in preparing to design

A quality wig has a large amount of hair knotted into it during "ventilation."

Character makeup enhances the actor's normal features.

Appia and Craig called for scenery to express the play's atmosphere instead of attempting to reproduce realistic details of time and place.

Costume design has only been a recognized design specialty for the last forty years.

By the late 19^th century theatre was dominated by naturalistic philosophy which called for

A rear elevation is a drawing used for construction purposes.

Barbara Matera is best known in the area of

Describe the two types of stage makeup. Pick a play that has been read, but not seen, in your class and create a makeup design for three of the characters. A description of the makeup and the reasons for it should be presented along with a visual representation.

Jo Mielziner designed the original production of Death of a Salesman.

Costumes establish in the audience's mind a great deal about the characters. After carefully reading the text, pick a play (that you have not seen) and develop a complete costume plot. Pay particular attention to ensuring that your audience understands the relationships of the characters. It is suggested that for each costume a short description of why the particular look was chosen be submitted. Some type of visual examples should also be presented.

In the design process, the scene designer's work is most frequently guided by the

Before the emergence of the modern scene designer, creating scenery was the job of

Scene designers begin the design process by

The hair and wig designer for the Broadway production of Cats is

The costume designer that had five hit musicals on Broadway at the same time is