Andy has told us that the sets we design should be compatible with the proscenium arch stage at the Theatre Royal in Margate. This stage is also a lot less wide in its proportions than my initial design sketch so I am going to work out the exact dimensions then attempt to produce both a virtual and card model to help me with the proportions of my design.
The dimensions below were worked out by finding a real measurement written on the diagram, eg. the width of the proscenium arch is 27ft , converting feet into mm then dividing that measurement by the same width as measured by a ruler on the diagram which gives us the scale of the diagram in this case it was 1:52 so I could then find the actual dimensions by neasuring the diagram and multplying by 52.
The same process as before was applied to this diagram this time the scale of the drawing was 1:115.9 meaning to find the actual dimensions I needed to multiply my measurements by 115.9 each time.
Now that I had the measurements I was able to use the 3d program Google Sketch Up to produce a virtual model of the stage, below is an image of my progress so far, I plan to use this model to give me a better idea of the proportions my designs should be.
Hello Jennie
ReplyDeleteGood work with Sketch-up. I won't say too much more at this stage, having just posted a comment on your moodboards. However, I look forward to seeing the next development.