Product Details

• Actors: David C. Shawger Jr.
• Directors: Joseph Lamirand, James Porter
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: October 1, 1987
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1879927004
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #491,251 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Andrea Ludwick, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, Virginia

"I teach a theatre workshop where my students wrote critiques on the videos. I could tell by the presentations that the students learned a great deal."

Product Description

This is a question often asked by beginning theatre students when building a set for the first time. David C "Kip" Shawger, Associate Professor, Scene Designer at Ball State University, helps you start basic set constuction by highlighting the basics of economical and effective set construction techniques:

-building supplies and tools
-putting a set together
-flats and platforms
-window frames and door jams
-stiffeners and jacks
-dutchmaning
-moldings and finishing touches
-examining a completed set

Designed for introductory drama classes, this video teaches the basic concepts of scenic construction right in your classroom! Teacher's guide & selective bibliography in-cluded.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginning Theatre Teachers and Students, May 25, 2008

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Ida Lizabeth "goodwin413" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Do I Start? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This very thorough video is a great asset for the teacher with beginning students who need to learn how to make and put theatre flats together. It goes step by step and explains all of the processes and materials involved; it is appropriate for high school or beginning college students. It comes in handy for small groups of students who might need a tutorial while the teacher/tech director is busy working on other tasks for the production. I highly recommend it as a reliable how-to presented by an experienced college tech director/teacher.