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Set design day 12

So overall I think we have made good progress today, me and Ben spent the morning sorting out what size the pier and pavilion are going to be, we looked at the sight-lines of the audience in different rows of the seating bank and how this affected the height of the pier.

Using the scale model box we made this:

Don't worry, I annotated it:

We then planned what the structure should look like, and I made these sketches:

The Pavilion -

and a plan to show where the legs will be placed.

After working all this out, I made a model of the pier and Ben made a model of the pavilion platform, we used foam-board for the deck/gantry and balsa wood to make the legs. We then both decided to add in extra legs and supporting beams to make them look more realistic and like the research.

We made the models so that the Pier is able to be moved underneath the platform as it is not wanted during all parts of the show and so moving it in will allow it to be hidden a lot easier. This will mean adding wheels to the bottom of the pier.

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3/02/2014

Today we carried on working on perspective drawing. On Friday I finished drawing the West Side Story set so I was now ready to move on to sketching free hand (without grid lines) the Ubu set. I started drawing it out but felt it was wrong because to me it did not appear to be going to perspective. Alan told me that parts of it were going to perspective where as other parts were not, he said this was because I tried to draw out to much at once, and I needed to just concentrate on one aspect of the set at a time. He showed me how he would draw it taking each aspect at a time and drawing it out and then once he had showed me he rubbed out what he had done and made me draw out the set. After Alan had showed me this technique I found it a lot easier to draw out the set. To begin with I drew out the deck that was against the wall on one side. To do this I started in the deck that was up against the back wall. I started by drawing a straight line against the back of the wall and I used this as my working line. Once I had my working line I then extended both ends of the line to the perspective point. This gave me the deck that went across the back wall. I then looked back at the model and saw that there 3 separate pieces of deck against the wall two of them were rectangular and the last was at a triangular angle. To draw these I carried on the line drawn to the perspective point, which went from the line for the deck at the back wall. Once I had extended this out I then split it three times to create the back piece of deck and the piece of deck in the middle. Once I had split it I then drew another line that came from the perspective point to form the part of deck that sits against the wall. I extended this line past the end of the second rectangular deck, I did this because I could then draw a diagonal line to connect the line to the rectangular deck in order to form the triangular deck. With the outline of the deck drawn I then started drawing the legs for the deck, some of which stopped when they reached the deck and others that extended above the deck. These legs were easy to draw, because they were face on and anything that is face on is drawn with horizontal and vertical lines. However once I had drawn them I then had to make them 3D this is done by extending small lines from the corners of the legs to the perspective point. This was slightly harder because you had to work out, from eye how much of the side of the legs you saw before drawing it on the paper. However once I had the hang of it, it became easier. Once I had drawn on the legs and the various supports I started adding depth to the deck. To do this you extend a vertical line down on both sided of the object and connect them with a horizontal line. However if the object you are adding depth to is at an angle you extend a vertical line down and then draw a line in the angle the object is drawn at, this will give the object depth. After giving the deck depth I then moved onto adding another two layers to the deck against the back wall. To do this I used the model and worked out that the level on top of the deck was between the two standing legs, so to draw this I drew a line up from the line of the original deck and I then extended the ends of this line to the perspective point before blocking it of to make a cuboid. The next level was directly in the middle of what I had just drawn. Again I drew a line and then extended the ends to the perspective point. I then gave it depth. After I had finished adding in the different levels on the deck I moved on to add bits of detail in, like the crates at the front and the door underneath the triangular piece of deck. To draw the crates at the front of the set I had to use two point perspective. To do this I had to work out by eye where the perspective points were in order to make it look like it did on the model. After finding the perspective point I then drew a vertical line where I thought the boxes should be placed on the drawing. I the extended a line from the top of the line and the bottom of the line adhering to the perspective on the stage right, and a line from the top of the line and the bottom of the line adhering to the perspective point on stage left. I then blocked out between the two lines on both sides to form the start of a cube. I then extended a line from both of the vertical line to there opposite perspective points to form the cubes. I followed this process for all small boxes. When I drew out the box in the middle of the set I drew a rectangle and extended two lines, which adhered to the perspective point. I then blocked this off to form a cube. I then added detail to the cube to make it look more like a crate. After drawing out the boxes at the front I then drew the door under the triangular deck. To do this I drew two vertical line up from the floor. I then connected with two horizontal lines that followed the same angle as the deck. after drawing the door I then added detail to make it look like a barn door. With the door drawn I then moved onto what would be the final piece of the picture that I would draw which was the pole standing near the front of the model box. Again because it was facing me I drew with vertical and horizontal lines. I then made it look 3D by drawing small lines from the corners of the pole that adhered to the perspective point. With the pole drawn I then drew the net which comes down from the top of the pole and reaches the floor. I also drew in the tyre hanging from ceiling and rope which was also hanging from the ceiling. 

Here is my drawing of The Ubu 

After lunch we spent the afternoon reading through the script for the Beano. We did this because it would again give us a chance to recap what we already knew as well as give us locations, which we could use to produce a script breakdown. This script breakdown would help us when we were coming up with set ideas as we could each take a different scene and come up with ideas about it. 

Strengths 

Today I feel my main strength has been my improvement in my sketching skill. I feel this because I was able to draw out most of the Ubu set independently, with a little bit of help. Another strength I feel is that i now understand the Beano script more than I did when I first read it.

Weaknesses 

The main weakness I feel I have picked up on today is the fact that I still go to Alan for assistance when the thing I am trying to do is easy and I have in fact done it before. 

Plan of Action 

This week I plan to complete every task set by Alan independently and with a great degree of accuracy. I will also improve my weakness by recapping what I have done over the past week so that when we come to sketching again I can do it with out having to ask Alan for help. 

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30/01/2014

Today we continued to look at perspective drawing. We started the day by explaining to Jake what we did yesterday, as he was not in. This included going over the rules of the design room, what a designer does and the design process. Once we had explained that to Jake Alan went on to explain perspective and get him to do the drawings we had done yesterday. Whilst this was going on I continued to work on putting cubes and holes onto the wall of the auditorium, which I had started yesterday. When drawing the cube onto the wall you first draw a square somewhere on a wall ceiling or floor, this is done because it gives you the basis that will help you to draw the cube. Once you have the square drawn you the draw a line from each of the corners in line with perspective, you do this so it is correctly in perspective either the rest of the drawing. Once you have the lines drawn from each corner of the square to the perspective point you the make it into a cube by drawing two horizontal lines between the two line drawn from the perspective point. This will give you your cube which is in perspective to the rest of the drawing. When you are drawing holes into the floor, wall or ceiling you extrude two lines from the perspective point to the part of the picture you want the he to appear on. Once you have extruded the lines from the perspective point you then make the lines form a square by drawing two vertical lines between the line just drawn from the perspective point. Once this is drawn you then draw a horizontal line from the corner closet to you, in order to give you an edge of the hole. After drawing this line you the draw a line which starts at the end of the horizontal line to the edge of the square, in line with the perspective point. This line will give you another side of the hole. Once this line is drawn you then draw a vertical line from the top of the square to the point at which the horizontal line and he perspective line meet.

Here is the completed picture with holes and cubes drawn in the walls, ceiling and floor;

After I had completed the drawing of the cubes and the holes in the wall I moved on to start work on drawing the West Side Story set in perspective. To begin with I had to draw the auditorium with the perspective point near the top of the square which would be the back wall. The only difference with this box is I had to draw it to the scale it is in the theatre. The measurements I used to get it to scale were 24 centimetres wide and 12 centimetres high. Once I had drawn the square I put the perspective point towards the top of the square and then using the perspective point I drew lines from each of the corners in line with the perspective point to produce the walls of the theatre. Once I had drawn out the outline of the theatre I then had to grid it up. To do this I sectioned of the square in 2cm gaps along the width line and the height line. Once I had split the square with marks every 2cm I then drew lines from in line thing perspective point across the page. Once the lines were drawn I then had to draw horizontal lines across the page by eye in order to make the squares. I had to do this by eye which to begin with was hard because I wasn’t sure if the squares I was drawing were the correct size. However once I had drawn them Alan checked and they were correct.

Here is the drawing of the theatre gridded up ;

With the page gridded up I moved on to drawing a skeleton for the standing deck. To draw this I used the squares as a guide, because each square equalled a metre. Once I had drawn the skeleton for the standing deck I the extended the corner lines upwards. Once I had done this I concerted all of the lines together, ensuring that the lines were going towards the perspective point. With the uprights drawn I then went on to draw the bridge. I started drawing it but got stuck so Alan showed me how to draw it.

Here is a picture of the deck extended of the ground;

Here is the drawing with the gantry drawn on;

Strengths 

Today I feel that my strengths have been my improvement in the perspective drawing as I am now able to draw more accurately. Another strength I feel I have gained today is my ability to sketch more accurately.

Weaknesses

A weakness I feel I have seen today is the fact that I am still drawing my lines are still to hard. Another weakness I feel is that fact that I go straight to Alan when I am struggling to draw things.

Plan of Action

Tomorrow I will continue to work on improving my weaknesses and I also hope to progress further in drawing the West Side Story set or even finishing it.

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Research- Scarborough Pier

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Research- Victorian Art (Beach Paintings)

John Atkins Painting of Scarborough Beach (Above)

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Research- What the Butler Saw? penny machines and penny operated telescopes

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Research- Victorian Beaches

Victorian Beaches

1871 Bank Holiday Act and the expansion of the railways allowed more people to visit seaside’s. Costal towns like Blackpool, Scarborough, Llandudno and Brighton quickly became popular holiday resorts.

Working Classes from factory towns went on day trips whilst the wealthier members of society would visit seaside resorts for a week, staying in hotels or guest houses. In order to attract the visitors to their seaside town’s piers were built out into the sea.

Whilst at sea side towns people could enjoy different forms of entertainment these included;

Punch and Judy Shows

Eating Ice Cream (which was sometimes called hokey pokey)

Riding on Donkeys

Building Sand Castles

Eating Fish and Chips

Watching variety acts at music halls.

Most people could not swim in the Victorian period, they could only paddle. Wealthier people paid to get changed in bathing machines. Bathing machines were wooden carts pulled into the sea by horses. A lot of people couldn’t afford to buy costumes so they had to hire them. 

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