Monday, March 24, 2008
What does the predominance of projections augur for set design?
Live Design: "As projections become ever more integrated into scenic designs on stage, their seeming ubiquity made us ponder the following questions: What does the increasing predominance of projections augur for the world of set design? Does it enhance the art or detract from it? Recently, five prominent set designers — David Gallo, William (Bill) Dudley, Michael Yeargan, Narelle Sissons, and John Lee Beatty — took time from their busy schedules to share their thoughts on projection. Has it become a collaborative tool in the design arsenal? Or something that will render the set designer's craft obsolete?"
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I think that as for projections taking off for actual sets is a ridiculous thought. Just like JLB says at the end it was the same for lighting. That some new media comes to play into the world of theatre design and people think that it is totally going to change everything. I do think that will be seeing more of them in the future, but they could never totally take over for sets.
Eh. It's just another tool a designer can use. Dick has mentioned this before; you learn a cool new trick in design/painting/whatever, and you want to use it all the time. It's about what fits the production.
There's always consideration to be taken, but I don't think it radically changes anything especially now that the technology is there. Maybe soon it'll become more integrated like lighting, but there's gonna have to be more technicians and projection designers to get that kind of collaboration. We'll see.
The last question was pretty hilarious. Disney tried a VR theme park, and we saw how well that's doing..
It was exciting to see that Narelle was in this article! It was definitely useful to see what 5 working professionals have to say about projections in theater. I think right now projections exist in this odd gray zone between the set designer, lighting designer, and technical director. I'd assume that as projections get used more often, everyone will become more comfortable with integrating and working with them.
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