ALICE FLETCHER DESIGN FOR FILM AND TELLY
MINI STAGE
USING INDUSTRY STANDARD OBJECTS TO BUILD A MINI STAGE ALL WITHIN THE SCALE OF 1:20
THIS WAS A BASIC START UP TASK TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUE OF CUTTING THE DIFFERENT THICKNESSES AND STRENGTHS OF MATERIAL WITH A SCALPEL AND RULER. SOME OF THESE TASKS WERE WITH TEPMLATES AND OTHERS WERE TO JUST SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT SIZES EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE. TRYING TO REMEMBER TO INCLUDE THE THICKNESS OF MATERIALS SO THAT THE OVERALL SIZE WAS CORRECT. ALSO LOOKING AT BUILDING LAYERS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE
MINI BOX
THIS WAS THE FIRST BOX MADE
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MOUNT BOARD
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SCALE RULER
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METAL RULER
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SWAN SCALPEL
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PVA GLUE
I CREATED A GRID OF 6 BOXES AND LABELLED THEM
THEN REDUCED THE 4 SIDES SLIGHTLY ON THE BOTTOM TO ALLOW FOR THE THICKNESS OF THE MOUNTBOARD
SOMEHOW, EVEN WITH A RULER, I WAS ABLE TO CUT A CURVED LINE IN 2 OF THE SIDES
ALSO
I FOUND THE SWAN SCALPEL VERY FRUSTRATING AS IT HAS A LEDGE HALFWAY INTO THE BLADE SO IT CREATES A SLANTED CUT INSTEAD OF BEING FLAT
I FORGOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE JOINTS ON THE SIDES
ALSO
THE SIDES ENDED UP (SOMEHOW) BEING DIFFERENT HEIGHTS TO EACHOTHER
HOWEVER
AT LEAST ONE OF THE SIDES WAS THE RIGHT SIZE AND TO SCALE
MINI STEEL DECK
THE NATIONAL MEASUREMENT FOR STEEL DECK = 2400mm x 1220mm x 400mm
SECOND BOX
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CARDBOARD
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SCALE RULER
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METAL RULER
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SWAN SCALPEL
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PVA GLUE
THIS TIME I WENT ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY
I MEASURED THE DEPTH OF THE CARDBOARD AND WROTE DOWN WHAT THE WIDTHS AND LENGTHS OF EACH SECTION NEEDED TO BE TO FIT
APART FROM THE GIVEN CARDBOARD BEING BENT
THE BOX ACTUALLY TURNED OUT OK
I HAD TO DO SOME LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS
BECAUSE AGAIN THE SCALPEL CUT AT AN ANGLE
THIS IS THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE TWO BOXES
THEY'RE NOT THE NEATEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN
THE SURROUNDING BOXES ARE OTHER CLASSMATES
MINI BACKSTAGE DOOR
STAGE DOOR
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MOUNT BOARD
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SCALED TEMPLATE
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METAL RULER
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SWAN SCALPEL
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PVA GLUE
WE HAD TO ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE TEMPLATE AND THE GLUE IT TO THE MOUNT BOARD
THEN ACCURATELY CUT OUT THE POSITIVE SPACE
SLOWLY BUILDING THE FORM IN LAYERS
A FEW LAYERS ENDED UP BACK TO FRONT BUT THIS TIME THE DOOR OPENED AND SHUT
WE MADE THE MECHANISM VIA MASKING TAPE SANDWICHED BETWEEN 2 LAYERS
THERE WERE A FEW LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO STRAIGHTEN SOME THINGS OUT AS WELL
BECAUSE OF HOW THIN THE TOP LAYERS OF THE FRAME WERE, WHEN CUT OUT THE MOUNT BOARD BENT.
TO SEAL THE WHOLE DESIGN IN, THERE WAS A LAYER OF PVA GLUE BRUSHED OVER THE TOP, ESPECIALLY ON ALL EXPOSED SIDES.
THIS WILL PREVENT THE LAYERS FROM SEPERATING AND THE MOUNT BOARD FROM FRAYING - ALSO PRIMING IT TO BE PAINTED.
THERE IS A BLOCKED OUT SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR, THIS IS SO IT WILL FIT NEATLY UP TO THE STEEL DECK AND BECOME A 'MINI STAGE'
OVERALL, I HAVEN'T PARTICULARLY ENJOYED ANY OF THESE PROCESSES AND HAVE FOUND THAT I PREFER MODEL MAKING IN THE FREER SENCE, WHERE IT'S MIXED MEDIA AND THERE'S ROOM FOR EXPERIMENTATION. HOWEVER, I SHALL KEEP GOING WITH THE CLASS AND SEE WHAT WE GET UP TO NEXT AND HOW IT TURNS OUT. IT WILL BE A LOT MORE USEFUL AND LESS TAXING WHEN WE CAN USE THE LAZER CUTTERS.
TOTIE DRIVER
THIS IS THE LADY WHO IS TAKING MY MODEL MAKING CLASS - SHE IS SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC AND HAS ACHIEVED MANY THINGS IN HER LIFE THAT ARE SO INSPIRING
ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Totie maintains industry links, working with theatre companies worldwide and securing work experience opportunities for her students.
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Designer of ‘Miss Saigon’ and ‘Oliver’ for Cameron Mackintosh worldwide.
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Exhibition Designer at V&A ‘Behind the Curtain’ Francis Hammel paintings.
TOTIE'S AREA OF EXPERTIES ARE:
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Theatre Design
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Large scale touring Stage Design
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Musical Design
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AutoCAD -Technical Drafting for performance design.
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Photoshop/SketchUp for performance design
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Collaborations with Visual Artists for performance
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Exhibition design.
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Retail Theatre.
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Digital development for performance design
