Set design

The visual arts are art forms such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film making,

literature, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines (performing arts, conceptual art, textile arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types. Also included within the visual arts are the applied arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art. Current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as the applied, decorative arts and crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, the term 'artist' was often restricted to a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the handicraft, craft, or applied art media.

Set design is a compound of the Greek origin of the word scene (Greek: σκηνη, meaning stage), and words grafein (Greek: γραφειν, which in turn means write or describe). Set design is therefore simple - a description of what is on stage. Set design today means the skill of making art background theater, film or television work (illusion). This activity is related primarily to the artistic creation of space certain acts (in the theater), or staff (in the film), according to the text template works to be transferred to the scene, according to the theoretical and practical aspects of the template. The work of production designer is related to the concept of space in which to work fare, it must make sense (to build), change it (if necessary works) and placed in the care protagonists works. The role of set designer is in many ways similar to the way that is analogous role of the dramaturge. Set design is only part of a team that develops a theatrical, film or television work - he is necessarily tied to the directors with whom jointly arranged by the realization. Set design concept has not necessarily only related to theater, film or television, today refers to any design space intended for a public execution, from exhibitions to political events. Set design is moving and in the virtual world of computer games and programs, and they have to make sense of the space in which the virtual action fare.

A sketch (ultimately from Greek σχέδιος – schedios, "done extempore") is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as a quick way of graphically demonstrating an image, idea or principle.

Sketches can be made in any drawing medium. The term is most often applied to graphic work executed in a dry medium such as silverpoint, graphite, pencil, charcoal or pastel. But it may also apply to drawings executed in pen and ink, ballpoint pen, water color and oil paint. The latter two are generally referred to as "water color sketches" and "oil sketches". A sculptor might model three-dimensional sketches in clay, plasticine or wax.

In theatre and performing arts, the stage (sometimes referred to as the deck in stagecraft) is a designated space for the performance of productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point (the screen in cinema theaters) for the members of the audience. As an architectural feature, the stage may consist of a platform (often raised) or series of platforms. In some cases, these may be temporary or adjustable abut in theaters and other buildings devoted to such productions, the stage is often a permanent feature.

There are several types of stages that vary as to the usage and the relation of the audience to them. The most common form found in the West is the proscenium stage. In this type, the audience is located on one side of the stage with the remaining sides hidden and used by the performers and technicians.

Theatre presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. The production of plays usually involves contributions from a playwright, director, a cast of actors, and a technical production team that includes a scenic or set designer, lighting designer, costume designer, sound designer, stage manager, production manager and technical director. Depending on the production, this team may also include a composer, dramaturg, video designer or fight director.

Stagecraft is a generic term referring to the technical aspects of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes, but is not limited to, constructing and rigging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, design and procurement of costumes, makeup, procurement of props, stage management, and recording and mixing of sound. Stagecraft is distinct from the wider umbrella term of scenography. Considered a technical rather than an artistic field, it relates primarily to the practical implementation of a designer's artistic vision.