Making Hansel and Gretel
Running time: 1.09mins
Film maker: Pinny Grylls
Puppet and prop making for Hansel and Gretel rehearsals.
Scenic art
Scenic art describes the painted backdrops, murals and other created elements of a set. Scenic artists work with set designers, and are responsible for translating their vision into reality. Scenic artists are highly trained and posses many skills including traditional fine arts skills of sketching, rendering, and painting. They are well versed in techniques such as marbling, ragging, wood graining and texturing, and have a good understanding of art history, period styles, motifs and architecture. This collection demonstrated some of those skills and techniques.
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How to create a woodgrain effect
Creating a woodgrain effect.
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Making bricks
Using a stencil and a plaster/idendun mix.
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Creating a cast concrete effect
Replicate the cast-concrete effect of the National Theatre's architecture.
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Creating a marble effect
Using paint and a sponge
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Creating a rocky landscape
Polystyrene blocks carved to create the base for a rocky landscape.
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Making a stencil
A stencil can be cut from any material.
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Painting a gauze
The scenic art department is called the Paintframe.
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Pouncing
An ancient technique to transfer a design on to a surface numerous times.
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Using projection to draw
An overhead projector can be used to transfer a small design onto a large piece of material.
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Trompe d'oeil
Fool the eye into thinking a painting is three dimensional.
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Painting stencil bricks
Plaster 'bricks' can be painted to give them a realistic look.
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Using vac-formed bricks
Plastic, mass-produced vac-formed bricks can produce a brick wall more cheaply than stencilling or carving.
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Painting vac-formed bricks
Several layers are required, and a grey or yellow mortar can be added in the gaps between bricks
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Stencil wallpaper
A stencil and spray-gun can be used to make period wallpapers.
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Making Hansel and Gretel
Puppet and prop making for Hansel and Gretel rehearsals.
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