Set construction

<p>Set construction is the process undertaken by a construction manager to build full-scale scenery, as specified by a  <a href="/facts/Scenic_design/urbg2QSq">production designer</a> or art director working in collaboration with the <a href="/facts/Theatre_director/FkptGJzw">director</a> of a production to create a <a href="/facts/Set_(film_and_TV_scenery)/6xTuW75f">set</a> for a theatrical, <a href="/facts/Film_production/GL8DJm3W">film</a>, or <a href="/facts/Television_production/eooTEhwW">television</a> production. The set designer produces a <a href="/facts/Scale_model/YgCtlwqb">scale model</a>, scale drawings, paint elevations (a scale painting supplied to the scenic painter of each element that requires painting), and research about <a href="/facts/Theatrical_property/qBlsyxAd">props</a>, textures, and so on. Scale drawings typically include a <a href="/facts/Floor_plan/GDkRB5ps">ground plan</a>, <a href="/facts/Elevation_(view)/xc9IENhM">elevation</a>, and section of the complete set, as well as more detailed drawings of individual scenic elements which, in theatrical productions, may be static, <a href="/facts/Fly_system/24LMI2qw">flown</a>, or built onto <a href="/facts/Scenery_wagon/LvmQKg2t">scenery wagons</a>. Models and paint elevations are frequently hand-produced, though in recent years, many Production Designers and most commercial theatres have begun producing scale drawings with the aid of computer drafting programs such as <a href="/facts/AutoCAD/c83IAlgP">AutoCAD</a> or Vectorworks.
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Set construction