Year 7 - Art and design
Imagining new worlds: set design
An overview of design
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Unit Summary
This unit helps pupils to define design and understand the roles of designers and architects. They will study traditional and contemporary practices and research influential designers. Lessons will enhance understanding, foster creativity, and develop research and critical thinking skills.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use paper techniques to develop a set design.
Key Notes
- Set design is the art of designing environments and atmospheric spaces.
- Colour combinations and different mark- making techniques can be used to represent different atmospheres.
- Card brackets are useful in constructing temporary three dimensional spaces.
- To test and show the scale of space, silhouettes of actors can be placed in the space.
Vocabulary To Learn
- set design: the art of designing environments and atmospheric spaces
- scale: in set design means the relative size of the space to the size of the actors
- mood board: a collection of sketches, images, colours, textures and words that show the look and feel of an idea
- three-dimensional: something that has height, width, and depth
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Set designers work only in theatre and film.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Set design is the art of designing environments and atmospheric spaces. Colour combinations and different mark- making techniques can be used to represent different atmospheres.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'set design'
the art of designing environments and atmospheric spaces.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Set designers work only in theatre and film. Correction: Set design is used in many different contexts, including theatre, film, fashion, art and music.
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