1. What are the main jobs of a sound designer on a play (hint: there are 3-4 things)?

Doing sound content in  a play

Write music

Sound effects

Recoding sound for the play and band

1. What does it mean when he says, “If you notice the sound design, it’s a bad design”?
2. He does this interesting thing with the violin. What does he say he is exploring with the violin?

He exploring the sounds with the violin, to make these sounds perfect.

1. At the end he talks about a few reasons why he loves sound design. Pick one or two and tell me what it is and why you picked that one?

Notes

Costume Rendering: a sketch of a costume

Swatch: a fabric sample

Building: making a costume

Costume Parade: a procession where actors wear their costumes under the lights to ensure compatibility of the colors.

Costume Plot: an outline that describes the colors, fabrics and accessories for each costume design; kept by wardrobe manager

Wardrobe Manager: person responsible for creating costume plot and caring for costumes during rehearsals and performances.

Dressers: assistants who help with costume changes and help care for costumes

Quick Change: switching costumes quickly during a performance.

What are the factors of costume design? What do we need to know?

1.Age
2.Gender
3.Social Status
4.Occupation
5.Geographic Location
6.Occasion or Activity
7.Time of Day
8.Season – weather
9.Historical Period
10.Psychological Factors/Personality/Emotion

(Because I can’t upload my video, so I just put my transcript)

1) What is your phobia and what did you focus on?

My Phobia is  claustrophobia, the definition about claustrophobia is the fear towards trapped in side small, dark spaces.

2) What type of stage are you using? Did you think about the actor and the audience?

The stage type I’m using is that proscenium, the design could place in the middle of the stage, so the audience could see it in all directions.

3) Explain 2-3 choices that you made and how you represented them in the model and why!

So first of all, I’d like to talk about the shape of the design, the reason why I choose the rectangle shape because it has space, it could tell the audience that the actor is inside it. Then, I decided to cover the front side of the rectangle box with a thin layer of black paper; the reason why I choose this choice is that I want create an mysterious and scary atmosphere. Lastly, the audience could see though the paper(but not quite yet) and see black painted background, so it would be more  mysterious

 4) Celebrate your successes! What was difficult or challenging and how did you conquer that?

I’ve been thinking that only the box won’t be so perfect, so I decided to add some lights effects to make the box more standout on the stage.

5) Recognize your shortcomings. What was it that you wish you could do differently on the model or in real life?

I would remove the top cover of the box, because the actor will go inside the box. 

claustrophobia

This is my moodboard about claustrophobia. I use the theme black to set off the fearness of the claustrophobia can bring to people. Those pictures are the reactions that people have claustrophobia would have.