Set Design
Sound Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
General Design Facts
100

A Set

Whatever the actors sit, stand, or walk on the stage

100

House Music

What plays before the show starts as the audience is sitting down

100

Costume Template

What costume designers use to plan their designs

100

Color

What changes the mood of the piece

100

Given Circumstances

What each designer must fully understand to successfully design a play

200

Type of stage at BELA

What is proscenium
200

What sound designers use to find free sound effects

200

Costume Stock

The storage of costume pieces costume designers pull from

200

Gels

What changes the color of the light

200

T.E.A.M

Tension, Atmosphere, Emotion, and Meaning

300

Platform

What set designers use to add levels to the stage

300

Cue

Each individual sound in a sound design

300

Fabric Scrap

A sample of the frabric a costume design has to show what fabric the designer would like to use

300

Cue

Each individual lighting change in a lighting design

300

Read the Script

The first thing any designer does before they design

400

Stage Plot

What set designers use to plan their set design

400

Sound booth

Where the stage manager runs the sound effects during a show

400

Costume Build

When a designer sews a brand new costume for an actor

400
Lighting Plot

A document that maps out where each light is in a theatre

400

Design Pitch

When a designer explains their ideas for the director, producer, and other members of the team

500

Scene Shop

Where set designers build their sets

500

40%

How much research has shown that music influences our experience of a movie

500

Period

A costume made for a piece set in a different time period than now

500

Lighting Booth

Where the stage manager changes the lights for each cue

500

Design Budget

How much money a designer has to use for their design