Set Design

Set Design

This video is a professional designer explaining the process off creating set design.

The video below is an interview with the designer of Beauty and the Beast explaining how it was created.

On youtube you will find man videos on how professionals create set.

Costume

Research is vital for every part of creating theatre, not least costume. This video explains how professional designers carry out research- 

Check out this video, which takes you through the professional process of creating initial costume designs - 

Costume is important for communicating character to an audience. The video below focuses on costumes' role in creating character.

Creating Character

Below is a National Theatre Discover video showing how characters can be brought to life. You may find this helpful for developing your character

Plot, characters, dialogue and scene structure

Plot, Characters, Dialogue and Scene Structure

National Theatre Discover have a great range of educational videos

When turning your story into a play it is helpful to understand how to create the following - 

How to build plot -

How to create characters- 

How to structure a scene - 

How to create dialogue - 

Creating Choreography

A great video from the National Theatre to help you to create choreography

Watch the whole video to see how layering movements is done and how text can be introduced. 

Once you have created your choreography, you can develop it with pace to highlight and isolate moments and characters - 

Developing choreography - National Theatre

Devising physical work and sequences

Frantic Assembly - Devising Physical sequences