I’m designing the set for the Spring Fling 2010 production of Sweeney Todd at Penn. Here’s the progression of SketchUp models so far, from unedited inklings to something close to the final thing. There will be more to come as the process of building unfolds.
Parts in the models I didn’t create (from Google 3D Warehouse):
Wall Sconce by Google
Bench by Shinnah
Chair by de Blac
Table by Acorn
Bed by anonymous
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Tagged set design, SketchUp, Spring Fling, Sweeney Todd, theater
Here’s a collection of SketchUp renderings of sets I designed for class (Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House) and a student theater production (Paul Zindel’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds) during my freshman year at Penn. I’ve also included models I did of my dorm room and apartment from freshman and sophomore years respectively (because, you know, every incoming freshman does a scale model of his/her room). Lest this post risk seeming self-indulgent, I should note that I’m adding more design/modeling work (elementary as it may be) because the vast majority of hits to the site are coming from people looking for information about or pictures of set designs or SketchUp models.
These are renderings and models I did in high school (when my media were simply paper and glue), as well as photographs of the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that I designed for my high school senior project (after the ‘more’ button). The play was supposed to be performed outside but, in true Boston form, it rained the entire week leading up to and during the performances. We relocated to the gym and created a stage space with the backs of bleachers, used flood lights from Home Depot (the voltage of the theater lights was too high for the gym’s electrical system) and borrowed a strip of turf from the baseball team’s batting cage. It all turned out just fine.
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, ground plan, Lysistrata, model, rendering, set design, theater
Here are some SketchUp renderings and photos of sets I’ve done over the past few years. Some of the models don’t have realized counterparts (a few were projects for class).
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things
john & jen
john & jen
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Tagged a separate peace, john & jen, medea, midsummer, set design, SketchUp, the shape of things, theater
