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From the lens 3 Ways to Improve Your Theater Set.

  • TheLifestyleChanger Apr 16, 2012 @ 4:58 am | delete
    Definitely Purple Star worthy - I loved visiting and am belittled by leaving my mere blessings - the most I can offer.
  • soniazahan Mar 21, 2012 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    Really a great lens.
  • mihgasper Mar 3, 2012 @ 7:21 am | delete
    Very enjoyable lens. I like the humor in polls and all the tips spread through the article. I can only agree with you. Improving theater set is never ending story. And this is good news:-)
  • cdevries Mar 3, 2012 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for your visits and comments!
  • MelonyVaughan Mar 2, 2012 @ 5:30 pm | delete
    What a fantastic lens! Bravo!
  • Edutopia Jan 30, 2012 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    Great lens, good job on it and the content as well as winning a purple star!
  • ---Chazz Jan 17, 2012 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    This is an incredible lens -- more like set design 101 than a squidoo page. Phenomenal. Blessed and featured on "Wing-ing it on Squidoo"--my collection of the best pages I've found since donning my wings.
  • cdevries Jan 18, 2012 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Thank you so much! I did get a little carried away :) This stuff is fun! And fun to share. But the real Set Design 101 is my book Alice Through the Proscenium (there's a link on the page), for anyone who is seriously interested.
  • dellgirl Jan 15, 2012 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens, lots of good to know information. I enjoyed it.
  • cdevries Jan 15, 2012 @ 10:04 pm | delete
    Thanks and thanks for visiting!
  • jadehorseshoe Dec 25, 2011 @ 11:52 am | delete
    A TRULY Great Lens!
  • fugeecat Dec 7, 2011 @ 5:31 pm | delete
    This was really interesting to read. I don't know much about set design and I really hadn't thought much about it before I read this lens.
  • cdevries Dec 7, 2011 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    That's EXACTLY how I started. I enjoyed watching sets without thinking about 'em. Then one day I realized some designer was having a ton of fun... and now here I am! Completely hooked.
  • cffutah Dec 2, 2011 @ 9:23 pm | delete
    enjoyed this, thank you indeed!
  • agoofyidea Oct 4, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | delete
    Setting is necessary, but sometimes the audiences imagination can be engaged and turn your simple set into something elaborate just by you introducing an idea. Great lens.
  • cdevries Oct 4, 2011 @ 9:56 pm | delete
    You're right - a set doesn't need to be elaborate. Nothing is as powerful as the audience's imaginations!
  • flosblog Sep 7, 2011 @ 10:00 am | delete
    This is an amazing educational site for all theater groups. I wish I had found this when I belonged to the Loop Troupe, we had some pretty good sets but they would have been most excellent with this good advice. I love theater. Thanks so much. flosblog
  • cdevries Sep 9, 2011 @ 9:08 am | delete
    Thanks for visiting! One of the interesting things about design is that you can usually improve it... there are few "perfect" sets... but then again, all you need is what works!
  • pramodbisht Aug 17, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    Great work on this lens, Thanks for sharing
  • cdevries Aug 17, 2011 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    Thanks for visiting.
  • Heatherseesthelight Aug 15, 2011 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    I love the illustrations and videos! So many creative ideas in this lens--make me want to put on a play right now! :) What an interesting job you must have, cdevries!
  • cdevries Aug 15, 2011 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    It IS a really fun job (most days anyway) and a fascinating one. Thanks for visiting!
  • Tipi Aug 13, 2011 @ 9:00 pm | delete
    You are an absolute wealth of information. I've never been involved in theater at any level but your expertise and easy way of teaching held my fascination. So very well done@
  • cdevries Aug 14, 2011 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    That's very kind!

    If you get interested, your local high school or community theater always needs volunteers... and it's a fun group of people to get to know. Just buying a ticket to a show is a help!
  • vivekbhan Aug 13, 2011 @ 7:52 am | delete
    It was so generous of you to visit my lens, it really motivated me to write more lenses. Your lens is simply awesome. Wish i can contribute such lenses in times to come.
  • cdevries Aug 13, 2011 @ 8:49 am | delete
    Thanks! Glad you came to visit.
  • tajo Jun 25, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
    This is a great lens! I do solo stage work and I know that setting the scene is the most important thing you can do to engage the audience, and often that means having a set or props. But I pity the amateur director whose actors now understand a little more about set design. On the other hand, any time you can improve the set even on a budget the better.
  • cdevries Jul 6, 2011 @ 10:21 am | delete
    Thanks for the comment. Seriously, I don't think budget is that big a problem in creating a good set: it's more a mater of effort, imagination... and often luck!
  • _Joan_ Jun 21, 2011 @ 11:29 am | delete
    I don't know anything about theater, but it's always cool to see someone who really knows their field. Great work on this lens.
  • cdevries Jun 21, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Thanks! It's an awful lot of fun.
  • aj2008 Jun 21, 2011 @ 3:17 am | delete
    My Stage Manager is going to wish I had not found this lens - just going into pre-production for a Pantomime ;)

    What an unusual lens to find on Squidoo and so refreshing :)
  • cdevries Jun 21, 2011 @ 8:50 am | delete
    Stage Managers - gotta love 'em! I'm looking forward to doing a panto myself this Christmas. So glad you found this interesting, thanks for visiting.
  • StephenC May 31, 2011 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Learned a lot about scenery! Nice lens.
  • EclecticWAHM May 12, 2011 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    Brilliant work!
  • chrispell017 May 4, 2011 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    excellent lens!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Apr 20, 2011 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Wow, amazing lens
  • PaulOnBooks Apr 4, 2011 @ 7:51 am | delete
    A beautifully written lens on a subject that you have great knowledge of - perfect mixture, Angel Blessed.
  • artyfax Mar 29, 2011 @ 5:06 pm | delete
    Excellent and very well written lens. Like the last commenter I know nothing of this subject but was fascinated to read about it. Great work
  • cdevries Mar 29, 2011 @ 5:40 pm | delete
    That's kinda how I felt about yours - a glimpse into a different world, welcomed and kindly explained to! Thanks for visiting.
  • I-sparkle Mar 25, 2011 @ 10:28 pm | delete
    Congratulations on a superlative lens. I know absolutely nothing about set design, however the content was completely comprehensive and extremely interesting. I'm definitely a new fan!
  • cdevries Mar 26, 2011 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Thanks so much!
  • Mistalina Mar 25, 2011 @ 9:49 am | delete
    Excellent lens. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
  • cdevries Mar 25, 2011 @ 9:51 am | delete
    Thanks! I'm tweaking it as I type. Appreciate your visit!
  • RecipeSquid Mar 25, 2011 @ 8:26 am | delete
    I can see that you've put in a lot of effort in this lense and the outcome shows. It an amazing resource on theatre sets and I really enjoyed your lens!
  • cdevries Mar 25, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Glad you thought it was worth visiting - thanks for the kind words!
  • PaulOnBooks Mar 24, 2011 @ 11:04 pm | delete
    Speaking as a theatregoer, excellent page on design of theatre sets.
  • cdevries Mar 25, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Yes! A theater goer! Glad you found it interesting.
  • Trendblazers Mar 23, 2011 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    Hello there,

    Wow, what jam packed, loaded to the rafters lens. I'm doing my masters in Drama and theatre studies, so when I saw this on squidu.com, my interest was piqued. I think that this is a very info rich lens, with loads of great ideas. You clearly live and breathe life into each of yout beautiful sets. I paticuarly enjoyed the new york tenement. Keep on trucking.
  • cdevries Mar 24, 2011 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    So nice to get a theater-folk visitor. Thanks! Glad you think it's useful.
  • puerdycat Mar 18, 2011 @ 11:28 pm | delete
    Gee, this is just gr-reat! a page-turner! and I loved your resources. Got me with little floor plans, the ideas behind the scenes, the way to the poem so to speak, oh, and the research has such a life of it's own--"kin" to genealogy background. Last but not least, you lay out a darn attractive page. Lensrolling to my Ancient Embroidery Patterns.
  • cdevries Mar 19, 2011 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Thanks! Very glad you liked it.
    Oddly enough, I'd found your embroidery page the other day and was planning to visit back as research - I'm designing a play where I need to take Hawaiian print tropical foliage and sorta morph it down the wall and into a floor pattern and some of your floral embroideries might help show me how...
  • sandralynnsparks Mar 9, 2011 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    More than a good start! :D I love the illustrations most of all!
  • cdevries Mar 10, 2011 @ 7:35 am | delete
    Thanks! I sketched everything except the Venetian arches, which are by John Ruskin. More drawings to come... as i get time. Thanks for visiting!

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Clare Floyd DeVries is an architect, an award-winning scenic designer, a collage artist, and, at most recently, a writer -
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