EcoDecor company is a manufacturer of custom-made decorations. We make decorations different types: studio, theatrical, concert, exhibition stands, interactive canvases and interactive decorations.
We are able to work with various materials: metal structures, wood and plywood structures, plastic decorations. We also make dynamic scenery, work with electronics, make special effects. We have extensive experience in production: from mechanics to electronics.
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Decorations in the room. We can produce original decorations for a room, for example, an office, an apartment or a hotel. Stylization of the room under the cave, fabulous motifs Or space theme? All of this is feasible and affordable. I use technologies from simple interior printing to the production of three-dimensional figures.
Scenery on open areas . If you are holding a corporate training, presentation or birthday on outdoors, then we can also help you here: open scenes, catwalks, scenery and additional decorations for them.
Scenery in the park. Scenery for park performances or outdoor events. Maybe there is a specialized art exhibition in your park? We can create unique and unusual scenery according to your order.
Scenery in the theater. Classical theatrical scenery does not require additional comments.
Decorations for exhibitions(exhibition stands). Does your company want to make its booth stand out from the same gray mass? We can help you with this. We will decorate your stand with various shapes, light, sound and video effects.
Decorations for concerts, presentations, holidays, parties and corporate events . Each event is a unique event that simply needs to be highlighted. Can you go to easy way- make banner decorations (large-format printing on the banner), in addition to this, you can add three-dimensional letters to the stage: the name of the group, company, seminar. Going even further, we can add three-dimensional figures: hearts for Valentine's Day, an Oscar figurine figure if we are talking awards or a 3D company logo. Here the limit is your imagination.
Scenery for photo shoots. Absolutely any ideas can be realized here. We can make props, both in natural size, and enlarged or reduced copies. We make enlarged copies of objects, both with the help of foam and plastic, and with the help of silicone.
Decorations for shopping centers (TC). IN modern world without original themed decorations shopping center not attract visitors, so we offer a variety of holiday decorations: Christmas decorations, Halloween decorations, winter/spring/summer and autumn decorations, as well as decorations dedicated to various sporting events. Singing fountains, interior and exterior lighting, lighting control - all these are components of the scenery work.
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"MasterScene" company creative Group has been making decorations for over 15 years. The production of scenery has long been a part of our life. Decorating is fun creative process! You can order a full range of services for the production of scenery from us, from the development of sketches to assembly and dismantling.
Making scenery is always an exclusive production. Therefore, any non-standard and creative idea can be realized. The scenery can be used for decoration of holidays, events, clubs, restaurants, sports competitions.
Making decorations. Separate elements.
Sets are not only large-scale projects for theaters and television. Very often separate decorative elements are used.
Artistic works
Glowing designs
Backstage and backs
stairs
Lead stand
Production of decorations for events and holidays
Decorations are made for various purposes. We bring to your attention scenery for city actions, corporate actions, exit conferences.
When decorating events, you can use not only hard decoration. - Very effective method turn a boring room or stage into a real masterpiece.
Production of theatrical scenery
By making theatrical scenery should be done by professionals. Success theatrical production largely depends on the scenery on the stage. Theatrical scenery in "MasterScenes" is developed by artists who have dozens of projects under their belts. Some of our works have been awarded the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask".
Theatrical scenery can be of various configurations: rigid scenery (backgrounds, walls, interior items, decorative furniture); soft decoration (backstage, padugi, stage backdrops, rug); props. We also produce multi-level theatrical scenery.
Stage decorations
Stage decorations can be used to design a stage of any area and configuration. Scenery for each stage platform is developed individually. The construction of scenery is carried out by experienced teams of installers.
Scenery for television
The production of television scenery is always of the highest quality! Even small flaws under the gun of the camera are very striking. Therefore, trust the production of television scenery only to professionals!
Why do people go to the theatre? To enjoy the wonderful acting, interesting plot performance and ... delightful scenery. Have you ever wondered who creates them and how much work it costs?
Set designers in the theater work tirelessly to translate the production designer's idea from flat sketches to three-dimensional scenery. From this article you will learn about the profession of a decorative artist.
History of the profession
Decorators appeared in ancient world. It is related to the needs high society- ministers of worship, rulers - to surround yourself with a rich and refined interior made of unique and expensive materials that would amaze the imagination of ambassadors of foreign delegations.
As old as the theatre. She passed long haul formation and development. Theatrical scenery was originally primitive and crude. Now representatives of the profession create everything for high decoration scenes.
Briefly about the profession
The name of this profession comes from English word decorate, which means "to decorate" in translation.
Decorators are interior decorators and theater artists who, based on the sketches of other artists, create scenery for performances. One of their main tasks is the production of scenery that will create a unique look for the stage, which will reflect not only the tastes of the director, but also the spirit of the performance.
The stage designer is a kind of stage architect. He needs to understand its structure from the outside and from the inside. The artist needs to know how to make scenery for the stage with his own hands in order to control the process of work and monitor the competent embodiment of the creative idea.
Theater artists work closely with the director: they must always take into account the creative idea and implement it. However, passive incarnation is not enough. If the set designer has sufficient experience and talent, he can enrich and expand the director's idea. By joining forces, you can achieve incredible results.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the decorator include the management of workers in the theater workshop, as well as the personal implementation of the most complex paintings. In addition, the set designer takes part in the acceptance of sketches and models of scenery for performances and controls the artistic state of scenery for performances of the current repertoire. It provides leadership for restoration if theatrical scenery has fallen into disrepair. Works to preserve their original style and color. Stage decorations often require a lot of various materials, which are also kept by decorators.
Mass character and uniqueness of the profession
Often, a decorator is equated with similar professionals whose professions are related to creativity, for example, designers. However, this is not at all true. The activity of the set designer is aimed at making scenery for the stage that will help recreate the atmosphere of the work and help the actors play, while the design work is aimed at mass production.
The artist-decorator can not be attributed to the mass. Often the same specialist has been working in the same theater for decades.
IN major city where there are many theaters young specialist it is quite possible to find a place in the scenery shop and, thanks to perseverance and creative individuality become a workshop leader.
The decorator must...
- Learn to draw and think creatively.
- Know the basics of composition, drawing and painting.
- Understand the laws of color science and the psychology of color.
- Remember the history of styles and arts.
- Know the traditions of interior design, both modern and historical, ethnic.
- Take into account features visual perception viewer.
- Navigate the market of modern decor materials.
- Understand the device and equipment of the scene, its characteristics.
Personal qualities
Personal qualities that an artist-decorator should have:
- The ability to analyze.
- Creativity, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
- Flexibility and curiosity.
- Developed spatial imagination.
- Artistic ability.
- Performance and responsibility.
- Attention and accuracy.
Education: where to get a profession?
The profession of a decorator can be obtained in specialized secondary art schools, architectural and art academies. Improve your professional excellence can be at various seminars, courses and master classes.
How does a decorator work?
So, where does the work of a theater decorator begin? As with any director and actor - from reading the script, because the scenery in the future is designed precisely on its basis.
The decorator needs to understand ideological message works, get to know the characters, imbue historical era in which the action takes place, as well as to feel its rhythm, dynamics and interweaving of the plot. This is where the work begins: the set designer presents the performance as if it were already underway on the stage. Imagination at this stage is a very important part, as it works to clarify the concept of the future production.
The first condition for further competent work theater artist is a clear idea of the production and the possible nature of its artistic solution. Then there is a discussion of the concept with the director. In most cases, the interaction of these two people determines the success of the play.
After discussion with the director, sketches and layouts of the future design of the scene are developed, as well as thinking over the artistic design as a whole. It must be remembered here that the stage is not just a part of the hall that needs to be forced. This is space for acting, which is filled with its emotions and has its own expressive power. The artist creates a layout of the scenery, forming the "style of the performance", working through the design.
Further, coordinating the layout with the director and making amendments, the set designer proceeds directly to the creation of scenery. This is a period of painstaking work on details, selection required material, texture and hue.
The color scheme of the scene should not be by itself: it is coordinated with the director, costume designers and lighting designers. In addition, each work of world classics requires its own color palette.
At first glance, it may seem that there are too many trifles in the work of a theater decorator, but it is precisely from them that a holistic image of the entire performance is formed. It is they who help the viewer to enter the atmosphere of the production, and the actors - in their roles.
“Work for the actor” is one of the main commandments of the decorator. The artistic design of the production works to ensure that the actors build the plasticity of their character, find the most advantageous part of the stage for each moment of the performance.
The colors of the spotlights that can be seen during the production process can be very diverse. The colors of electric lighting should be correctly integrated into the overall design of the performance.
All this time we have been talking about the theater decorator. But this profession is no less important in the musical theater and in the circus. A colorful and vibrant performance in the arena is not created without the participation of the artist. In creating any performances, productions and concerts, one cannot do without the help of an artist-decorator.
In order for the production to be successful, it is important not only to choose the right actors. The atmosphere on the stage is also created by the scenery. We can say that the scenery is as old as theatrical art, because even at the first production they used different props.
Hard and soft scenery
Decorations are of two types:
- tough.
Rigid structures are conditionally divided into flat and voluminous, but in fact there are much more varieties. The scenery can be played and used by the actors during the performance. For example, various stairs, fences, tables can be used during staging. Unplayed decorations simply serve as a static background and create an atmosphere, an entourage.
Rigid decorations are made mainly from wood and duralumin. For wooden structures, inexpensive but durable softwood is chosen. In some cases, it is appropriate to use light metals in the production of decorations.
Soft decorations are produced from fabrics, they can be smooth, draped, picturesque or contain applications. Velvet, canvas and tulle are the most popular materials on stage. Also today, synthetics and non-woven materials are used for the production of products. They are practical and create the desired effect.
There are many ways to create theatrical scenery, they have been developed over the centuries. Today, nothing fundamentally new is being created in scenography - everything has already been thought out in advance. However, new materials and technologies appear in the art of decoration.
The scenery on the stage, as a rule, is multi-layered. This is not only the background behind the actors, but also all the necessary equipment. The scenery even includes the curtain and backstage.
inventory requirements
Quality decorations meet several important requirements. It is important that they can be easily assembled and disassembled without losing the properties of the materials. There are products that are difficult to make, but ideally, decorations should be easy to manufacture. Then, in the event of a breakdown, the product can be quickly restored.
Decorations need to be stored, and it is desirable that they do not take up too much space. Therefore, among important qualities designs - portability and mobility. Also, the decorations should be light and durable. This is not always possible in the production of hard props. However soft scenery meet these requirements 100%. To make them even lighter, modern materials were used for decorations.
Decorations have been used on stage for many years. In addition, they can be temporarily placed in a warehouse and even transported to other cities. Therefore, such strict requirements are imposed on products.
If the design is not practical, then its operation will require regular expenses. The scenery will have to be repaired, dismantled, ordered transportation under special conditions. It is possible that such equipment is used in theaters, but in rare cases when there is no alternative.
Practical decorations do not require extra costs and do not lose their properties for many years. In some cases, when manufacturing a product, it is worth overpaying and ordering a structure from more expensive materials if this will extend its service life. However, with the advent of synthetics and non-woven materials, theaters can no longer overpay for the production of scenery.
How the scenery is made
Decorations are created according to a preliminary sketch. Sketches are made by working through each of the scenes in detail. All the details are taken into account. The main scenery in the scenes is the background, after which there are objects for the entourage surrounding the participants in the action. The scenographer begins to work with ready-made sketches, he creates a preliminary layout. A model is not yet a decoration, it is only a model.
By creating a layout, you can determine how accurately the size of the product is determined. In some cases, adjustments have to be made. That is why the scenery is created only after the production of a trial layout. The design is applied by the artist, whose actions are monitored by the director.
After preparing the layout, the product is sent to a specialized workshop where decorations are produced. Here they create the final product - a product that will decorate the stage. The model that is sent for production is usually a smaller copy of the scenery. The masters are faced with the task of reproducing the design in an enlarged size. Soft theatrical scenery is sometimes no easier to create than hard ones - it all depends on the features of the product. Some decorations have many complex elements.
The word "decoration" is most often used to refer to the accessories of the theater, whose purpose is to create the illusion of a place in which the action played out on the stage takes place. Therefore, theatrical scenery is for the most part either landscapes or perspective views of streets, squares and the interior of buildings. They are painted on canvas.
The main components of each theatrical scenery are the curtain and backstage. The first is hung in the depths of the stage, stretching across its entire width, and depicts everything that is in the background in the reproduced landscape or perspective; the wings are pieces of linen, narrower in comparison with the curtain, stretched over a wooden binding and cut out at one end in a proper way; they are placed on the sides of the stage in two, three or several rows, one after the other, and represent closer objects, for example. trees, rocks, houses, pilasters and other parts of the scene. The scenery is supplemented by subarcs - pieces of canvas stretched at the top across the entire stage and depicting pieces of the sky, upper branches of trees, ceiling vaults, etc. e.g. stones, bridges, cliffs, hanging galleries, stairs, etc.
The artist who is engaged in the performance of theatrical scenery and is called a decorator must possess, in addition to the training necessary for a painter in general, some special knowledge: he must know perfectly the rules of linear and aerial perspective, to master a very wide method of writing, to be able to adapt his coloring to the fiery lighting in which stage performances usually take place, and in general to count on the fact that as a result of his work a picturesque setting for the play being played is obtained, not only not harming it with its excessive simplicity or pretentiousness , but contributing to the strength and efficiency of the impression it makes on the viewer.
Composing sketch drawing scenery, the decorator makes a model for it, that is, a miniature likeness of the stage with a cardboard curtain, backstage and other accessories, so that this model can be used to judge in advance the effect of the future work. After that, proceeding to the execution of the scenery itself, he stretches the canvas of the curtain in a horizontal position on the floor of his workshop, transfers the drawing of the sketch to it in an enlarged form by breaking it into squares, and, finally, starts writing with paints. He does exactly the same when performing backstage and other parts of the scenery. The palette is replaced by a box with cans of various paints diluted with glue; for writing, more or less large brushes made of bristles with long handles are used. During work, he interrupts it every now and then in order to climb the gallery, arranged in the workshop at a certain height from the floor, and look from there at what was written. He usually does not work alone, but together with his students and assistants, to whom he entrusts preparation and secondary parts of the work.
scenery performance sketch dramaturgy
Stage performances were furnished with decorations by the ancient Greeks. As one of the oldest decorators known in history, one can point to Agafarch, who lived approximately in 460-420 years. BC modern times decorative painting developed primarily in Italy, which delivered the best craftsmen on this part and other countries.
From Italian decorators V XVIII century Giovanni Servandoni, who worked for Royal Opera in Paris. Then the championship in the area under consideration passed to the French. Among them, the theatrical painter Boke showed a remarkable talent; the famous Watteau and Boucher did not hesitate to break away from the performance of their paintings in order to write for the stage. Then, among the French decorators, Degotti, Ciceri, the students of the last Sechan, Desplechin, Fescher and Cambon, Chaperon, Thierry, Rube and Cheret enjoyed loud fame. Outstanding decorators in Germany were Schinkel, Karl Gropius, the Italians Quaglio and I. Hoffmann. In Russia, the needs of the imperial theaters were satisfied at the beginning by visiting Italian decorators - Perezinotti, Quarenghi, Canopy, Gonzaga, and then, in the reign of Nicholas I, German artists Andreas Roller, K. Wagner and others; Only in the second half of the 19th century did decorative painting take the path of independence in Russia thanks to such gifted masters as M. I. Bocharov and M. A. Shishkov, and the establishment of a special class at the Academy of Arts for the study of this branch of art.
Theatrical and decorative art (often also called scenography) - view fine arts related to art theatrical performance, i.e., the creation on theater stage the living environment in which the heroes of a dramatic or musical-dramatic work act, as well as the appearance of these heroes themselves. The main elements of theatrical and decorative art - scenery, lighting, props and props, costumes and make-up of actors - constitute a single artistic whole that expresses the meaning and character stage action, subject to the idea of the performance. Theatrical and decorative art is closely connected with the development of the theatre. Stage performances without elements of artistic and visual design are an exception.
The basis of the artistic design of the performance is the scenery depicting the place and time of the action. The specific form of scenery (composition, color scheme, etc.) is determined not only by the content of the action, but also by its external conditions (more or less rapid changes in the scene, peculiarities of perception of scenery from auditorium, combining it with certain lighting, etc.). The image embodied on the stage is initially created by the artist in a sketch or layout. The path from the sketch to the layout and design of the scene is connected with the search for the greatest expressiveness of the scenery and its artistic completeness. In the work of the best theater artists the sketch matters not only the working plan stage design, but also relatively independent work of art.
Theatrical scenery includes a stage frame, a special curtain (or curtains), a visual solution stage space scenes, backstage, background, etc. The ways of depicting the living environment on the stage are diverse. In the traditions of Russian realistic art, pictorial solutions prevail. At the same time, written planar elements are usually combined with built ones (volumetric or semi-volumetric) into an integral image that creates the illusion of a single spatial environment of action. But the basis of the scenery can also be figurative and expressive structures, projections, draperies, screens, etc., as well as a combination various ways Images. The development of stage technique and the expansion of representational methods do not, however, cancel the significance of painting as the basis of theatrical and decorative art in general. The choice of image method in each individual case is determined by the specific content, genre and style of the work embodied on the stage.
Suits actors, created by the artist in unity with the scenery, characterize social, national, individual characteristics the heroes of the play. They correspond in color to the scenery (“fit” into big picture), and in a ballet performance they also have a special “dance” specificity (they must be comfortable and light and emphasize dance movements). With the help of lighting, not only a clear visibility (visibility, “readability”) of the scenery is achieved, but also depicted various times year and day, illusion natural phenomena(snow, rain, etc.). Lighting color effects are able to create a feeling of a certain emotional atmosphere of a stage action.
Theatrical and decorative art changes with development artistic culture generally. It depends on the dominant artistic style, on the type of dramaturgy, on the state visual arts, as well as from the arrangement of theatrical premises and the stage, from the lighting technique and many other specific historical conditions.
Theatrical and decorative art in Russia has reached a high level of development. turn of the XIX--XX centuries, when they came to the theater outstanding artists. They brought a great pictorial culture to the design of performances, achieved the artistic integrity of the stage action, the organic participation of fine art in it, the unity of scenery, lighting and costumes with dramaturgy and music. These were artists who first worked at the Mammoth Opera (V. M. Vasnetsov, V. D. Polenov, M. A. Vrubel, etc.), then in the Moscow Art Theater(V. A. Simov and others), in imperial musical theaters(K. A. Korovin, A. Ya. Golovin), Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons" (A. N. Benois, L. S. Bakst, N. K. Roerich and others).
A powerful stimulus for the development of theatrical and decorative art was given creative search advanced directing (K. S. Stanislavsky, V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, V. E. Meyerhold, choreographers M. M. Fokin and A. A. Gorsky).
Literature
E. Zmoiro. Scenery model for the performance of the Central children's theater"Skates" based on the play by S. V. Mikhalkov. 1976.
