English: Scenic Design.

At the beginning of this year a six week series began, discussing family issues, entitled, “The 2010 Family Series.” It was the first scenic set of the year and the most challenging set to finish due to the short time frame to complete. Normally, for our weekend series, we schedule seven weeks for designing and the construction process. There are times when seven weeks are not enough time to complete the process, especially when the first weekend set in January and Christmas set in December, compete for the same time.

For each project, there are meetings with the producer and production team, discussing the content, special needs, values, concepts and approved design. The special needs discussed for this series was this; three guest speakers on three distinctive weekends; two of those would be interviews; large 15’ x 24’ center screen that would be used to display content for our teaching pastor and a 30’ x 18’ baptismal pool, used for baptisms. With both the center screen and the pool combined, 57 feet of space is needed.

With the information discussed in our meetings the designer begins the process of creating ideas for a scenic design that will create a positive experience for the audience. The design would most likely support the content of the subject but there are times when that may not be practical.