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OUTSIDE THE BOX:
25 Design-Tech Strategies to Save
You Time and Money
$18.00, 88 pages, 6 x 9
Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-9802445-0-2
Publication Date: March 2008
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Looking for innovative design-tech solutions? Look no more!
OUTSIDE THE BOX: 25 Design-Tech Strategies to Save You Time and Money is packed with practical ideas that are
proven to work. Top design-tech professionals share their secrets in this how-to book published by the Southeastern
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OUTSIDE THE BOX is a collection of new articles
and previously published columns (updated for this book) from the popular “Outside the Box: Design-Tech Solutions” column
in Southern Theatre magazine.
The innovative and cost-saving solutions to design-tech problems will inform, assist, and inspire a wide spectrum of workers in the field of theatre, from seasoned professionals to recent graduates.
“An invaluable tool for all craftspeople in the theatre. . . . It is my hope that OUTSIDE THE BOX will become a standard
for every theatre student and professional, and I look forward to future editions of this book.”
-William Ivey Long
Tony Award-Winning Costume Designer
OUTSIDE THE BOX explores techniques and tips in Scenery, Lighting, Special Effects, Costuming and Tech Software through 25 articles including:
- Working Sink: Make Running Water with Garden Sprayer, Air
- Into Thin Air: Make Actors “Disappear” without Pyrotechnics
- Period Shoes: Characters Can Mosey to Moliere in Boots
- Budget Costumes: Becoming a Clothing Cannibal to Save Money
- Curved Steel: How To Build a Machine to Bend Steel Beams
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- Gobos: Make Your Own for Less than $2 Each
- Snow: Make a Snowmaker for Less than $60
- Breakaway Glass
- Onstage Pool: Create a Splash Hit on Your Stage
- 3-D Bricks
- Open Source: Save Money by Using Programs Found Online
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