Set design and model making for beginners

City Lit

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In London

£ 149 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The course explores the skills and processes required when creating scale models. This will be covered through demonstrations, exercises and one small design/make. The course is designed for beginners, and shows you the importance of scale and accuracy to communicate period, finish and style within the theatre model. In the design aspect of the course you will design and build a small scenario around the making of a period door and its immediate location.Most of the skills and techniques are transferable to other hobby model making, be it model railways or dolls houses.What students liked most about this course run in 2015/16:"It was very practical and I feel like I have gained skills and confidence in an area of set design that I hadn't known how to approach before."

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Begin to understand the relevance of the model to the design process- Make models to scale that are accurate enough to communicate you ideas and architectural details- Gain confidence in modelling different finishes using a variety of materials- Design and make a fully finished model of a small section of a room that includes a doorway .

City Lit provides most of the basic artist and modelling materials and some specialist materials, but you may needto buy or provide some other materials dependent upon the structures within the models that you make. You will beprovided with a personal workbook (A4 cartridge).If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy . You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store...

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Set Design
  • Design
  • Model Making
  • Play
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

- The design and making of 1:25 scale models from using various easily obtained materials
- Creating a simple 1.25 scale figure
- Creating scale finishes such as brick, wood and marble
- The importance of the scale model as a tool to the design process.


You will be taught through demonstrations and personal experimentation that will be led by your tutor in group and
one-to-one contact. You will be given guidance that suits the level of ability that you have.

There is an expectation that some preparation work will be undertaken in between the taught sessions to help
support the model making more fully.

If students have some experience and want to do more than the beginner course covers this can be covered in
discussion with the tutor. Some of this extended work will need to be done out of class and brought to the following
session.

Additional information


City Lit offers courses in set design, introduction to costume design as well as prop making which may be of interest.

General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
See the course guide for term dates and further details

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