Stage Design

The Theater is not dead!!


Ask Richard Finkelstein. He is a scenic designer, or stage designer. He's completeed a number of projects, most of them being very popular shows.

from "A Tale of Cinderella" design by

Richard Finkelstein

sketch for "Amadeus"

by R. Finkelstein

"Amadeus" completed

R. Finkelstein

"Chaucer in Rome"

 R. Finkelstein

"The Lark"

R. Finkelstein

"Lancashire Lad"

R. Finkelstein

"Ordeal by Innocence"

R. Finkelstein

"Peter Pan"

R. Finkelstein

"Urinetown"

Perspective by:

R. Finkelstein

All photos came from Richard Finkelstein's portfolio website: 

http://www.rfdesigns.org/1776.htm

keep sketching

Alana

Shelter: a necessity to human nature.

It starts in the cave dwellings of ancient man: Cro-Magnons. When men started living and dwelling in caves, in other words troglodyte architecture, it sort of became the dawn of organic architecture.

They used the environment around them to make shelter for themselves. Such places were porus mountains where they made those pores thier homes. It is the ultimate way to living amongst, around, and within nature, or organic architecture.

This is basically just a reminder of how we as humans used to be so much closer to nature. Our relationship with nature has gotten more and more distant, yet we still need as much as we may think we don't.



Where to go, What to do?

If you're like me, finishing up with school and trying to find a job in a city that best fits your needs (that would include a film industry), maybe this can help you out.

It seems like if you wanted to get into the film industry, you have two choices: New York City or Las Angeles. This is not neccessarily true. Although NYC and LA are still making movies, there are other places on the rise in the US, and Canada for that matter, that are getting bigger and bigger as we speak. Why? Well one reason is for sure: tax incentives. Or in other words, a tax break for filmmakers.

I found a website that gives a state by state breakdown of where the taxes lie. It is always possible however that these numbers have already changed and been updated with the economic turn. Here is the link::

http://makingthemovie.info/2006/07/tax-credits-for-filmmakers-state-by-state.html

I bet you wont believe this: Louisiana is the premier state for film and television making because of these tax incentives. This satate also offers a diverse landscape and several cities and historical areas that can be nicely caught on film in within a reasonable distance.

So next time your thinking about where to move, think about the market that is going on in that are and how it could affect you, and do some research on where that market could be heading in the near and distant future.

A few more good sites that can help with your research::::

http://louisianaentertainment.gov/film/default.cfm
http://www.marketresearch.com/browse.asp?categoryid=795&g=1
http://www.ifp.org/
http://www.globalmarketproductions.com/