Elements and Performance Criteria
- Interpret creative briefs
- Analyse performance outlines or scripts to determine overall production concepts
- Participate in preliminary concept meetings with relevant personnel to discuss set requirements for productions
- Identify factors that influence the process of designing sets
- Discuss and agree on the role of designers in the production process
- Conduct and evaluate research
- Identify and source references that may inform the design process
- Critically analyse sources and references in current design projects
- Take account of the impacts and potential of new and emerging technologies to inform designs
- Collect, collate and adapt materials to develop initial design concepts
- Obtain copyright clearance for material as required
- Generate and assess ideas
- Generate a range of design ideas that respond to briefs and provide creative solutions to technical issues
- Discuss ideas and collaborate with relevant personnel to ensure contribution of ideas to initial concepts
- Evaluate ideas for implications on cost and time, technical feasibility, and suitability to meet briefs
- Develop and document designs
- Hold ongoing discussions with relevant personnel so that additional or changed requirements and new ideas are considered and incorporated during the design process
- Ensure that agreement is reached with relevant personnel in matters of artistic interpretation
- Evaluate initial concepts and select the most appropriate approach, giving consideration to budget, research findings and ongoing reflection and discussion
- Develop technically feasible set designs that meet creative production requirements
- Organise or undertake testing and experimentation with selected set designs
- Document designs according to organisational procedures
- Finalise designs
- Present draft set plans and specifications to relevant colleagues in an appropriate format
- Participate in initial and ongoing evaluations of designs and construction plans
- Negotiate and agree on modifications to designs and amend accordingly
- Agree to final designs and produce accurate and comprehensive documentation to support implementation in line with production schedules
- Present final designs, plans and specifications within agreed timeframes and confirm that production requirements have been met