Set designer

As a set designer you make the theatrical scenery for a play or production. A theatre should have a good mood and atmosphere, have a good style and tone, and it should be able to show what time period the play or production is taking place in, as a set designer you have to make sure all of this takes place. When set designers build their stage they go off a miniature 3D model given to them by the director.

Interesting Facts!

Fact 1: Several universities, colleges and drama schools offer courses in theatre design.

Fact 2: Some of the first plays were set in the one where set designers had to set up the stage using stone.

Fact 3: The average income for a set designer is about 33,000-70,000 depending on company or position.

Fact 4: you must be a high school graduate to peruse a career in set design.

Fact 5: the hours of a set designer will vary depending on the deadline of the play, so as a set designer you could be working 12 hours a day 7 days a week for a couple weeks.