Fabrication for Theatre and Entertainment: Metals

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-59322-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

Reihe: Fabrication for Theatre and Entertainment

Fabrication for Theatre and Entertainment: Metals is a reference guide covering the characteristics of metal most relevant to the entertainment industry, layout methods for fabricators, and the tooling and machinery used to fabricate with those products.

This volume provides information that is specific to the types of projects encountered in the entertainment field and offers guidance to entertainment fabricators to ensure a repeatable accurate finished product. The book aims to introduce as many options as possible to help readers decide what the best tools and techniques are to tackle their most frequent challenges or, when faced with a new challenge, to help decide which tool or technique might be the best solution.

Fabrication for Theatre and Entertainment: Metals is intended as a reference for technical designers, technical directors, shop managers, and prop or scenic fabricators working in various parts of the entertainment industry such as film, television, theatre, themed entertainment, exhibits, and immersive installation art.

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Zielgruppe

Professional Reference and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Nele, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Measuring and Layout Tools for Metal Working  2. Metal Alloys  3. Steel Shapes and Applications 4. Aluminum Shapes and Applications 5. Hand Tools and Manual Machines 6. Power Tools 7. Machinery 8. Welding 9. Fastening 10. Blades, Bits and Consumables 11. Techniques 12. Machining 13. Employee Safety 14. Physical Safety 15. Reference Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Michael O’Nele is the faculty Technical Director and an Associate Professor of Theatre at The University of Memphis, Department of Theatre & Dance. He believes that the art of technical direction is to transform imagination into reality, and that technology should be embraced as an artistic tool that provides theatre with new means of expression.