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Guidelines for Design Respondents
KCACTF Designs

These are realized productions that are either ACTF participating or ACTF associate productions, and show evidence of more mature design work. 

1. Concise and clear verbal articulation in the design statement (including the director's approach to this production).  Mention the stage space and audience relationship (e.g.:  intimate space; proscenium)

2. Design visually articulates the director's production approach.

3. Sophisticated use of design principles.

4. Format / layout / presentation choices are well-considered, and relate to the design intent.

5. Command of technical skills in visually communicating the design intent  (e.g. - costume rendering, drafting, perspective rendering, model building, etc.)

6. Evidence of appropriate annotated research - well organized and thorough (research collage boards, research notebooks, etc.).

7. Evidence of appropriate inspiration for color / texture choices - well organized and thorough.  Include paint ships, fabric swatches and gel swatches (not just the gel #'s).

8. Area-specific organizational tools (scene breakdown charts, action charts, costume plots, magic sheets, instrument schedules, cue sheets, etc.).

9. Area-specific design communication tools (color chart, preliminary sketches, fabric swatches, painter's elevations, ground plan, section drawing, elevation drawings, light plot, etc.).  Drafting should correspond to USITT standards symbols and numbering systems.

10. Production photographs.  For lighting designers, make sure you include one overall stage shot for context, along with closer or more specific shots.  Also, make sure your photo order in the display corresponds with the progression of "looks" through the show.  For makeup designers, include photos of the actors' faces without makeup, and the actors in finished makeup (including hairstyles).

11. Reference everything in your presentation to the design intention.  Everything you display should clearly connect back to the design statement.

12. Your design presentation should take us on your journey as a designer with this production.