Components Components of a of a

Prompt BookPrompt Book

Jennifer FoxJennifer FoxCarolina High School Carolina High School Fine Arts DepartmentFine Arts Department

Overview of ProjectOverview of ProjectTalented and Gifted/Honors Talented and Gifted/Honors

level advanced theatre classlevel advanced theatre classFederal Theatre ProjectFederal Theatre ProjectStudents as dramaturge create Students as dramaturge create

prompt prompt

bookbookResources from American Resources from American

Memory CollectionMemory Collection

What is a Prompt Book?What is a Prompt Book?

Official Director’s Official Director’s

Copy of ProductionCopy of ProductionScript with Blocking Script with Blocking

and Acting Notesand Acting NotesSet DesignSet Design

What is a Prompt Book?What is a Prompt Book?

Costume Costume DesignDesign

Make-up Make-up DesignDesign

Lighting Design Lighting Design and Cuesand Cues

Music and Music and Sound CuesSound Cues

ScriptScriptDirector’s Copy of ScriptDirector’s Copy of ScriptBlocking Notes Blocking Notes

• Describing where actor moves on Describing where actor moves on stagestage

• Describing how actor moves on Describing how actor moves on stagestage

Acting Notes Acting Notes • How scene is acted/played How scene is acted/played • Emphasis on certain wordsEmphasis on certain words

Set DesignSet Design

Artist’s Artist’s rendering of all rendering of all stage settingsstage settings

RoomsRoomsFurnitureFurniturePropsPropsSceneryScenery

Costume DesignCostume Design

Each character Each character has individual has individual page(s)page(s)

Costume design Costume design includes color includes color and fabric and fabric swatchesswatches

Make-up DesignMake-up Design

Make-up Make-up design and design and color palette color palette usedused

Hair styles Hair styles Specialty Specialty

make-upmake-up

Lighting Design and CuesLighting Design and Cues

Types of Types of lighting used lighting used for certain for certain scenesscenes

Lighting Lighting cuescues

Lighting Design and CuesLighting Design and Cues

On/off at On/off at certain certain

points during points during scenescene• Fade-to-blackFade-to-black• SpotlightsSpotlights• GobosGobos

Music and Sound CuesMusic and Sound Cues

List of all List of all music usedmusic used

Sound cuesSound cuesOn/off during On/off during

certain scenescertain scenes• Sound Sound effectseffects

• Song CuesSong Cues

All photographs are All photographs are courtesy of the Library courtesy of the Library

of Congressof CongressAnd the American And the American Memory CollectionMemory Collection