***This class is part of the Movie Bites Learning - Young Storytellers and Aspiring Moviemakers Series. These classes can be taken in any order and are designed to celebrate and encourage big imaginations. Very my full profile for details on other Movie Bites Learning classes.***

Screenwriters dream of walking into a live, 3-dimensional version of the stories they have created in their mind and on the page.  Set Designers have the exciting job of helping to bring those spaces to life. All the scenery, furniture and props the audience sees in a film production make up the set design. The set designer's job is to design these physical surroundings in which the action will take place. Their art must suggest the style and tone of the film, create mood and atmosphere, give clues as to the specific time and place of the action, and offer creative possibilities for the movement and grouping of the actors.

Using the Academy Award winning production design in Hugo (2011) as our inspiration, our class will learn about, and create, design plans and sketches that showcase the spaces in which their story character will live. Then, through brainstorming games, writing exercises and an art activity, students will increase their storytelling abilities and build a Set Design Diorama that captures their character's film world space.

Class Structure Day 1:
*Welcome & Introductions
*Case Study: The Set Design of Hugo Cabaret
*Film Vocabulary: Set Design - Construction, Backgrounds and Furnishings
*Lesson: Different Types of Sets / Set Dressing 
*Brainstorming Game: Who Lives Here?
*Project Planning Exercise: Set Design Plans and Sketches
*Share Time

Class Structure Day 2 & 3:
*Welcome
*More Set Design Games and Inspirations
*Diorama Creation
*Share Time

Movie Bites Learning is a welcoming, diverse and inclusive environment. Big imaginations, high energy, shy learners, and wigglers are always encouraged. The club provides a variety of ways for students to engage with the lessons so that different learning styles are respected, supported, appreciated and celebrated.

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Keywords: movies, film, film making, filmmaking, film school, film class, film class for kids, screenwriting, scriptwriting, STEAM, enrichment, art, drawing, storytelling, games, construction, set design, building