Drawing the Line

This is the definitive guide for all aspects of scenic hand drafting for film and television, now comprehensively updated and revised for its second edition. Author, David McHenry, utilizes 45 years of experience as a Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, and Draftsman to provide readers with an accessible step-by-step guide of professional techniques, tools, and workflows. Readers will discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish and English bond brickwork, as well as all four types of drafting projection in detail: isometric, oblique, orthographic, and axonometric. Also included is hard-to-find information on lens angles and their calculation for different screen aspect ratios, how to create a lens projection image of a set with a given lens, height, and aspect ratio, and how to create forced perspective. Beautifully illustrated with carefully crafted hand-drawn illustrations on every page, this thoroughly revised text has been updated to include new examples and exercises and a revised glossary, making it the ideal step-by-step guide to hand drafting for film and television. This is an essential resource for students of drafting for film and television, scenic design, and art direction courses. It will also hugely benefit professionals studying or working in film and television design.

David McHenry studied Theatre Design in London at the Central School of Art and Design and has worked in Theatre, Television, and Film for over 45 years as Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, Draftsman, and Lecturer. His recent drafting credits include Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON and Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN. He has taught at the University of the Arts (Wimbledon), the London Film School, the National Film School (Beaconsfield and Scotland), Nottingham Trent University, the National Film School (Lillehammer Norway), the Film School (Bergen Norway), and the Stockholm University of the Arts (Sweden).

1. EQUIPMENT - THE BASICS 2. SCALE 3. PLAN 4. REFLECTED THE CEILING PLAN 5. LAYING OUT THE PAGE 6. PRACTICAL DRAFTING EXCERCISES 7. LETTERING AND LABELLING 8. TITLE BLOCK 9. PAPER SIZES 10. FOLDING DRAWINGS 11. TRIANGLES 12. THE CIRCLE 13. DIVIDING A LINE INTO EQUAL PARTS 14. POLAR POINT 15. THE ARCH 16. DOORS 17. WINDOWS 18. STAIRCASES 19. BRICKWORK 20. STONEWORK 21. MOULDINGS 22. ISOMETRIC 23. AXONOMETRIC 24. OBLIQUE 25. PROJECTION OF CIRCLES 26. PERSPECTIVE GRIDS 27. DEVELOPMENT OF TRUE SHAPES 28. SETTING UP A CAMERA PROJECTION 29. REFLECTIONS IN A MIRROR 30. BACKINGS - CALCULATING SIZE 31. FORCED PERSPECTIVE 32. CLASSICAL ORDERS 33. ENTASIS 34. IONIC VOLUTE 35. SPIRAL -HELIX 36. SURVEYING 37. GLOSSARY