Ok so I've got this assignment, and some of the parameters include:

My questions are, wtf do the bolded ones mean?

-Observe and grab frames from the project that demonstrate the major
variations in the projects environments.

-Observe, sketch and or trace at least 3 principle deep space
environments.

-Observe, sketch and or trace at least 3 principle flat space
environments.

-Draw ¼” = 1’-0” plans of 3 principle environments. Estimate the
spatial relationships using a 3’-0” grid for the layout of the plans.

-Draw ¼” = 1’-0” elevations of 3 principle environments. Estimate the
spatial relationships using a 3’-0” grid for the layout of the elevations.
Sketch the movement of 3 scenes on the ¼” plan by drawing the actor
placement and movement, the camera placement and movement and
the principle lighting plan including the practical lighting.


Basically... Can someone put this into very layman's terms? I have never taken designing before, nor have I done any of this.

Shouldn't you uh, ask your teacher?

Seems wierd that you're in a class and unprepared for what the questions would ask. Was there a prerequisite(sp?) you skipped?

If architects spent more time getting the basics of structure/finishes interaction and less ****ing about with pre-vis ****e like this I'd have a much easier life at work...

Well, deep space is easy because there really isn't anything out there.

No skipped prerequesites. It was an elective added to the course in the year sometime that we were able to choose to take, but this guy is asking all sorts of weird stuff from us for Production Design class, not to mention that he is a part time teacher and thus has no voicemail at the school and responds to his email once a week if that...

Let me guess, you waited till last minute and now it's too late to ask your teacher? ^_^

Deep space - draw an alien warfleet.

Flat space - what the world would be like if it were all 2-d people.

Spacial relationships - draw two galaxies GETTIN IT ON

As a man of science, I am required to agree with happyduds answer.

Nope. He just seriously takes weeks to answer his emails. This assignment is due April 28th.

you cant just go to his office?

Probably means find, observe, and sketch 3 environments that feature strong depth of space, scenes with mid-, back-, and foreground...


Don't know!


Plans are sectional drawings cut at a certain height through a space, i.e. the first attached image, and in this case, 1/4" inch of the drawing corresponds to 1' in reality. The second I would assume means that you'd distort the plan drawing so that its elements align with a 3' grid, in order to simplify the distances and check out the proportions.


Elevations are isometric projections of building facades,typically, like the second attachment. I'm assuming the spatial relationship estimation is the same as before.

Not sure what exactly these 3 scenes are referring to, you really need to ask your instructor about that, or a fellow student....?



"Principle space," "flat space environment," etc., are not universal architectural terms, so if you really haven't gotten anything more specific describing this, you should ask your instructor what he/she meant.

He is a part time professor. Part Time professors at my college do not get voicemail numbers nor do they get offices. Only the full time professors do. All contact with the part time professors must be done via email of their phone number if you have it. It's really stupid I know, which is why we have a huge motion this year to change it because so many students have gotten screwed over by this system.

I have to actually contact and talk to one of my other part time professors via facebook.

And, Thanks a lot Saber