Editing Set construction (section)

{{Short description|Creation of scenery for theater, film, or TV}}
{{for|the toys|Construction set}}
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[[File:Set construction.jpg|thumb|right|[[Carpenter (theater)|Carpenters]] work on constructing the set]]
'''Set construction''' is the process undertaken by a construction manager to build full-scale scenery, as specified by a  [[scenic design|production designer]] or art director working in collaboration with the [[theatre director|director]] of a production to create a [[Set (film and TV scenery)|set]] for a theatrical, [[Film production|film]], or [[Television production|television]] production. The set designer produces a [[scale model]], scale drawings, paint elevations (a scale painting supplied to the scenic painter of each element that requires painting), and research about [[theatrical property|props]], textures, and so on. Scale drawings typically include a [[floor plan|ground plan]], [[elevation (view)|elevation]], and [[multiview orthographic projection$100000000000section|section]] of the complete set, as well as more detailed drawings of individual scenic elements which, in theatrical productions, may be static, [[fly system|flown]], or built onto [[scenery wagon]]s. Models and paint elevations are frequently hand-produced, though in recent years, many Production Designers and most commercial theatres have begun producing scale drawings with the aid of computer drafting programs such as [[AutoCAD]] or Vectorworks.