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A model of a stage set allows the director, actors, and the technical crew such as
lighting designers to better understand what the finished stage set will look like.
A model of a stage set is sometimes called a white card model.

Usually we use thick white paper or card stock because it’s easy to work
with and inexpensive. Using white allows us to color it whatever we want.
A simple design of a living room set, without the fourth wall

(where the audience sits), is usually called a box set.
This kit will let you see the basics of how to make a white card model.
It has some things you can change to make it more of your own design.
You’ll need: a glue stick or white glue, scissors, and a ruler.

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Getting started
Paper
Card stock (65lb) works best, but a thick standard copy paper can also be used.
Color
It’s easier to color the paper walls before you start cutting, bending, and folding.
Glue
Multi-purpose white glue, or small glue sticks work great. Just a little bit of glue
will do the job, too much glue and the paper will get soggy and ripple. If you use
white glue use the tip of your finger or a small paint brush for best results.
Printing
When you print each page select “‘THIS PAGE” from your printing options and
select “ACTUAL SIZE” to get the scale right. Printers can be a little different
so it’s a good idea to test print a page and check the size with a ruler.
Decide if you will have a bay window or double doors in your model.
The only pages you need to print for the set are: 14, 15, 16 (double door ) or 18
(bay window), 20, 21, 23, 24. Furniture & actors: 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.
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In theatre, walls are called flats.
A flat is usually a wooden frame covered in canvas or thin plywood.

Flats are made so that they can be moved easily and rearranged into
different positions on a stage to create different rooms or scenes.
Flats sometimes have working Backing or masking flats are used to

doors or windows in them to hide areas of the stage the audience
make them more realistic. isn’t supposed to see.
Trees and bushes can be painted on

flats to look like a forest or garden.
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Stage Direction:
?
Left or right directions on
the stage are always from
please go
stage right. the point of view of the
actor facing the audience.
Imagine that you are an actor standing on the stage, facing the audience.
The director is sitting in the audience, facing the stage. The director asks you
to move stage right. Since you are the actor, you would move to your right.
It gets even more confusing, because up means back and down means forward!
Hundreds of years ago when they built the first wooden stages, the audience
couldn’t see actors standing in the back. So they tilted the stage a little bit.
Actors had to learn to walk carefully, and not let anything round roll off the stage.
This is called a
‘raked stage’
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Today our stages are no longer

raked. You’ve probably noticed
the audiences have been raked
so everyone can see better.
Upstage
Stage right Center stage Stage left
Downstage
Just remember it’s always from the actor’s point of view facing the audience.
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Scale:
Models are usually smaller than the real thing so one of the most important things
about building a model is to make everything look the right size compared to other
things in the same model.
For example a 6 foot tall person standing next to a toy car doesn’t look right.
We would never believe that they could fit inside the car.
Lucky for us our world is all in the same scale.
We fix this by making them both the same scale in a drawing or model.
1 inch on a ruler is the same on another ruler, it doesn’t change.
If I asked you to draw a line 6 inches long you could use

a ruler and we would both have a line the same length.
That is a scale:
1 inch equals 1 inch, or it would be shown as 1” to 1“ or 1:1
1 inch written in short form is 1”

1 foot written in short form is 1’ The fun part is that we can
12 inches written in short form is 12” change the scale!
12 feet written in short form is 12’
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Scale: Let’s scale down a big box .
This box is 6’ on all sides — 6’ long, 6’ wide and 6’ high.

wide
6’
6’L x 6’W x 6’H
high 6’ We know there are 12 inches in 1 foot.
That means the box is 72”L x 72”W x 72”H

6’
long Let’s scale it down 12 times its normal size.
Why 12 ? 72” ÷ 12 = 6”
Just because it’s easier using
So if we made our box 6” L x 6” W x 6” H, it
a 12” ruler in our model.
would be 12 times smaller than the original one.
That’s a 1:12 scale box now.
If we were making our set model at 1:12 scale, 1‘ would be 1” in the model.
To make it even easier to fit on your desk this stage set model is scaled a
little smaller. It is 1:24 scale.
In this model kit: 1/2” equals 1’ in real life.
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In this model kit: 1/2” equals 1’ in real life.
To be sure everything
will fit, the height of
all of the flats will be
exactly 5”on your ruler,
and 10’ in real life.
If you check the
measurement and it
matches you’ve
5” printed it perfectly!
The width of this door

As a guide, each of
flat will be exactly 2 1/2”
the flats has the
on your ruler, and 5’ in
measurement for the
real life.
flat width shown.
2 1/2”
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After printing the pages of the kit they should look like this.
These are glue tabs.
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Hints: Cut out each set of flats just outside of the

black line so that you can still just see it.
Also just a little bit of glue will do

the job, too much glue and the paper
will get soggy and ripple. Use the tip
of your finger or a small paint brush
for best results.
Stage right flats
The floor grid pattern shows

the direction to bend the
flats at the folds to fit the
model pattern.
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Grid page:
When you print each page select “‘THIS PAGE” from your printing options
and select “ACTUAL SIZE”.
This layout page will give you the pattern
When you print the actual grid floor
to glue the flats down on.
plan each of these lines are 1/2” apart.
The grid pattern makes it easier to
measure distances on the stage.
If you measure 7 grid lines, 1/2” each
they would be the same as 7’ in real life.
1/2”
1/2”
1/2” Stage right flats
1/2”
2” = 4’
If all of your lines are 1/2” apart

This page is printed perfectly!
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solid line dotted line
Stage left flats

Stage right flats
Cut the stage left page along the dotted line and overlap it on
top of the stage right page along the solid line
Stage left flats

Stage right flats
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Stage right floor grid page Up center backing flats stage right
backing flats stage right
doorway
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Up center backing flats stage left

Stage left floor grid page
backing flats stage left
doorway
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Upstage center double doors
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3”
5”
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Optional: Cut doors to open.

Don’t glue the bottom tab, remove it.
Glue center doors to grid pattern where shown.
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Upstage center bay window
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Center line here.
3”
5”
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Center line here.

Glue bay window to grid pattern where shown.
Find the line on the flat to center the bay window.
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Stage right flats
2 1/2” 1 2
5”
Optional: 1) Cut doors to open. Don’t glue the bottom tab, remove it.
2) Cut doors out completely if you want to create a hallway.
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Stage left flats
2 1/2”
5”
Optional: Cut doors to open.

Don’t glue the bottom tab, remove it.
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Glue Stage right flats to Glue Stage left flats to

1) grid pattern where shown. 2) grid pattern where shown.
Glue center flats to stage

3) left and right flats .
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Stage right backing flats Stage left backing flats
2” 2 1/2”
5”
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Upstage center backing flats.

1) If you decided to have double doors, leave these as walls inside the house.
2) If you decided to have a bay window, paint these to show outside the window.
5”
8”
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Let’s turn the model around to install the backing flats
Stage left backing

flats go here.
Stage right backing

flats go here.
Up center backing flats go here.
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Upstage backing flats
Stage right
Stage left
backing flats
backing flats
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Your completed model might look something like this.
Let’s add some furniture, and actors.
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Picture frames 2”
Fireplace mantel
2”
Fireplace
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Fireplace instructions
top
front
back
When you glue the mantel on, the back edge

must be even with the back of the fireplace
so that it will fit against the flat.
back edge of the mantel
flat
suggested location
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Just fold the back support and glue to the back of the actor.
Write the name of the character on
6’ Actor the support before you glue it together
5’ 6” Actor
4’ 6”Actor
If you don’t glue it down

to the model, a coin or
small weight could be
glued to the base to keep
it from falling over.
1 1/2”
1 1/2”
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How to put the chairs together
chair back
front
bottom
front
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“ “
chairs 3 3
4 4
1” 1”
“
3
4
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back
1”
Couch + instructions
front
2 1/4”
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“
3 Book cases
4
1 3/4”
base
1 3/4”
base
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top glue tab Round Tables
1 1/4”
base
2 1/2”
2 1/2”
Select either table top and use the same base.
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under side
2”
of table
base
under side of table 2”
Rectangular tables
3”
base
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com Build A Set

A model of a stage set is sometimes called a white card model.

A simple design of a living room set, without the fourth wall

You’ll need: a glue stick or white glue, scissors, and a ruler.

In theatre, walls are called flats.

A flat is usually a wooden frame covered in canvas or thin plywood.

Flats sometimes have working Backing or masking flats are used to

Trees and bushes can be painted on

Today our stages are no longer

Stage right Center stage Stage left

Lucky for us our world is all in the same scale.

If I asked you to draw a line 6 inches long you could use

1 inch written in short form is 1”

This box is 6’ on all sides — 6’ long, 6’ wide and 6’ high.

high 6’ We know there are 12 inches in 1 foot.

That means the box is 72”L x 72”W x 72”H

That’s a 1:12 scale box now.

In this model kit: 1/2” equals 1’ in real life.

In this model kit: 1/2” equals 1’ in real life.

The width of this door

These are glue tabs.

Hints: Cut out each set of flats just outside of the

Also just a little bit of glue will do

Stage right flats

The floor grid pattern shows

1/2” Stage right flats

If all of your lines are 1/2” apart

Stage left flats

Stage left flats

backing flats stage right

Up center backing flats stage left

backing flats stage left

Optional: Cut doors to open.

Glue center doors to grid pattern where shown.

Center line here.

Center line here.

Glue bay window to grid pattern where shown.

Find the line on the flat to center the bay window.

Stage right flats

Optional: Cut doors to open.

Glue Stage right flats to Glue Stage left flats to

Glue center flats to stage

Stage right backing flats Stage left backing flats

Upstage center backing flats.

Let’s turn the model around to install the backing flats

Stage left backing

Stage right backing

Up center backing flats go here.

Upstage backing flats

Your completed model might look something like this.

Let’s add some furniture, and actors.

When you glue the mantel on, the back edge

back edge of the mantel

If you don’t glue it down

How to put the chairs together

Select either table top and use the same base.

under side of table 2”

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