Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

David McHenry studied Theatre Design in London at the Central School of Art and Design, and has worked in Theatre, Television and Film for 40 years as Designer, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, Draughtsman and Lecturer. McHenry’s recent work includes Game of Thrones and Black Sails. He teaches at the University of the Arts, Wimbledon in the Screen Design Department and also runs three courses at the London Film School.

1. Equipment - The Basics 2. Scale 3. The Plan 4. Reflected Ceiling Plan 5. Laying out the Page 6. Lettering and Labeling 7. Title Block 8. Paper Sizes 9. Folding Drawings 10. Triangles 11. Circles 12. Dividing a Line into Equal Parts 13. Polar Point 14. Arches 15. Doors 16. Windows 17. Staircases 18. Bricks 19. Mouldings - Parts of a Circle 20. Isometric Projection 21. Axonometric Projection 22. Oblique Projections 23. Projections of Circles 24. Perspective Grid - Single Point 25. Perspective Grid - Two Point 26. Camera Lens Projections 27. Reflections in a Mirror 28. Calculating Backing Sizes 29. Forced Perspective - Set Shortening 30. Classical Orders 31. Entasis 32. Ionic Volute 33. Sprial Based on Quadrants 34. The Fibonacci Sprial 35. The Golden Section 36. The Sprial (Helix) 37. Surveying 38. Glossary 39. Index