{"id":1723,"date":"2014-07-14T23:41:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T23:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:48:28","slug":"use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Shading to Your Advantage With Black and White Backdrops"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Use Shading to Your Advantage With Black and White Backdrops<\/h1>\n<p>Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn already great designs into stunning pieces of imagery. Our Creative Team tastefully blends a variety of vibrant colors to visually convey an overall feeling and tone. Recently, however, we realized that we hadn\u2019t been paying a certain family of colors its due. While bright blues, reds, and yellows can and do create incredible imagery, grayscale and black and white backdrops also have a very powerful visual effect.<\/p>\n<p>Black and white or grayscale backdrops have a variety of uses. Some productions and events need a good dose of antiquity in order to really convey a&nbsp;vintage vision. Other times, our clients seek&nbsp;an ominous feeling for a particular scene or even their entire event. While we do have a variety of vividly-colored backdrops that can assist with these needs, adding in a selection of drops that rely on more muted tones will only improve our ability to&nbsp;provide the best selection of stage and event backdrops in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Even though our Artists might not have as many colors on their palette, monochromatic&nbsp;drops require no&nbsp;shortage of artistry. Precise blending and shading are of the utmost importance&nbsp;when painting&nbsp;these&nbsp;backdrops. We could talk about the benefits of these backdrops all day, but hey, it\u2019s imagery so let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<h2>Developing Our Dragon&#8217;s Lair Backdrop<\/h2>\n<p>Our Creative Team originally developed our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/dragons-lair-007-00530\">Dragon\u2019s Lair<\/a> as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/theme\/shrek-the-musical-231\">SHREK THE MUSICAL<\/a> backdrop suite. Based on the underground chambers of the Chillon Castle, this drop is the perfect home for Dragon. The drop has&nbsp;also found a part in productions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/theme\/beauty-and-the-beast-59\">BEAUTY AND THE BEAST<\/a> and at a variety of themed events. The original design favors the look of the brownstones of Chillon Castle. In order to update the design for clients with different visions, our Artistic Team reproduced&nbsp;the brownstone design using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/dragons-lair-graystone-007-00590\">combination of gray and black<\/a>.&nbsp;Then, they&nbsp;added in just a touch of sunlight to help the architecture stand out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/dragons-lair-007-00530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1517 size-full\" title=\"Dragon's Lair Backdrop for SHREK THE MUSICAL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dragons-lair-backdrop-e1595278115179.jpg\" alt=\"Professional Scenic Backdrop Dragon's Lair for SHREK THE MUSICAL\" width=\"554\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/dragons-lair-graystone-007-00590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1728 size-full\" title=\"Dragon's Lair Graystone Backdrop for SHREK THE MUSICAL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/dragins-lair-grayscale-backdrop-blog-image-e1595278123444.jpg\" alt=\"Professional Scenic Backdrop Dragon's Lair Graystone\" width=\"554\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>General imagery plays an important part in&nbsp;many productions. Our intricately-detailed drops are often designed to reduce the amount of set pieces necessary to set a scene. However, some Directors&#8217; visions call for imagery that truly represents the background and the background alone. With this in mind, our Creative Team developed a series of backdrops that depict rural landscapes. As details are constantly important, we have three different options to choose from: our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/black-and-white-wheatfield-008-01000\">Black and White Wheatfield<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/black-and-white-cornfield-008-01020\">Black and White Cornfield<\/a>, and our just released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/black-and-white-soybean-field-008-01040\">Black and White Soybean Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Different crop choices allow you to give your stage or event either a vintage or even spooky tone. These backdrops can work just as well for setting the scene for Auntie Em\u2019s farm in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/theme\/wizard-of-oz-216\">THE WIZARD OF OZ<\/a> as they can for creating an eerie tone. Combine with balanced lighting and jack-o-lanterns&nbsp;to&nbsp;create&nbsp;great Halloween event backdrops. We look forward to learning how our clients&nbsp;intend to use black and white imagery to their advantage.<\/p>\n<h2>Looking Forward with Black and White Backdrops<\/h2>\n<p>These newest black and white and grayscale designs are just the beginning. Our Creative Team is looking for more scenes and analyzing trends in the dance and event industries right now in order to identify even more designs that can be beautifully portrayed in these color schemes. Expect more to come just as soon as we have wrapped up production on entire show packages for a trio of popular productions!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/backdrops\/black-and-white-cornfield-008-01020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1731 size-full alignnone\" title=\"TheatreWorld's Black and White Cornfield Backdrop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1595278134701.jpg\" alt=\"TheatreWorld's Professional Scenic Black and White Cornfield Backdrop\" width=\"554\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use Shading to Your Advantage With Black and White Backdrops Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn already great designs into stunning pieces of imagery. Our Creative Team tastefully blends a variety of vibrant colors to visually convey an overall&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,27,39,80,83,95,100],"tags":[128,136,143,174,198,217,260,287,306,315,316,317,334,351,352,354,378,379],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheatreWorld&#039;s Backdrop Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-14T23:41:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-21T15:48:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"554\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cblog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"TheatreWorld&#039;s Backdrop Blog\",\"description\":\"News, design ideas, and backdrops\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg\",\"width\":554,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"TheatreWorld's Black and White Cornfield backdrop\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/\",\"name\":\"Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-14T23:41:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-21T15:48:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b70f525bdf6344193f56a793ab13595d\"},\"description\":\"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Use Shading to Your Advantage With Black and White Backdrops\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b70f525bdf6344193f56a793ab13595d\",\"name\":\"cblog\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cblog\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/author\/cblog\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops","description":"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops","og_description":"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/","og_site_name":"TheatreWorld&#039;s Backdrop Blog","article_published_time":"2014-07-14T23:41:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-21T15:48:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":554,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cblog","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/","name":"TheatreWorld&#039;s Backdrop Blog","description":"News, design ideas, and backdrops","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/black-and-white-cornfield-backdrop-blog-image-e1600703303631.jpg","width":554,"height":300,"caption":"TheatreWorld's Black and White Cornfield backdrop"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/","name":"Using Shading to Your Advantage with Black and White Backdrops","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2014-07-14T23:41:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-21T15:48:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b70f525bdf6344193f56a793ab13595d"},"description":"Colorization is one of the most important aspects of scenic design. A careful combination of the right shades and tones can turn an already great design","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/1723\/use-shading-to-your-advantage-with-black-and-white-backdrops\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Use Shading to Your Advantage With Black and White Backdrops"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b70f525bdf6344193f56a793ab13595d","name":"cblog","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cblog"},"url":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/author\/cblog\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5184,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/5184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreworldbackdrops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}