Category: Set in the street

The project we just completed was called set in the street.Building a set in the street isn’t very complicated it is just time consuming.  The thing that worked the best was painting because that was pretty easy because it only took about five minutes.  The thing that didn’t work was nailing the nails into the wood because people kept messing up the nails and we would have to redo it.  To start the process of building the set in the street we measured and cut pieces of wood until it was 8 by 4 feet.  Then, we nailed all the wood together and painted it a dark grey.  After that, we placed the boards in the middle of the school and decorated the set with furniture and paintings from the teachers lounge.  We also decorated the set with lights and a bookshelf filled with books.  The process took about three days to build the set but the final product was amazing.  The final product ended up looking like a real living room in the middle of our school.  Below is a link to the construction process and pictures of the final product.  There is also a link to a time laps of us assembling the set.

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In the “Set In The Street” project, our class had to split up into groups and we got right to building. We cut certain pieces of wood, made them specific sizes, and nailed/screwed the three walls together. When we started painting, my classmates and I had a roller and painted the three walls grey. The next day, we made final touches to the wall and headed near the gym doors. A couple students went up to the teachers lounge and got couches, coffee tables, a lamp, chairs, and even a bookshelf. We got books and accessories to fill the bookshelf and hung some pictures up on the walls. On the coffee tables, we put some cards and books to add the final touch to the living room. On arts night, we successfully had people come sit on the couches and chairs and took many photos.

The project was to create a set in this case we made a living room in front of a busy street or place. The goal was to represent that there can be a home in our everyday life. With so much happening we should take a break in the middle. That was the purpose of building the set in the street so people can realize and relax at like they were at home. The set took about a week to make. We used drywall as the wall in the background, and we “stole” the furniture from the teachers lounge. The pictures were taken on arts night where the students come and in and look at the art created that quarter.

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In this project we built a set and used furniture to make a “basic living room”. We took 4 feet wide by 9 feet tall “walls” and put them together to make a big living room wall.But before we could do that we had to nail the dry wall onto the boards. We covered it in grey paint and hung up a picture of the school. We put the set in the middle of a hallway at our school and put couches, chairs and bookshelves in the set. Then we sat in random positions pretending we were home. Some pictures are just of the set and the others are showing what’s in the background (people talking or walking). It was really easy to find furniture and take pictures. But it was pretty hard to nail the dry wall to the boards and make sure everything is lined up correctly.  I’ve built a wall before, so there was nothing new for me to experience. 

This is a picture if Mr.Lubin and his daughter int he set in the street.  They looked like they were at home and i thought it was a good time to take a picture of them. they were looking at the paper we had to work on during arts night. and he was showing her what to do.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been building our, “Set in the Street”. We got to build three 12 by 8 foot walls and then paint and sand them. This took about four or five days. They were our backdrop, we put a lamp in front of them and hung a picture on them to make them look more like normal living room walls.. We got a sofa, two coffee tables and a chair from the teacher’s lounge to furnish our, “Living Room”. Over the course of Arts Night, we took pictures of visitors posing in the seats, pretending to sleep, read, play cards, etc. I don’t really have anything to add about that, as I was sick and couldn’t attend. The next day, we took more pictures of ourselves pretending to do things in the seats.

Over the past week and a half we built the “Set In the Street”. The “Set In the Street” is a room that you build in the middle of a street but because we were in school we built it in the atrium. For our room we decided on a modern living room. First we had to build the frame out of wood. We made 3 pieces of wood, each piece was 4 feet by 8 feet. Then the next day we laid drywall onto it and put try wall paint onto the screw holes. The 3rd day we sanded off the extra drywall paint and painted the wall gray. Then it came to putting it all together. We clamped it all together and brought down items to make it a living room. Some students stayed after school to put the finishing touches. They went to the teachers lounge and brought down sofas and a bookshelf. They filled the bookshelf with books which took a lot of time. We hung up a photos of our school and put cards on the coffee table. The same day at arts night we kept a camera there so anyone who wanted to could sit and take a photos in the living. Overall this project taught me many building techniques and was a very fun project.

  

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In the past few weeks we did a project called set in the street. Where we had to build a living room. First we had to build the walls, we used pieces of wood and made the base was 4 foot by 8 foot there were 3 bases. We had to nail all of the pieces together. Then we took drywall and we screwed it into it, while making many holes in the drywall. Then, we patched those holes up with some drywall paint. After that we sanded all of the drywall paint so it would be smooth. Then, we painted the wall so it would look like a wall in a living room. Then we had to put the whole thing together. So, we screwed the things together and then tightened it with a bolt and screw that we wrenched in. Finally we added a bookcase full of books, a couch, a couch chair and some little square tables with a deck of cards on top of it. Then, you put a camera in front and let the magic happen.

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In the project “Set in the Street” we copied a professional photographer in New York City who made a set to look like a realistic settings in public areas. We built an old living room with an couch, a chair, and coffee table, and lamps. Included in the set there was cards, books, and picture frames for detail. We got all these materials from different teachers. The set also had a wall that we painted. In order to make this wall, we trimmed and cut the wood to fit the set length. The wall itself took several days to build.The class used materials such as drills, hammers, nails, and screws to make the wall. After the set was complete we asked students and adults at our Art Night to join the set while we took their picture. The final product was cool to see and many people enjoyed it. The picture below shows my friends and I posing in the set (I was the one asleep). One is cropped while the other is not.

 

“Set In The Street” took a lot of effort.  Before we put together the set we all gathered in the classroom and talked about what we needed.  Some of us brought in the materials others help get the things.  We made the walls by using wood, drywall and grey paint, I was fun because we got to put in the screws ourselfs.  Next we got The furniture from the teacher’s lounge including a couch, a chair and tables.  We also got the bookshelf and books from the lounge, and the lamp was ginin tous by Mr Leech.  The picture above the couch is taken from outside the school and out in a picture frame that was bought.  In one of the images below me and my friend Sammi are acting natural in the living space, as we would if if was real.