Sets are the stage in film. They provide the location for the given story. They can introduce the genre very quickly before anything else, an old town in the desert for a western, some future world for science fiction, for example. The art of stagecraft is a part of set design and the art department; parts of film that will always be necessary. As a part of film stagecraft/set design build fictional worlds or work with real location. Depending on what the director asks for either can be useful but they always provide a physical set for the actors to work with. Though film stagecraft/set design have adapted and changed throughout film’s history it has always existed in the current era.
Technology advancement increases the worlds that film stagecraft/set design can create. For example the film Sands of Iwo Jima used a process called process shot were part of the set was built and background exteriors were on a projection screen behind the actors. Digitization uses green screens to fill in parts of set that get recreated on computers. This lets the animators add more to the set building from the physical constructions. It helps in science fiction primarily to create alien worlds. Though films are becoming increasingly digital set design and the art of stagecraft will always be necessary to build the backbone/structure for films.
Technology advancement increases the worlds that film stagecraft/set design can create. For example the film Sands of Iwo Jima used a process called process shot were part of the set was built and background exteriors were on a projection screen behind the actors. Digitization uses green screens to fill in parts of set that get recreated on computers. This lets the animators add more to the set building from the physical constructions. It helps in science fiction primarily to create alien worlds. Though films are becoming increasingly digital set design and the art of stagecraft will always be necessary to build the backbone/structure for films.