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Name;
Ranko Hong
Course;
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Discipline;
Production Designer
Performers in athletic wear with helmets on a red-lit stage.

Set & Costume Design 'Trevor (another glorious day in the colony)'

Choreographed by Joel Bray

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancers in colourful costumes on a dark stage.

Set & Costume Design 'Trevor (another glorious day in the colony)'

Choreographed by Joel Bray

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancers in colourful costumes on a dark stage, dancing around a structure of coloured poles.

Set & Costume Design 'Trevor (another glorious day in the colony)'

Close-up of the structure.

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

Empty theatre stage with a frame of multicoloured triangle fabric pieces under stage lighting, with overhead rigging and spotlights in view.

Set & Costume Design 'Trevor (another glorious day in the colony)'

Wide shot of complete set

Ranko sitting on a stage floor, painting rust onto an old engine.

Head of Scenic 'Borneo plus 3'

HOD Scenic Ranko Hong painting the engine (prop) to add rust.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

Ranko and Caitlin painting cheese wedge props yellow at a workshop table.

Associate Set Designer 'First Love is the Revolution'

Associate Designer Ranko Hong painting the cheese prop along with Set Designer Caitlin Johnston. Props were designed by Ranko Hong under the supervision of Caitlin Johnston.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

Realistically painted prop of a roast chicken on a workbench.

Associate Set Designer 'First Love is the Revolution'

Roast chicken prop painted by HOD Staging Charlie Craft and Associate Designer Ranko Hong.

Ranko alongside another crew member, working on a theatre bump-out.

Associate Set Designer 'First Love is the Revolution'

Associate Designer Ranko Hong bumping out the floor coverings.

Photo: Deryk McAlpin

Set design model featuring white fabric canopies and green plants against a black semicircular background.

Design Practical Project - Echo and Narcissus

1:25 Scale Set Model

Design Practical Project

Snow White1:25 Scale Set Model

A portrait image of Ranko Hong

Ranko is an emerging live performance designer and set and props maker, who has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). Inspired by her favourite artists, she aspires to create concerts that allow the audience to immerse themselves in the artist's worldview.

Her VCA credits include Head of Workshop (Scenic) across multiple shows, Set and Costume Design for the 'Trevor (another glorious day in the Colony)' (chor. Joel Bray, 2023), Associate Set Design for ‘First Love is the Revolution’ (2022), and Workshop Crew across several productions in 2022.

Ranko has interned as a special effects trainee under Independent Screen Media with Pocari Sweat, and as a Workshop Crew member under Broad Encounters for 'Love Lust Lost'.

Email;
rankohong@gmail.com
Performers in athletic wear with helmets on a red-lit stage.
Dancers in colourful costumes on a dark stage.
Dancers in colourful costumes on a dark stage, dancing around a structure of coloured poles.
Empty theatre stage with a frame of multicoloured triangle fabric pieces under stage lighting, with overhead rigging and spotlights in view.
Ranko sitting on a stage floor, painting rust onto an old engine.
Ranko and Caitlin painting cheese wedge props yellow at a workshop table.
Realistically painted prop of a roast chicken on a workbench.
Ranko alongside another crew member, working on a theatre bump-out.
Set design model featuring white fabric canopies and green plants against a black semicircular background.

Set & Costume Design 'Trevor (another glorious day in the colony)'

Choreographed by Joel Bray

Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti

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A portrait image of Ranko Hong