Course Goals and Objectives

This course serves as an introduction into the language and interpretation of theatrical design through an exploration of design elements and principles as they relate to scenic, costume & lighting design. Everyone who works in the theatre needs to have a basic foundation in each of the various areas so that when you are working with other directors, designers, stage managers, technicians, and actors, everyone can speak the same language and be sensitive to each other’s responsibilities and talents. At the end of this course, students should have:

• Learned the fundamental principles and philosophies used by designers in the theatrical design process
• Learned to apply course material in the exploration of methods used by designers (to improve critical thinking and creative problem solving)
• Gained a strong sense of design terminology, processes, and methods
• Gained a familiarity with the elements and principles of design
• Developed creative capacities through exploration of how the design process works to support the ideas, themes, issues and values expressed in dramatic literature
• Respect for and increased understanding of the contributions of designers to a theatrical production

Thursday, October 17, 2013

10-17

I have not finished grading your binders.  I will be done with them by tomorrow and moving on to your collages and papers.  I apologize for this, circumstances beyond my control intervened and changed my plans for me.  

Today we will discuss set design and the impact of the scene designer on the production.  We will also be discussing the next two projects and preparing for that.  
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