ARTS 201
Worldbuilding: Staging and Design For The Theater
Fall 2015
Division I
Cross-listed
THEA 201
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course examines the designer’s and director’s creative processes as they work together to imagine the fictional worlds of theatrical productions. Over a series of practical projects in staging, mise-en-scene, and various design disciplines, we will develop techniques for eliciting an initial creative response to a text, developing that response into a point-of-view, and solving the practical needs of the production. Particular emphasis is placed on how design elements synthesize with one another and the work of the actors and director, to form the larger intellectual, emotional, and physical context of the work as a whole. Students will adopt various creative roles throughout a series of assigned projects, giving a broad exposure to the work of designers and directors. Basic presentation skills and technique, as well as methodologies for critical feedback, will be taught as crucial elements of staging and design development.
The Class:
Format: studio
Limit: 14
Expected: 12
Class#: 1860
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 14
Expected: 12
Class#: 1860
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based upon committed class participation and thoughtful, timely completion of all assignments and projects
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Theatre majors
Unit Notes:
this course is a prerequisite for all upper-level design and directing courses; this course does not count toward the Art major
Materials/Lab Fee:
materials and copying $125 to be added to the students' term bill
Distributions:
Division I
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
THEA 201 Division I ARTS 201 Division I
THEA 201 Division I ARTS 201 Division I
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ARTS 201 - 01 (F) STU Staging & Design For Theater
ARTS 201 - 01 (F) STU Staging & Design For TheaterDivision IDavid Gurcay-MorrisMW 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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