breeze /2007 fallta 10

Thea10-01 Intro to Design

Tue & Thurs., Noon to 1:45 pm in the Theater Arts 2nd Stage

Kate Edmunds: kmedmudn (at) ucsc (d0t) edu (temporarily out of serviece)

alternate email address: ethayer (at) earthlink (d0t) net

T.A.'s:
Robyn James: rljames (at) ucsc (d0t) edu
Breeze Olsson: breeze (at) ucsc (d0t) edu

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FINAL EXAM: monday, december 10, 2007

Second Stage (our classroom), Noon-3pm

• Remember to bring your Visual Journals

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Downloads:

Use the links below to download class materials:

• TA10 Class Intro (Doc)
  
• TA10 Class Syllabus (doc)
  
• True West script (pdf) (18.5Mb)
  
• Ghosts script (COMPLETE pdf - includes previously missing ending) (16.8Mb)

• Assignments:
• Assignment 1: True West Script Breakdown and Theme Paper (doc)
• Assignment 2:True West Collage (doc)
• Assignment 3: Set Design #1 (doc)
• Assignment 4: Costume Desing (doc)
• Assignment 5: Lighing (doc)

• Assignment 6: Music (doc)
  

  • Library Film & Music Reserved copies (1st floor Mc Henry Library):
  • Prelude to the afternoon of a faun (Debussy); Library Film & Music Call number: LCD9338
  • The rite of spring (Stravinsky); Library Film & Music Call number: LCD1638
• REVISED Assignment 7: Princes and the Pea (doc)
• Assignment 8: Ghost Paper and Collage (doc)

• Handouts:
• Color Wheel and Value Scale (pdf)
• Plan and Section Views (pdf)
• Costume Figures

• Helpful Links:
• google search for "writing help"
  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
• The Writing Program @ Kresge College Rm 166 - 831.459.2431
  http://humwww.ucsc.edu:16080/writing/
• Tutoring Center at the ARC
  http://www2.ucsc.edu/lss/tutorial_services.shtml
• Reference Desk hours
  http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/
• Library How To
  http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/
• Drop-In Workshops
  http://library.ucsc.edu/instruction/workshops/

• Breeze's Lecture Links:

  • Color Pickers (web tools to simplify color palette)
    http://colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp (good color picker)
    http://colorblender.com/
    http://infohound.net/colour/
    http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html
    http://www.jrm.cc/color-palette-generator/index.php?image=&steps=3 (color palette generated from an image)
    
  • Digital Image Basics
    http://dx.sheridan.com/advisor/main.html
  • In depth digital image management
    http://www.digitaldog.net/tips/index.shtml

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Syllabus:

TA 10: Intro to Design
Tue. & Thurs., Noon to 1.45 pm in the 2nd Stage
Taught by Kate Edmunds
Office: A207 | Phone: 459-3110 | email: kmedmund@ucsc.ed
Office hours starting week of 10/2: to be announced.

Class Objective: Designing for the theater or film is a uniquely collaborative process. Each designer – no matter which discipline – must know how to read and analyze a script and how to work with directors, fellow designers and the technical staff so as to create a fruitful, invigorating presentation of the script onstage or on the screen. All designers must support not only the work of the writer but also that of the actors. All of this must be done within a strict timetable and budget. We will discuss all of this as well as cover methods of starting one’s own creative process and various ways to communicate one’s ideas visually.

Structure: The class is structured as a series of lectures – it is your responsibility to take notes to prepare for exams. Your assignments will range from the written - script breakdown/analysis, concept description and play production critique – to visual projects exploring lighting, costumes and scenery. We will all look at the latter in class. A final project will bring all of these elements together. You will keep a “ visual workbook “ which I will check at unspecified times throughout the quarter. You will produce a written script breakdown, as well as 2 short papers.

There will be a mid-term and final exam.

Required reading

• TRUE WEST by Sam Shepard download pdf
  
• GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen download pdf
  
• THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA by Kate Hawley (Script will be provided)
  

Recommended reading

• THE DRAMATIC IMAGINATION by Robert Edmond Jones,
  
• THE SHIFTING POINT by Peter Brook,
  
• LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT by David Hayes,
  
• A LIFE IN THE THEATRE by Tyrone Guthrie
  

Also required: 1)You must attend Department productions. Details will be discussed in class.

Attendance: There is no textbook for the class. Your notes and any hand-outs form the basis of the exams. It should be clear that attendance is crucial to your success in this class. If you miss three (3) classes I will ask you to meet with me and discuss if you should continue the class or not. If you know in advance that you cannot make a class you must let me know via phone or email at least one day in advance. It is your responsibility to find out what you missed.

Late work is not accepted. End of discussion.

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Class Schedule:

Note: Schedule subject to change

1. 9/27 1st Class. Intro, syllabus, expectations
2. 10/2 The Creative Team
3. 10/4 Script Breakdown
4. 10/9 IIPP Training Mandatory
5. 10/11 Elements of Design; Due: TW Script Breakdown and Theme
6. 10/16 Types and Parts of Theaters
7. 10/18 Research and Process; Due: True West Collage
8. 10/23 Set design
9. 10/25 Costume design
10. 10/30 Lighting design; Due: Set Design Assignment #1
11. 11/1 Design for Dance ; Due: Costume Desing Assignment
12. 11/6 Mid-term exam ; Due: Assignment #5: Lighing
13. 11/8 Listen/discuss: Stravinsky & Debussy
14. 11/13 Design for film
15. 11/15 Look at Stravinsky/Debussy Project ; Due: Assignment 6: Music

16. 11/20 Discuss Ibsen’s GHOSTS

    • Thanksgiving
17. 11/27 Designing Opera
18. 11/29 The flow of a show
19. 12/4
20. 12/6 Last class; Due: Assignment 7: Princes and the Pea AND Assignment 8: Ghost Paper and Collage
21. 12/10 Final Exam: Noon-3pm in Second Stage; Due: Visual Journal

Just in case you didn't get that:

Final exam date and time: Monday, December 10th, 2007; Noon-3pm in Second Stage