21M.734 | Spring 2005 | Undergraduate

Design for the Theater: Scenery

Calendar

ses # Topics key dates

Project 1

1

Introduction

Information

Origins of Theater Space and Design

Design assignment #1 given

2

Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts

Elements of Design: The Designer’s “Tools of the Trade”

Paper #1 and rough sketches assigned

3

Presentation of Papers and Discussion of the Sketches

Preliminary sketches assigned

4

Preliminary Sketches Critiqued

The Wider Context: Scripts in the Time and Place of Their Creation

Final sketches assigned

5

Revised Final Sketches Critiqued

Finished rendering assigned

6

Presentation of Design #1

Design assignment #2 given

Project 2

7

Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts

The Medieval and Elizabethan Stage

Paper #2 and rough sketches assigned

8

Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed

Preliminary sketches assigned

9

Preliminary Sketches Critiqued

Indoor Theater and Renaissance Design

Final sketches assigned

10

Revised Final Sketches Critiqued

Finished rendering assigned

11

Presentation of Design #2

Design assignment #3 given

Project 3

12

Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts

The Baroque and Revolutionary/Romantic Stage

Paper #3 and rough sketches assigned

13

Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed

Preliminary sketches assigned

14

Preliminary Sketches Critiqued

Mid-Term: Discussion of Play Choices for the Final Project

Final sketches assigned

15

Revised Final Sketches Critiqued

Finished rendering assigned

16

Presentation of Design #3

Design assignment #4 given

Project 4

17

Discussion on the Analysis of Play Scripts

From Grand Spectacle to Realism

Paper #4 and rough sketches assigned

18

Work on Final Project

19

Work on Final Project (cont.)

20

Papers and Rough Sketches Presented and Discussed

Preliminary sketches assigned

21

Preliminary Sketches Critiqued

Reactions Against Realism

Final sketches assigned

22

Revised Final Sketches Critiqued

Finished rendering assigned

23

Presentation of Design #4

Review of Final Project Issues

24

First Viewing of Final Projects and Discussion

25

Modern and Post-modern Productions

26

Presentation of Final Projects

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Learning Resource Types
Image Gallery
Written Assignments