| Course Title: Intermediate Courses in Production and Practice: 'Scene Design for Theater and Film' |
| Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce the history, art, and techniques of designing sets for theater and film. Students will learn how sets have been created in the past, how a designer approaches a script, how a designer's work supports the director's vision, how it illuminates a production for the audience, and what methods and techniques are used in the execution of the process. Students will have the opportunity to exercise their visual imaginations, through the creation of designs for a script. They will engage in script analysis, research, collaborative discussion, sketching, technical drawing, model building, and related techniques and methodologies. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Vanessa James | 413-538-2832 | vjames@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Monday | 12:45PM - 02:00PM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | 104 | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 12:45PM - 01:45PM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | 104 | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 12:45PM - 02:30PM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | 104 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Lab; $50 materials fee. Any additional design supplies and materials are the responsibility of the student. |
| Course Tags | ||
| FMT0003 | FMT-PR: Production/Performance | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Production/Performance area. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FMT-240SD-01 Scene Design for Theater/Film |
| ARCH-203-02 Scene Design for Theater/Film |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |