THETR 359:
Class Schedule
S 2022
Week 1 classes: M 1/17 MLK Day
Week 2 Zoom ID#: 373 879 3171
M 1/24
Class I 12:30-2:00
Syllabus, texts, materials, assignments.
View Movie: Visions of Light 13:00 – 28:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVns3k-NGAo
Class II 2:10-3:15
Discuss Movie Segment: Visions of Light
Discuss Poem projects (Light in Literature).
Home:
Light in Literature Project.
Read This Property Is Condemned by Tennessee Williams (pdf emailed to you)
Set up some basic shapes under a single source and make TWO drawings of light and shadow (pencil on white paper) to share with the class.
Read Hays Chapters 1,2, & 3
Light in Literature projects. Link to Poems/lit and assignment sheet on main page of class website.
Buy white pastel/conte pencils
View all of Visions of Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVns3k-NGAo
Week 3 Meets at Modern Theatre!
M 1/31
Due:
White pastel/conte pencils
Two light drawings in graphite pencil on white paper
Light in Literature projects.
This Property Is Condemned read
Hays Chapters 1,2, & 3 read
Class I 12:30-2:00:
Post homework drawings on wall and review.
Drawing light with white pastel/conte on black paper
The five controllable qualities of light and the three objectives of stage lighting.
Class II 2:10-3:15
Discuss Light in Literature projects.
Talk about the Design Approach Statement and design research
Discuss This Property Is Condemned by Tennessee Williams
Home:
Two light drawings white on black paper
The Design Approach Statement and design research for This Property Is Condemned
Week 4 Meets at Studio Theatre!
M 2/7
Due:
Two light drawings white on black paper
Design Approach Statement and lighting research for This Property Is Condemned
Class I 12:30-2:00
Demo of Showcase light plot
Set up Morgue Project with light in studio (demo for how you will do projects.)
Class II 2:10-3:15
Discuss This Property Is Condemned by Tennessee Williams
Discuss Design Approach Statements and research for This Property Is Condemned. Share a few in class.
The sketch plot/ Morgue Project
Home:
Two light drawings white on black paper
Read Hays chapter 13, color.
Morgue project #1: Make a sketch plot of the morgue photo from the online gallery, “David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Baiting the Line, 1845”
Week 5 Meets at Modern Theatre!
M 2/14
Due:
Two light drawings white on black paper
Hays chapter 13, color
Morgue project #1. Pin on tack boards when you arrive.
Class I 12:30-2:00
Drawing light with white pastel/conte on black paper
Review Morgue Projects.
Hand out Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Class II 2:10-3:15
Distribute gel books
Assign Groups for Art Print Project.
Practical Applications: lighting instruments, circuits, control, and hanging lights. Lighting in a proscenium.
Demonstration of Art Print Group Project, pre-set board, circuits, etc.
Home:
Read Hays chapter 7, 11 & 12
Art Print Group Project
Read Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Two light drawings white on black paper
Design Approach Statement and lighting research for Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Homework for Week 6:
Two light drawings white on black paper
Work on Art Print Group Project
Design Approach Statement and lighting research for Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Week 6
M 2/21 Presidents Day, No Class
Week 7
M 2/28
Due:
Four light drawings white on black paper
Design Approach Statement and lighting research for Talk to Me Like the Rain . . .
Art Print Group Project with sketch plot and description.
Class I 12:30-2:00
Present Art Print Group Projects in class with sketch plot and description
Class II 2:10-3:15
Color: Theory/additive and subtractive, gel, temperature, dominant and recessive, mixing.
Discuss DASs for This Property is Condemned
Assign groups for Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Home:
Read Hays Chapters 8, 9 & 10
Two light drawings white on black paper
Group Project: Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Group design approach statement, research, and sketch plot
Week 8
M 3/7
Due:
Two light drawings white on black paper
Hays Chapters 8, 9 & 10
Group Projects: Talk to me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
Group design approach statement, research, and sketch plot
Class I 12:30-2:00
Present Group Projects: Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Class II 2:10-3:15
Present Group Projects: Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen
Home: Nada
Week 9 SPRING BREAK
3/14-3/18
Week 10
M 3/21
Due:
Class I 12:30-2:00
Discuss Cueing to Music Group Project
Cueing: Demo of cueing to music in class by Shannon.
Assign groups for Cueing to Music Group Project
Class II 2:10-3:15
Begin group discussions about Cueing to Music Projects
Color: Theory/additive and subtractive, gel, temperature, dominant and recessive, mixing?
Choose music for Cueing to Music Group Project
Home:
Work on Cueing to Music Group Projects
Week 11
M 3/28
Due:
Group Cueing to Music Project
Class I 12:30-2:00
Present Cueing to Music Projects
Class II 2:10-3:15
Discuss Opera Project
Watch videos of Il Tabarro and discuss
Home:
Read libretto Il Tabarro Libretto and listen to the opera Il Tabarro by Puccini. Video of Il Tabarro
Begin looking at visual research for Il Tabarro
Week 12 Meet at Studio Theatre for first half, then go to Modern Theatre!
M 4/4
Due:
Research for Il Tabarro libretto, music, time period, past productions, visual research
Class: 12:30-2:00
Meet Jeff Adleberg?
Demo of Jeff Adleberg's plot for Children of the Night
Class II 2:10-3:15
Practical Applications: hookup, plot, magic sheet, elevation, and section.
Computer Board Demo
Assign groups and scenes/pgs.
Home:
Re-read libretto and listen to the opera Il Tabarro
Research for Il Tabarro libretto, music, time period, past productions, visual research
Individual Design Approach Statement and research, for Il Tabarro
Week 13 Meet at Studio Theatre!
4/11
Due:
Individual Design Approach Statement and research, for Il Tabarro
Class I 12:30-2:00
Look at Il Tabarro model
Light Il Tabarro model in class
Draw the model of Il Tabarro
Class II 2:10-3:15
Assign group scenes for Il Tabarro
Discuss in groups.
Homework for week 14:
Cue placements (paper cues) for Il Tabarro for individual groups
Work on Group Design Approach Statement and design research for Il Tabarro
Week 14
M 4/18 Patriots Day, No Class
Week 15
M 4/25
Due:
Paper cues and Group Design Approach Statements for Il Tabarro for group scenes
Class I 12:30-2:00
Group #1 work on lighting their section of Il Tabarro
Class II 2:10-3:15
Group #2 work on lighting their section of Il Tabarro
Home:
Paperwork and Binder
Continue working on Il Tabarro Projects
Week 16
5/2 Last Day of Class
Due:
Paper cues and Group Design Approach Statements for Il Tabarro for group scenes
Class I 12:30-2:00
Group #3 work on lighting their section of Il Tabarro
Class II 2:10-3:15
Group #4 work on lighting their section of Il Tabarro
Home:
Paperwork and Binder
Continue working on Il Tabarro Projects, prep for final
Final Exam—Present Il Tabarro Group Project
May 10, 11:00 – 1:30 Sullivan Studio Theatre
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