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DRAMA 506 A: Visual Communication for Theatrical Designers

Meeting Time: 
MW 3:30pm - 5:20pm
Location: 
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SLN: 
13756
Instructor:
Skip Mercier
Skip Mercier

Syllabus Description:

THEATRE DESIGN IS VISUAL COMMUNICATION

This course is devised to define and expand essential visual communication skills for theatrical designers.  Exploration of individual approaches of working professional designers; increase essential design skills, and understanding your unique design voice within the framework of standard practice will be the thrust of the work.  The steps of a typical professional design process from designer’s first reading, the multiple collaborations necessary, that lead to opening will be explored and associated skills achieved for each step.

 

 

Catalog Description: 
Expands visual communication skills. Explores individual approaches of working professional designers; increases essential design skills (storyboard, modeling, sketching, costume rendering, drafting) and understanding of unique design voice within framework of standard practice. Steps of typical theatrical design process, from first reading to collaborations necessary, that lead to opening are explored and associated skills for each step. Offered: AW.
Credits: 
3.0
Status: 
Active
Last updated: 
August 18, 2020 - 9:12pm
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