Module Identifier SG30720  
Module Title SCENOGRAPHY IN PRODUCTION 1  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Mr Richard D Downing  
Semester Semester 1  
Other staff Mr Nick Strong, Miss Rebecca A Mitchell, Mr Simon J Banham  
Pre-Requisite SG20430 For Joint Honours Scenographic Studies, SG20520 For those other than Joint Honours Scenographic Studies  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   5 x 1hr tutorials Students will also attend rehearsals, production meetings and practical sessions as necessitated by production schedules.  
  Seminars / Tutorials   5 x 2hr seminar Students will also attend rehearsals, production meetings and practical sessions as necessitated by production schedules.  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment Contribution to collaborative production design work  70%
Semester Assessment Working notebook For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml 30%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to apply selected principles and methodologies of scenography pertaining to a range of production practices.
- show ability to conduct the shared and negotiated investigation of a collaborative production design process.
- To demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary to engage, under close supervision, a range of working practices appropriate to a diversity of departmental productions.
- To present effective and appropriate documents of research, representation, communication and process pertinent to specific practices of scenography in production.



Aims

The aim of this module is:
- To examine, in the context of practical implementation, selected principles and methodologies of scenography pertaining to a given range of production practices.
- To initiate the shared and negotiated investigation of a collaborative production design process.
- To develop the skills and knowledge necessary to engage, under close supervision, a range of working practices appropriate to a diversity of departmental productions.
- To encourage and assist the effective and appropriate individual generation and collation of documents of research, conceptual process, representation and communication pertinent to specific practices of scenography in production.


Content

Process :

This module aims to examine, in the context of practical implementation, selected principles and methodologies of scenography pertaining to a range of production practices. Building upon the studies of semesters 1 and 2, students will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to engage a range of scenographic working practices appropriate to a diversity of departmental productions. Working in small groups and led by the course tutors, students will have the opportunity to both observe and execute collaborative design processes, and share responsibility in bringing these processes through to realisation in performance. Individually, students will generate and collate documents of research, representation, communication and process pertinent to specific practices of scenography in production. Collectively these documents will be organised as working notebooks and/or electronic folio material, and should function not simply as records, but as both the instrument and embodiment of thought.

Criteria for assessment :

i] Within tutor-led production design processes: assessment will be made upon the basis of the following criteria:
- Realisation: evidence of sustained engagement; contribution to design realisation. (40%)
- Animation: contribution to operation and management of the design in performance. (25%)
- Collaboration : effective and sensitive personal management within the context of group work. (25%)
- Presentation: contribution to design presentation in production meetings. (10%)

ii] Individual working notebook / folio: assessment will be made upon the basis of the following criteria:
- Research: evidence of an awareness and understanding of conceptual context. (20%)
- Development: evidence of concept exploration and individual development; of lateral thought; integrity, originality and creativity of individual ideas. (30%)
- Communication: effectiveness as an instrument for the representation and communication of ideas. (30%)
- Form: appropriate, efficient and imaginative use of media employed (including written annotation and exposition). (20%)


Transferable skills

- acquisition of conceptual and creative tools which may be applied in a variety of media and social contexts.
- articulation and communication through non-verbal media.
- organisation and presentation of conceptual material.
- self management as part of group functioning.
- project design, problem solving, implementation and exposition of the group plan.


Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Mackintosh, Iain (1993) Architecture, Actor and Audience Routledge
Harbison, Robert (1997) Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations-Architecture MIT Press
Dorn and Shandra (1992) Drafting for the Theatre S. Illinois University Press
Davis, Tony (2001) Stage Design Roto Vision
Mulryne and Shrewing (1995) Making Space for Theatre Mulryne and Shrewing Ltd.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6