Written assignments include preliminary exercises, rough drafts, rewrites, and final drafts. The foundation and rise of musical theatre in the U.S. beginning with European influences. Explores dramatic, social, and musical implications of contemporary society which produced a unique American musical idiom. Examines works of Victor Herbert, Gershwin, Porter, Blake, Sondheim, and others. How a designer analyzes a script and work with a director to create a design.
Students study techniques of rendering, sketching, model building, and drafting.
The lighting designer's role in the creation of a stage design. Lighting principles, instrumentation, color theory, script analysis, and light plots. Must be taken concurrently with TAD 222. The role of costume designer in the theatrical process. Students study basic costume history, principles of design, script analysis and rendering techniques.