Light in Performance - Course 1

Tutor:

Jan BURIAN

Synopsis:

The class introduces Master's level directing students to problems of lighting in a theatrical production.

Prerequisites:

Study Objectives:

To familiarize students with the technique and artistic quality of light as a creator of space and medium of meaning in a theatrical production.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1) lighting techniques and their mastery;

2) light and space;

3) light and decoration;

4) light and the actor;

5) light as a dramatic factor;

6) light as an artistic factor;

7) light and dramatic time.

Syllabus:

Through the course organized in cooperation with the Department of Stage Design and an external specialist (light designer), directing students learn how to use light as a dramatic and artistic factor in a theatrical production both from historical and contemporary examples and from real practice.

Study materials:

Věra Ptáčková: Česká scénografie XX.století

catalogues of the Quadriennale

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský režie ČD (compulsory subject)