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Stage Design as a Component of Production 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction
204SIS1 Z 1 2/T Czech
Tutor:
Pavel KALFUS
Synopsis:

A course of lectures (given by individual set design teachers) providing a general view on set design inside the production process. Examples chiefly of domestic productions.

The subject is studied in the class-year of students of set design and direction.

Prerequisites:

1. Capacity for reflection.

2. Ability to analyse and synthesise.

3. General understanding of theatre.

4. General understanding of fine arts.

Study Objectives:

The subject's aim is to explain set design?s function, its content and place among other elements of artistic work. It looks at its content and position in the hierarchy of production work and how it overlaps with other areas of visual work. Students meet individual teachers and have the opportunity to compare their opinions on the subject, reflect on how they differ and concur, and through discussion can reach their own conclusions on the subject.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1. Alternative and puppet theatre (subject, symbol, puppet etc.).

2. Relationship between object and subject.

3. Elements of the theatre production and their hierarchy.

4. Understanding the historical perspective of set design?s function.

5. Set design in the context of other artistic subjects and trends.

Syllabus:

Through theoretical discussion of the theatre and reflections on visited productions, with an emphasis on the visual aspect, to introduce students to the area that will form the individual basis of their future studies and constitute their future creative work. Set design students will meet students of direction, enabling not only a mutual exchange of opinions but also the creation of future points of agreement in their joint work in a creative team.

Study materials:

Jindřich Honzl: Roztočené jeviště

M.Kouřil: Divadlo práce

Miroslav Česal: Živý herec na loutkovém jevišti

Jan Císař: Teorie herectví loutkového divadla

Henryk Jurkowski: Magie loutky

Loutka na přelomu tisíciletí

Sylva Šimáčková: Scénografie loutkového divadla

Jaroslav Malina (monografie)

Josef Svoboda (monografie)

Note:
Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
místnost R111
Atelier

(Karlova 26, Praha 1)
KALFUS P.
12:00–13:30
(paralelka 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri
Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
Generated on 2010-4-26
Updates of the above given information can be found on http://studijniplany.amu.cz/en/predmet204SIS1.html