Light in Performance - Course 1

Course unit code:

201SVI1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

Type of course unit:

Study plan Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Režie činoherního divadla v angličtině (Mgr.) – compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

Study plan Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – 1st year
Study plan Režie činoherního divadla v angličtině (Mgr.) – 1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Jan BURIAN

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan BURIAN

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.

Mode of delivery:

Course combining lectures and classes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Passage of the Bachelor's exam.

Recommended optional programme components

Monitor of contemporary trends in light design.

Course contents:

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

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Course takes place as lectures with subsequent debates on the basic topics.

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation in the course.

Language of instruction:

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

	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 K335 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) BURIAN J. 12:00–15:00 (přednášková par. 2) místnost K329 Pracovna pedagogů (Karlova 26, Praha 1) BURIAN J. 12:00–12:45 (přednášková par. 1)
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Mon	12:00–15:00	BURIAN J.	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 2
	Mon	12:00–12:45	BURIAN J.	Pracovna pedagogů Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
Režie činoherního divadla v angličtině (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)