Basics to Stage Technology - Course 1

Course unit code:

204ZJT1

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

20/S

Type of course unit:

Study plan Herectví alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

bakalářský, magisterský

Year of study

Study plan Herectví alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) – 1st year
Study plan Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – 1st year
Study plan Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) – 1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní i letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Josef MADĚRA, Robert SMOLÍK

Name of lecturer(s):

Josef MADĚRA

Study Objectives:

Familiarise 1st year ALD department students with the entire breadth of stage technology and with all aspects of a theatre's operations (personal and technical). Emphasis is placed on the fact that technology and personnel as a whole must contribute to producing the best possible rehearsals and final result for the production.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture, samples in the school and other theatre spaces, discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Interest in the profession.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Theoretical instruction:

- Personnel structure of the theatre.

Familiarisation with all professional personnel in the theatre; its hierarchy, professional arrangement and relations between individual workers and the workplace. Emphasis is placed on stage technoology elements. A detailed explanation of the functions of all a theatre?s employees, from the director, artistic head, stage master to the stage technican.

- Stable stage equipment.

Familiarisation with all firmly installed tehnical elements of the stage and audiorium used to serve the performance; their relationship to individual stage technology employees. Detailed description of this equipment?s functions.

- Portable stage equipment.

Familiarisation with all technical requisites, instruments and simple portable mechanisation on the stage and in the auditorium. Their function in building the theatre?s decoration and its operation during rehearsals and performances. Detailed explanation of the functions and possibilities of this equipment, relationship to stage technology employees and other persons moving in the theatre environment.

Practical instruction:

- Visit and inspection of a puppet theatre with explanation.

- Visit and inspection of a large classical theatre with explanation.

Study materials:

Topical professional press.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, discussions, samples in school, in theatre and on-location.

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on student skill and experience during the semester.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

For 1st year Alternative and Puppet Theatre (ALD), Acting study, ALD, Bachelor's Directing-Dramaturgy, ALD Bachelor's, Set-design.

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Herectví alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
Režie a dramaturgie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) (compulsory subject)
Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Bc.) (compulsory subject)