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Assigned artistic production work in directing, acting, design, technology, dramaturgy under the supervision of a faculty advisor relative to the student's area of interest; performance, technical, design, media, management.
A survey of the organization and practical application and execution of performance events.
Special topics in advanced theory and techniques of performance technology, including scenery construction and rigging, costume construction, lighting technology, and sound.
Not open to students with credit in THEA 5310 or THEA 7310
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6…
Methods for 2-D (print) communication of 3-D design using entertainment industry graphic standards, orthographic projection, ground plans, elevations, and lighting plots. Students use a free student version of Vectorworks™ software running on the students’ own laptops.
Description: Digital modeling, texture, rendering, and lighting of stage design for theater or corporate events. Students use free versions of Vectorworks™ and Renderworks™ software running on the student’s own laptop.
Performance of Shakespeare plays. Designed to develop the actor’s skill through the intensive study and performance of Shakespearean material, this course will emphasize techniques for heightened language, believable and appropriate characterization and physical vibrancy.
An intense, practical application of the techniques necessary to rehearse and perform one of Shakespeare's plays for public presentation.
Antiquity to 20th century modes of costume, coiffure, and adornment as reflected by societal trends for use in entertainment design.
Survey of architecture, interiors, and furniture styles for use in the entertainment design industry from ancient civilization through contemporary design.
Lighting design for the entertainment arts, emphasizing conceptualization and application for basic research and technology to meet dramatic needs.
An introduction to the history, materials, and techniques of creating painted scenery for the theatre. Demonstration/studio meetings of two- and three-dimensional scenic painting techniques. Practical projects in painting architectural detailing, materials, foliage, landscapes, and…
Technology for use in entertainment production includes common manufacturing processes such as 3D printing, laser cutting, utilizing 3D modeling, and vector-based applications.
Information and applied skills regarding safe, efficient, and effective use of metals, plastics, and other such nontraditional materials in scenic and costume construction.
Presentation of information and applied skills in theatrical rigging, physical theatrical facilities/venues, and the safety and well-being of all who work in entertainment-related fields. Safety is an integral part of all courses and work in Theatre and Film Studies. Course participants…
An introduction to the most basic elements of management and production for theatre and other live performance: elements of technical production, lighting, sound, painting, vertical and load bearing scenery, and rigging. Standard theatre organizational structure, terms, scheduling, unions…
Special workshops with guest artists.
Semester Course Offered: Not offered on a regular basis.
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week.
Special topics course in cinema studies, combining history and critical analysis of specific topics (animation, national cinema, authorship, genre).
Students will study and perform a range of musical theatre styles, including operetta, tin pan alley, and the modern musical. Students will learn how to analyze libretto and lyrics through the psychological lens of a character. Through readings, lecture, and practice they will understand…
An intensive study of the Repetition Exercise developed by Sanford Meisner. By the end of the course, the student should have mastered the basic exercise, begun to respond honestly, impulsively, and with full emotional, vocal, and physical engagement to a partner and have applied the…
Selected performance topics and theories.
The director's analysis of the script, the actor-director relationship, and theatrical style. Each student directs a one-act play or short film.
3 hours. 6 hours lab per week.
Developing the full length script for performance.
Critical and practical work in producing new scripts for writers, actors, directors, and designers.
An advanced course in digital video production, with emphasis on visual storytelling techniques. Students will build on all the skills necessary to take an idea to the screen, from the initial script breakdown to advanced post-production techniques.
Editing for Film and Video introduces key terms, software, aesthetic choices, and workflow, modeled on professional practice within the film, television, and digital media industries. Students learn media storage and management, project organization, picture, sound, and music editing, and…
A special topics course in dramatic writing.
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Nontraditional Format:
Introduction to illusions and visual tricks used in film and television to make the unreal seem real. Students will get hands-on experience with both practical on-set effects and digital effects created in post-production.
Under the supervision and approval of an advisor, students perform the duties of an internship within film, television, animation, and media. Students report to work as required by their employers, maintain a record of duties, and write a final paper summarizing their experiences and…
An introduction to the history, theories, and practice of community-based theatre. Hallmark troupes and artists, and techniques of theatre for social change. Involves outreach in the community, critical reflection, and the creation our own community-based performance.
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An introduction to the history, tools, and techniques of creating patterns for costumes and clothing. Class time will be devoted to both demonstration and practical exercises in flat pattern technique, draping, sizing, and creation of sloper patterns for the individual body. Students must…
Interpreting flat two-dimensional designs into actualized three- dimensional hat construction for use in costumes and prop manufacture. Students must have basic hand sewing and machine sewing skills before taking this course.
Introduction into various forms of fabric manipulation used in costume and scenic design areas of the entertainment industry, including dye, fabric painting, silk screening, block printing, and various forms of pleating.
Advanced scenic design for the entertainment arts, emphasizing multi-character and highly complex designs using traditional and complex methods and technologies.
Projects in lighting design for the entertainment arts, emphasizing multi-character and highly complex methods and technologies.
Practical instruction in the installation and programming of automated luminaries and advanced DMX controlled equipment. Programming logic and incorporation of automated gear into productions in a variety of appropriate production styles. Visualization is also explored and used as another…
Exploration of lighting for a diverse range of venues and specialty areas of entertainment design. Significant topics include: lighting for television/film, industrials and corporate theatre, concert lighting, virtual lighting, and spectacle events. Practical design exercises related to…
Study of lighting equipment and design in architectural and themed design applications. Topics include: light sources, luminaries, design considerations, lighting codes, and recommended standards of architectural and landscape lighting. Practical exercises related to lighting a selection…
A special topics course in computer technology not otherwise offered in the drama and theatre curriculum.
Lecture and discussion is integrated with hands-on work at…
Advanced computer animation techniques and digital compositing which integrate live action with computer generated environments.
Semester Course Offered: Offered every year
Preparation of a portfolio-quality computer animation project, including a narrative script story book, pre-production meetings, schedules and budgets, production and post-production.
Semester Course Offered: Not offered on…
Principles and techniques of technical animation. Topics include skeletal and control rigging virtual characters, simulation of cloth, simulation of hair and fur, simulation of fluids (fire, water, etc.), and simulated particle systems.
Principles and techniques of motion capture. Exploration of motion capture as a technical medium. Development of rigs for capture sessions. Methods for capturing multiple performances in single sessions. Post-processing MoCap data for quality output, and making use of the captured data.…
Advanced exploration of interactive media as a dramatic form, with an emphasis on algorithmic structures, self-generating media, adaptive behaviors, and object-oriented programming techniques.
Principles and techniques of sound design for live theatre, film, and animation. Considers both the theory of sound design and the practical application of sound as a design medium. Topics include emotional and narrative content of sound, analyzing scripts for sound needs, creating foley effects…
An introduction to 100 years of film theory and criticism. Students are introduced to key concepts and major figures from Classical Film Theory (Eisenstein, Arnheim, Bazin) through Structuralism, Semiotics, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Cognitive Studies.
3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2…
A thorough overview of practical production practices, plus critical and cultural contexts for screenwriting, directing, and producing in film and television today. Students research and report on exemplary writing, directing, and producing test cases, including analysis of creative…
Planning, writing, and polishing the short script for performance.
Not offered on a regular basis.
Analysis and practice of directing a narrative film and episodic television using the single-camera shooting style. An examination of the aesthetics, theory, and practice of camera placement, shot execution, and directing the actor. Students develop their voices, unique visual styles, and…
A course that builds on Directing I, focusing on broadening the understanding and execution of the aesthetic and technical tools available to the director to create, develop, and analyze content; refining the techniques of staging shots, directing the actor, and developing voice and…
A hands-on course that trains students in the aesthetic and technical aspects of camera and lighting for episodic television and narrative film production. Students will be exposed to a variety of lighting and camera styles and the instruments and equipment used to plan and execute them.…
This course builds on Cinematography I, focusing on broadening the understanding and execution of the aesthetic and technical practices of motion picture cinematography. The cinematographer’s role as leader of the camera department is examined as well as working with the grip and electric…
Development and practice of editing theory and style and the planning and sequence of efficient post-production workflow. An analysis of the evolution of editing aesthetics in the planning and visualization of moving pictures in preproduction, production, and postproduction.
An overview of U.S. Latinx visual culture. Focused on cinema, the course also briefly addresses television, comics, printmaking, muralism, and other cultural forms rooted in communities of Latin American origin in the U.S., combining (audio)visual analysis of works with consideration of…
An intensive film/TV writing course. Introduction to plot structure, three vs. four-act structure, narrative voice, and closure options. Students pitch and write a feature film or television pilot. Students also learn to critique abstracts and scripts.
Students will produce new short or feature films or TV proposals and series pilots. Students may revise and complete their earlier screenplays or two additional episodes of their television series.
Students will learn the practical, creative, and ethical issues involved in producing. They will learn to use industry-standard scheduling and budgeting programs and prepare a detailed prospectus for a media entertainment project.
History of theatre and dramatic arts from ca. 1800 to the present.
Examines theatre as a cultural form crucially interwoven with systems of social organization and government. As a forum for debate, a dangerous location to be regulated, a tool for molding citizens, or a revolutionary force; studies theatrical practices and dramatic literature across historical…
Examines theatre as a cultural form crucially interwoven with systems of ritual as didactic and community bonding events. Exploration of ritual as an origin for theatre, although other theories of theatre origin will be explored. Studies theatrical practices and dramatic literature (global in…
The development of the international film and of film theories from 1895 to 1945, with emphasis on cinema as a dramatic medium.
3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
The development of international film and film theories from 1945 to the present, with emphasis on cinema as a dramatic medium.
The history of international film from 1990 to the present, with emphasis on cinema’s global narrative, artistic, technological, and industrial developments, including the implications of digital production and exhibition in Hollywood and beyond.
Dress and textiles as reflections of social, cultural, political, and economic environments as well as art, customs, religion, and technological developments from the beginning of recorded history to the nineteenth century, through those areas of the world having major influence on the…
Development and practice of sound recording, sound design, and audio production techniques. Creative editing, sound layering, multi-track mixing of dialogue, music, and sound effects to achieve sonic styling for entertainment media
Women's contributions to the performing arts, focusing on contemporary American artists in such fields as theatre, film, dance, performance art, and other contemporary performance genres.
Dramatic art applied to script analysis and performance criticism.
Duplicate Credit: Not open to students with credit in DRAM 6290
Semester Course Offered: Offered every year.
Overview of the presentation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered characters in theatre, film, and television. Through readings of theoretical texts and dramatic scripts and through viewings of films and theatre productions, students will examine the social, historical, artistic, and…
Genres of performance in India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Focus on social and cultural significance of performances, including examples of Noh, Kabuki, Beijing Opera, Kathakali, Kutiyattam, Wayang Kulit, and Topeng.
The course will survey some of the major areas of theatre activity, as well as provide a general history of African theatre and performance. Playwrights well known in the West, such as Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa thiong'o, Femi Osofisan, and others will be discussed, primarily within the…
The emergence of a distinct and conscious African American theatre in the United States.
Theatre and performance from several Latin American and Caribbean countries. Study of the history of theatre and performance in the region and a selection of plays by some of the best artists. Emphasis will be placed on theatre’s cultural influences and its sociopolitical role. This course…
Studies the Broadway musical as one of the most quintessentially American forms of performance. Explores the history of musical theatre and its relationship to other entertainment media. Analyzes the messages about gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality, and the meaning of "America" that musicals…
Resources and methods for graduate level research in theatre and dramatic media.
Fundamental principles and practices in makeup for stage and media. Drawing and face painting skills as well as practice in use of cosmetics, wigs, hair pieces, and work with departmental productions.
A survey of feminist film criticism and theory, as well as the valuable contributions of key women directors.
3 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Semester Course Offered: Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
An in-depth analytical survey of one or multiple historically significant film genres.
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
A historical survey of cinema and related audio(visual) media, including radio, television, and digital media, in Latin America. The course traces the role played by cinema and media in nation-building in Latin American countries as well as the relationship between film aesthetics, politics, and…
History of major films, directors, and movements in French cinema from 1895 to present.
3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Semester Course Offered: Offered fall semester every even-numbered year.
History of major techniques, films, directors, and movements in motion picture animation from 1895 to present. Emphasis on narrative and representational strategies.
Semester Course Offered: Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
History of major technological inventions in cinema and the results on narrative film style.
Essential filmmaking techniques, the basic digital video (DV) production process and procedures. A basic technical foundation in DV cinematography, sound, and editing. Student will learn basic crew responsibilities and how to collaborate as a team and be prepared for more advanced production…
A dramaturg is a theatrical literary advisor, whose responsibilities include play development (including new plays, adaptations, or translations), production research and support, and educational support. Students will learn that set of skills and how to communicate their knowledge productively…
Topical issues in theatre or cinema, combining history and critical analysis of specific significant topics (e.g., national theatre or cinema, animation, authorship, genre).
Offered every year.
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit.
Designed for students who have chosen directing as their emphasis and who plan to direct a thesis film. Delivered in a workshop format, the course allows directing students to apply the competencies learned in Directing I and Directing II to their thesis film.
This course builds upon the principles learned in Post Production I. Organizing, planning, designing, and refining visual effects and color correction for entertainment media.
Individually assigned production and/or performance crew. Open only to drama majors.
1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. 2 hours lab per week.
Students learn to write and revise previous screenplays and teleplays. Plus, they propose and begin work on a new screenplay or television project that will become their thesis project.
Students learn to write and revise previous screenplays and teleplays. Plus, they propose and begin work on a new screenplay or television project that will become their thesis project
MFA thesis project.
Nontraditional Format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
MFA Thesis Project. Independent research and thesis preparation.
Techniques in dry and wet traditional art mediums. Drawing and painting using pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, and others for use in entertainment design.
Software geared towards theatrical design and presentations. Use of Photoshop and Sketch Up to support the design process for rendering and model building techniques.
The course begins by diagnosing the individual's accustomed use of the body, employing the theories of F.M. Alexander to examine alignment and conditioning of the body in neutral. Drawing from diverse vocabularies such as Feldenkrais, modern dance, and contact improvisation, we explore the…
This class continues the work begun in Movement I, moving to expand the body's capabilities by drawing from such vocabularies as Laban; mime, gesture, and Psychological Gesture; and Animal Essences. An exploration of movement and gesture for blue-screen, green-screen, and motion-capture…
Exploration of essential movement and characterization using neutral and character masks and techniques adapted primarily from theories of masters of theatrical mask, such as Jacques LeCoq.
Using standard stage weapons (unarmed, rapier/dagger, quarterstaff, broadsword, and knife), students improve reflexes, balance, strength, and form, and learn to safely execute stage fight choreography, with and without dialogue.
Voice I focuses on freeing the natural voice. This course addresses relaxation, alignment, freeing habitual postures and tensions, freedom of breath, dropping the voice into the body, releasing sound from the body, resonance, range, and vocal power.
Voice II focuses on speech and dialect addressing issues such as articulation, diction, dialect reduction, standard American speech, and dialect using IPA and Lessac's vocal notion as tools.
This course focuses on the use of the voice in verse drama, poetry, and heightened text looking both technically at the use of scansion, figures of speech, diction, phrasing, and at the connection of breath and voice to meaning and intention.
This course focuses on the use of the voice in media, including vocal extremes and character voices. Examination of the business of marketing, the actor as a voice over artist, and ultimately production of a professional voice reel.
Role analysis and the problems and techniques of creating subtext with special relation to text and improvisation.
6 hours lab per week.
Problems and techniques of period manners, customs and style. Practice and performance of theatrical genre. Topics may include farce, Greek theatre, Restoration, comedy of manners, musical theatre, etc.
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Advanced projects in dramatic performance.
Applying theatre acting techniques to the demands of modern media. Practical work in class with emphasis on the vocal and physical demands of dramatic material designed for television and cinema.
6 hours lab per week
Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
Students will take part in studio time and gain experience acting on camera using digital media techniques such as motion capture, acting with a green screen, and dubbing and looping voice over techniques. Students will also compile, design, and edit their own production reel.
Students create, produce, and market their own original artistic work. Create press releases, websites, and social media. Research and write grants to fund work. Learn tools to document their creative work as applied scholarship. Develop critical assessment tools for artistic process.…
Development of consistent acting process through partner work, exercises, scenes, play and character analysis, scoring a role, and Stanislavski's method of physical action. Additional major focus will be on the actor's creative self and development of the inner instrument.
Not offered on…
Seminar on the performer's market which includes preparation for professional field or academia. Topics covered are auditions, interviews, headshots and resume, academic vita, agents, casting directors, periodicals, and online job sources.
An exploration of varied non-traditional approaches to text and performance. Through readings of theoretical texts, dramatic scripts, and practical application, students will be introduced to the concepts of ritual drama, playmaking through group theatre techniques, solo performance, and…
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Laboratory course testing new dramatic writing by critical examination of scripts in progress, public readings, trial stagings of scenes, and improvisational work.
Course is a laboratory course experimenting with new work.
Provides a foundation in taking a script through the transformative process from written word to visual image. Explores the workings of a typical art department and the working relationships between the director, director of photography, and production designer. Other topics include the various…
Intermediate level projects in costume design for the performing arts, emphasizing multi-character, multi-setting, and highly complex methods and technologies.
Exploration of costume design for theatre, film, and television. Students develop an understanding of professional presentations of ideas and themes, including renderings, photo montage, 3D character representations, and computer-aided illustrations. Students will also develop a greater…
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Professional experience in the performance arts under the supervision of experts in the field.
A minimum of two months full-time supervised employment for three credit hours. Student may be required to work off-campus.
Real world production scenarios that students will encounter upon completion of their degrees. The course is designed to accommodate numerous types of productions, including creation of animated shorts, 3D visualizations, media for theatrical productions, and interactive media…
Real world production scenarios that students will encounter upon completion of their degrees. The course is designed to accommodate numerous types of productions, including creation of animated shorts, 3D visualizations, media for theatrical productions, and interactive media installation…
Digital video production, with emphasis on directorial creativity and professional-level post-production techniques. Students participate in personal and/or small group projects from the proposed idea through scripting, pre-production, production, editing, and sound mixing for a completed short…
Computer animation in television, film, and theatre from the perspective of the director/animator. The hardware and software necessary to create computer animation is accompanied by the principles of kinetics and narrative story-telling in a visual medium.
Visual storytelling methods to engage an audience and keep it in a state of anticipation. Emphasis will be placed on live-action film making, but material covered should apply to any time-based visual medium. Topics include narrative structure, camera grammar, and editing.
The use of computers to trigger and manipulate media events, including sound, lighting, digital images and video, and techniques allowing performers and spectators to interact with such media events in real time. Topics include sensors, motion capture, MIDI, and theoretical issues…
Independent projects in scenery, costume, or lighting design, aimed at developing professional placement skills and portfolio presentation techniques. Students will use the semester to develop professional resumes, reference banks, and placement skills while developing design portfolios in both…
Develops methodologies and strategies to support the student's completion of coursework and comprehensive exams for the Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies; mentors the student entering professional organizations and conferences.
A multiple-instructor course that develops methodologies and strategies to support the student's preparation of the Ph.D. dissertation in Theatre and Performance Studies and successful transition to the professional world; develops students as mentors.
Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. Dramatic form and style concentrating on specific problems and writers.
A comparison of current critical approaches to theatre and performance.
Offered once every year.
Study of major issues in cinema history (movements, national cinemas, directors, eras, or technologies).
3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Semester Course Offered: Not offered on a…
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Problems in the study of stage, cinema, and media history.
Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. Problems in visual design for the performing arts.
Study of major topics in cinema theory and criticism. Narrative, gender, authorship, psychoanalysis, ideology, spectatorship, structural vs. poststructural, and/or cognitive.
Semester…
Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. Problems in the study of dramatic theory and criticism for stage, cinema, and media.
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree, under the direction of faculty members.
Repeatable for maximum of 45 hours credit. Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
Individually directed study under faculty supervision on research problems in drama, theatre, and media.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
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