Syllabus
Stagecraft Syllabus Fall 2012
THA 1111 Instructor: Jan Herder
[email protected]
Dibden Stage Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30- 3:45 and the Midi Lab, Dibden 207 as needed.
Course Objectives:
1)To introduce students to the culture, nomenclature, theories, procedures, equipment, tools, safety and infrastructure of the stage in the 21st Century.
2) To give students the digital literacies to verify and demonstrate their creativity and competencies in technical theater.
Learning Outcomes and Competencies: Students are expected to master, demonstrate and document aspects of the first 4 competencies of the Associates in Technical Theater Program. The list is at the end of this document. For a complete list of competencies please refer to the degree wiki:http://tha3130.pbworks.com
Grading: 25% attendance, attitude and class participation, 50% documenting your work in the ePortfolio and contributing to the Learning Community, 25% Final Exam. If you miss more than 2 classes your grade will go down a point for each additional class you miss. Please speak with me, email or Facebook me if you are going to miss more than 2 classes.
Our Learning Community. Rapid changes in education and learning are occurring. We will be using Facebook, social media, emerging technologies and real time internet to enhance our class work and address Competency #1: 21st Century Literacy’s. Here is the link to our group:https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/119631374802531/
Your ePortfolio:
This class will be creating their own eportfolio as a repository for their work this semester on http://www.weebly.com/
You may want to create your Professional Facebook Page. In addition to your personal account page (which I am sure you already have) you may want to create a Page on Facebook as a semi public place to develop your ePortfolio and aggregate the content that you wish to share as an emerging professional.
Collecting Artifacts, reflecting on experiences, comments and reading, and creating content.
The creation of your ePortfolio is critical to supplement your degree qualifications, verify your competencies, and show a track record of your development and experiences. You are required to attend and document your experiences, your role and the event. You must do this with 6 events from the syllabus, some are Creative Audience Events List; other events not on the list are also eligible--speak to me first about using a different event for your entry in your portfolio.
Texts, Resources and Developing your Personal Learning Network
Recommended to purchase: Backstage Handbook, An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information,available used $14.95 (as of 8/20/11) Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Backstage-Handbook-Illustrated-Technical-Information/dp/091174729X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313884505&sr=8-1
Primary texts on Reserve in the Library under Stagecraft, THA1111, or in my name:
--Stage Rigging Handbook, Jay O. Glerum
--Theatrical Design and Production, J. Michael Gillette
Primary On line Resources:
The Stagehand Primer, by Mick Alderson for IATSE Local 470
http://www.ia470.com/primer/intro.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/Stagecraft/
Stage Series by HSTECH: http://www.hstech.org/
For more in depth information on Stage Lighting --and the resources we will use for Intro to Lighting and Scene Design in the spring semester, see Jeffery E. Salzberg’s fantastic:
http://stagelightingprimer.com/index.html?slfs-right-frame.html&2
Developing Your Personal Learning Network
Increasingly Open Educational Resources (OER) and access to experts, specialists, educators, artists, visionaries and peers are occurring globally on line. This is very important for students in a rural institution with limited faculty, a lack of diversity and resources. How do you organize this new type of ‘research?’ How do you connect to the latest ideas, information, resources, jobs, people, and places? How do extend your learning into a lifelong pursuit? As part of this class you will learn how to construct a personal learning network to connect the dots, which is the foundation for learning in the 21stCentury. You will be creating accounts in http://twitter.com , http://hootsuite.com , and http://delicious.com to provide you with the digital infrastructure to build your personal learning network.
Shortened list of competencies for Stagecraft class:
Competency #1: 21st Century Literacy's:
Learning Outcomes:
a. The student will be able to produce a electronic portfolio of their learning journey, specifically focused on the degree program, in hopes it will become a life long process.
b. The student will have the opportunity to demonstrate creativity and collaboration
c. The student will expand their global awareness and exposure to diversity and communities
d. The student will be able to use Information and Computer Technology
e. The student will have an increased civic and economic awareness
f. The student will demonstrate basic quantitative reasoning and skills, especially geo-spatial literacy
g. Every student will have opportunities to develop leadership
h. Students will develop their Personal Learning Network
i. Students will be employable in a 21st Century work environment
Competency #2: Demonstrate general backstage knowledge and aptitude:
a. Stage etiquette, correct communication and nomenclature
b. Safety and Hazard awareness
c. Understand the organizational structure of the theater, related job
descriptions, and fulfilling their position(s) within it
d. Consistently exhibit professional attitude, attendance and behavior
e. Collaborate and communicate productively with the crew
Competency #3: Demonstrate basic stage carpentry skills:
a. Knowledge of the Fly System: loading, mechanics, safety and flying
b. Understanding sight lines, trims, proper handling of masking and drops
c. Basic rigging: knots, shackles, slings, wire clamps, etc.
d. Basic Set assembly: Basic tools and safety, flats and platform
construction, jacks, pipe structures, etc.
e. Load-in, set-up and load-out road shows of all types
f. Collaborate and communicate productively with a diversity of visitors
Competency #4: Demonstrate a basic knowledge of stage lighting
a. Be familiar with basic electrical theory, circuits, loads and cabling
b. Recognize and name the instruments in our inventory and the general purpose and wattages of each one.
c. Become familiar with the Ion Lighting Board
d. Read, hang, circuit, focus, color and trouble shoot a p
THA 1111 Instructor: Jan Herder
[email protected]
Dibden Stage Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30- 3:45 and the Midi Lab, Dibden 207 as needed.
Course Objectives:
1)To introduce students to the culture, nomenclature, theories, procedures, equipment, tools, safety and infrastructure of the stage in the 21st Century.
2) To give students the digital literacies to verify and demonstrate their creativity and competencies in technical theater.
Learning Outcomes and Competencies: Students are expected to master, demonstrate and document aspects of the first 4 competencies of the Associates in Technical Theater Program. The list is at the end of this document. For a complete list of competencies please refer to the degree wiki:http://tha3130.pbworks.com
Grading: 25% attendance, attitude and class participation, 50% documenting your work in the ePortfolio and contributing to the Learning Community, 25% Final Exam. If you miss more than 2 classes your grade will go down a point for each additional class you miss. Please speak with me, email or Facebook me if you are going to miss more than 2 classes.
Our Learning Community. Rapid changes in education and learning are occurring. We will be using Facebook, social media, emerging technologies and real time internet to enhance our class work and address Competency #1: 21st Century Literacy’s. Here is the link to our group:https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/119631374802531/
Your ePortfolio:
This class will be creating their own eportfolio as a repository for their work this semester on http://www.weebly.com/
You may want to create your Professional Facebook Page. In addition to your personal account page (which I am sure you already have) you may want to create a Page on Facebook as a semi public place to develop your ePortfolio and aggregate the content that you wish to share as an emerging professional.
Collecting Artifacts, reflecting on experiences, comments and reading, and creating content.
The creation of your ePortfolio is critical to supplement your degree qualifications, verify your competencies, and show a track record of your development and experiences. You are required to attend and document your experiences, your role and the event. You must do this with 6 events from the syllabus, some are Creative Audience Events List; other events not on the list are also eligible--speak to me first about using a different event for your entry in your portfolio.
Texts, Resources and Developing your Personal Learning Network
Recommended to purchase: Backstage Handbook, An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information,available used $14.95 (as of 8/20/11) Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Backstage-Handbook-Illustrated-Technical-Information/dp/091174729X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313884505&sr=8-1
Primary texts on Reserve in the Library under Stagecraft, THA1111, or in my name:
--Stage Rigging Handbook, Jay O. Glerum
--Theatrical Design and Production, J. Michael Gillette
Primary On line Resources:
The Stagehand Primer, by Mick Alderson for IATSE Local 470
http://www.ia470.com/primer/intro.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/Stagecraft/
Stage Series by HSTECH: http://www.hstech.org/
For more in depth information on Stage Lighting --and the resources we will use for Intro to Lighting and Scene Design in the spring semester, see Jeffery E. Salzberg’s fantastic:
http://stagelightingprimer.com/index.html?slfs-right-frame.html&2
Developing Your Personal Learning Network
Increasingly Open Educational Resources (OER) and access to experts, specialists, educators, artists, visionaries and peers are occurring globally on line. This is very important for students in a rural institution with limited faculty, a lack of diversity and resources. How do you organize this new type of ‘research?’ How do you connect to the latest ideas, information, resources, jobs, people, and places? How do extend your learning into a lifelong pursuit? As part of this class you will learn how to construct a personal learning network to connect the dots, which is the foundation for learning in the 21stCentury. You will be creating accounts in http://twitter.com , http://hootsuite.com , and http://delicious.com to provide you with the digital infrastructure to build your personal learning network.
Shortened list of competencies for Stagecraft class:
Competency #1: 21st Century Literacy's:
Learning Outcomes:
a. The student will be able to produce a electronic portfolio of their learning journey, specifically focused on the degree program, in hopes it will become a life long process.
b. The student will have the opportunity to demonstrate creativity and collaboration
c. The student will expand their global awareness and exposure to diversity and communities
d. The student will be able to use Information and Computer Technology
e. The student will have an increased civic and economic awareness
f. The student will demonstrate basic quantitative reasoning and skills, especially geo-spatial literacy
g. Every student will have opportunities to develop leadership
h. Students will develop their Personal Learning Network
i. Students will be employable in a 21st Century work environment
Competency #2: Demonstrate general backstage knowledge and aptitude:
a. Stage etiquette, correct communication and nomenclature
b. Safety and Hazard awareness
c. Understand the organizational structure of the theater, related job
descriptions, and fulfilling their position(s) within it
d. Consistently exhibit professional attitude, attendance and behavior
e. Collaborate and communicate productively with the crew
Competency #3: Demonstrate basic stage carpentry skills:
a. Knowledge of the Fly System: loading, mechanics, safety and flying
b. Understanding sight lines, trims, proper handling of masking and drops
c. Basic rigging: knots, shackles, slings, wire clamps, etc.
d. Basic Set assembly: Basic tools and safety, flats and platform
construction, jacks, pipe structures, etc.
e. Load-in, set-up and load-out road shows of all types
f. Collaborate and communicate productively with a diversity of visitors
Competency #4: Demonstrate a basic knowledge of stage lighting
a. Be familiar with basic electrical theory, circuits, loads and cabling
b. Recognize and name the instruments in our inventory and the general purpose and wattages of each one.
c. Become familiar with the Ion Lighting Board
d. Read, hang, circuit, focus, color and trouble shoot a p