TA 528 - Design Elements

3 credits
Related primarily to the designer’s work. Offers opportunities to explore how the varied elements of design integrate to realize a unified production. Curriculum includes research, building models, creating renderings, drafting light plots, recording sound sketches for assigned plays, and developing a rationale to support design choices. Students formalize design interpretations in scene, costume, lighting, and sound design and present the designer’s work in both theoretical and realized formats. The realized designs will include documentation of process, methods, and materials. TA 526 emphasizes presentational theatre; TA 527 emphasizes representational theatre; and TA 528 emphasizes musical theatre.