Introduction to Scenic Design

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This class is meant to highlight and reinforce the symbiotic relationship between set, lighting and costume design. Students will do primary research, which is meant to be the foundation of their set designs. Emphasis will be placed on the cultural and historical meaning of everything in the material world and how theater design is meant to mine this information to communicate ideas about a text. The goal of the class is to understand the process of creating spaces for Theater using 3D scale models, research and drafting to communicate Design/Dramaturgical ideas. The aim is to understand these as process skills and not exclusively as presentation tools.