TH 403 – Scene Design 2

University at Buffalo

Syllabus – Spring Semester, 2007

 

Instructor: Lynne Koscielniak

Office: Alumni Arena 186

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1:00-4:00 or by appointment      

Office Phone: (716) 645-6898 x1310

E-mail: lk2@buffalo.edu

 

Course Meets: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00-4:20

Classroom: Alumni 195

                                          

Course Description:

Scene Design 2 is a lecture, studio, discussion, and project course.  The course focuses both on the analytical and practical skills a set designer must master.  Addressing common design circumstances, the course asks the student to work within limited resources, design for various venues, and apply historical research.  Design will be approached in a number of ways, allowing the student to leave the course having discovered what process works best for them. Throughout the course, there will be class time dedicated to skill building in the areas of model building, drawing, drafting and scenic rendering.  The course will culminate in a portfolio review.

 

 


Required Projects with Grade Weights:

 

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN in the Black Box                                       20%

PRIVATE LIVES in the Drama Theatre                                                                     20%

CLEAN HOUSE in the Drama Theatre                                                                     20%                

Watercolor Rendering in Grayscale and Color                                                          10%                

What is Scenography? Response                                                                          10%

Connecting Flights Response                                                                                  10%

Set Design for Musicals                                                                                              10%

In-Class Drawing Exercises                                                   May raise or lower overall course grade 

Class Portfolio (includes in class assignments)                         May raise or lower overall course grade

 

 


Class Policies:

Preparation and participation relate to your success in this class.  All students are expected to honor due dates and to do assigned reading in order to partake in class discussions.  Problems in these areas will be reviewed on an individual basis with lower project and/or course grades as a possible consequence.  The instructor may return assignments for revision or completion.  This additional work does not exempt the student from meeting other deadlines.  Please note that assignments not turned in on the due date will be marked down by one letter grade for each subsequent class period they are not turned.

 

Failure to submit a required project may result in an incomplete grade in the course. 

 

This course allows for two absences without penalty.  Each subsequent absence will lower your overall course average by one letter grade.  Arrival in class more than 15 minutes late, unless prearranged with the instructor, will be considered an absence. A “closed door” policy will be enforced if the instructor determines that late arrival constitutes a problem in this class.  Sickness and weather delays do happen and this is why excused absences are provided. Please inform the instructor in case of crisis or emergency in order for appropriate considerations to be made. 

 

 

TH 403 – Scene Design 2

University at Buffalo - Syllabus – Spring Semester, 2007

Instructor: Lynne Koscielniak

 


Required Texts:

Coward, Noel

BLITHE SPIRIT, HAY FEVER, PRIVATE

LIVES: THREE PLAYS

Vintage

067978179X

O’Neill, Eugene

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN

Yale U Press

0300118155

Howard, Pamela

WHAT IS SCENOGRAPHY?

Routledge; 1 edition

(January 1, 2002)

0415100852

LePage, Robert

CONNECTING FLIGHTS

Black Rose Books; 1st TCG ed edition (April 15, 1999)

1559361654

Ruhl, Sarah

THE CLEAN HOUSE AND OTHER

PLAYS

TCG

1559362669

Sondheim

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Audio CD;

Original Broadway Cast

B00000DHSO

Strindberg; trans: Carson

FIVE PLAYS

U of California Press

0520046986

 

Required Supplies:

Compressed charcoal sticks, charcoal pencils, and/or vine charcoal

Sketchbook/Drawing Journal (at least 8 ˝”x 11” and with 50 sheets)

T-Square

Triangles (30/60deg and 45 deg)

Architectural scale ruler

Mechanical Pencils (.3H, .5HB, .7HB)

Drafting Paper (vellum) (sold in 36” rolls)

Drafting tape/masking tape

Eraser and Erasing Shield

Metal Ruler or Model Building Straight Edge

Exacto Knife with #11 Blades

3/16” Black Foam Core (purchased in 20”x30” or 32”x40” sheets)

Sobo or Tacky Glue

Box of Straight Pins and Thimble

Pad of Watercolor Paper (12 sheet spiral by Strathmore (cold press)(11”x15”))

Illustration Board (2 sheets of Crescent No. 16 Cold Press (20”x30”))

Tube Watercolors (Set of 12 colors by Niji or Reeves)

Paint tray and Water Cup

Watercolor Brushes (1 larger wash brush, 5 assorted (small round and angled))

Additional Supplies (to be purchased on an as needed basis):                 

Bristol Board                                                         Wire                                                                        Spray Paint

Museum Board                                                    Bass Wood                                                           Spray Adhesive

Circle Template                                                   Balsa Wood                                                          Modeling Paint

Compass                                                              Small Saw and Mitre Box                                  Gesso

French Curve                                                       Colored Pencils                                                   Epoxy

Flexible Curve                                                      Markers                                                                 Tweezers

Floral Foam                                                          Acrylic Paints                                                        Scissors