University at
Syllabus – Spring Semester, 2007
Instructor: Lynne
Koscielniak
Office: Alumni Arena
186
Office Hours: Wednesdays,
Office Phone: (716)
645-6898 x1310
E-mail: lk2@buffalo.edu
Course Meets:
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
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.
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN in the Black
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.
University at
Instructor: Lynne Koscielniak
Coward, Noel |
BLITHE SPIRIT, HAY FEVER, PRIVATE LIVES: THREE PLAYS |
Vintage |
067978179X |
O’Neill, |
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN |
Yale U Press |
0300118155 |
Howard, Pamela |
WHAT IS SCENOGRAPHY? |
Routledge; 1 edition ( |
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 |
0520046986 |
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
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