Due dates, grading, and assignments

TA 10 Intro to Design (assignments)

Due Dates

Nov. 20th stage design presentations
Nov. 25th environmental design presentations
Dec. 2nd live designs presentations / extra credit handed in
Dec. 4th live designs presentations / script analysis handed in
Dec. 11th (thurs.) final from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. (subject to change to earlier date)


How grading is weighted:

individual 45%:

final exam 15%
midterm 15% (C+ and lower can rewrite for up to a B)
script analysis 15%


group 55%:

blog 10%
live design 10%
stage design 10%
environmental design 10%
environmental proposal 5%
notes on reading 10%


individual extra:

drawings/ collages/ writing up to 10%
metapatterns notes & images up to 10%
shows up to 2.5%
questions up to 2.5%


definitions:

blog: should contain documentation of the group projects, reading notes, and documentation of the group's creative process( ie. meeting notes, collages, research images, sketchbook pages, brainstorms, emo poems, and emo drawings.)

presentations: entire group involved, rehearsed, organized, 15 minute presentations with visuals that can be presented on a mac laptop (thumb-drive, dvd, cd,or web based images. TEST! TEST! TEST!)


stage design: fits on a table top, reflects a design for a specific type of theater(proscenium, thrust, arena, etc.), shows visually a transition between two states, ie. day to night, still to turbid, prosperous to poor. etc.


environmental design: location outside of the theater, enhances an interesting space with the addition of visual elements. according to the description of the proposal

live design: with simple props and simple costumes, the entire group enacts a design that shows visually a transition between two states. total time including setup performance and break down= 15min.


script analysis: using different colored highlighters everyone will mark up a script with indications of time, location, props/furniture, characters, entrances and exits & special effects. The list of these items is then listed on a plot (the act by act inventory of design elements)


drawings/ collages/ writing: any recent drawings (variants on drawings exercises-no emo -drawings!), recent collages, and/or recent writings created individually that you would like me to critique, writings may be relevant to any subject (no emo-poems!). (submitted electronically to Alan) subject line = drawings/ collages/ writing and attachment name: save attachment as dcw_lastname_firstname.doc


metapatterns images: accompanied by notes on the reading on eres; visual examples of metapatterns ie. sheets, tubes, holons, clonons, triggers, spheres, centers, spheres, layers, borders, arrows, binaries, emergence, clusters, breaks, webs, networks, cycles, gradients. (submitted electronically to Alan)
(submitted electronically to Alan) subject line = metapatterns images and attachment name: save attachment as mi_lastname_firstname.doc