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Graduate Lighting Design - THEA648B
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Professor: David Jacques
Office Telephone: 985-4044
Office Hours: Monday 10:00 -12:00, Wednesday 10:00-12:00
Class Times: Thursday 8:00-12:00
E-Mail: djacques@csulb.edu
Web Page: http://www.csulb.edu/~djacques/
Course Objective:
Continued study in the art of lighting design. The sequence of graduate lighting
design courses: THEA 548A, 548B, 648A, 648B, 649A and 649B are taken in and
out of sequence depending on what year the incoming graduate student enters
the program. In all cases, these courses are graduate seminar courses that
focus on learning lighting design techniques for theatre, opera, dance, large
scale event, and other live artistic presentations. These techniques are
learned through class projects (first year) and open discussions of laboratory
work performed by the students. As discussion in class directly relates to
the laboratory experiences of the student, the laboratory experiences are
an integral part of the course.
Advanced atmosphere creation, professional techniques, music and cueing,
and specialized approaches are explored. Virtual lighting design projects
are assigned incorporating WYSIWYG and ESP Vision software are also included.
Professional assistantships are assigned to selected students.
Class Projects: TBA
Requirements:
The student will participate as a lighting designer and/or assistant
lighting designer in laboratory sessions throughout the semester. These
sessions
include productions produced by the Department of Theatre Arts. It
is also the responsibility
of the student to attend significant parts of all fellow classmates’ laboratory
lighting sessions so that the process may be discussed thoroughly in the
classroom. In addition, the student must attend all special rehearsals and
performances that may be assigned by the professor. This may include productions
at off-campus sites.
The student is expected to construct an image and lighting impressions
journal containing photographs, atmosphere descriptions, educational
discoveries, and other visual images collected and composed by the
student. This journal
will be presented to the professor at the end of every month. The student
will also attend all the plays produced by the department on opening
weekend so they may be discussed in class.
The student is expected to attend all classes and special seminars.
Any missed classes will reflect negatively on the student’s Class Participation
grade.
The student will present a culmination of his/her work at the stage
design showcase at the end of the semester.
Projects and production books turned in after the due date will
not be accepted unless for compelling reasons.
Evaluations:
The student will be evaluated on two practical lighting laboratory
assignments (designer and/or assistant designer) for the Department
of Theatre Arts.
The evaluations will be based on the student’s successful experience
(judged by the professor) in these laboratory projects. Production books
for these projects are due one week after the show opens. These practical
lighting laboratory assignments each count for 25% of the final grade. The
image journal counts for 10% of the final grade. The final lighting showcase
portfolio will count for 10% of the final grade. The remainder 30% will be
evaluated on class participation.
Materials:
Technical Reference Book
Fixture Data sheets
Drafting Supplies
Drawing Supplies
Lighting Symbol Templates
35 MM or Digital Camera
Production Book Materials
WYSIWYG, Vectorworks, and Vision software
Texts:
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Shelley
Light Fantastic, Keller
The Power of Myth, Campbell
Operas, music and plays, TBA
Various Essays and Articles, Jacques (located on website: www.csulb.edu/~djacques/)
Website: www.csulb.edu/~djacques/
All of professor Jacques’ essay assignments along with the complete PowerPoint
lecture presentation are located on the website. Make sure you have a speedy
connection to view the PowerPoint presentation.
Class Structure
As this is a graduate seminar class, the classes consists
of candid discussions of the progress of the students’ laboratory
work. In addition to these discussions, lectures
on professional lighting techniques will be
offered by the professor. Finally, class projects may be assigned to facilitate
learning of these techniques.
