The Technical Theater
Final Portfolio Project
Checklist
This is a complete production design project.
THE LEARNING GOAL:
Students will understand the elements of design in theatre and the importance of creating original, thoughtful and dynamic design work for the stage.
THE LEARNING GOAL:
Students will understand the elements of design in theatre and the importance of creating original, thoughtful and dynamic design work for the stage.
The Total pts for the portfolio is to TDB once the time frame for the project is set.
(pts can vary year to year depending on the mainstage build time)
The Purpose of the Project:
The students will be able to execute a complex design portfolio for a show of their choice.
They will be able to manage a small portion of the responsibility each member of the creative staff has on any given production.
They will see the relationships between the various members of the production staff.
They will be able to navigate their time to adhere to all the deadlines we face working on any show for a public staging.
They will see their final work shown to the class, reflect on it's artistic merit, hear opinions from their peers, and predict the power it could have if presented to an actual audience.
They will be able to manage a small portion of the responsibility each member of the creative staff has on any given production.
They will see the relationships between the various members of the production staff.
They will be able to navigate their time to adhere to all the deadlines we face working on any show for a public staging.
They will see their final work shown to the class, reflect on it's artistic merit, hear opinions from their peers, and predict the power it could have if presented to an actual audience.
PART ONE
The RESEARCH WORK
Dramaturg packet
(to be checked off when completed)O - Read the Play.
O - All outlines completed for your play (some questions answered
on separate lined paper)
O - All visual image collages from the web and all other research
for the play attached
The DESIGN WORK
Poster Design and
T-shirt Designs
O - 2 tab of thumbnails (brainstorming) - one for your poster,
- one for you t-shirt
O - 2 (B/W) rough draft of your designs (1/2 page rough drafts)
(8 ½ X 11 paper) - turned horizontal
- completed in black “Sharpie”
must include: production co.,
title, author(s), dates
O - 1 Final Poster Design
– hand-drawn or digital
(11 X 17 legal paper) - turned vertical
- full color
must include: production co., time,
location, date, ticket
price, title, author
- Must try to sell the show to the press!
your production, why they should see it)
O - 1 tab of thumbnails – (8) modular drawings (4 for
each
character you plan to
costume)
O - 2 (B/W) – costume rough drafts -(1/2 page each)
One
for each character you’ve chosen to dress
O - 1 Final
Costume Design– (full page) – in Color
one
character you’ve chosen to dress
must include: the
character in a pose / all clothing and
accessories / fabric samples attached/
and labeled
and labeled
Prop Design
O - 1 tab of thumbnails - (8) possible props you would have to
make by hand.
O - 2 (B/W) – prop rough drafts - (1/2 page each)
O - 1 Final Prop Design (full page) – in Color
Must include: The directions and materials you would
use to “make”
this prop / labeled
Set Design
Drafts
O - 1 tab of thumbnails - (8) arial “bird’s eys” views of your
possible floorplans
Must
include: all necessary scenery and furniture in
the drawing that the scene requires.
O - 1 Arial of the set - drawn to scale (1” = 1’) (drawn on
the Little Theater plot provided)
Must
include: all necessary scenery and furniture in the
drawing that the scene req.- labeled
O - 1 Rough draft – Frontal Elevation-(audience view) of the set
(8 ½ X 11 paper) – turned horizontal –
B/W
- with proscenium arch drawn in
1 Final Frontal
Elevation - (audience view) of the set
(11 X 17 paper) - turned horizontal - full color
- with proscenium arch drawn in
- (1/2" = 1' scale)
1 Model of the set
- cardboard or other materials
- drawn / cut / folded / glued or taped
(Also to a ½”=1’ scale) or (1" = 1' scale)
Examples from previous projects
Final Reflection
Paper
(Completed during the “Gallery
Walk” of all the portfolios made in the class)
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