Theatre Production 1

Activities

​THEATRE BASICS/FOUNDATIONS

• Introductions
  • Interest Inventory for Theatre Classes
    • Ensemble games
      • Prop Toss Game
      • Kitty Wants a Corner
      • Detective
      • Sequence Toss
      • Name Association Game
      • Telephone Game
• Syllabus & Class Guidelines
  • ​10 Commandments of Theatre
    • Ten Commandments of Theatre (article)​
  • Code of Ethics of Theatre
• Tours
  • Theatrical Spaces in the School
  • Website
• Theatre Superstitions
• Theatre Positions/Hierarchy
• Careers in Theatre
  • Practical Technical Theatre video - Careers in Theatre
• Working in Theatre/American Theatre Wing - Before the Show
  • ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiiNF--TVPg
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrESuWsXeRE
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U83qX0b7xts
• Types of Theatre Stages​

THEATRE HISTORY

• Greek Theatre
  • Plato vs. Aristotle on Tragedy
• Broadway
  • Broadway: The American Musical - Episode One: Give My Regards to Broadway
  • Broadway Musical Songs (one a day)
• Current Events​
  • Broadway.com​
• Vocabulary
  • 60 Words​

BASICS OF THEATRE DESIGN

• ​DEFINING SPACE
  • The Design Idea - The Why of Theatre
    • Process vs Product
    • The Science of Why (Why/How/What)
      • How Great Leaders Inspire Action - Simon Sinek​​​​
    • ​Inspiration
  • Storytelling
    • 6 Rules of Great Story Telling (As Told by Pixar) -Brian G. Peters
    • Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling (with movie stills)!
  • The Launch Process
  • ​Wire Project/Presentation - Defining Space Rubric
• COSTUMES/MAKEUP DESIGN
  • Working in Theatre/American Theatre Wing - Costumes, Wardrobe, Wigs, & Makeup
    • Costumes - https://americantheatrewing.org/working-in-the-theatre/costumes/
      • Take Measurements​
        • Measurement Form
    • Wardrobe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDJBHpzMPU
      • Sew a Button
        • https://www.wikihow.life/Sew-a-Button
      • Thread a Sewing Machine
        • https://www.wikihow.com/Thread-a-Sewing-Machine
    • Wigs - https://americantheatrewing.org/working-in-the-theatre/wigs/
      • Intro to wigs
    • Makeup - https://americantheatrewing.org/working-in-the-theatre/makeup/
      • Into to makeup
        • Makeup Resources
  • ​Read a Play
    • She Kills Monsters
  • Create a Mood Board
    • ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=QLTbT2bqsj0&feature=emb_logo
  • ​Costume & Makeup Design/Presentation​
• LIGHTING
  • Working in Theatre / American Theatre Wing - Lighting
    • Lighting - https://americantheatrewing.org/working-in-the-theatre/lighting-design/
  • Practical Technical Theatre videos - Lighting Design
  • https://learn.schooltheatre.org/virtual-lighting-design
    • Matt Kizer Lighting Design
      • Gobo Lab
      • Color Lab
      • Cue Builder
      • Dance Lab
      • Drama Machine
      • Vintage Lighting Instruments
      • Virtual Swatchbook
      • Production Machine (Coming in June)
  • Lighting Design/Presentation​
• SET DESIGN
  • Directing the Design
  • Sketchup - ​https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-for-schools 
  • Read a Play
    • The Odd Couple
  • Design Project - Ground Plan to Model
    • Create a Ground Plan
    • Scale Models with foam board or cardboard
  • Ground plan & Set Design - Rubric
• ​SOUND​
  • Practical Technical Theatre video - Audio for Theater
  • Audacity
    • Audacity Lesson 1 
    • Audacity Lesson 2 
    • Audacity Lesson 3 
    • Audacity Lesson 4 
    • Audacity Lesson 5
    • ​Audacity Lesson 6
    • Audacity Lesson 7 
    • Audacity Lesson 8
    • Audacity Lesson 9 
    • Audacity Lesson 10
    • Audacity Lesson 11
    • Audacity Lesson 12
    • Audacity Lesson 13
    • Audacity Lesson 14
    • Audacity Lesson 15
  • Sound Project/Presentation - A Day in My Shoes Rubric
• ​Portfolios
  
  • ​How to Build and Present a Design Portfolio
    
  • Standards for Designer's Portfolios
  • Costume Design Portfolio
    

TECH CHALLENGE

• Costume Change
• Set Change
• Fold a Drop

Theatre Production I Vocabulary

Theatre Production 1 Curriculum