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Academic Year 2005/2006
Text & The Visual Imagination
THEA 185 FA
In this course we will explore, deconstruct and reinvent text by utilizing tools from design and visual arts. Through practical assignments, we will train our visual imagination as well as develop an aesthetic literacy
and
knowledge of different performance elements, including movement and gesture.
MAJOR READINGS
Required: Student assignment choices, Class Reader
Recommended:
1) Joseph Cornell, THEATER OF THE MIND
2) Rose Lee Goldberg, PERFORMACE ART: FROM FUTURISM TO THE PRESENT
3) Francois Truffaut, THE EARLY FILM
CRITICISM OF FRANCOIS TRUFFANT,
Alfred Hitchcock story-boards
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
The assignments are designed as independent projects, which focus on specific aspects, such as object design, environmental design, and visual story. Each assignment will be researched, rendered and presented to the
class individually through each step
of the process (text, research stage, concept development, visual image, technical feasibility and execution). The last assignment could be done as a group.
COURSE FORMAT:
Studio
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Oteíza,Marcela
- Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: TST115;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: X Jr. major: X
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 19
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts
- FYI: FYI Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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