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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
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006


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