Technical Theater

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Technical Theater

• Final Assignment
• If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a dodge
  ball.

2
Scenic Designer

• You will need to create the following
• Preliminary Sketches-Due November 20 or 21
• Ground plan-Due December 2 or 3
• Front Elevation-Due January 5 or 6
• Painters Elevation-Due January 12 or 13
• Final portfolio due January 12 or 13

3
Lighting Design

• You will need to complete the following
• Preliminary Sketch-November 20 or 21
• Light Plot- December 2 or 3
• Cue Sheet for Entire show- January 5 or 6
• Including any spots used
• Instrument Schedule- January 12 or 13
• Final Portfolio Due January 12 or 13

4
Properties Design

• You will need to complete the following
• Written List of all props-November 20 or 21
• Sketches -December 2 or 3
• Master List- January 5 or 6
• Full color rendering of props you build-January
  12 or 13
• Final Portfolio Due January 12 or 13

5
Costume Designs

• You will need to complete the following
• Preliminary Sketches-November 20 or 21
• Costume Chart-December 2 or 3
• Costume Layout- January 5 or 6
• Detailed Costume Sketch-January 12 or 13
• Final Portfolio due January 12 or 13

6
Makeup Design

• You will need to complete the following
• Preliminary Sketches-November 20 or 21
• Finalized Sketches-December 2 or 3
• Full color sketches- January 5 or 6
• Working Drawings- 12 or 13

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Theater Spaces

• You must design your theater first
• Dimensions will be given to you
• Expenses must be researched and a cost list must
  be handed to me detailing all your expenses
• Theater spaces must be designed by November 18 or
  19

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Proscenium Theater

• Size 30feet wide and 20feet deep
• Seating 2000

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Black Box Theater

• Size 40X40
• Lighting Light Grid spaced out in 5 foot squares
  across the space.
• Remember, your audience needs to fit as well so
  you must plan seating arrangements
• Seating Capacity 100

10
Arena Space

• Space To be determined based on research
• Example MGM Grand Garden Arena
• Lighting Must rent all truss and dimmers
• Staging Must build your own staging
• Seating Capacity 20,000

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Thrust Stage

• Stage 40 wideX15 deep Thrust extends another
  20and is 20 Wide
• Seating Capacity 2000

12
Found Theater

• You must find a real space and give me real
  dimensions for it.
• You must acquire portable power and truss

13
All Together Now

• The Beatles LOVE
• Collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and Apple
  Corp.
• Cirque is the first company in 30 years to be
  able to work in this way with Apple Corp.
• Re-envisioning of The Beatles
• First time the music of The Beatles has been done
  using the original Master Tapes from all of the
  sessions

14
All Together Now

• On a Technical Level
• Watch for
• The use of an arena space
• Lighting, especially colors and mood
• Costumes and relation to characters
• Projections
• Props (often the most difficult to spot)
• Think of how you might use these in your show

15
All Together Now

• On an artistic level
• Watch for collaboration between departments
• Not always easy
• Look for collaboration between The Beatles and
  Cirque
• Again, not always easy
• Emotional quality
• Watch for how emotional and attached to this show
  people get
• It become personal for many of those involved
• How and Why does this happen?

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All Together Now

• Think of the following questions when viewing
  this film
• What emotions does the show elicit and why?
• How is this show different from Ka or from any
  other show that Cirque has done?
• What did they do to the music in LOVE? How does
  that effect an audiences reaction to the show.
• What does or does not make this show work on an
  artistic leve?
• How does having more than one collaborator help
  or hurt the process?
• What were the most frustrating parts of the
  creation of LOVE?