What did you learn about using stage makeup during this unit? What surprised you about working with stage makeup?
What was the most difficult part of creating plots?
What was the most difficult part of applying makeup?
Basic makeup:
Did your basic makeup resemble light naturally hitting someone’s face?
If your basic makeup looked natural, how did you accomplish this?
If your basic makeup did not look natural, what would you do next time to improve your basic makeup?
Age makeup:
Did your age makeup look believable?
What was the hardest part of applying age makeup?
What would have made your project look more believable?
Character makeup:
How do you feel about your character makeup project? Did you accomplish the look that you imagined?
What was the most difficult part of applying character makeup?
What would have made your character makeup project more successful?
Course Description:
This
course aims to increase student awareness of, and appreciation for, the technical
aspects of theatre. Through working as teams in a project-based environment,
students will develop confidence through exercising their creative problem
solving abilities while developing empathetic thought processes and
collaborative skills. Students will have the opportunity to study the
production of light, sound, and makeup affects, as well as the production of
settings and properties, in a hands-on workshop setting.
Production Units:
© Lighting Effects
© Sound Effects
© Settings and Properties
© Makeup Effects
© Theatre I Play Production
© Theatre II Play Production
© Media Project
Grading:
Participation:
50%
Every day will be worth 20
points, for a total of 100 points per week. Participation consists of
attendance and attitude,
and is not affected by an
individual student’s innate ability.
Collaboration:
10%
Separate from Participation, this
evaluates not only the student’s own participation, but the team’s willingness
to work
together to complete projects.
Projects
and Performances: 15% each
This grade is affected by the
quality of the finished product or performance operation as determined by the
student’s
effort and ability.
Tests
and Quizzes: 5%
Any scheduled test or pop quiz
over materials, use, or safety guidelines will be graded.
Writing
Assignments: 5%
Students will keep journals and
binders for this class, which will contain journaling assignments, scripts,
and
production notes, as well as
student designs.
Because
the production process, which is technical theatre, is innately team-oriented
at both the amateur and professional level, students will be expected and
required to work in groups with attitudes of tolerance and cooperation.
No
grades will be dropped. See organizer for grading system.
Behavior:
Abide
by rules established in the student handbook and class contract.
No
food, drinks, or gum in class.
Students
will respect and care for all classroom equipment. Equipment will be checked
out at the beginning of class and must be returned before students are
dismissed.
Classroom
Policies:
All
projects will be due on the established due dates, unless, in special
circumstances, prior
arrangements have
been approved by the teacher.
Appropriate
footwear and clothing must be worn on all work days; failure to be prepared to
work will affect the participation grade.
Technical
Theatre will be taught primarily through conversation, participation, and
observation. Therefore, attendance will be required throughout this course.
State law requires that a student be in attendance for a minimum of 90% of the
class period to be considered present. If a student does not meet the
attendance requirement, he or she will not receive credit for this course.
Every 3 tardies that a student accrues will be the equivalent of 1 absence when
determining final exemptions and denial of credit.