Course Syllabus

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Course Syllabus for Drama Technology

The course objectives are to apply the skills you have learned in Drama I and II.  We will be studying and practicing more in depth the skills of technical theater and production through rigorous performance.  More importantly, we will apply the knowledge and skills you have learned from advanced theatre projects into a series of productions—monologues, dialogues, and One Acts—which various classes will be invited to watch. 

 

Course GPS Standards:

 

  1. Designing and executing artistic and technical elements of theatre.
  2. Designing and executing sets and properties.
  3. Designing and executing costumes and make-up.
  4. Designing and executing lighting and sound.
  5. Designing and executing stage and house management skills.
  6. Critiquing various aspects of theatre and other media using appropriate supporting evidence.
  7. Engaging actively and appropriately as an audience member.

 

Areas of Study:

  1. History and terminology
  2. Directing and producing
  3. Technical theatre
  4. Interpretation and meaning of dramatic literature to apply costume, set, and light/sound design.

 

Methods of Study:

  1. Reading, watching, interpreting, researching, and presenting dramas/plays in play reports or through performance.
  2. Researching and presenting projects on playwrights and actors.
  3. Reading and summarizing current issues or trends in theatre/acting.
  4. Learn, practice, and apply technical theatre skills in “hands on” activities or projects.

 

Grading Policy:

  1. Grades are determined on a point system and not a percentage system.  For example, a test may be worth up to 50 points and a project up to 200 points.  Below are the average points earned for particular assignments:
  • Daily class activities                         10-25 
  • Play Production Design 100       (1 per 9 weeks)
  • Tests and quizzes 10-50
  • Broadway Lip Sync Tech Design 100       (1st 9 weeks)
  • Group performances 50-200 (2nd 9 weeks is a play performance)
  • Research Projects 100-200                       
  • Critiques/Reviews 10-25
  • Magazine article summary 25        (every week)
  • Design a Theater project 200
  • Tech seminar presentation 200 (1 per 9 weeks)

 

  1. You are to keep up with due dates for all projects, play reports, performances, etc. With an excused absence, any assignment is due upon your return to school. If the assignment is not turned in, then it is a ZERO. If you are going to miss a scheduled performance and you have a valid reason (severe sickness or family emergency), inform your group and me in advance so we can schedule another date for the performance.  If you do not show for a group performance and do not inform the group and me, then points will be deducted from your grade for inconveniencing your group. (Leave a message by 8 AM with the school secretary—day of absence—or call or text me at home 706-888-8893 before 9 PM—the night before the absence.) You are responsible for scheduling an after-school time to make up tests or quizzes (excused absences only).  Some daily class acting assignments can be substituted with a written assignment if the absence is excused.  Otherwise, it is a ZERO.  The two 2nd 9 weeks performances for Friend and Family Night (includes afterschool rehearsal) and Eagle Ridge are mandatory! YOU CANNOT BE ABSENT FOR EITHER OF THOSE PERFORMANCES!

 

Required Materials and Supplies:

  1. Pen—blue or black ink
  2. Pencil
  3. Notebook paper
  4. 3-ring plastic binder with a 1“ or 1 ½” capacity
  5. Highlighter in any color—pink, yellow, green, blue. Do not use marker!  Markers bleed through the pages.

Required Materials to be brought when date announced:

  1. Safety glasses
  2. Tri-board—can buy or make out of cardboard
  3. Costume making materials for pirate costumes.

 

 

 

Remind text sign up is mandatory!  Send the following message to the phone number (706) 256-8006: @missplat

 

 

If you need to contact me, you may reach me at the following:

 

School:   706-569-3638

Cell:        706-888-8893  (No phone calls after 9 PM, but you can text me. Make sure if you send a text, you include your full name.   I’ll answer it if it requires a response.)

 

Email: Platz.Heidi.K@muscogee.k12.ga.us  

(It’s faster and easier for me to respond via email during the school day.)

 

Course Summary:

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