THEATRE 540
Ralph Funicello
SCENE DESIGN II
FALL 2014
Home: 760 632 5540
email: rfunicello@mac.com
Cell
760 613 5541
COM 107
M, 3:30PM – 6:10PM
Course Objectives:
 To introduce the advanced scene design student to scripts requiring a variety of stylistic
approaches to design problems
 To develop an approach to set design through the process of model making
 To broaden the student’s knowledge of dramatic literature and to strengthen analytical
skills
 To increase the students design/artistic vocabulary
 To develop greater presentation/communication skills
Objectives Will Be Met Through:
 Class projects on a variety of design assignments
 Class presentations of Design
 Class discussions of assigned scripts
 Class discussions of 20th Century Designers
 Class work on sketching, model-making, and drafting
Students with Disabilities
 If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this
class, it is your responsibility to contact Student Disability Services at (619) 594-6473.
To avoid any delay in the receipt of your accommodations, you should contact Student
Disability Services as soon as possible. Please note that accommodations are not
retroactive, and that accommodations based upon disability cannot be provided until you
have presented your instructor with an accommodation letter from Student Disability
Services. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Texts:
 There are no required texts
 Play Scripts:
ART by Yasmina Reza
BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell
Materials:
 Model making supplies
 Drafting supplies
Grades: Project grades will take prior experience into consideration
DESIGN PROJECTS
60%
CLASS DISCUSSION/PARTICIPATION
40
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CALENDER
Date:
M 8/25 Discuss Syllabus and first project Art. Discuss theatre models.
M 9/8 Art Theatre model & 3 Preliminary Art models due.
M 9/15 Art Finished model due. Assign Buried Child.
M 9/22 Discuss Buried Child, Discuss Realism in sets and plan/ furniture placement,
Discuss rough sketches /size, scale, materials.
M 9/29 Buried Child Research, plan and rough sketch due for discussion. View Slides of
Ralph’s models and examples.
M 10/6 Buried Child rough models due. View Slides of American Designers.
M 10/13 Buried Child - Finished model due. View Tanya Moiseiwitsch DVD.
Assign Macbeth.
M 10/20 Discuss Macbeth, Research due. Discuss Unit sets for Shakespeare. Thrust stages.
M 10/27 Macbeth Rough Sketch/ Model due for discussion.
M 11/3 Macbeth Revised Model/ scene by scene story board.
M 11/10 Macbeth Finished Model due. Assign Machinal. Discuss Constructivist Art,
Russian Constructivist Stage Design.
M 11/17 Machinal Research due for discussion.
M 11/24 Machinal Rough model or 3D collage due for discussion.
M 12/1 Machinal Revisions discussed.
M 12/8 Machinal Final design due.
M 12/15 Final 3:30pm -5pm Discuss.
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