STUDY PROGRAMME
Scenography

AFAM CODE
ABPR23

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Scene design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Scene design

CREDITS
10

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course provides the students with basic skills in theatre stagecraft, with the study of stages as scenic machinery. The two modules analyse both the theatre perspective representation systems, and the elements of the scene with their construction methods, going through the development of technical drawings and scale models.

The total credits for this course are 10, divided as follows:

• BASIC SCENE DESIGN: 5 CFA

• PROJECT SCENE DESIGN: 5 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

BASIC SCENE DESIGN:

• Develop perspective drawings and models

• Use rendered perspective drawing to create maps and sections

• Use the perspective grid for sketching

PROJECT SCENE DESIGN:

• Acquire basic competencies in theatre stagecraft

• Understand stages as scenic machinery

• Understand how scene elements are created in laboratories

BASIC SCENE DESIGN:

• Analysis of perspective applied to the theatrical space

• Rendered perspective

• Perspective grid

• Positioning of scenery flats (Italian style, German style...)

• Three-dimensional models created from perspective views

PROJECT SCENE DESIGN:

• Detailed analysis of some of the scenic elements studied in the first semester

• Analysis of scenery flats, ceilings, platforms, ladders, scenery wagons, turntables

• Technical drawing of the analysed elements

• Creation of scale models

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Over the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects to be developed.

• Front lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other multi-media material

• Exercises and revisions

• Laboratories

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Oral exam

• Comprehensive projects

• Submission of papers, projects or research work

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

The final grade will result from the weighted average of the programme modules.

• Copelli, G. (2009) Manuale pratico di scenotecnica, Bologna: Patron.

• Mello, B. (2009) Trattato di scenotecnica, Novara: De Agostini.

• Professor’s notes.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.