STUDY PROGRAMME
Scenography

AFAM CODE
ABTEC38

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Digital applications for visual arts

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Digital applications for visual arts

CREDITS
10

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course, divided in two modules, studies in detail the necessary tools to conceive a theatre show. It includes the creation of technical drawings and visualisations with the use of 2D and 3D drawing software applications.

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

• 3D VISUALISATION FOR THEATRE: 5 CFA

• CAD DESIGN FOR THEATRE: 5 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

3D VISUALISATION FOR THEATRE:

• Model their set design project

• Create professional renders

• Identify the most suitable graphic line for a performance

CAD DESIGN FOR THEATRE:

• Understand the needs of the theatrical space

• Manage the executive part of a project

3D VISUALISATION FOR THEATRE:

• Architectural modelling

• Experimentation with personal creative graphic lines to carry out the rendering phase

• Use of rendering techniques for visualisations and sketches, with the study of the perspective grid

• Use of Photoshop for post-production

CAD DESIGN FOR THEATRE:

• Analysis of the identified theatre

• Drawing of map, scale section, and executive drawings

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

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

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

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