Text & The Visual Imagination
THEA 185
Fall 2005
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In this course we will explore, deconstruct and reinvent text by utilizing tools from design and visual arts. Through practical assignments, we will train our visual imagination as well as develop an aesthetic literacy and knowledge of different performance elements, including movement and gesture. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Reading Non-Verbal Texts |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (IDEA-MN)(IDEA)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Required: Student assignment choices, Class Reader
Recommended:
1) Joseph Cornell, THEATER OF THE MIND
2) Rose Lee Goldberg, PERFORMACE ART: FROM FUTURISM TO THE PRESENT
3) Francois Truffaut, THE EARLY FILM CRITICISM OF FRANCOIS TRUFFANT, Alfred Hitchcock story-boards
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Examinations and Assignments:
The assignments are designed as independent projects, which focus on specific aspects, such as object design, environmental design, and visual story. Each assignment will be researched, rendered and presented to the class individually through each step of the process (text, research stage, concept development, visual image, technical feasibility and execution). The last assignment could be done as a group. |
| Instructor(s): Oteíza,Marcela Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: TST115; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 19 |
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