Performance Production Campus Showcase

Описание: PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT:
The Performance Production Department prepares Designers (Costume, Lighting, Scenic, and Sound) Stage Managers, and Technical Directors for a vibrant career. Our department offers skill building instruction and hands-on experiential learning through participation in fully-realized productions. Our faculty, all highly accomplished professionals in their respective disciplines, mentor each student throughout the student’s time. By sharing knowledge and experience from their own careers, faculty mentors help students explore career paths, set goals, develop contacts, and identify resources. https://www.cornish.edu/cornish-progr...

COSTUME DESIGN:
The costume designer has a critical voice in the development of a production and is integral to the success of any performance. Responsible for supporting the performer directly, a costume designer’s artistry expresses character personality and style and depicts time and place. The Costume Design concentration emphasizes the creative process of each individual designer by providing techniques to unlock point-of-view whether it be for hypothetical design projects or realized production work. As with all concentrations in Performance Production, collaboration is essential for developing effective communication between all designers, directors, and artisans/craftspeople.

LIGHTING DESIGN:
The lighting designer reveals the world of the play, establishes the time of day, the time of the year, possibly even the geographical location. A lighting cue may establish movement, passage of time, motivation of characters, and a wide range of emotional states. While Lighting Design students may work in different capacities on productions in their first year, their work will be increasingly focused on lighting as they progress. The successful student will be working as primary Lighting Designer on fully realized productions in their final years.

SCENIC DESIGN:
As a visual storyteller and architect of the imagination, the​ ​scenic​ ​designer​ ​is​ ​the creative team member responsible​ ​for​ both conceiving and communicating to others the ​overall​ ​visual​ ​appearance​ ​and​ ​function​ ​of​ ​the physical​ performance ​environment. ​To​ ​translate​ ​their​ ​design​ idea ​from​ its initial concept​ ​to fully realized​ ​production,​ ​the scenic designer​ will ​collaborate with a director and a team of fellow designers and technicians, analyze and interpret the text, dive deeply into visual research, produce​ ​sketches​ ​and ​renderings​ ​​of ​the various​ ​sets​ ​and properties, create detailed scale​ ​models​ ​of​ ​the​ ​scenery, and draft plans ​that​ ​fully​ ​describe​ ​the​ ​intended setting of the production.

SOUND DESIGN:
The script of a dramatic presentation and the primary method of communication–the human voice–is delivered through sound waves. Sound effects, music, and audio cues set the emotional scene and tell us viscerally what to feel and how to frame what we see before the process of thought even occurs. While learning to collaborate integrally with other design departments, students of Sound Design will explore the technical and thematic aspects of sound. The curriculum is designed to develop their knowledge of dramatic themes and sonic communication, as well as the theory and hands-on skills needed to work in the field of sound.

STAGE MANAGEMENT:
At the hub of every production, stage managers are essential partners on the creative team and use their artistry to make the space in which inspiration happens. From calling cues and chairing meetings and supporting the rehearsal hall, and maintaining company morale, the Stage Manager is at the nexus of the production process. An exceptional stage management team can make the most hectic and complex technical rehearsal a thing of joy and beauty to watch.