Syllabus TA18

TA 18 Drafting for the Theater

MW 12p-2p
Lab hours: W 2:30-4:30
Room: TA C102
Instructor: Alan Tollefson
Office: rm TA A101 (scene shop)
Ph# 831 459 4096
Email: abtollef@ucsc.edu
Course website: http://ta18.blogspot.com

This course will introduce the beginning student to the discipline of drafting for the theater. The process is broken down into a series of steps, which build on each other and lead to an understanding of how to visually and accurately explain an object. Concepts discussed: modeling, visualization, ways of seeing, communication/ production/ process, USITT conventions.

You have been charged a studio fee, which allows you to use the drafting tools and paper in this room. This is a shared classroom and you must clean up your workspace and properly store all tools before departing. Others will also be using the drafting equipment and tables.

All drafting is done on vellum using the drafting tables, parallels and pencil.

There is no required text. Throughout the quarter I will be giving you hand-out sheets which- as you save them- will build into an instruction manual. So save them! If you want further reading, see me for recommendations.

You will draft a series of exercises/projects, which will be graded. You will take notes on lectures and post to the class blog. You will do the readings.


There will be a mid-term exam, a final exam, and a final project.

Attendance is mandatory. The majority of the work will be done during class time and I will be available during lab hours. If you miss 2 classes we will discuss whether or not you should continue the class of drop it.

Exercises

#1-lettering
#2-scale
#3-dimensions
#4-ground plans/ theaters
#5-masking/ sight lines
#6-plan/ section/ elevation
#7-moulding
#8-scenery
#9-stairs
#10-grid

Grades derived from:

MIDTERM QUIZ 10%
FINAL QIUZ 10%
FINAL PROJECT 20%
EXERCISES 50%
PARTICIPATION 10%

Holidays

Monday Jan. 19–Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no class)
Monday Feb. 16–Presidents’ Day (no class)

Readings TBA (accessible on eres)