COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO PLAY PRODUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSB 2005 INTRODUCTION TO PLAY PRODUCTION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BANU AYTEN AKIN

Offered to

Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Performance Arts
Performance Arts
Stage Design
Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Course Objective

The objective is to prepare the students to take part in big productions in grades 3rd and 4th, to the stage. First choosing the text to be staged, method to interpret, regie assistancy, and method to keep regie notes, design and optical interpretation example and applications to be done.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledge in basic rules of staging,
2   Learning the identity of a director, director s responsibilities to the writer and audience,
3   Knowing the way to choose a text to be staged and the way it is interpreted,
4   The method to interpret and notes of play stage structure applications skills in details,
5   Having been learning stage, sofita (upper stage), frieze, lighting positions, importance of emphasis on stage, cooperation, masking, marking, stealing a role etc. concepts for application,
6   Being educated about optical design application are all expected.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Who is the director To the writer, the audience and the actor, what are the responsibilities
2 How to select and intepret a text to be staged
3 An example interpretation of a play, according to the Interpretin Methodology is done.
4 How to choose scene responsible An example.
5 What are the requirements of streichen (cutting out parts) An example from the play.
6 What is in the Regie Notes What is the significance of Regie Note-book to the cultural history
7 Regie Notes of the play choosen are written, as an applied work.
8 Stage, sofita(upper stage),freize, lighting positions, importance of emphasis on stage, cooperation, masking, marking, stealing a role etc., concepts for application are explained.
9 Explanations about emotional values of the stage, levels on stage and usage of the areas on stage.
10 Explanations of design elements and concept of emphasis with the methods are held.
11 The concepts of balance (aesthetic, physical, symmetric, asymmetric equilibrium) are described and examples are given.
12 Queuing, and consolidation concepts application.
13 A complete optical interpretation s explanation in 7 main articles/matters.
14 Optical interpretation applications and some sampling are done.

Recomended or Required Reading

Özdemir Nutku, Tiyatro Yönetmenin Çalışması, DEÜ Yayınları
Özdemir Nutku, (Çeviri) Stanislavski nin Sahnelediği Martı Oyununun reji defteri, DTCF Yayınları
Aziz Çalışlar (Çeviri) Stanislavsi nin Sahnelediği Üçkızkardeş oyununun reji defteri, Mitos Boyut Yayınları
Mualla Genez (çeviri) Charles Dullin in Cimri adlı oyununun reji defteri, DTCF yayınları
Özdemir Nutku, Sahne Bilgisi, Kabalcı yayınları
Özdemir Nutku, Dram Sanatı, DEÜ Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

First 4 or 5 texts are held. One of them is discussed and as if the one will be steged, theorical and applied dramaturgic interpretation is worked out. On the stage, the terms used between players and the director are applied and info given about those. Play regie notes are partially done and information about regie note contents are given. Afterwards scene responsibles are detected, design and optical interpretation applications start. The aim of the course is to create a stage and regie/directing concept.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

%40 midterm %60 final exam is evaluation.

Assessment Criteria

Attendance in midterm and final exams are obliged; as well as class participation and active listening in class.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course policy requires the students of all branches to work together for the applied work; rules of the big game is thaught. In short, the idea of the stage, concepts and discipline are passed on. According to the rules, internal discipline, transferred to the rules of the play. Rules are attendance and exam participation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.akin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 17.00-18.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Practice 4 3 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 2 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
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LO.5
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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