Technical Direction
Overview
Areas of responsibility: audio, lighting, rigging, communications, staging, construction, electrical, special effects, crew estimation, and safety.
Production venues: production companies, road houses, community halls, summer festivals, special events, touring companies, and educational institutions.
Role and responsibilities during Pre-production including: script analysis, design assessment, production timetables, problem solving, budget and cost estimation, product research and applications, responsibilities before, during and after production run.
Role and responsibilities during Production including: safety issues, materials list and acquisition, supervision of departments, set-in, run, and strike.
Students will receive three hours of lecture/demonstration per week that includes independent work and one on one instruction.
Product Research | 20% |
Set Construction Drawings | 10% |
Theatre Drawings | 10% |
Masking Drawings | 10% |
Lighting Design | 10% |
Sourcing Project | 10% |
Production Schedule | 10% |
Production Budget | 10% |
Tech Binder | 10% |
TOTAL | 100% |
Upon completion of the course, the successful student should:
- Be able to describe the inter-relationship of the technical director with the design team and the various production departments.
- Be able to describe the duties and responsibilities of the technical director.
- Learn and demonstrate competent technical direction in pre-production planning including production schedules, budgets, and any safety issues.
- Become familiar with production execution for various venues including road houses, festivals and special events, and production houses.
- Develop a personal technical binder of material collected throughout the course.
A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided on the Instructor’s Course Outline, which is available to students at the beginning of each semester.
Example: Gillette, Michael. Theatrical Design and Production. 3rd. Ed. Toronto: Mayfield Publishing, 1997.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for STGE 2405 |
---|---|
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV THTR_V 2nd (2) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC UNSP 2XX (2) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC THEA 2XX (1) |