ENT 4410 Technical Direction Spring 2016

• Defining the problem. (Ask questions and know answers)
• What do you know?
• What do you need to know?
• How will you perceive it?

Class Creed brainstorming

• “I support you, you support me, together we will succeed.”
• “As a whole we will rightfully support each other on the grounds of respect and efficiency to make the show go on.”
• “We will respect and welcome the validity of one another’s ideas and decisions, in an unbiased and constructive manner.”
• “We will succeed by failing together and lift each other up when the going gets rough.”
• “We will use constructive criticism to help the individuals and group grow as a whole.”
• “We will respect, honor and support each other as a group in order to provide a safe work environment and complete all tasks in a thorough and timely manner.”
• “Honest work can’t deliver the impossible, but we can create the illusion of competence, cooperation, and completed goals.”
• “We will all keep a positive attitude and help each other stay on task to achieve an effective yet enjoyable group experience.”
• “We owe it to ourselves to manage our time wisely, ‘cuz losing out on knowledge is not worth the extra hours of sleep.”

Received Problem 1

Team 1   Ota, Montana, Charles, Natasha
Team 2   Jonathan, Spencer, TJ, Adreen
Team 3   Sharon, Phoenixx, Andrew
Team 4   Luis, Briana, Catarina

(I apologize if I spelled your name wrong)

On Thursday, February 4th, we will meet in the Lighting Lab. We will discuss Openlab, Portfolios, and will have an hour to work on our project.

Welcome to Technical Direction. This course will give you an opportunity to learn and practice the skills necessary to be a professional theatrical technical director. To make this practice as close to the real world as possible, the class will be structured using the problem-based learning model. In small groups, you will work on several problems over the course of the semester, each one based on a real show and real scene design. The most important skills you will learn are how to work on a team and how to direct your own research.