KRB121 Scenography 2: Creating Worlds for Theatre
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| Unit code: | KRB121 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | KRB120 |
| Equivalent(s): | KSB215 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | KRB121 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | KRB120 |
| Equivalent: | KSB215 |
| Coordinator: | Tessa Rixon | tessa.rixon@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit introduces you to the practical concepts and processes associated with the creation of scenography – the world of the theatrical performance. It explores the practical application of the core elements of scenography including set, costume, light, sound and vision, while considering other key performance elements including space, time, narrative, character, performers and audience. The unit facilitates practical application and experience in solving the challenges faced by the scenographer. This includes the demands of crafting and communicating a theatre design, using relevant industry software to model set designs, and the ongoing challenge of documenting the creative process and product. It combines practical investigations with in-depth lectures on the application of design, including the role of the contemporary production designers, the design process and techniques.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of scenographic concepts and approaches through creative practice.
- Critically analyse theatrical text as stimulus to create a design for theatre performance.
- Communicate design concepts through oral, visual and written discourses.
- Demonstrate complex problem solving through the creation of a theatre design.
Content
This unit addresses content such as:
- the design process from conceptualisation to realisation
- the role of the contemporary theatre and performance designer
- core design techniques and skills including sketches, concept drawings, costume renders, white card models and computer-aided design models
design presentation techniques that demonstrate a professional approach relevant to the field.
This unit introduces sufficient knowledge and practical skills at a foundation level for students to be able to continue their development through the Scenography Minor and contribute to productions and individual projects.
Learning Approaches
Lectures and workshops in order to maximise exposure to developments in design practice.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will be provided with ongoing and continual assessment and feedback during the course of this unit. Formative assessment will take the form of progressive feedback on the development of design concepts and approaches throughout the semester. The assessment schema provides further detailed and specific criteria for summative assessment items.
Assessment
Overview
To access the Faculty Assessment Information see the Canvas site for this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Presentation
Students will create a performance design in response to a given theatrical text and present it in the form of a design presentation.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Design Portfolio
Students will document the process of creating a theatrical design through a design portfolio. The portfolio will include the final documented design product.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
All students and staff who access campus buildings and facilities are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction. This must be completed online.
This unit also requires a Tier 2 Health and Safety Induction which is provided by the technician on site in the theatre, workshop or studio. Not all students are required to complete the Tier 2 induction.
Costs
All students will be expected to supply at their own cost the following:
Scale Ruler, steel ruler, A4 art diary
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Boucher, F (1996), A History of Costume in the West, Thames & Hudson, UK.
Brown, J.R., (2001), The Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre, Oxford University Press, UK.
Curtis, S (2014), Staging Ideas, Currency Press, AU.
Howard, P (2009), What is Scenography?, Cambridge University Press, UK.
Thomas, J (2009), Script Analysis for Actors, Directors & Designers, Focal Press, USA.
Risk Assessment Statement
For risks associated with using campus buildings or facilities, refer to the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction.
Risks may be associated with:
- model constructions tasks
- hazardous materials and tools associated with model making
- field trips to theatres and cultural venues.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.KK34 Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Cite and discuss a broad and coherent knowledge of historical and contemporary cultural contexts for creative practice, including the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges.
Relates to: ULO1 - Identify and demonstrate knowledge of the techniques and concepts underpinning your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO1 - Demonstrate complex problem solving through iterative experimentation and the creative and critical development of ideas and outcomes.
Relates to: ULO2 - Demonstrate technical proficiency in at least one area of your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO4 - Communicate independent learning clearly and coherently in diverse modes relevant to your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO3 - Represent and promote your work in ways relevant to your creative field.
Relates to: ULO3 - Discern, critically analyse and synthesise knowledge in complex creative practice settings.
Relates to: ULO4 - Formulate and apply an independent perspective through reflection and by acting on the informed critique of others.
Relates to: ULO4