Learn about sound design from theater majors participating in the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Design Competition. Get advice and learn about the skills required for a career in sound design.
#TheatreAppreciation is a textbook for introductory level lecture classes such as Theatre Appreciation and Introduction to Theatre. It provides insight about the art and craft of theatre, a brief exploration of theatre history, and discussion about the styles and forms of theatre along with an overview of professions in the field.
Collection of videos created for THEA 4540 (Theatre Drawing and Rendering Techniques) and THEA 3330 (Scenic Design). The majority of the videos provide tutorials on using Vectorworks.
From the University of Florida College of Fine Arts, Charlie Mitchell and distinguished colleagues from across America present an introductory text for theatre and theoretical production. This book seeks to give insight into the people and processes that create theater. It does not strip away the feeling of magic but to add wonder for the artistry that make a production work well.
Students explore different ways to change a simple sentence and melody to understand the concept of theme and variation.
This multidisciplinary lecture / workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of performance as an area of aesthetic and social interaction. Special attention is paid to the use of diverse media in performance. Interdisciplinary approaches to study encourage students to seek out material histories of performance and practice.
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in a theater? In this video visit the Lexington Children’s Theatre to get a peek behind the scenes of a theatrical production from set creation to the final dress rehearsal.
Our Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor Dr. Janci Bronson has created a YouTube education channel designed to support student virtual learning within group piano and/or private lessons.
The educational channel covers the following key topics: beginning keyboard technique, sight-reading, transposition, scales, arpeggios, chords, harmonization, & improvisation.
Note: each video comes with closed captions, brief descriptions, suggestions to related videos, and chapters (“show more” under the video description).
We hope you may find these supplemental videos helpful to share with your group piano students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to continue improving the videos.
Iowa State University's Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor Dr. Janci Bronson has created a YouTube education channel, Dr. Janci Bronson on YouTube, designed to support student virtual learning within group piano and/or private lessons. Sponsored by the Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program at Iowa State University, the channel covers the following key topics: beginning keyboard technique, sight-reading, transposition, scales, arpeggios, chords, harmonization, and improvisation.
Note: each video comes with closed captions, brief descriptions, suggestions to related videos, and chapters (“show more” under the video description).
We hope you may find these supplemental videos helpful to share with your group piano students. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to continue improving the videos.
This workshop is an introduction to how actors build characters and relationships, transforming the written words to actions and presence on stage. Students will explore Shakespeare’s use of words, rhythms, and language in Twelfth Night through activities that exercise vocal acting skills. This resource contains a Short Video with the actors discussing this topic, an example in the Full Workshop Video, an Excerpts Video containing examples from the full play, and a walk through in the Lesson Plan.
Students create nonsense syllables and improvise on a familiar or created melody.
1: Development
1.1: Determining Your Distribution Outlet
1.2: Understanding Your Audience
1.3: Production Styles
1.4: Video Formats
2: Releases and Contracts
2.1: Legal Protections
2.2: Image Licensing
2.3: Music Licensing
3: Scripting and Formats
3.1: Rundowns, Formats and Storyboards
3.2: Single-Column Scripts
3.3: Multi-Column Scripts
3.4: Three-Act Structure
4: Production Preparation
4.1: Planning to Shoot
4.2: The Production Bible
4.3: The Business of Filmmaking
5: Funding
5.1: The Business Plan and The Production Plan
5.2: The Film Proposal
5.3: Grants
5.4: Fellowships
5.5: Other Funding Avenues
5.6: Film Festivals
6: Set Etiquette
6.1: Who Does What
6.2: The Director's Commands
6.3: When the Shooting Stops
7: Camera Functions
7.1: DSLR vs. Mirrorless vs. Camcorders
7.2: Memory Cards
7.2.1: Formatting the SD (Memory) Card
7.3: Manual Mode
7.4: Iris/Aperture
7.5: Depth of Field
7.6: Neutral Density Filters
7.7: Gain and ISO
7.8: Focus
7.9: Frame Rate and Shutter Speed
7.10: White Balance
7.11: Lenses
8: Video Aesthetics
8.1: Basic Shot Sizes
8.2: Camera Position
8.3: Camera Movements
8.4: Lens Movements
8.5: Video Composition
8.6: Critical Focus
9: Lighting
9.1: Measuring Light
9.2: Types of Lamps
9.3: Qualities of Light
9.4: Common Lights
9.5: Light Modification and Control
9.6: Lighting Design
10: Sound
10.1: Elements of Sound
10.2: Microphones
10.2.1: Microphones Used in Video Production
10.2.2: Polar Patterns
10.3: Audio Connectors
10.4: Controlling Sound with a Video Camera
10.5: Location Audio
11: Planning/Organizing for the Edit
11.1: The Art and Craft of Editing
12: Nonlinear Systems and Requirements
12.1: Nonlinear Systems and Requirements
13: Formats/Compression
13.1: Formats/Compression
14: Editing Workflow/Assembly
14.1: Editing Workflow/Assembly
15: Rough Cuts
15.1: Rough Cuts
16: The Finishing Process
16.1: Steps of the Finishing Process
16.2: Fixing Transition Mistakes
16.3: Fixing Titles and Graphics
16.4: Fixing Color and Exposure
16.5: Video scopes for post-production
16.6: Video Tutorials on Color and Audio techniques
Vocal Techniques, the course title used at many institutions, is essentially a voice class for instrumentalists, and is a required course for instrumental music education majors seeking all-level certification. Students take at least one Vocal Techniques course to learn proper singing technique along with basic pedagogy and can include teaching techniques as they apply to adolescent singers. The focus of the course is the development of the individual singing voice. This includes breathing, tone production, articulation, musicality and textual expression and understanding. Students also develop confidence in front of groups, improve their general vocal quality, and learn that a healthy voice serves them well in the general and performance classroom.
This text is designed to accompany a voice class.
A Statewide Arts Advisory Team developed this Entry Points document to support teaching the arts, whether remotely, using a hybrid model, or fully in-person. This document is organized by arts discipline and is intended to use in communication with students and their families as well as educators.
The K–12 Arts Learning Standards for Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts can be
downloaded from the OSPI Learning Standards and Instructional Materials webpage at https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/learning-standards-instructional-materials.
Depending on the focus of arts education in a given district or school, one or more of the five Arts Learning Standards documents can be used to guide instruction and help students develop competency in the arts.
This document covers Dance, which may include, but is not limited to, multiple forms of dance, as well as choreography, dance notation, dance history, dance anatomy, musical theater, dance production, and improvisation.
The K–12 Arts Learning Standards for Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts can be downloaded from the OSPI Learning Standards and Instructional Materials webpage at: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/learning-standards-instructional-materials.
Depending on the focus of arts education in a given district or school, one or more of the five Arts Learning Standards documents can be used to guide instruction and help students develop competency in the arts.
This document covers Music, which may include, but is not limited to, but is not limited to, general music, choir, band, orchestra, music theory, world and historical music, opera, and musical theater,
The K–12 Arts Learning Standards for Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts can be downloaded from the OSPI Learning Standards and Instructional Materials webpage at: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/learning-standards-instructional-materials.
Depending on the focus of arts education in a given district or school, one or more of the five Arts Learning Standards documents can be used to guide instruction and help students develop competency in the arts.
This document covers Theatre, which may include, but is not limited to, acting, theatre, film acting and film-making, improvisation, mime, puppetry, performed poetry/spoken word, musical theatre, playwriting, technical theatre/stagecraft, and theatre production.
By listening to and looking at the qualities of various scales, students learn to identify the differences between the major, minor, and blues scales.
This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of women blues performers. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.