Theater Screencast

Screencast Project

Class- Theater

Lesson- Preparing To Put On a Live Stage Production

Screencast- Elements of a Live Theatrical Production

Description- This screencast will be a narration that gives a brief overview of the elements of a production. Examples of the elements will fade in and out again, as they are introduced. It would give a brief description of the set design, sound/lighting design and costume design elements. It would also have links to examples of these elements. It will walk students through the issues to consider when doing a production. These issues would show as bullets that students will be able to refer back to; as they will stay one the main screen.

This screencast would be the first piece and the groundwork for the larger lesson. In the larger lesson, students will actually “produce” a scene from a show. They will have to show evidence, in their work, that they have considered all of the elements and explain their designs for the production that they do. This is an essential part of the lesson because without these elements, a live production cannot be correctly done; for it is the marriage of these elements with actors and dialogue (although dialogue is not required) that make the show.