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Open Intensives
KCACTF Region V Design Intensives 2015 The Intensives are longer sessions of hands-on workshops ranging from three hours to multiple days. These sessions will be heldon Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the festival. You may participate in more than one intensive presuming that they do not conflict and depending upon overall demand. Be sure to check the experience level and what is needed to participate. Attendance is limited and only students who sign up in advance will be guaranteed a slot. To sign up, contact Brad M. Carlson, Region V Design Intensive Coordinator at: [email protected] If you are requesting multiple Intensives, please provide an order of your preferences. The following intensives still have available seats Costume Runway, Season 7 Tuesday, January 20, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - Costume Shop, Normandale (Presented by Kelly Schaefer, Iowa State University) This intensive will be done in the creative spirit of Project Runway. Designers will work in teams of two, chosen when they arrive. Upon their arrival each team will be given a time period in fashion history. They will research that era, have time to design the costume, be given a bag of fabric and then create the garment. All projects, including the designs, will be on display throughout the week. Participants should bring: 5 yards of fabric. (It could be 1 yard of this and 4 yards of that, but a total of five yards. All the fabric will be combined then redistributed.) Also bring Costume and/or Fashion History books for research. (Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced) Participation is limited to 12. David Thayer Lighting Design Intensive Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 7:00pm - Black Box, Normandale (Presented by William Kenyon, Pen State University and Courtney Schmitz, Freelance Lighting Designer) This hands-on intensive is designed for the experienced student lighting designer. The workshop will be geared toward a participant who is comfortable with all aspects of lighting design but is looking to experience more union oriented practice. Technical aspects of hanging, focusing and programming will be conducted by personnel provided by the venue. Participants will be provided a picture from art history for their project. It will be their task to evoke the quality, color and moment of the lighting in the picture. Students will work under the guidance of festival special guest lighting designers. Participants should bring: Their own gel libraries if they prefer or can use those supplied. (Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participation is limited to 8. Found Object Puppetry Monday, January 19, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - F2250, Normandale (Presented by Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Iowa State University) Look beyond the obvious! In this puppet design and construction intensive, students will explore a variety of global puppetry traditions as they design and construct puppets using found and recycled paper products. Students will work to create puppet characters based on the legend of "The Rainbow Crow." The text is available via this link.http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/09/rainbow_crow.html (Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced) Participants are encouraged to bring interesting paper or cardboard packaging, boxes, wrappers, etc. Participation is limited to 12 Learning to Draft with Vectorworks Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 5:00pm - F2264, Normandale (Presented by Patrick Immel, Northwest Missouri State University) Vectorworks 2015, with its powerful tool set, is arguably the industry standard for theatrical designers. Before you can DESIGN with VW, you need to know how to USE VW. In this day long intensive, participants will work on a variety of 2D projects to create a strong base for future VW work. (Experience Level: Beginner, No experience needed) Participants need to provide a laptop (Mac or Windows) for their own use during the intensive. Vectorworks 2015 must be installed PRIOR to the intensive. Full Educational version (for students OR faculty) of Vectorworks 2015 is available for free download at: http://student.myvectorworks.net/ Participation is limited to 24 Dramatic Music Composition for Theatre Monday, January 19, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - Black Box, Normandale Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 12:00pm - P0808B, Normandale Wednesday, January 21, 9:00am – 12:00pm – P0808B, Normandale (Presented by Benji Inniger, Bethany Lutheran College) During this multi-day workshop, participants will be able to discuss the advantages and challenges of creating original music for plays and have the opportunity to workshop their own original music created during the week. This is not a study of music theory, but rather a creative exploration of the impact original music can have in a live theatrical environment. Actors and a scene will be provided for you. All you have to do is add the score! Participants should attend the Music Composition workshop. Please remain after the workshop to get instructions on the rest of the week. This project will also be in collaboration with the Digital Projection Intensive, resulting in a showcase of your collaborative work with the projection designers. (Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced) Requirements: This workshop is open to students of all varieties. Each participant must provide some kind of tool with which to fabricate music, however a piano will be provided for our sessions. This could also be a solo instrument to be performed live, a laptop with Sibelius/Finale to write out music notation, or Logic/Garageband/etc. The more variety in techniques, skill levels, and perspectives that we have, the better. This is in no way a competition. Rather, it is an opportunity to improve your composition skills or perhaps try creating music in a way you have not tried before. Participation is limited to 12 Projection Design for the Theatre: Drink from a Fire Hydrant Monday, January 19, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - P0808B, Normandale Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 12:00pm - P0808B, Normandale Wednesday, January 21, 9:00am – 12:00pm – P0808B, Normandale (Presented by Drew Schmidt, Northwestern College, IA) As the art of projections is moving from infancy to becoming a full-fledged toddler, we need to step back and wonder how we can best be good stewards of our art; asking ourselves how we can responsibility serve the story. Do projections belong in my project? Not always and often not. Get your hands dirty with us in this 3-day workshop in which we’ll create a collaborative project with the Music Composition Intensive, resulting in a showcase of your collaborative work. Together, we’ll create a projection surface, setup projectors, create content, and craft a design for real actors performing a real scene. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participants should bring a computer, preferably a Mac with content creation software (i.e. Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut). Participation is limited to 16 Props Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 5:00pm - F2250, Normandale (Presented by Randy Lutz, Santa Fe Opera and Patricia Olive, Guthrie Theatre) Participants will be divided into teams and given a production title and time period. Each team will design and build the assigned prop. The completed props will be displayed after the intensive. (Experience level: Beginning to Advanced) Participation is limited to 18 Contour Makeup Monday, January 19, 9:00am – 12:00pm - Makeup Room, Normandale (Presented by Ricky Greenwell, Minnesota State University Moorhead) This intensive will explore the basics of analyzing your face to help develop character. Learn how to use highlights and shadows to achieve age, lean, thick and contouring techniques to shape and define you face. This workshop will be a demo application model you will need a basic makeup kit to participate. (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate) Participation is limited to 10 Injury Makeup Monday, January 19, 1:00pm – 4:00pm - Makeup Room, Normandale (Presented by Ricky Greenwell, Minnesota State University Moorhead) This intensive will explore various injury techniques actors my need for stage productions. Learn various techniques to achieve injury makeup. We will explore bruising, broken noses, wounds, cuts and burns. This workshop will be a demo application model you will need a basic makeup kit to participate. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participation is limited to 10 Moving Lights Monday, January 19, 9:00am – 12:00pm - P0808B, Normandale (Presented by Jeff Stover, Missouri Western University) Learn how to set up and program an automated lighting package. We will discuss various types of lights and their attributes. DMX 512 addressing, patching, proper programming, pitfalls, and usage. Time permitting we will also discuss maintenance and upkeep. Attendees will be exposed to the Martin 350 Entour, The High End Studio Color 575, an assortment of Vari-Lites and the new Strand/Phillips NEO console. Participation is limited to 25 Sound Design Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 12:00pm - P0808A, Normandale (Presented by George Grubb, Minnesota State University Mankato) An in-depth look at using techniques and artistic intent to create sound effects and soundscapes that are integrated into your unified production. We will explore editing approaches useful in any DAW, basic recording techniques using several types of microphones and effective use of pre-recorded effects as a foundation. We will also explore using show control software to effectively realize your design ideas. Participants should bring a laptop with a DAW installed. (Audacity, Adobe Audition, Logic, Protools, etc.) (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) Scene Painting Monday, January 19, 9:00am – 12:00pm - Scene Shop, Normandale (Presented by Gregory J. Owen, Central Methodist University) A hands-on opportunity to practice woodgrain, marble, and other techniques in a fun "no wrong answers" setting. Wear your paint clothes and come ready to practice, experiment, and have some fun! (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate) Participation is limited to 15 Sketching: Head, shoulders, knees & toes (knees & toes) Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am – 12:00pm – P0806B, Normandale (Presented by Jenny Kenyon, freelance Designer) Learn some tips and tricks for adding faces, feet and hands into your costume sketches and renderings. We will look from the costume designer’s point of view and needs, but all are welcome. Bring a drawing pad and any sketch medium you like (within reason of course) and let’s add some expression to your sketchin’! (Experience Level: Beginning to Advanced) Participation is limited to 25 Rick D. Anderson Director of Theatre Kirkwood Community College Chair, Region V, KCACTF (319) 398-5899 ext. 5389 [email protected] www.kcactf5.org Comments are closed.
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