Elisabeth+Oppelt+Lesson+Plan+-+Winter+2010

LESSON PLAN: Scenic Design

Students will demonstrate an understanding of scenic design by designing a unit set for //The Comedy of Errors// using Google SketchUp, based on director’s concept and production requirements. Visual Presentation of several different director’s concepts. Each concept will be represented in several ways; written, visual, oral, etc. = TEACHING PRESENTATION = · ** Step 1: ** Students will be divided into groups. Each group will discuss the needs of the script, and make a list of production requirement, i.e. entrances/exits, locations, etc, and how these requirements would effect the set design. Each person will keep notes on the observations made about the set, that will be turned in at the end · ** Step 2: ** Students will switch groups and be given a director’s concept. They would discuss how this concept could influence the design of the set. · ** Step 3: ** Students will split into groups of two or three, and design a basic set out line based on the concept and production requirements. · ** Step 4: ** After creating a rough sketch on paper, students will design a set design using Google SketchUp, following set design symbols. They will also explain how it matches their concept and production requirements in writing. CLOSURE & ASSESSMENT Students will be graded on the accuracy of their set designs, the consideration of concept and production requirements, and participation in the group work. Students will rate each member of their group on how much work they put in compared to the rest of the group.
 * EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: **
 * NATIONAL STANDARDS: ** Content Standard: 3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions
 * PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: ** Students will have worked through a unit on scenic design, and have a knowledge of Google Sketchup, director’s concepts and //Comedy of Errors//. This lesson in the final assessment for the unit, in which they prove their knowledge.
 * HOOK/ANTICIPATORY SET: **