The latvian academy of culture

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Credit Points:

12. 
    A positive assessment of the oral par of the test and the examination.
    
13. 
    All practical tasks should be done in a qualitative way. A positive reference about the cameraman’s work with actors and cooperation with the other group-mates.
    
14. 
    A complex positive assessment of the examination work. (How does the cameraman help to reveal the dramatic idea? The figurativeness of the cameraman’s work. The work with performers. Labour efficiency.)
    

VIII.

IX.Literature:

1. Paas U. TV used Time, Paris, 1995.

2. 
   Zelt H. Hand Book of TV Production, Wordswords Publ. Corp. Coliterne, 1992.
   

The Name of the Course: Set design
The Scope of the Course: 32 contact hours: 26 hours of lectures and 6 hours of practical work.

2 credit points.

The type of assessment – a written test.
The Author of the Course: Lecturer Ieva Romanova
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: The knowledge of the basics of the chosen speciality, an understanding of the structure of film creation, knowledge in the use of optics, the history of art and the cinema.
The Contents of the Course: During the course of lectures the students are introduced to the principles of the selection and use of objects to be filmed. The course also explores the possibilities of the creation of stage design, its construction and extension, the coloristic and stylistic organization of the environment, the possibilities of the use of space. The course deals with the regularities of a film project: the execution of sketches, technical designing, the drawing of explication and framing; the composition of the picture and perspective. The students are also acquainted with the works of the most famous film artists.
Thematic Planning:

Theme	Week	Hours
Who is a film artist. His/her importance, status and place in a film group. The Latvian film artists. The structure of the group of an artist.		L2
A film project. An explication. The ways of drawing an explication. The creation of style, rhythm, and artistic colouring. Framing, sketches. Comprehension of the characteristic visual material. The selection of the objects to be filmed, its preconditions.		L2
The basic principles of picture composition. Balance, rhythm, colour, lights, perspective, the peculiarities of the optical conception.		L2
Practical classes for the development of compositional skills and explication drawing.		P2
The direct, parallel, and inverted perspective, the typology of space, description of space as a phenomenon relating to history.		L2
The transformation of drawings for a dimensional composition. The creation and calculation of a plan. A draft drawing. The drawing of detail. The technical design. “The net of the artist”.		P2
The principles of the construction of stage design, the fundus, the calculation of the necessary space. Extensions to the stage design. Making an estimate.		L2
The decoration of objects, the perspective compatibility, the coefficient of compensation, a purposeful use of the optics.		L2
The scale as a characteristic element, its use. The meaning of details in the characteristics of drama. The analysis of examples.		L2
The conditional and the realistic in film scenography. Subjection of nature to the general stylistic solution. Historical stylization. Creation of the conditional environment. The analysis of examples.		L2
Work of the costume and make-up artists. The canonical and the individual in a person, making use and neutralization of the distinctive features in the creation of an image. The style, fashion and the characteristics of the period. The creation of an untraditional image. The cult of stars.		L2
Modelling and the use of models. The artist’s work with the split screen. Special effects, their planning and use. The analysis of examples.		L2
The peculiarities of the work of a TV studio artist. The design of a telecast. Stage design for work with several cameras. The conditions for the use of colours.		L2
The most outstanding film artists in the world, their works. The trends and fashions in film scenography. The analysis of examples.		L2
A practical class: the analysis of the drawings of an explication and the project of stage design.	,16.	P2,P2

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:

1. A passed test and an examination.

2. The completion of the practical tasks: a self-portrait, explication and a sketch of the project of stage design.
Literature:
1. Арнхеим Р. Искусство и визуальное воспитание. Москва, Прогресс, 1974.

2. Голдштеин Л.Г. и др. Комбинирование киносъемкки. Москва, Искусство, 1972.

3. Жегин Л.Ф. Язык живописного произведения. Москва, Искусство, 1970.

4. Толмачев В, Полянский К. Кингдеккорации, проектирование и постройка. Москва, Искусство, 1956.

5. Affron Ch. And M.J. Sets in Motion, Art Direction and Film Narrative. Rutgers University Press, USA, 1995.

6. Barsacq L. Caligari’s Cabinet and other Grand Illusions. A History of Film Design. A Plume Book, USA, 1978.