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Between Scenic Designer And Director: The Collaborative Process Of Four Productions, Elizabeth R. Muller Jun 2011

Between Scenic Designer And Director: The Collaborative Process Of Four Productions, Elizabeth R. Muller

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This thesis presents the unique designs for four productions: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Is He Dead?, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Legacy of Light. Presented here are the research images, conversations, situations and their resulting designs represented in my renderings and photographs of the fully realized production. Throughout, I will state my objectives in bettering the quality of interaction with each director and my reflections on the ongoing process of creating a trusting and balanced collaborative process, one that expertly serves the production.


Open Your Eyes...On Impressing The Important Things., Heidi Dawn Ortega Jan 2008

Open Your Eyes...On Impressing The Important Things., Heidi Dawn Ortega

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Open Your Eyes… On Impressing the Important Things is the documentation of my first semester as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. The purpose of this thesis is to document that journey to gain greater understanding of myself and my teaching. I embrace teaching as an artist. It is an opportunity to inspire and empower. As a teacher, I am attentive to the fact that learning is a complex process. It is individual, content and context specific. I believe that the goal of teaching is to empower students to take responsibility for their learning. Teaching is an art form that can be …