TA10 – Spring 09: MIDTERM assignment, dues date: May 5th at the beginning of class.
Submit hardcopy in class, and email electronic copy as an attached word.doc
subject line MUST read midterm and mt_lastname_firstname.doc
attachment MUST also be saved as mt_lastname_firstname.doc
Midterm overview and guidelines
Describe one of your dreams in good prose writing. Pick a designer from the list or your favorite if you have one. Make an argument for the appropriateness of the designer for designing your dream as a stage play or film. MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FORM AND FEELING in your argument. Use 3 of readings on eres to support your argument. You must insert images of the designers work into the word.doc(see instructions below) and you must insert, into your word.doc, your illustrations of your dream (you can make either drawings or a collage. Again see instructions below.)
page 1 thesis w/ description of your dream(100-150 words)
page 2 illustration: parts of the dream (sets and costumes)
page 3 biographical info on the designer (see choices below)
page 4 critical analysis - one of the designers works
page 5 photo of the designer's work you critically analyzed
page 6 describe how your dream scenes would be best suited by this designer.
Current Designers:
George Tsypin
Ming Cho Lee
Julie Taymor
Eiko Ishioka
Achim Freyer
Eric Wonder
Andre Acquart
Robert Wilson
Richard Foreman
Santo Loquasto
Designers of the 19th and 20th century:
Jo Mielziner
Caspar Neher
Jocelyn Herbert
Aldophe Appia
Edward Gordon Craig
Joseph Svoboda
Other professionals: Information on the following designers will be harder to find but its still worth checking them out.
Dipu gupta scenic/architect Santa Fe
Lap-Chi Chu www.lapchichu.com lighting designer NYC
Christopher Barreca designhead CalArts
David Zinn costume /scenic NYC
Melpomene Katakalos www.melpomenekatakalos.com UCSD
Kim A. Tolman scenic design SFBAY
Emily Pepper costume design San Deigo
Emily Greene emilygreenedesigns.com costume
Formatting:
Formatting for the paper is MLA with notes. This means double spaced, 12 pt. Times. You will need to cite three of the articles from our reading.
Here are some links for MLA formatting and notes. The library also has resources.
MLA formatting:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ If you are not sure about MLA formatting - start with this link to Owl at Purdue (fantastic resource)
Notes:
http://virtual.parkland.edu/walker102/mla.htm : MLA Notes
http://www.docstyles.com/mlacrib.htm :
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm : color coded examples of how to cite resources
Plagiarism:
http://www.acts.twu.ca/lbr/plagiarism.swf (if you have any doubts about what defines plagiarism - this is a super resource)
