2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Jul 01, 2025  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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DRMA 171 Technical Film and Theatre II (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly THTR 171

Course Description
An intermediate course in behind-the-scenes training for stage and digital film with emphasis on stage and digital film design.

Course Content
a. The Design Process
b. Production Organization
c. Team Management
d. Creative Expression
e. Intercultural Communication
f. Time/Cost/Space Management
g. Safety

Student Outcomes
1. Describe the design process.

2. Research, recognize and evaluate theatre architecture.

3. Research, recognize and evaluate style, composition, and design.

4. Illustrate effective scenic production techniques for stage and digital film.

5. Execute a scenic design for a theatrical/digital film production.

6. Execute a perspective drawing for a theatrical/digital film production.

7. Draft a set of construction drawings for a theatrical/digital film production.

8. Execute a rendering for a theatrical/digital film production.

9. Employ effective video production techniques.

10. Employ effective digital video post-production techniques.

11. Demonstrate safety for the stage and digital film and the use of the equipment.

12. Identify the sociocultural factors influencing intercultural communication as they relate to design.

13. Demonstrate effective use of time/cost/space management.

14. Demonstrate the use of stage tools and materials.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 60
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 80



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