2023

Stage Techniques

Name: Stage Techniques
Code: ARC12598L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Introduce the student to various aspects of technical theatre, so you can get a comprehensive view of the whole and the perception of the complexity of the parties, including familiarizing them with the technical and scenic specific lexicon.
2. To publicize the overall operation of a stage, in technical terms, and the human structure necessary for its operation. Promote risk prevention through awareness of the dangers inherent to the multiple disciplines in technical theatre.

Contents

• Stage Area: Nomenclature
• Technical team from the theater: Organizational skills and competence
• Lifting and load bearing equipment: Manual and motorized battens, Concepts of rigging, Suspension
of people and cargo
• Scenic elements: Platforms, ramps, structures, scenarios, etc..
• Electricity: Basic concepts and safety rules
• Lighting: Basic concepts, set up and safety rules
• Sound: Basic concepts, set up and safety rules
• Video: Basic concepts, set up and safety rules
• Scenic effects:
• Examples of effects
• Effects of increased risk:
• Fire
• Pyrotechnics
• Water
• Rules for use of scenic spaces
• Legislation applicable to entertainment venues

Teaching Methods

• Theoretical-practical classes of expository nature, with the use of projections of images, texts or corelacionados schemes;
• Practical laboratory classes for the development, experimentation and application of acquired knowledge;
• Exhibition of audiovisual material, with critical discussion in the context;
• Study visit to cultural spaces and / or spectacles in scene and / or assembly, that allow direct relation of the students with the practical reality of the activity of scene technique;
• Orientation for research and study, through bibliographical, pathological or direct contact information.
• The student's assessment will be made on the basis of a continuous process of analysis of their performance in classes, as well as in the performance of specific work / exercises.
Attendance / Punctuality - 10%
Participation in - 15%
Performance in targeted work sessions - 15%
Written Assessment: 30%
Evaluation Test: 30%

Teaching Staff