Show Case: Developing, Maintaining, and Presenting a Design-Tech Portfolio for Theatre and Allied Fields, 2nd Edition
Rafael Jaen
ISBN: 978-0-240-81926-6
A design tech portfolio showcases a theatre designer/technician's most prized accomplishments in stage design, lighting, costuming, or makeup. The ability to make a winning portfolio is essential to getting into choice colleges, obtaining scholarships, and getting new jobs in the field. Unfortunately the process can become time consuming and challenging if you don't know where to start. Show Case offers students, teachers, and aspiring professionals the information they need to know to create, maintain, and show off their portfolio.
This fully revised second edition features new and expanded chapters that explore current and innovative approaches to creating a design-tech portfolio, including branding, social networking, and traditional and interactive e-portfolios. This comprehensive guide also covers planning and developing details such as page layout, content variety, aesthetic sequencing, marketing, personal presentation, and next steps. Each chapter features introductions, samples, and lists of "Do's and Don'ts" provided by experienced professionals in the different design/tech fields. Portfolios featured are from an incredible cast of contributors at different stages of their careers, including recent graduate students, officers of renowned organizations and international theater artists, and art directors representing narrative artists in the allied fields of film, TV, and other media. This book is designed as a reference guide, workbook, and an inspirational tool, assisting designers/technicians in the process of developing a showcase that can be used to apply for graduate school, to pursue new jobs in the field, and for career marketing purposes... [more] |
Costume/Makeup courses:
- The Makeup Artist Handbook
- Character Costume Figure
Drawing
- Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen
- Costume Craftwork on a Budget
- Drawing and Rendering for Theatre
Theatre Sound courses:
- Sound and Music for the Theatre
- Control Systems for Live
Entertainment
- Concert Sound and Lighting Systems
Stagecraft courses:
- Illustrated Theatre Production Guide
- Stagecraft Fundamentals
- Mechanical Design for the Stage
- Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques
- Computer Visualization for the Theatre
- Technical Design Solutions for Theatre, Vol. 2
- Technical Design Solutions for Theatre, Vol. 1
- Structural Design for the Stage
Scenic Art courses:
- Scenic Art for the Theatre
- Scene Painting Projects for
Theatre
Drafting courses:
- Designer Drafting for the Entertainment World
- Computer Visualization for the Theatre
Script Analyis courses:
- Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers
Management courses:
- The Stage Manager
- Management and the Arts
Portfolio Management courses:
Lighting courses:
- Automated Lighting
- A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting
- Control Systems for Live Entertainment
- Drawing and Rendering for Theatre
- Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques
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