Units
Stage Management 3
Unit code: KRB212
Contact hours: 3 per week
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
This unit broadens the skills base for stage managers into production and event management.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
This unit culminates your studies in Stage Management, and extends the management principles learnt in earlier units into advanced and alternative areas.
Aims
This unit aims to provide you with advanced knowledge in the various senior Management areas within the live production process while continuing to increase your proficiency in Stage Management.
Objectives
On completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1Understand the roles of Stage, Production, Technical, Event, Tour and Company Managers in a variety of performance disciplines
2. Demonstrate your ability to understand the production process from an advanced management perspective;
3. Organise personnel, schedule tasks, problem solve, monitor progress and budgets;
4. Organise and schedule the production requirements of the theatre season;
5. Apply critical and analytical thinking and effective problem solving;
6. Work independently and collaboratively.
Content
This unit addresses content such as:
- Review of stage management procedures
- Advanced stage management for theatrical productions, and events
- Production & Event management
- Related scheduling and documentation
- Touring / transfer of productions.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
This unit will be taught through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, seminars, theatre visits and industry secondments. It will use guest lecturers who are industry professionals in particular areas. You are expected to undertake considerable independent study through online referencing of current issues and events related to this subject.
Assessment
LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.
Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
You will receive formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester. Weight 0%
Assessment name:
Project (applied)
Description:
(Summative & Formative)
An assignment and associated task implementing advanced management theory and Practice.
Relates to objectives:
ALL
Weight:
60%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Mid Semester
Assessment name:
Examination (written)
Description:
An examination covering Advanced stage, Technical and Production Management concepts.
Relates to objectives:
ALL
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End Semester
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Conte, D. (c2007) Theatre Management : producing and managing the performing arts, EntertainmentPro, Hollywood, California.
Green, J. (1981) The Small Theatre Handbook : a guide to management and production, Harvard Common Press, Harvard.
Halloway, J. (2002) Illustrated Theatre Production Guide, Focal Press, New York.
Hern, N. (rev. ed. 2009) Stage Management : the essential handbook, Nick Hern Books.
Maccoy, P. (2004) Essentials of Stage Management, A&C Black, London.
Cohen, R. 2011. Working together in theatre : collaboration and leadership. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Holloway, J. 2010. Illustrated theatre production guide. 2nd ed. Burlington, MA: Focal Press/Elsevier.
Rossol, M. 2011. The health and safety guide for film, TV, and theater. 2nd ed. New York: Allworth Press.
Stern, L. and A. R. O'Grady. 2010. Stage management. 9th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Risk assessment statement
Theatres are potentially dangerous places, particularly backstage during performances when lowlight conditions prevail. You will be warned by the Stage manager, the Production Manager or the Director, of any specific risks that you will need to be aware of, when your project team first moves in to the theatre. Students aware of personal physical or emotional vulnerabilities should inform their tutor if they are feeling unsafe or at risk in any way. Every effort is made by staff at QUT to ensure that you work in a safe environment. Conversely you are absolutely expected to follow all safety rules and directions, and to ensure that you do not put at risk the safety of others in any way.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 27-Mar-2013
