# Technical Design: Scenery, Mechanisms, and Special Effects

MIT Production of "The Company of Angels." (Photo courtesy of OCW.)

### Instructor(s)

Michael Katz

### MIT Course Number

21M.735

### As Taught In

Spring 2004

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: written with examples

## Course Highlights

This course features extensive tech notes and examples of student work.

## Course Description

This class looks at the special structural and practical needs of theatrical scenery and effects and how they can be constructed. We map the technical design process from initial meetings to realization on stage. The class emphasizes safety, budgeting, and problem solving. Ten 1-3 page Tech notes are required as well as a final project. Work includes actual production assignments as well as paper design projects.

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- Performance Arts > Theatrical Design
- Mechanical Engineering > Mechanical Design

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