Design and Applied Arts
Design and Applied Arts offers a wealth of opportunity for individuals to apply, extend and develop their abilities in order to provide flexible career routes within a range of creative industries. The course is designed to further students understanding of theatre design and contemporary issues in theatre practice and live performance. Some students aim to follow careers as set designers and assistant designers, whilst others are interested in working in the associated creative areas: scenic carpenters, scene painters, scenic prop makers or within costume design and wardrobe.
Mountview's aim is to provide students with core practical skills in order that individuals can become professionally competent within the component areas of Theatre Design and associated crafts: scenic carpentry, scene painting, scenic prop making, costume design and wardrobe production skills.
Within design, students will, for example, learn skills in both theory and practice: research processes, text analysis and design interpretation, model making, methods of 2D representation, Auto CAD and technical drawing. Scene painting explores the role of the scene painter: colour, canvas preparation, scale transference, faux techniques combined with skills in applied texture. Scenic prop making explores poly carving, sculpting and the use of specialist casting materials and making techniques, Costume design and production wardrobe explores historical and period costume interpretation, basic making and costume construction skills and the role of production wardrobe.
Within scenic carpentry, students learn woodworking and metalwork, technical drawing and computer-aided design. Students are also introduced to materials, techniques and equipment used in rigging, set construction and for developing stage machinery and effects. Alongside this, they will learn techniques for managing the factors necessary in organising an efficient set-build that meets the functional and aesthetic requirements of the production.
Students have the ideal opportunity to develop the many skills needed in a diverse creative industry. These transferable skills allow students to follow many career paths.
