Arts

Have you ever wondered how films or theatre plays are actually made? Why are there so many people in the closing credit roll, and not just in the CGI department?

Have you ever wondered whether you need to be a genius, whatever this means, in order to have a creative profession and not starve? And if not, does this mean that it is all about networking and having the right connections?

Still, how would that explain so many people in the closing credit roll? What are they all doing there?

The module aims to introduce students to various parts of the creative process and to a range of creative jobs and tasks by serving as a practical workshop. For eight weeks, we will be planning, creating, filming, and documenting a small theatre performance with puppets. Every step of the production will be accomplished by the students themselves. In the process, students will become familiar with the basic functions of the different elements of a production, either theatrical or cinematographic, and, in some cases, with the different approaches to how these elements should work.

At the end, we will have a recording of the play and critical pieces to accompany it, ready to be presented to the broader community, should the students decide so. It can also be approached as a simple opportunity for play, which carries no obligation to produce anything serious and “presentable” as a result. It may still turn out to be very presentable accidentally. Who knows.