Scene Design at Boston University

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Overview Our program at Boston University seeks to:Enhance artistic expression and communication skills through hands-on, mentored design experience within a wide range of production opportunities and classroom instruction.Explore creative collaborations with directors, actors, technicians, and playwrights.Develop a thorough understanding of professional working methods and standards.Create new forms of theatrical expression for the next generation.MFA Design students are being prepared for substantive careers as theatre artists. Training includes a rigorous curriculum, production design opportunities, and collaboration with professionals through our Professional Theatre Initiative. Students are mentored by working professional faculty and advisors. I want to find another Master Course Financial aid is available to some students in the form of scholarships, living stipends, or teaching assistantships. Admission is highly selective, with the School of Theatre admitting one to three students each year into each of the Scene Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Sound Design MFA programs.Learning OutcomesThe Scene Design program aims to develop a complete theatre artist by fostering a passion for theatre, storytelling, design, and the collaborative process. Through their required coursework and production assignments, Scene Design students will:Demonstrate a rich understanding of scenic design as an art form and its development since the classical period.Demonstrate the development of critical and analytical thinking for the collaborative process of making a piece of theatre.Demonstrate the development of an understanding for purpose and reason for making a piece of theatre.Demonstrate the ability to explore the emotional and psychological power of a space and how to mine these qualities in the making of a piece of theatre.Communicate conceptual ideas through a facility with the different mediums and tools available to the scenic designer.Model a professional and artful attitude toward work process, communication, and collaboration with fellow members of the creative team.Demonstrate proficiency in the skills necessary to be a working scene designer, including, but not limited to, hand drafting, scenic painting, drawing, and an understanding of the history of period styles and décor, with an acknowledgement of the broad range of creative work to which scenic design can contribute to the artful creation of theatre.

Our Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design program at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.

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Film, Photography & Media

Interior Design

Theatre & Dance

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1 : Completed application for Graduate Admission to the College of Fine Arts.Non-refundable application fee of $95.Upload transcripts from all colleges and universities attended to your application. Please do not send transcripts to us.Résumé.Letter of Intent; the applicant should describe their career path and ambitions and why they wish to study at Boston University at this time. Letter of intent and résumé should be uploaded to application.Completed Online Portfolio Submission ($10 fee).Two (2) Letters of Recommendation from theatre professionals. These may be submitted online using the supplied Letter of Recommendation Form.

Scene Design

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Scene Design

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