Production and Design at The Victorian College of the Arts What’s this new major all about?

Richard Roberts – Lecturer in Production, Victorian College of the Arts

Victorian College of the Arts Programs and areas of study

Bachelor of Fine Arts (8 specialisations)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) (8 specialisations)

Masters by Coursework

Masters by Research

PhD

• Visual Art • Theatre Practice • Music Theatre • Production • Animation • Film and Television • Screenwriting • Dance

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Production Design - Programs

Bachelor of Fine Art (Production) Bachelor of Design, majoring in Performance Design

Master of Production Design for Screen Master of Design for Performance

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) – Performance Technology

Lighting Sound

Design Realisation

• Performance technology • Design Realisation • Stage Management

Set Costumes

Props

set costumes

props

Stage Management

• Performance technology • Design Realisation • Stage Management

Bachelor of Design, Performance Design major

• Performance technology • Design Realisation • Stage Management

Difference between Bachelor of Design and Production/ Production Design

Bachelor of Design - Performance Design major

Bachelor of Fine Art (Production)

Master of Design for Performance

ATAR (or equivalent) minimum requirement

No minimum requirement 65% at undergraduate level

No extra requirements Interview, folio and selection test Interview, folio and selection test

Exposure to a range of performance design areas, and you select one for your CAPSTONE project

You select one specialisation to interview for: performance technology (lighting/sound), design realisation (set, props, costume) or stage management

You select one specialisation to interview for from lighting, sound, set, props or costume design

Firm grounding in theory and design thinking as applied to production design

Hands on practical training Hands on practical training

Difference between Bachelor of Design and Production/ Production Design

Bachelor of Design - Performance Design major

Bachelor of Fine Art (Production)

Master of Design for Performance

No integrated hands on experience on live shows

Hands on experience from first year on live shows and role on major VCA productions, as part of design team in third year

Take leadership role on major VCA productions, as designer

Able to study double major, and undertake breadth subjects

Single major only Usually single area of specialisation

Pathways to allied design areas, or Master of Design for Performance

Industry-ready graduates in area of specialisation

Industry-level graduates in area of specialisation, with higher level design skills

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)

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• Hands on experience on major shows across Dance, Theatre and Music Theatre

Bachelor of Design Performance Design Major

• Learn about the concepts of design thinking, and how this can be applied to Performance Design

• Can complement a co-major in Architecture

• Melbourne curriculum – can undertake breadth studies in a complementary field

• No folio requirement

Example of student work: Technical Drawing Master of Production Design for Screen Course Coordinator: Leon Salom

Learn digital approaches to design visualisation

Example of student work: Scale concept model making Master of Production Design for Screen Course Coordinator: Leon Salom

Together with

analogue approaches

Production Design for Screen alumna Sarah Hopper interned in the Art Department for The Dressmaker

Which program is for which student?

• Does the student have experience of working on live school shows?

• Is the student interested in broader design thinking, and is not certain which area they would like to apply these skills to yet?

• Does the student have a folio, or is working towards developing a folio of past design work?

Pathway to Masters Programs

Bachelor of Design

Masters of Production Design for Screen

Masters of Design for Performance

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)

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