This Thesis presents the various materials that evolved while designing the lighting for the Theatre Arts - University Theatre's production of A Little Going Away Party. Through various meetings with production staff the design objectives and styles of the premiere production were established. We determined that the production was dealing with an upcoming death in a positive manner and that the production elements should reflect this. The lighting design created a coolly lit cellar that was warmed progressively to reflect the growth of one of the characters as the story developed. The design also aided in drawing the audience's focus to different areas of the stage when action and dialogue required it. / M.F.A.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:52:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 116023.pdf: 4940416 bytes, checksum: 5650f09af7dfaf4a3086e912d318db64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research aims to present a teaching experience in theatre lighting based upon design principles. The dissertation intertwines/weaves together the universal design principles with stage lighting creation experiences using as a point of departure the experience on teaching, as well as recent studies on performance design. This discussion considers the visual message as a sort of theatrical communication system. It also recognizes the creation, effecting and understanding of the stage lighting as a design process based on its historical functions and spectacular expressivity. The text is structured in two stages: it first presents selected professional experiences and secondly it analyses the teaching practices. The goal is to highlight the relationship between theatre practice and design as a teaching strategy. This study comprehends that theatre designing is about making choices and taking decisions and that can be related to the concept of design thinking . It is also about finding the reasons for those solutions on the other designers creations and the design basis, relating stage and audience, arts and crafts, form and function. / A presente pesquisa se propõe a relatar uma experiência de ensino da iluminação cênica fundamentada nos princípios do design. Para tanto, expõe seus conceitos e apresenta uma análise das relações entre os fundamentos do design e o processo de criação em iluminação cênica a partir da prática pedagógica aplicada em alguns modelos de ensino/aprendizagem da iluminação, bem como algumas outras pesquisas similares recentes. Com base no entendimento do teatro como meio de comunicação e pela análise dos processos de elaboração, compreensão e interpretação das suas linguagens, defende a atuação da iluminação como linguagem do espetáculo e elemento sensorial da cena na exploração de suas funções históricas e potencialidades expressivas. A metodologia empregada foi, além do registro das atividades pedagógicas, a investigação de experiências com processos de criação da luz para alguns espetáculos e das referências bibliográficas relacionadas. Considerando ainda o conceito de design thinking, conclui que a atividade do design no universo cênico se refere a fazer escolhas e tomar decisões, buscando os estímulos para essas soluções no trabalho coletivo da criação e nas fundamentações compositivas, visando a interação entre palco e plateia, aliando artes e ofícios, relacionando forma e função.