Thesis (MTech. degree in Performing Arts) -- Tshwane University of Technology. 2010. / The training of students for the technical side of the Entertainment Industry in South Africa is not something that has
been with us for many years. It is only for the last 33 years that an institution, the then Technikon Pretoria, started a
course that trains Scenic Artists in South Africa. Not many institutions are training Scenic Artists in South Africa, and the
current Department of Entertainment Technology has always been the leader in this field. In the United Kingdom,
training students as Scenic Artists has been part of their programmes for the last ninety years. One finds that there is a
demand for training Scenic Artists in the United Kingdom, because of the size and complexity of the Entertainment
Industry there. During the Apartheid era, South Africa was excluded from the International scene, so the demand did not
really exist here for a number of years. Lately, the Entertainment Industry in South Africa has picked up momentum and
expanded its borders immensely, and this has created a great demand for trained Scenic Artists in South Africa. Today
one can proudly say that one is part of an industry that trains people as Scenic Artists in South Africa that contributes to
the global Entertainment Industry. The Scenic Artists who completed their studies at TUT are employed nationally and
internationally, and deliver a very high standard of work on the most impressive projects. During the research that was
done between the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa and the Rose Bruford College and Guildhall School
of Drama and Music, both in the United Kingdom in London, one can see that there are no major differences between the
three institutions. Each institution has its own methodology, but at the end, all are working towards one goal, and that is
to train the best Scenic Artists possible. The differences that present it are in the course structure, available facilities and
the amount of staff allocated to do the training.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000375 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Bezuidenhout, Pieter Andries. |
| Contributors | Nel, J. H. (Jan Hendrik) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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| Rights | © 2010 Tshwane University of Technology. All rights reserved. |
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