Bachelor of Design (Stage and Screen)

Summary

The Bachelor of Design (Stage & Screen) is an intensive practical course covering the essential skills to design set and costume for traditional performance on both the stage and screen, alongside developing critical and ideation skills for work that expands notions of performance in the 21st Century. The course takes up to 12 students a year to ensure high levels of individualised learning and opportunities

Course Information

You will learn Performance Design through a range of practical workshops, intellectual enquiry, studio-based and collaborative projects.

Year 1:

• Practical design skills – technical hand drawing and CAD, basic set construction, scenic painting, props creation and scale model making
• Conceptual projects in Costume Design and Production Design
• Critical design studies – analysis of screen and live arts

Year 2:

• Assistant designer on in-house productions
• Specialised experimental Design-led projects
• Intern to professional companies and designers of your choice
• Conceptual projects in Design for film and live event

Year 3:

• Lead designer on theatre and a film production
• Self-directed research project
• Internship and graduation exhibition

Career Pathways

For 15 years, our Design course has produced designers of the highest standard who work in New Zealand and internationally. Toi Whakaari graduates are leaders in performance-based arts practice and have successfully forged careers in dance, events, film, and stage productions.

• Set/Production Designer
• Costume Designer
• Art Director
• Lighting Designer
• Projection Designer
• Event Designer
• Post Graduate Studies