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Lighting and Set Design and Hair, Makeup and Wardrobe Instructor(s): Pastor Karen Perkins, Clarice Bethers, Karen Lawfer, April Dooley The production designer is responsible for the production’s visual appearance.They design, plan, organize, and arrange set design, equipment availability, and control a production’s on-screen appearance. The production designer is often called the set designer, or scenic designer. They are trained professionals, often with Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in scenic design. The set designer collaborates with the theater director to create an environment for the production—and communicates details of this environment to the technical director, charge scenic artist and property…

Clearance Administration and IP Rights Instructor(s): Brad Perkins Reviews outlines, designs, scripts & storyboards to ensure that names, places, businesses, etc., do not infringe the rights of third parties or are otherwise clear to use. Confirms facts by checking information sources and reviewing third party clearance reports.  Reviews animatics and rough animation to verify required changes have been made and to check if any further clearances are required.  Discusses results and questions with executives and production personnel.  Obtains permission for use of any third-party trademarks/copyrights and other third-party materials for use in WBA's programs. Analyzes all content for possible infringements.…

House and Greenroom Managing, Interfacing with Talent and Guest Services Instructor(s): April Dooley, Pastor Karen Perkins, Brad Perkins, Karen Lawfer, tbd House management concerns the selling of tickets, the ushering of patrons in front of house areas, and the maintenance and management of the theatre building. House management staff usually work for the theatre, under the supervision of the house manager, and not for the theatrical troupe which is occupying it. Often in regional or smaller theatres the responsibility falls under the aegis of the marketing department or patron services. In any case, house management works closely with the production…

Lighting and Set Design and Hair, Makeup and Wardrobe Instructor(s): Pastor Karen Perkins, Clarice Bethers, Karen Lawfer, April Dooley The production designer is responsible for the production's visual appearance.They design, plan, organize, and arrange set design, equipment availability, and control a production's on-screen appearance. The production designer is often called the set designer, or scenic designer. They are trained professionals, often with Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in scenic design. The set designer collaborates with the theater director to create an environment for the production—and communicates details of this environment to the technical director, charge scenic artist and property…

Stage Managing, Gripping and Gaffing Instructor(s): April Dooley, David Brabaw, Clarice Bethers, tbd Stage managers organize and coordinate theatrical productions. The job encompasses a variety of activities, including organizing the production and coordinating communications between various personnel (e.g., between director and backstage crew, or actors and production management). Stage management is a sub-discipline of stagecraft.  The gaffer is the head electrician at the production set, and is in charge of lighting the stage under direction of the Cinematographer. In television, the term chief lighting director is often used instead of gaffer, and sometimes the technical director lights the set. The…

Craft Service and Catering Instructor(s): Brad Perkins, Karen Lawfer, Clarice Bethers Craft service or craft services is the department in film, television and video production which provides cast and crew with snacks, drinks and other assistance. Craft service workers are nicknamed "crafties" because they provide their services to the other departments, known as crafts, in a set.  Other departments such as camera, sound, electricians, grips, props, art director, set decorator, special effects, hair and make-up, are referred to as crafts.  .  Craft service is different from catering; craft service refers to the food always available to the crew while they…

Floor Direction and Camera Operation Instructor(s):  Adam Garner, David Brabaw, Karen Lawfer As the head member of the camera crew, the camera operator uses the camera as instructed by the Director. They ensure the required action is correctly filmed in the frame, and must react instinctively as the proceedings take place. If the camera operator is also a cinematographer, they also help establish the theme and appearance of the show. The cinematographer—or director of photography (DP)—regulates lighting for every scene, frames some shots, chooses lenses, decides on film stock, and strives to match the project's visual appearance to the director's…

Sound Engineering, A1, A2 and Boom Operation Instructor(s): Keith Giles of Alaska Music One, Bradley Perkins, tbd A1 is the primary audio engineer responsible for the technical design and operation of associated sound systems (e.g. mixers, microphones, intercom, IFB, RF equipment, PA/monitoring, music/sfx playback, multi-track recording, and more). Generally speaking, the A1 supervises all audio crew members during build, rehearsal, and show phases of any production. Ultimately, the A1 will have routed, recorded, and mixed all sound sources heard during the program broadcast.  The A2 helps get microphones or other audio devices to the right place or to the right…

Showrunner Camp Daily Broadcasts These daily br0adcasts serve a number of goals: opportunity to practice skills being learned in camp learning to work in a team setting preparing for a live broadcast going live on the studio’s announced schedule (3:30 each day of camp) to the public working in front of a studio audience (at least other groups, but could be anyone who shows up, if broadcasting from studio) or public (if broadcasting from outside studio) Crew members from other groups may act as talent for other groups’ broadcasts.  Check out the latest broadcast: