CLASS NOTES:
VD135 Lighting, Scene and Set Design

Welcome, sit down and shut up....

...well, it is not really as bad as all that, but most classes come with an introductory shpeel, and while this is no different than in any other class, the teacher is the exception. Direct, honest, with a layer of repressed rebellion just waiting for the right moment to vent. If you don't like participating in the reality of life then Scott Kuntz may not be the instructor for you, but if you really want to know what the job of being a Designer is all about, the expectations, the realities, then he is the one to impart the wisdom you are seeking. I have never met anyone better than he is as getting to the heart of the matter, so, if you are smart you'll sit down, shut up, and realize you truly are in the right place.

Manipulate the viewer:
Invite the participation of the viewer into your work.
Control the revelation of information and build the moment .

Your job is to...

Orient the viewer
Reveal Character
Advance the plot

So if you are not doing one of these three things, you are not doing your job.

THE LIST: (The formal shpeel)

1.	Arriving Late / Leaving Early
2.	Books / Kits
3.	Assignments / Tests / Finals
4.	Theft
5.	Food / Drinks in the Lab
6.	Jerry Springer / Crisis-Every-Week People
7.	Missed classes / Projects / Make Ups / Absences
8.	Drop by Friday
9.	5 Hrs. per week unsupervised labs
10.	Calendar Items
11.	Syllabi / Addendums

I could throw in the explanations for each, but they are either self-explanatory
or should be experienced first hand some time. I'll just leave it at that.

Home Set Up:
Go to Fleet Farm/Menards and buy
a $5 clamp-on mud light
and a doll-size 12" movable figure

Reading assignment: pgs. 9-33

Anecdote:
A woman is on a tour of a London Treasury looking at the hundreds of forged samples of money on the walls, and she turns to the escort and exclaims, "Wow, your agents must spend a great deal of time stdying all these forgeries." The escort replies, "On the contrary madam, our agents study the real article so they know when the false ones come along."

Telling the truth about light striking form in atmosphere.
1955 Watercolor Demonstrations with John Pike