Production designers provide visual and physical context and support to the storytelling function of all performance and presentation media, including film, television, video, live event, live performance and digital media. Production designers are in demand in the expanding fields of visual programming for video, cable outlets, broadcast networks, independent filmmaking, digital video production, theme parks and other entertainment venues.
SCAD students learn the design methodologies and professional skills for existing and emerging new media as well as the principles of design skills for traditional presentation projects.
Production design students may collaborate with students of acting, directing, choreography and dramatic writing in the areas of film, television, theater, dance and public events, as well as interior design, exhibition design, fashion design and more.
A full calendar of productions is presented at the
Trustees Theater, Mondanaro Theater in
Crites Hall, Afifi Amphitheater in the
Pei Ling Garden for the Arts and
Arnold Hall auditorium, as well as the
Lucas Theatre for the Arts.
Undergraduate students choose a concentration in costume design and costume technology, or lighting and scenic design. Graduate students choose from costume design, lighting design or scenic design.
Costume coursework incorporates film, dance and theater projects in both contemporary and historic contexts. Lighting and scenery coursework emphasizes skills such as drawing, drafting and rendering, as well as digital design, incorporating them into projects in live performance, film, event design and commercial displays.