MCCCD Program Description

Principles of Stage Combat Safety/Fight Captain

Course: THF235

First Term: 2021 Fall

Lec + Lab 4.0 Credit(s) 5.0 Period(s) 5.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: T- Lab Load

Description: Evaluate stage combat performances for safety in order to identify issues that might require intervention, communication, and revision. Course to prepare students for work as a fight captain in a stage or film environment. Provides opportunity to practice weapon maintenance and instruction; safe choreography; analysis of how choreography design elements affect safety; written and recorded choreography notation; and the implementation and communication of choreography and intervention strategies. Includes practical experience as a teaching assistant for other stage combat courses or as an assistant fight captain on dramatic productions.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Explain weapon maintenance and care of all Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) weapons. (I) 2. Demonstrate weapon maintenance and care of selected weapons. (I) 3. Provide written or recorded choreography notation. (I, II, III, IV) 4. Describe the differences in choreography between stage combat and film combat. (I, II, IV) 5. Assist a fight director or SAFD certified teacher with developing and implementing choreography for a skills proficiency fight. (II, III, IV) 6. Teach fight choreography to an actor using industry standard choreography notation. (II, III, IV) 7. Identify the impact of design elements on performing choreography safely. (II, IV) 8. Evaluate stage combat choreography for safety and effectiveness. (II, IV) 9. Develop an intervention strategy to improve choreography safety and effectiveness. (II, IV) 10. Effectively and professionally communicate an intervention strategy to actors and theatre professionals. (III, IV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Weapon maintenance A. Evaluation of condition B. Maintenance techniques C. Instruction II. Choreography A. Analysis B. Implementation C. Instruction III. Fight notation IV. Safety interventions A. Analysis B. Notation C. Communication

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 23, 2021

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