SHOW BUSINESS

This course is part of the master's degree program "Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities" (EGArt) and is dedicated to the processes of cultural production and in particular of live performance.

As a general target, the lectures will have the understanding of the organizational processes in the live performance in order to equip the students with a series of evaluation tools and to give them the competence to operate autonomously in theatrical environments in general and in the lyrical productions in particular, both as producers of goods and services and as organizers.
After the first introductory lessons, students will be given the opportunity to devise a general project by working with given budgets and risk analysis.

Knowledge of the main production processes of a live performance, with particular attention to
- technical-organizational requirements
- safety and fire prevention
- administrative management according to tax and social security regulations, constructing a budget that includes the necessary cost and income items.

No prerequisites.
The understanding of the topics will be facilitated if the student has previous experience in acting classes, music or dance, or if he assiduously attends live performances.

- Definition of show and performance
- The genres of the live performance: Music, Dance, Prose, Lyric.
- The performance venues: brief history of the theatrical building from ancient Greece to today; main features of the theatrical space; the Italian theatre and the concert hall: main differences and common features; the stage and its main technical characteristics: the curtain, the plank and the slope, the grating and its function, the mystic gulf.
- The acoustics of performance venues. Sound and its characteristics: height, intensity and timbre
- Characteristics of the spaces in relation to the types of show: the minimum conditions for music, prose, dance and lyric
- Hints on the legislation regarding the viability of venues for public entertainment: the License of Agility and the CPI, Certificate of Fire Prevention; training of personnel for fire prevention and first aid activities
- The viability of the organizing subject relating to tax and social security obligations; SIAE
- The compensation: distinction between gross compensation, net compensation, total company cost; tax and social security withholdings; the 'reflected charges'.
- Preparation of a forecast balance for a single event: identification of cost items and hypothetical revenues
- The management of an opera show
identification of the artistic team: the conductor, the director, the set designer, the costume designer, the lighting designer;
the singing company;
the other artistic components: the orchestra, the choir, the extras, the collaborators;
the technical component: the stage manager, the technical director, machinists, electricians, toolmakers, seamstresses, make-up artists and hairdressers.
- The production calendar; project design; the title; directing project; from the sketches scenes to the scenic laboratory; from costume designs to the choice of fabrics and packaging; stage assembly; directing and musical tests; assembly tests; the general rehearsal and the debut.
- From the production calendar to the economic project: artistic costs: director, set designer, costume designer, conductor, lighting designer, collaborator masters, singing company, orchestra, choir, extras; set up costs: scenes, costumes, equipment, footwear, wigs; organizational technical costs: stage manager, train drivers, electricians, toolmakers, engineers, tailors, make-up artists, porterage, transport.
- Characteristics of the employment contract: the subscribers and their identification: object of the service, venue of the service, duration of the contract, gross compensation; in-depth analysis and examination of some types of contracts.
- Project of a musical review: from the idea to the realization; artistic project; economic budget; technical / organizational sustainability; the technical and administrative aspects of implementation:
The course includes a visit to a theatre and in particular to the non-public areas of an Italian theatre: the stage, the control room, the grating, the tailor's shop, the mystic gulf, the technical rooms, etc.
During the visit it is possible to meet various technical figures who will describe their activities during the production of a show: the giver lights, the toolmaker, the machinist, the sound engineer, the seamstress.
Particular attention will be paid to some structural aspects related to acoustic characteristics, to fire prevention devices and to the removal of architectural barriers.

mandatory text:
ORGANIZZIAMO UN EVENTO ARTISTICO IN DIECI MOSSE - GIOVANNI SCOZ - ED. FRANCO ENGELI

recommended texts:
IL TEATRO POSSIBILE - MIMMA GALLINA - ED. FRANCO ANGELI
L'ACHITETTURA DELL'EFFIMERO - PROGETTARE GLI EVENTI DI SPETTACOLO - LIBRERIAUNIVERSITARIA.IT

The teacher will provide some information on the regulations concerning: SIAE, security, social security contributions, etc.

The student will be asked to prepare a project for a live performance illustrating:
- technical-organizational requirements
- administrative management method according to tax and social security regulations, together with the construction of a budget that includes the necessary cost and revenue items

The course takes place with lectures: for each topic addressed, a discussion is risen and developed in order to verify the understanding of the concepts expressed.
Lecture notes and examples of models for drafting contract documents or economic forecasting will be provided to the student.
The course includes a visit to a theatre.

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Ca ’Foscari applies Italian law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for the support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or specific learning disabilities. If you have a motor, visual, hearing or other disability (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and you require support (classroom assistance, technological aids for carrying out exams or exams individualized, accessible format material, note retrieval, specialist tutoring to support the study, interpreters or other) contact the Disability and DSA office disabilita@unive.it.

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