DESIGN and GENERAL EFFECT

December 18, 2022

What are we doing?

The reality of color guard…

• The impact of time
• Staff
• Facilities
• Finances
• Membership (skill range)
• Parent and administrative support

These and other factors have impact on the PROGRAMMING!

Let’s peel back the process of programing

• How many performers and at what skill level?
• Training (bedrock of performance success)
• Timeline – a reality of great importance
• Music! (the big ONE…. The single most important choice you will can make regarding programming)
• The necessary steps that follow:

Costumes

Production Value ($ - be reasonable)

Careful planning (who, what, when and where)

Unity – how it comes together (this takes meeting and planning)

Pacing – what are the effects? Appropriate range of choices – class relevant

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The DNA of upstairs adjudication

Design Analysis

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UNITY��

General Effect

�REACTIONS

Design Analysis

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Use of Design Elements

Line

Shape

Balance

Dimension

Texture

Space

Mass

Weight

Motion

Artistic Efforts

Orchestration

Emphasis

Color

Line

Shape

Balance

Dimension

Texture

Space

Mass

Weight

Motion

Artistic Efforts

Orchestration

Emphasis

Color

IN…

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FORM��BODY��EQUIPMENT

Motion to connect events (all aspects)

Orchestration:�Through time and in layered events

Through

Time

Layered

Relationship to, or enhancement of the audio through dynamic range of efforts

Dynamic Effort Qualities:

Space – up, down, high, middle, low and in space

Time – sustained, slow, fast or quick

Weight – light, soft, forceful or strong

Flow – free and open or bound and restrictive

Design choices through…

• Imagination and inventive use
• Variety
• Transitions and equipment changes
• Characteristics, detail, and nuance

General Effect

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Program Concept & Production Value

Dramatic Contour & Pacing of Planned Effect

Effective Design �

RANGE AND VARIETY OF EFFECTS

VISUAL MUSICALITY/MOOD