Blog 5B: Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic?

Theatre Tech

2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)

 Does getting a college degree in Theatre Technology help you find a Theatre Tech job faster?

Quote:"While it is true that having a college degree 
will not guarantee you a position in the world 
of theatre (or any other field for that matter), it 
is important to realize that this is the best way 
to prepare yourself and to increase your 
chances in the job market.  Acknowledging 
that there is intense competition, given the 
incredible number of talented people vying for 
each job, you must somehow set yourself 
above the others." -University of Texas of Austin "Career Guide for Theatre Majors" 

"A Guide for Theatre Majors." The University of Texas of Austin Fine Arts Career Services. Web. 23 Nov. 2012. <http://www.utexas.edu/finearts/sites/default/files/attach_download/Career%20Guide%20for%20Theatre%20Majors.pdf>.

3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)

If a person who is trying to pursue a job in theatre technology has a degree in Theatre Technology, then they are more likely to get find a job and get hired than someone who doesn't.

4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.

In order to perform this experiment I will have to go to different Theatres or email different professional theatres performing a survey asking who they would rather hire  a person with a degree in theatre technology or someone who doesn't have one. I would also ask whether the degree is more important when hiring someone or if experience has a bigger role.

5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:
Behavioral/Social Science

SF Blog A: Problem Statement

Topic: 
Theater Tech

Problem:

1. Budget cuts in theater and trying to find ways to pay for the costs of the productions, especially when it comes to high school theater productions. Due to the budget cuts we are limited to more efficient technology needed in theater tech. I want to be able to find an efficient way of trying to provide money  needed for more efficient technology. What I hope to do after this is help other theater tech programs find better tactics to save and possibly earn money for the technology needed.
2. Finding more efficient ways of moving props, such as platforms and other heavy stuff on and off stage. Sometimes there are some props that need to be moved on stage and require a great amount of people to move it. There are somethings that by simply adding wheels can solve the problem, but then there are things that cannot have wheels added. I hope to find some kind of technology that would make moving bigger props more easy to move and efficient during the play. I would then like to introduce it to other theater tech programs.