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What is Scenic Design?
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Scenic design conveys where you are and what time it is within the world.
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"Set is the geometry of a play" Who said this and in what context?
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Peter Brooks on how a set can effect a scene
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What is the purpose of Scenic Design?
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The purpose off scenic design is to create and ideal environment for the production.
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What is a Wing/Drop Setting?
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A wing/drop setting is when set designers paint three dimensional scenes on a tarp and use it for the set.
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What came after Wing/Drop Settings?
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Stock Sets
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What does scenic design establish for a play?
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Scenic designs eestablish a mood for the play and also reinforces themes. It also establishes movement patterns on stage.
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What is one major limitation on scenic design?
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Budget.
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Is the set designer brought in early or late in a production?
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Early
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What are the steps a scenic designer takes in creating a play?
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1. Read the play until he has a complete understanding of the play.
2.Research the time period of the play, other works by the playwright, and the play's production history 3.Image research and creates an image collage that includes research images, textures, concepts and lighting. 4.Meet with the director of the play to discuss themes of the play, ideas, and concepts for the design. 5. Creates sketches based on these concepts and meets again with the director for the approval. 6. Creates a white model which is an actual scale model of the set and is normally 1 foot per 1/4 inch. |
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What does a total design package include?
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A model, a paint elevation, drafts, and a ground plan
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How were sets constructed during th Baroque era?
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Wood cut outs that were painted
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How old is modern scenic design?
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100 years old
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Who is the father of modern scenic design?
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Robert Edmund Jones
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Who is a scenic artist?
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A scenic artist is someone that paints the actual set.
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What was the original source of lighting?
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The Sun
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In the 1600s, what provided light?
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Candles
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In the 1700s, what provided light?
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Oil Lamps
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In 1750, what switch occurred in lighting?
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Lighting was switched to gas. This was the first time lighting was used on stage
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in 1800s, what occurs in American Theater in regards to lighting?
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Gas is run throughout the city, providing the theater with some options in terms of lighting.
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Where were the first electric lights used in the theater?
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The marquee
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By the 1960s, how had lighting changed?
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Electric lights ere being used, and run by computers
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What is Intelligent Lighting?
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Lighting which moves and changes color, implemented about 25 years ago
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What are the five functions of lighting?
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1. Visibility
2. Reinforce the Mood and Theme 3. Control the Focus of the Audience 4. Visual Composition/Revelation of Form 5. Establish Realistic Elements |
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What is movement in terms of lighting?
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Movement is the till that refers to how long it takes for one lighting design to change to another. Also refers to the lights themselves moving
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When did Western Theater Originate?
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Ancient Greece around 500-388 BCE
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What were the most important play topics in Greece?
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History and myths
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How did theater emerge?
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Theater emerged from a celebration of the Greek god Dionysus. Plays would be performed in the festival of Dionysus in the city of Dionysia.
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What are Dithyrambs?
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Dithyrambs are hymns that the choruses in the plays would sing to Dionysus
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Who is Thespis?
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Thespis was the first actor
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Why was Thespis the first actor?
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Thespis was the first actor because he stepped outside of the chorus and spoke to them
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What were actors called in Ancient Greece?
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Hypocrites. They were all male amateurs
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Where would the audience sit for an Ancient Greek play?
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the Theatron
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Where would Ancient Greek actors perform?
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The Orchestra
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Where would the Ancient Greek actors change costume?
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the Skene
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Where did the ancient Greek chorus enter and stand?
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The Parados
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How many people were in a Greek chorus?
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12-15
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Who is credited with introducing the second actor?
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Aeschylus
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What types of plays did Aeschylus write?
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Tragedies
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What did Aeschylus believe as a whole?
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He believed that society was greater than the individual and that suffering and tragedy was a part of the gods' plan.
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What is the Oresteia?
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The Oresteia was a collection of three of Aescylus' plays which examined the concept of justice.
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How many awards did Aeschylus win?
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13. He wrote of 80 plays
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Who is credited with adding the third actor to plays?
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Sophocles
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What did Sophocles write?
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Tragedies
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What did Sophocles believe?
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He felt that suffering led to self knowledge.
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Who was considered to be the most skilled playwright of Ancient Greece
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Sophocles
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What did Euripides emphasize in his tragic plays?
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He emphasized human psychology and felt that suffering was random.
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Why were Euripides' plays controversial?
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They used women and slaves as protagonists and depicted the gods in a less the favorable light
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Who employed Dues Ex Machina often?
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Euripides
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Who was the earliest writer of comodies?
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Aristophanes
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What were comedies in Ancient Greece?
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Comedies of the time lacked any moral message and were basically dramas with comedic aspects.
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What did Aristotle write?
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He wrote Poetics which were a critical investigation into the origins, structure and effectiveness of tragedy
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What were Aristotle's six elements of tragedy in order of importance?
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1. Plot
2.Character 3. Idea 4. Language, 5. Music 6. Visual Adornment |
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What is a thumbnail in costume design?
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A thumbnail is a 3-5 inch sketch of every character
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What does a cutter do?
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A cutter cuts the patterns for the costume
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What does a draper do?
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A draper fits the costume to the actor
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What is Lazzi?
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Lazzi (from the Italian lazzo, a joke or witticism) is a piece of well-rehearsed comic action commonly used in the Commedia dell'arte. Most English-speaking troupes use the Italian plural "lazzi" as the singular and "lazzis" for the plural.
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What is an Arlecchino?
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The primary aspect of Arlecchino was his physical agility.[3][4] While generally depicted as stupid and gluttonous, he was very nimble and agile, and performed the sort of acrobatics the audience expected to see. The character would never perform a simple action when the addition of a cartwheel or backflip would spice up the movement.
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Who is a Pantalone?
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Pantalone (French: Pantalon) is a stock character that is classified as one of the vecchi (old men) in Commedia dell'arte. He is a miserly and often libidinous character who is portrayed as a Venetian and often speaks in the Venetian dialect.
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What is a vaudeville?
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Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts included popular and classical musicians, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, female and male impersonators, acrobats, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and movies. Vaudeville developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums and literary burlesque. Called "the heart of [the era's] American show business," vaudeville was one of the most popular types of entertainment in North America for several decades
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Who is a Capitano?
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Capitano (the Captain) is a masked character from the Commedia dell'Arte.
The Captain uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature. He convinces people of the following facts, although in reality, he is a coward and, at best, claims the credit for what someone else did. |
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Who is considered the father of musical comedy?
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George M. Cohan
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What is a person's kinesphere?
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The space reached by the human body's extremities while stationary
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What is a satyr play?
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Satyr plays were an ancient Greek form of tragicomedy, similar to the modern-day burlesque style. They always featured a chorus of satyrs and were based in Greek mythology and contained themes of, among other things, drinking, overt sexuality (often including large phallic props), pranks and general merriment. At the Athenian Dionysia, playwrights usually submitted four plays to the competition: three tragedies and one satyr play. The satyr plays were performed at the end of the festival as spirited entertainment to lighten the atmosphere after many hours of Tragedy, or between the 2nd and 3rd Tragedy of a trilogy as comic relief. They were also generally much shorter, around half the length of an average Tragedy.
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Who is a Dottore?
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Dottore or the Doctor (usually called Dottore Balanzone, Dottore Baloardo, or Dottore Graziano) is a commedia dell'arte stock character, one of the vecchio or old men whose function in a scenario is to be an obstacle to the young lovers.
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What is the tiring house?
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A section of a theater reserved for the actors and used especially for dressing for stage entrances
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Who is the father of the modern musical?
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Stephen Sondheim
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What is the parabasis?
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In Greek comedy, the parabasis (plural parabases; Ancient Greek: παράβασις, plural: παραβάσεις) is a point in the play when all of the actors leave the stage and the chorus is left to address the audience directly. The chorus partially or completely abandons its dramatic role to talk to the audience on a topic completely irrelevant to the subject of the play
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