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3 aspects of theatre |
-ephemeral -live -encompasses all other art forms |
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peter brooke- 2 reqs for theatre |
1 actor and 1 audience member |
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script analyis |
read script, what's the plot, protag/antag? |
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plot structure |
exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
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reg. theatre mvmt |
support theatres all over the country |
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tyrone guthrie |
british- minneapolis theatre
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LORT |
league of resident theatres -parent org of all regional threatres |
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broadway vs off broadway |
bway- 500+ seats, make profit off bway- 100-499 seats, pays people more
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def of director and def of 2 types |
- man/woman in charge of the productin -interpretive- tries to do a faithful rendition -visionary- takes their own spin on script |
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first director, famous for what |
duke of saxe meinigen- paying people for rehearsals |
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directing rehearsal process |
work with designers, cast actors, blocking |
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Stanislovsky and three books |
-Moscow art theatre -An Actor Prepares, Building a character, and Creating a Role |
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An Actor Prepares |
how an actor must psychologically and prepare for a created role |
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Building a Character |
the external training an actor undertakes to communicate different aspects of a role |
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Creating a Role |
the actor must make the role fit the script only after assuming it physically and vocally |
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"Generality is the enemy of Art" |
without creativing and details of imagination the work of art is just ordinary. |
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Stanislovky's system/method |
uses a balance between the actor's personal experience and an attempt to imagining being in their character's situatin. |
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magic if |
the basis of assuming the mentality of a character -imagine the situation and what you would do -point is it allows the emulation of realism on stage
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objective obstacle tactics |
what your character wants trying to repeat same emotion over again how your character obtains their goal |
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emotion |
result of going after an objective and having obstacles get in the way |
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Adam's theatre company |
SLANT theatre company |
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drama |
the study of confict |
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aristotles 6 elements of theatre |
plot, character, theme, language, rhythm, spectacle |
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plot |
clearly define problem for the characters to solve |
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character |
agents of the plot |
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theme |
reason the playwright wrote the play |
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language- narrative, dramatic |
the way the characters are developed - moves the plot forward - heightens the language
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rhythm |
pace of the play |
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spectacle |
set, special effects, important parts of the play |
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antagonist vs protagonist |
A- person/ people standing in oppositon to the protagonist. provides conflit P- hero, main character |
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dialogue |
advances the plot and reveals the characters |
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how is directing like baking bread |
you can try and shape it how you want but you also have to let it do its own thing. this allows emotions. |
