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Newest Design Area |
Sound and it's technology |
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Motivated Sound |
Coming from a source |
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Acoustics |
The study of the science of sound |
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Pre-show music |
set the mood |
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Sound |
Physical Pressure wave |
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Frequency |
Rate at which an object vibrates |
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Pitch |
Characteristics tone, objects that vibrate have a higher pitch. Slow=lower |
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Intensity |
Loudness |
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Transducer |
Inverts energy |
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Amp |
Boosts signal |
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EQ
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Device which selectively alters frequency ranges |
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Mixers |
Device takes multiple signals combines into one signal |
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Folio Artist |
Live sound technician |
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What are 3 types of speakers |
Tweeters, woofers, mid range |
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Role playing |
Characteristics of playing certain types |
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Energy |
Intensity |
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Control |
Channeling the energy |
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Focus |
Concentration |
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Motivation/purpose |
Why an actor performs the action |
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Dynamics |
Highs and lows of the performance |
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Enlargement |
Making it big enough to be seen |
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Transformation |
Changing from one self to the character |
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Dual Consciousness |
Being able to think of two things at once |
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Interpretation |
Making the performance individual |
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Representational acting |
realistic |
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Presentational acting |
to show |
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Delsart method |
sterotypical gestures |
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Stainslavaski |
Scientific teachable method of acting |
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What 3 questions do actors ask? |
1. What 2. Why 3. How |
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Given circumstances |
what cannot be changed |
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Who am I? |
Details of the character |
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Details vs. Generalities |
Breaking the character down into the smallest denominator instead of sweeping gestures |
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Magic if |
Imagination |
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Objective |
What character wants to achieve at each moment |
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Super objective |
Overall purpose of the play |
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How should an actor approach emotions? |
Play the objectives |
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Bio Mechanical acting |
physical gesture to evoke an emotional response in the audience |
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Casting |
where directors and producers find actors |
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Auditions |
where directors and producers find actors |
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Director;s main job |
Story telling within a vision |
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Who shapes the audiences experiences |
the director |
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Who becomes the audiences's eyes during the production? |
the director |
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe |
Develops a set rules for actors Needed to act of importance on stage |
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George II the Duke of Saxe Meiningen |
He concentrates on the ensemble, historical accuracy of the design elements, and unified vision of all elements in the production |
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Wagner |
Develops the idea that the theme is needed to tie the production together |
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Production Meetings |
Where the artistic team meets to collaborate on the production |
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Dictatorial Dir. |
Person that wants to control every moment, action, movement on the stage |
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Organic Dir. |
Lets the production naturally grow from the rehearsal process |
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Blocking |
Stage movement |
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Personal qualities of Dir. |
Leadership and organizational skills |
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Stage manager jobs |
Runs the performance, calls all ques, go in between the director and design team, on book for memorization, and runs and schedules the rehearsals |
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Producer jobs |
Budget, hire all personal, deal with the unions, secure the royalties, find the space |
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Realism |
Reflection of everyday observable life |
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Naturalism |
Slice of life |
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Eclecticism |
each play should define its own form |