Last Year's Review 9/21/18




Staging:

Stage directions:
DR, DC, DL (close to audience)
CR, CC, CL
UR, UC, UL (far from audience)


Dialogue-
Monologue-

Stage crew
Cast
Lighting
Sound Effects
Structure- acts, scenes, prologue, epilogue

Props- coustunes
Set-pieces- Do not move

Cue lines- tell the actor when to start

Types of theater:
1. Black box- simple performance space, large square black room
2. Proscenium stage- Auditorium, With a arch around the stage
3. Theater in the round- Audience surrounds the stage from all sides.
4. Thrust Theatre- Stage extends into the audience, audiences sit in three sides

The Forth Wall- the invisible wall, not supposed to interact with the audience (although some performances require it)

Projections- How loud you can project your voice on a stage

Enunciation- level of clarity you pronounce with words with on stage

Blocking- Precise positions or movement of the actors on stage, controlled by the director

Faical expressions- emotions and reactions

Body language- communication by movement

Given circumstances- What we know about the character

Stage Pictures- Creating an image for the audience thats shows the role

Motivation- Why am I doing this? Objectives, you face obstacles

Famous People:
Uta Hagen- 9 Questions
Constantin Stanislavski- realist acting
Viola Spolin- theater games (improvisation)



Structure of a play
Acts- part of the play broken up
Scenes- one part of a act




Literature Terminology:


Narrator- person who tells the story

Characters in play

Point of view- (I, you, him her, or God's view, Limited point of view)

Setting- Takes place

Climax- Most intense part

Conflict- struggles between characters

Genre-
1. Musical
2. Straight- drama, fiction, comedy, poetry,

Protagonist= Main character
Antagonists+ Conflicting character

Plot- Events that happen in the play
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution



Poetry:

 1. Rhyme scheme
2. Rhythm
3. Simile, metaphor
4. Personification
5. Speaker
6. Enjambment*
7. Onomatopeia
8. Symbolism
9. Stanzas and lines




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