Theatre Exam
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- Difference between drama and theatre
- Drama is the written play. theatre is teh production of the written paly.
- Plot
- The action, the organizing principle of a play.
- Language
- The playwright's choice of words in the play. Can provide social class and regional information.
- Orchestra Pit
- In proscenium theatre, a sunknen area between the apron and teh audience.
- Raked
- Set at an angle (the elevation of the stage).
- Proscenium Space
- Configuration where actor is on one side and teh audience is on only one side of the production area.
- Thrust space
- Audience is on three sides of the actor.
- Black box
- small flexible performance space which can be easily configured for each production
- Arena space
- Audience completely surrounds performance area.
- Aesthetic distance
- Psychological separation or a sense of detatchment; the recognition that what happens on the stage is not reailty, but art.
- Interpretation
- An audience member's intuitive response; the meaning assigned to what is observed.
- Dialogue
- Words spoken by characters in the play.
- Playwright
- Author or crafter of the play.
- Casting Director
- Specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director.
- Lighting designer
- Designs all visual effects by controlling focus and mood with color, placement, and intensity of light.
- Composer
- Artist who creates original music for a theatre production.
- Stage Manager
- Makes sure things run smoothly on and back stage. Cooordinate a show during rehearsal and keep director's artistic choices intact during its run.
- Producer
- Person in charge of financial and business aspects of a production. Negotiates the rights to a play and hires a director who does the artistic side.
- Scenic designer
- Creates a visual home for the play onstage.
- Sound designer
- Creates acoustic and recorded sound for a production.
- Lyricist
- Artist who writes the words for songs.
- Difference between theatre and film
- Film-- all from the different camera angles, you can practice it and then tape it. theatre-- in theatre, the action will be different every time.
- Apron
- Extension of the sage that continues toward the audience below the proscenium arch
- Wings
- Spaces to the left and right for actors, etc, not yet visible in performance space.
- Proscenium Arch
- Large open arch that marks the division between the audience and performers. Frames action of performers and obscures the backstage area.
- Grand drape
- Front curtain in prscenium theatre used to hide things, or to indicate beginning and ending of acts or scenes.
- House
- Audience area of theatrical space.
- Orchestra
- Seating at floor level in front of stage.
- Empathy
- Emotional identification. A sense of participation, identification with the character.
- Observation
- Audience recognition of what is physically happening on stage. (change in color, change in light, etc)
- Style
- Manner of expressions and methods of onstage behavior as they affect compsotion and performance. Identified by character movement, changes in fashion, etc.
- Stage directions
- Written descriptions of physical or emotional action or physical appearance.
- Point of attack
- The time in the story at which the playwright chooses to begin dramatizing the work.
- Exposition
- Information needed to understand the play.
- Inciting incident
- Destroys the uneasy balance and sets off the major conflict.
- RIsing action
- The build in intensity
- climax
- emotional high point; critical stage reached and outcome decided.
- falling action
- events from the climax to the end of the play.
- Character
- Fictional person used to perform the action of the play.
- Character credibility-- how do you learn the most about a character?
- by their ACTIONS
- Levels of characterization
- Biological, physical, emotional (and psychological), social, ethical.
- Thought
- Ideas in a play
- Role of Music
- Encourages emotional identification.
- Spectacle
- The visual elements of a play. (setting) Based on culture adn teh preferences of the playwright.