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Need to express/communicate emotions/feelings/ideasNeed for social changeUniversal themes (good/evil)Show common ideas/emotions
Sharing the Human experience
Oral traditionNarrativeStorytellingFolktalesReligious rituals/ceremonies
Passing tradition and culture
Express/communicate emotion/ideas/feelingsWhen drama is performed on a stage in front
of an audience
Artistic expression
Parts that a playwright uses in the playPlot (the story)Theme (meaning of the story)CharactersSuspenseLanguage (dialect, slang, etc.)Monologue (soliloquy)DialogueStage Directions
Literary
5 main parts of plot:ExpositionRising actionClimaxFalling actionConclusion
Setting – time and placePlays are divided into Acts which are further divided
into Scenes
Literary cont.
Very important in modern theater, less so in the past
Scenery:Suggest a location, time period, or physical setting
(castle, doctors office, school, etc.)Flats – painted canvas covered framesFlats can also be curtains, wood, cardboard,
Styrofoam, paper mache, etc.
Technical
LightingCreates effects that signify mood,
time, and placeColors are often used to give a sense
of the time of dayUsed to work with colors of costumes
Technical Cont.
Make-up:Lighting can “wash out” actors faces, so
make-up is used to accentuate featuresUsed to help create characterAllows for creativity (fake noses, fake blood,
etc.)Includes fake hair and hair styles
Technical Cont.
Costumes:Create feel for time, setting, and
placeNeed to consider colors that will
work well with the lighting used
Technical Cont.
Props:Set props – stationary items on the stage
(sofas, chairs, tables)Hand props – carried by the actors to enhance
their character (swords, handbags, feather dusters)
Props are used to help build a sense of time, place, socio-economic situations
Technical Cont.
Acting, verbal and nonverbal, reflects a character’s motivation: Wants Obstacles Strategies Age Wealth Where from Emotions Education
Basically how everything from a character’s past, present, and future effects their actions
Performance
EmpathyMain goal of actorTo indentify w/ an actorShare feelings
SpeakingBreath controlVolume/ProjectionPronunciation
Performance cont.
Vocal expression: Diction (correct words/pronunciation) Rate Articulation (dialect) Volume
Nonverbal expression: Facial expressions Body alignment Gestures and basic movement
Performance cont.
Proscenium Stage – raised picture-frame stage (box stage)
Types of stage (not an element, but very important)
Thrust Stage – extends into the seating area of the audience – seating on three sides
Stage types cont.
Cast or CrewCast – group of actors who perform in the
playCrew – group of designers and technical staff
working behind the scenes
DirectorCoordinates all important aspects of a
productionAudition and cast charactersMeet with designersDeal with scheduling
PlaywrightCreates the material to be performedShould be clear about the theme (meaning) they want
to conveyThe central “must have” in any productionRoyalty – money paid to a playwright or publisher for
the rights to perform a playAlso referred to as a dramatist
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