Theater appreciation final

Theater Arts 211 with Mancuso at Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway

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Created: 2011-05-06
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Director

defined not by what he/she does, but rather what they're responsible for
everything that happens is a direct result of director's choice

four things director is responsible for

style
tempo
mood
idea (tone)

style

individualization of art form

tempo

changing rates/beats of dramatic action

mood

feeling or emotion generated from clash of forces in dramatic action

idea (tone)

idea is core meaning of what play has to say
tone is accumulation of all the moods within a play

two sources of parenthetic phrasing in scripts

the author
first professional production (stage direction)

Pyramid (triangle)

top: idea

2nd: character

3rd: dramatic action

4th given circumstances

you move UP the triangle (4-1) & focus goes from OBjective to SUBjective

meant to protect author and his/her heirs for a certain amount of time
owning rights to work
rights to ROYALTIES

royalties

payment to either the author or whoever owns the piece being used

time period for royalties

the author's life + 50 years
exceptions have been made to last long (e.g. disney)
at some point the work loses its rights and falls into public domain

the producer

backer of the show
in charge of money issues

designers (4 kinds)

lights
costumes
sounds
sets

script analysis

being able to read a script and understand what the author means
more difficult than one may think
many authors may write in ways that aren't the same dialect or language that director uses.
needs to understand what is going on and relay to actors

stage manager

responsible for all technical activities of production including rehearsal of understudies, prompt books, calling cues

stage manager (job)

rehearse understudies
acts like director in all ways BUT making changes to script

prompt book

everything in one place

initially set up as:

right side script with space around
left side blank

left side of prompt book (after)

blocking
directors notes (acting on page)
light cues (levels execution)
sound cues (levels execution)
go cues (execution)
actors practice lines

swing

understudy in cast with small role, if lead goes down during the show, swing steps in

on call

understudy not in the cast who at any moment may be called to play role in the show

bear baiting

theater focuses on use of imagination (not definition)

Shakespeare

elizabethan english NOT old english (like original script)

iambic pentameter

stressed, unstressed syllables

(S.U.S.)

playwright

good ear for how people speak
not necessarily correct grammar
play isn't realized until performed/spoken aloud

ensemble technique

collaborate with a bunch of people

one defining play seems to be playwright's

success story

solitary process

going away somewhere isolated, coming back with script

Phase 1 of solitary process (step 1)

inspiration - moment of clarity where idea enters playwrights head

phase 1 step 2

characters

phase 1 step 3

plot :

developing order/outline
interactions with people

phase 1 step 4

writing dialogue

phase 1 step 5

completion of first draft

(when playwright feels for the first time that the story has a BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END

phase 2 of solitary process

RESPONSE : staged reading (1st time playwright hears work spoken aloud

actors sit in chairs, someone reads parenthetical notation too, very little cost

lighting design- GEL FILTER

used to create light colors

lighting design- GOBO FILTER

used to create shape; tin filter

(e.g. window pane, prison bars, etc.)

intensity (of lighting design)

automated and can occur as fast/slow as desired

subliminal cue

audience does not notice light change; not consciously ... more of a mood change

direction/angle of lighting design

normally 45 degrees
light in from side often used to emphasize shape (dance performance)

Two types of theater (producer)

profit
not-for-profit

* neither is supposed to lose money

profit theater

has investors/donors * money returned + more
open-ended run
large cities with tourists (e.g. broadway)

profit theater (cont.)

less profit theaters exist than not-for-profit
possible for investors to not make additional profit
show can run well to pay week-to-week cost but not initial investment

weekly nut

definition: cost per week
in old days when wagons went town to town, theater companies collected money for show. nut was taken off wheels until show materialized

not-for-profit theater

takes extra revenue and turns back to company
relies on donations
has a set run! (not open-ended)

4 kinds of donors for not-for-profit theater

corporation
individual
government
foundation

corporation donor

just like sponsorship, gains advertising

individual donor

people

government donor

taxes, budget

can increase home/community value greatly

foundation donor

dead person's namesake

script analysis

possibilities start to form in your head

independent activity

a physical task that can be accomplished with the materials at hand, imaginary reality

emotional preparation

2nd person goes out and comes up with something emotional to bring to the performance

must prepare for the first moment, easiest emotions to act out: anger, sadness, then happy

shared circumstances

givens that are agreed to in advanced between two actors

melodrama

included song, heightened exaggerated behavior, scenery representational

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Created: 2011-05-06
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Views: 1138

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