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Chap 1-5 Flashcards

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Art

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“a skill”, from the greek word ‘Techne”

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5 Properties of Art

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  1. Art is created by human beings 2. Art provides the perception of order 3. Art has a subject 4. Art involves a medium/technique 5. Art engages our emotions
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Theatre

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Comes from greek word “Theatron”

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Theatron

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seeing place

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Drama

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comes from greek word “Dran”. Drama tells a story about people in conflict

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Dran

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to take action, to do, or to make

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Theater & Drama

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Share 3 qualities 1. They are lives 2. They are about human beings 3. They are, at the heart of it, collaborative art forms

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5 Categories of Theatre

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  1. Commercial Theatre 2. Historic Theatre 3. Political Theatre 4. Experimental Theatre 5. Cultural Theatre
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  1. Commercial Theatre
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Emphasis on broad entertainment, value and profitability. ex: american musicals

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  1. Historical Theatre
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Drama that uses styles, themes and staging of plays from a particular historical theatre

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  1. Political Theatre
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Topical social climate, focuses on how power is shared between groups of people

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  1. Experimental Theatre
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Pushes the limits of theatre by challenging the conventions of the day

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  1. Cultural Theatre
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theatre of different cultures, yiddish theatre company theatre explores history, challenges of cultural groups

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Audience in Theatre

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  • Active Participants
  • Communication flows both way
  • Pure form of acting because it belongs to the actors and the audience
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Audience in Film/Television

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  • Audiences are passive
  • Communication flows in only one direction
  • Usually know in advance what you are getting for your time and money
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Acting in Film

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  • Photographic charisma is important
  • Often shot out of sequence
  • memorization is not as important
  • allowed to fail
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Acting on the Stage

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  • Talent and training are essential
  • Everything is a wide shot
  • Memorization skills are required
  • Must perform well with each other
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Funding for Theatre

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  • Ticket and concession sales
  • federal state and local grants
  • corporate funding and private donations
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Culture

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The values, standards, patrons of behaviors of a particular group of people

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Enculturation

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The process by which we learn our culture

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Multiculturalism

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Endeavor to overcome all forms of discrimination, including sexism, racism, and homophobia, so that people can coexist peacefully and attempt to achieve a pluralistic society

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3 types of Cultural Theatre

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  1. Theatre of Identity
  2. Theatre of Protest
  3. Cross-Cultural Theatre
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  1. Theatre of Identity
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Promotes a partiuclar people’s cultural identiy, invites members of that culture and others to experience their says, problems, history, traditions and points of view

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  1. Theatre of Protest
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Objects ot the dominant culture’s control and demands that a minority’s culture’s voice and political agenda be heard

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  1. Cross-Cultural Theatre
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Mixes different cultures in an attempt to find understanding or commanality among them

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Ethnocentrism

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Believing one’s culture to be the best, and only way to live

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NEA

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National Endowment of the Arts, enriches our nation in our diverse cultural heritage

  • supporting works of artistic excellence
  • advancing learning in the arts
  • strengthening arts in the communities throughout the country
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3 factors by which theatre artists manipulate the audience

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  1. Group Dynamics
  2. Willing Suspension of Disbelief
  3. Aesthetic Distance
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  1. Group Dynamics
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How people function when they’re members of a group

-emotion overcomes intellect

laughter becomes infectious

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  1. Willing Suspension of Disbelief
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We accept the world of the play over that of our everyday reality

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  1. Aesthetic Distance
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Audience’s ability to stand back from a work of art and judge it

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Presentational Theatre

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Self-conscious, acknowledge the audience is there, may even invite them to participate, breaks the fourth wall.

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Representational Theatre

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Actors never acknowledge the audience

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Reviews

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Often short evaluations of a production

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Dramatic Criticism

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Offers reader a discrimination overview, scholarly interpretism, and analysis of a play, an artists’ body of work or a period of theatre history

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3 Essential questions dramatic criticisms should address

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  1. What is the artist trying to do?
  2. How well has the artist done it?
  3. Is it worth doing?
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Aristotle Poetics’ 6 elements of drama

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  1. Plot
  2. Character
  3. Thought
  4. Diction
  5. Spectacle
  6. Song
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Defamation

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Exception to freedom of speech, can not state publicly or publish alleged facts that are false and can harm the reputation of others

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Sedition and Incitement to crime

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exception to freedom of speech, if one’s word incites others to commit a crime

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Exceptions to Freedome of Speech

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Separation of Church and State

Obscenity

Breach of the Peace

Defamation

Sedition and Incitement to Crime

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Censorship

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Altering, restricting, or suppressing of information, images or words

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Licensing Act of 1737

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Placed the review and censoring of plays in England under the purview of the Lord Chamberlain

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Boulderize

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To remove possible vulgar, obscene or other objectional material before publication

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Comstock of 1873

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used to censor mail in the united states

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Hays Code

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used to censor movies from the 1930s to the 1960s

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Artistic Director

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Front of House, in charge of the overall creative vision of the theatre

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Producer

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Front of Office, financially backs the theatre

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Literary Manager

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Front of Office, evaluates new scripts and acts as a liason between playwrights, agents and the theatre.

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Stage Manager

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Assists the director through the rehearsal process

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Prop Master

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in charge of all the objects the actors handle while on stage

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Drapers

Stitchers

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Drapers- study the costume designer’s drawing and cuts fabric into patterns

Stitchers- sew the fabric patterns together

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Musical Director

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supervises all aspects of the musical

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Choreographer

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Creates dances and teaches the steps to performers

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Fight Director

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stages safe, realistic onstage fights

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Sound Designer

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creates a soundscape and effects for the show

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Dramaturg

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a literary advisor

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Production meetings

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where all aspects of the production are discussed

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Mission Statement

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Declare’s the theater’s purpose and key objectives

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Concept Meeting

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ideas for next season, directors and designers brainstorm and research future productions

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Ensemble

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Admin

Creative

Construction

Production

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