Chapter 1: General Terms

Question 0

What is the 3 elements of Theater?

Answer 0

Actor
Script
Audience

Question 1

What is Art?

Answer 1

Art makes order out of chaos
Man-made
“Artificial”

Question 2

3 conflicts of man

Answer 2

Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Self

Question 3

Educational theater

Answer 3

In a college setting

Where training of all aspects of theater are learned

Question 4

Told from 1 point of view

Answer 4

The play writer

Question 5

Aesthetic distance

Answer 5

The ability to get involved or removed from

Question 6

Empathy

Answer 6

Feeling the relations of the character or situation as if it is your own

Question 7

Ephemeral

Answer 7

Short lived, here and now it’s gone

Question 8

Complexity

Answer 8

Using other forms of art to create art

Music, dance, poem etc.

Question 9

Is a sporting event theater??

Answer 9

No because it does not have a pre determined outcome

Question 10

Point of attack

Answer 10

Where the action is in the present although theater is thought of as happening right now even if it takes place in 1960

Question 11

Aristotle’s 6 parts of drama

Answer 11

Plot 
Diction
Character
Music
Thought
Spectacle

Question 12

Plot

Answer 12

What is going on, the story

Question 13

Character

Answer 13

The actors

Question 14

Diction

Answer 14

The language that sets the mood and rhythm

Question 15

Thought

Answer 15

Play writers point of view, what you learn from the characters actions

Question 16

Spectacle

Answer 16

Everything we see
Lighting
Costumes
Set
Etc.

Question 17

Music

Answer 17

Everything we hear

Question 18

4 characteristics of character according to Aristotle

Answer 18

Sociology
Physicality
Psychology
Morality

Question 19

Sociology

Answer 19

Economic status, where you from, how you act

Question 20

Psychology

Answer 20

Likes and dislikes

Responses

Question 21

Physicality

Answer 21

The way you look
Age
Race
Size
Etc.

Question 22

Morality

Answer 22

What do you want and what are you willing to do for it

Good vs. evil

Question 23

2 forms of drama

Answer 23

Tragedy and comedy

Question 24

Tragedy

Answer 24

Normal people in an abnormal situation

Question 25

Comedy

Answer 25

Abnormal people in a normal situation

Continuation of life

Question 26

Types of stages

Answer 26

Proscenium
Thrust
Arena

Question 27

Thrust

Answer 27

Viewed on 2 or 3 sides of the stage

Question 28

Director

Answer 28

In charge of the artistic unity
Vision of the show
Oversee whole production

Question 29

Voice must be…

Answer 29

Audible and flexible
Audible to be loud and clear
Flexible to convey emotions to audience

Question 30

Scrim

Answer 30

Used for special effects

Like a curtain

Question 31

What is a producer

Answer 31

The person in charge of the money