conventions of theatre styles

Question 1

Thearter of crultey conventions

Answer 1

• open use of emotions,
• No emphasis on individual characters
• Ritualistic movement
• signs
• facial expressions
• Movement and gesture
• violent or disturbing images
• actors perform around the audience
• Emphasis on light and sound
• No sets
• Mask

Question 2

Greek Thearter conventions

Answer 2

• Masks
• The chorus’s
• costume
  -The play held at a large, open-spaced structure that was build on the slopes of hills.
  -The orchestra was a large circular/rectangular area where the plays, dancing, religious rites and acting would take place.
• Skene acted as a ‘backstage’ where the actors and performers would change their masks and costumes.
• Comedy
• Tragedy

Question 3

Epic Thearter conventions

Answer 3

• Narration
• direct address to the audience
• placards and signs
• projection
• spoiling dramatic tension in advance of scenes
• disjointed time sequences
• fragmentary costumes
• fragmentary props
• song
• multiple roles
• costume changes in full view of the spectator
• lighting equipment in full view of the spectator
• open white lighting
• “verfremdungseffekt“

Question 4

Vaudeville conventions

Answer 4

• Large facial expressions
• Presentational body shapes, frozen arms and limbs
• Nonsensical dialogue patterns, speaking in unison and ensemble play

Question 5

realism conventions

Answer 5

• Costumes are authentic
• the ‘box set’ is normally used for realistic dramas on stage, consisting of three walls and an invisible ‘fourth wall’ facing the audience
• settings for realistic plays are often bland (deliberately ordinary)
• dialogue is not heightened for effect, but that of everyday speech (vernacular)

Question 6

Non-naturalism conventions

Answer 6

• Stilness and silence
• Flashbacks
• Caricature
• Exaggerated movement
• Song
• Fatal flaw