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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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A form of art that is almost entirely concerned with performances that are live according to Britannica.com

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Theater

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A tradition that influenced Western Theater and theories of Western drama

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Ancient Athens

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Two pillars of a theater

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Ritual and Storytelling

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  • refers to a particular ceremonial
  • a religious or cultural practices performed by members of a community
  • highly coded having significant symbolic meaning
  • a theater’s distant cousin
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Rituals

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  • crucial to the evolution of speech
  • a single point of view
  • aim to communicate distinct emotions
  • a stripped down version of drama
  • must have a listener-spectator
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Storytelling

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  • a dance-drama
  • originated from the African continent
  • animism
  • intended dancing and impassioned chanting
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Shamanism

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A belief that spirits animate things

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Animism

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Established the formal foundation of Western theater

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Greek Theater

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9
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Developed the genres of tragedy and comedy

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Athenian theater/Greek drama

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10
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Songs and dances also known as dithyrambs

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Orgiastic rites

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11
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God of fertility and wine

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Dionysus

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12
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“Phaluses”

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Male reproductive organs (penis)

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13
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Three great tragedians of Athens that produced over 300 plays

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Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides

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Father of Comedy and a Prince of Ancient Comedy

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Aristophanes

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15
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A genre that address current concerns that affect all Athenians

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Greek comedies

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16
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A wheat trashing area

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Orchestra

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17
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A dressing or retiring space

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Skene

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18
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A nearby slope where the audience are stationed

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Theatron

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19
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Entrance and exit is also known as

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Parodos

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20
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He invented Tragedy

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Thespis

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21
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He introduced the second actor known as the Deuteragonist

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Aeschylus

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He added a third character known as the Tritagonist

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Sophocles

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23
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A 12-15 members of singer-dancers

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Chorus

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24
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High shoes is also known as

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Kothurnoi

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25
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An ornate headpiece is also called as

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Onkos

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26
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A long colorful gown is known as

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Himation

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27
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A tunic being draped

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Chlamys

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28
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  • wild and chaotic
  • Plutarch called them “full of passions”
    *
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Dithyramb

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29
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A genre that is not spoken but sung

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Greek tragedy

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30
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A week-long festival of festivities and theatrical contests

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City Dionysia

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31
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What happened on the 2nd day of City of Dioniysia?

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A procession with sacrifices occurred

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32
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  • Father of Greek Tragic drama
  • A tragedian that is concerned with plights and destinies
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Aeschylus

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33
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  • A tragedian that concentrate on a few people and emphasize their strong characteristics and stubborn nature
  • He wrote more than 100 plays.
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Sophocles

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34
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  • wrote 90 plays
  • satire plays
  • depict in grueling detail the devastation of human life as a result of God putting pressure on human lives
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Euripides

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35
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  • They divided the orchestra in half and built tunnel entrances
  • they introduced the use of stage traps
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Romans

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36
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A tunnel entrance that Romans built is called?

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Vomitoria

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37
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A three-story wall of Romans

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Front scaenae

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38
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Famous Roman dramatists

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Plautus, Terence, and Seneca

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  • a well known dramatist
  • comedic impact stems from exaggeration, burlesque and frequently harsh humor, fast movement and upside-down depiction of realitt
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Plautus

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  • a Roman dramasist
  • his plays are all about young love
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Terence

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41
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  • a Roman dramasist
  • his plays are best known for their brutality and terror
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Seneca

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42
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A drama that focuses on biblical stories

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Medieval drama

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43
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Also known as “Whom seek ye? “

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Quem Quaeritis

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44
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A playlet included as part of Church worship service

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Liturgical drama

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45
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Types of Medieval Plays

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Mystery Plays
Miracle Plays
Morality Plays

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46
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Type of Medical play that:
* was based on stories derived from the Holy Bible
* creation story to judgement day
* authors were usually anonymous

Ex:
Cain killing Abel
Noah and the great flood

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Mystery play

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47
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Type of Medical play that:

  • also known as saint’s play
  • actors were from communities and organized by the play master
  • stage using processesional staging

Ex:
Mary Magdalene ( how did she got pregnant when she is a virgin?)

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Miracle play

48
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Type of Medical play that:

  • tackled stories of the struggle of humans between good and evil
  • often called “allegorical drama”
  • taught moral lessons
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Morality Play

49
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Most famous morality play

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Everyman

50
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  • Theater form that is danced, mixed, chanted or sung
  • highly visual and sensual
  • storytelling and myths are given emphasis
  • these forms are non-realistic
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Asian theater

51
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A training system in Asian theater starting from early childhood to middle age

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Apprenticeship system

52
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3 classical art systems in India

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Sanskrit
Kutiyattam
Kathakali

53
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  • A Classical India play that emerged in the Hindu culture
  • plays that performed in an open stage
  • the stage was rectangular
  • the performance was presentational
  • the performers came from priestly castes
  • women had prominent roles
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Sanskrit

54
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A treatise in theater

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Natyasastra

55
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A Sanskrit play that are based on famous Kings and heroic stories

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Nataka

56
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Sanskrit play that is based on theme of love

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Prakarana

57
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  • Religious theatrical form
  • originating from the province of Kerala
  • reflects local traditions and classicism
  • can last up to 40 days
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Kutiyattum

58
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Known as “eye expression” In Kutiyattum plays

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Neta abhinaya

59
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Known as “language of gestures” In Kutiyattum

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Hasta abhinaya

60
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  • Asia’s largest country and home to oldest civilization
  • Asia’s longest continuous theater culture
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China

61
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Referred to as “xiqu” which means tuneful theater, and translated as “Chinese opera”

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Chinese drama

62
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Old name of Beijing

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Peking

63
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  • Known as “Jingju”
  • founded in 1790 during the Emperor’s 80th birthday
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Theater of the Capital

64
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Multi layered costumes or?

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Water sleeves

65
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Translate the ff:

*Chang
*Nian
*Zu
*Da

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Singing
Speech
Acting and movement
Martial Arts and acrobatics

66
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  • Two most famous Japan’s classical theater
  • a living museum of centuries-old theatrical practice
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Noh and Kabuki

67
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  • Most respected and cerebral form
  • the world’s oldest continually performed type of theater
  • father and son tandem ( Kan’ami and Zeami)
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Noh

68
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Main character of Noh
* can be a God, spirits, ladies, animals and even warriors
* wears a mask

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Shite

69
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Secondary character
* always humans in form/character

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Waki

70
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  • Japanese Actors use for solemn entrances and exits
  • a bridge-style landing strip with four wooden pillars
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Hashigakari

71
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The only scenery on stage of Noh play

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Pine tree paintings on the wall

72
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  • more dazzling and accessible
  • flamboyant and exciting
  • it’s intention is to entertain a wide audience
  • actors talent their moves and deliver their word with intense enthusiasm
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Kabuki

73
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A legendary shrine maiden who developed Kabuki

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Izumi Okuni

74
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Ka-bu-ki

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Song-dance-skill

75
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  • Domestic plays or common things
  • end in suicide
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Sewamono

76
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(Japan) History or period plays

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Jidaimono

77
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  • Also known as scenic design
  • a creative process in theater production
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Scenography

78
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  • raw materials w/c designers use in the process of creation
  • Essential units in the visual composition of the play
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Elements of design

79
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These are the elements of the design

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Line, shape, scale, color, texture and light

80
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  • it determines the shape
  • can indicate a three-dimensional form by enclosing space as an outline
    *
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Line

81
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A line that implies ACTION.

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Diagonal

82
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These lines follow the actor’s direction and indicate no movement.

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Horizontal and vertical

83
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Imply strength and stability

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Vertical

84
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Also known as “form”
The use of this element suggests metaphorical ideas derived from the script.

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Shape

85
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Refers to the relationship of the stage to the actor.

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Scale

86
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It elicits the strongest appeal of all the elements.

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Color

87
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Refers to the tactile quality of the material.
Adds more interesting features to the finished form of the design.

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Texture

88
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Creates the mood of the scene in a theater production.

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Light

89
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Different ways in which the designer uses these materials in crafting interesting designs

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Principles of composition

90
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Balance
Proportion
Rhythm
Variation
Unity

These are example sof what?

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Principles of Composition

91
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Refers to the VISUAL WEIGHT OF THE SCENIC DESIGN

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Balance

92
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_______ balance means that all visuals are repeated on both sides.

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Symmetrical balance

93
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______ balance means that all visual elements may be found on both sides of the stage, however, the elements cannot be the same in size, shape, and color.

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Asymmetrical balancs

94
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_____ balance refers to the elements that emanate from a central point

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Radial Balance

95
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A relationship with respect to the size of the avtors to set pieces on stage

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Proportion

96
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It denotes potential movement or action

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Rhythm

97
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This refers to the changing one or more elements of any design elements w/c result to modification of the original visual look.

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Variation

98
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A sense of “oneness” where all parts are composed to present an organized main theme.

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Unity

99
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*It is the bird’s eye view of the set pieces in relation to the actual the attention space.

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Ground Plan

100
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The purpose is to reveal what needs to be seen on stage.

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Stage lightning

101
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  • This is what an actor wears on stage during a performance.
  • they provide further developments in “dressing up”
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Costume

102
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The application of cosmetics

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Makeup

103
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Key element in theater
These are the individuals onstage portraying characters in dramatic action

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Performers

104
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It is the “blueprint” of the productions

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Script/Text

105
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A writer who writes the script

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Playwright

106
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He/she is responsible for ensuring that the event is conducted properly, wisely, and excitingly

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Director

107
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  • Type of director in which the director chooses the script to be staged.
  • also called the “text-based” method
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Traditional director

108
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  • A french word which means “author’
  • create changes or transformations of the material
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Auteur

109
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  • A type of director that creates production that are radical, free-for-all and sometimes rebellious.
  • employs a process called deconstruction
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Postmodern

110
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  • This theater space has audience seats facing opposite the performance stage.
  • framed by “proscenium arch”
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Proscenium Stage

111
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  • A stage that has 3-sided audience seats
  • the stage extends to the audience area
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Thrust Stage

112
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  • A stage that is also known as “Theater in the Round”
  • it allows 360° of perspectives of the authors
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Arena Stage

113
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  • any space that can be utilized for a theater performance.
  • can be inside or outside, private or public,
A

Found Stage

114
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  • An element that refers to the illumination of the performance space.
  • use of color and mixture of lights
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Lightning design

115
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A design that refers to the overall blending of sound from all sources

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Sound design

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