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Midterm Flashcards

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Scenic Design in Greece

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Periaktoi; 3 sides that rotate to different scenes

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Scenic Design in the Middle Ages

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Temporary “mansion”

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Scenic Design in Shakesperian

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Platform Stage

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Interior Vs. Scenic Design

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Interior:
 function for life

ex; the stove works on stage

Scenic: Resemble Life

Ex; The stove doesnt work

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8 Objectives of a scenic Designer

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  1. Create an enviroment for the performance
  2. help set the mood & style
  3. Distinguish realistic from non-realistic
  4. Establish location & time period
  5. Design the concept with the designers and director
  6. IF there’s a central image, visually create that metaphor
  7. Coordinate and collaborate with other production elements
  8. Solve any practical problems.
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Resources of a Scenic Designer

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  1. Line
  2. Mass and composition
  3. Texture
  4. color
  5. Visual Rhythm
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“Ground Plan”

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A bird’s eye view of the scenic designer’s stage plot

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Scenic design materials

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  1. Flats (hard)
  2. Drops (soft)
  3. “cyc”clorama; covers back stage
  4. Legs- masks backstage
  5. Skrim- dreamlike scenes
  6. Wagons- roll scenes and items
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Process of a Scenic Designer

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  1. Read the script
  2. Meet with designer & other designers
  3. Make sketches
  4. Rendering- add color & texture
  5. Make a scaled model
  6. Make a ground plan
  7. Build
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7 Objectives of a Costume Designer

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  1. establish production style
  2. indicate historical period
  3. indicate the nature/status of character
  4. convey a symbol
  5. show a relationship or contract characters
  6. help actors move freely
  7. Be consistant with the production elements
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Process of a costume Designer

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  1. sketch
  2. render
  3. measure actors
  4. make costumes
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Costumer Designer Resources

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  1. Line
  2. Color
  3. Fabric
  4. Accessories
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Stage lighting in the beginning

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Considering Nighttime

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Outdoors, daylight

Night-time: Implemented in the script and carried lanterns

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Stage lighting in 1600 C.E

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Candles and Oil Lamps

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1770s Stage Lighting

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David Garrick

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New Overhead Lights and first gels with silk

created by David Garrick, owner of Drurylane Theater

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Stage Lighting 1789-Modern

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1785- Argand Lamp (Aime Argand)

1803- Gas Lamps

1879- Edison Lightbulb with switchboard

Modern- Dimmer System

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Objectives of Stage Lighting

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  1. Provide Visibility
  2. Reveal Shape
  3. Provide a focus
  4. Assist in creating mood
  5. Establish time/place
  6. Establish visual movement
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Process of a Lighting Designer

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  1. Read the Script
  2. Collaborate
  3. Research images
  4. watch rehearsal
  5. Location
  6. Light plot
  7. Hang focus
  8. Make light key sheet
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Resources of a Lighting Designer

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  1. Intensity
  2. Color
  3. Direction
  4. Forn
  5. Movement
20
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David Garrick

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Established Naturalistic Acting

21
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Stanislovsky

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his Acting Exercises

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Acting teacher of the Moscow Art Theater. Created the realistic Acting Techinique

Exercises

  1. Relaxation
  2. concentration
  3. specific emotions, never act generic.
  4. given circumstances (understand the character)
  5. inner truth- internal thoughts of the character
  6. action- “What” “why” “how”
  7. Establish the super objective
  8. establish the pyschophysical action
  9. Emotional Recall
22
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Dr. Cohen

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Believed in focusing on the given circumstances

23
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Acting in the Amplitheater

Greek Theater

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  1. project voice and body
  2. chorus would tell story
  3. wore masks
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Acting in the renaissance

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  1. Direct address
  2. Alot of gestures
  3. claptrap- declare when you’re done
25
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Grotowski

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“Dyonisia in 69”

Established experimental theater

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Duties of a Director

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  • Read script
  • find the spine
  • find the message/style/concept
  • collaborate
  • audition
  • make cast
  • block
  • etc
27
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Duties of a Producer

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  • Raise funds
  • hire staff
  • obtain rights
  • make ads
  • marketing
  • budgeting
28
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Intro to Theater (2 decks)

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