[MIDTERM] Producing A Stage Act Flashcards
This script reading should be for a basic understanding of the story. Who are the characters and what is happening in the play? This read is critical to having a framework of understanding of the flow of the action and an overview of the literature.
1st read
This script reading is finding the details becomes more important. Where is the playset? What are the characters’ job? What happens in the play?
2nd and 3rd read-through
What happens in the preliminary design meetings?
Preparation/compilation of prop list. The prop staff begins to do research on the various items needed for the show.
Who are responsible in the Pre-Production script?
- Properties director
- Prop designers
Who are the people under “pre-production”?
- Producer
- Playwright
- Director
- Designers (Scene, Lighting, Costume, Makeup, Sound)
- Assistant Director
- Actors
- He finds or offers the means to produce theatre.
- He or she is primarily concerned with monies and as such seeks funds and usually finances anything that needs to be financed.
- He often carried the **role of publicist and basic business administrator. **
- He hires or assigns the director.
Producer
- More than any other person, they work long before the production work begins.
- Their work is done before the process begins.
- They often **work with the production staff ** to better the script, otherwise they are rarely seen.
Playwright
- He supervises all creative elements of a theatre production.
- He offers a production a quality of unity by filtering all other creative work through his own vision.
- He casts and rehearses the actors, approves all designs, and oversees the entire production.
Director
- Is a creative person in his or her own right.
- A person who’s excellent in this has particular qualities and abilities. They must be able to visualize a production from reading the script.
- He must be able to subordinate his concept to the entire production. He must be able to combine his own concept with the director’s concept.
Designer
They are the person who designs and supervises the building of props.
Properties designer
These are handheld pieces by the actors during the performance.
Props
He is a visual artist in his own right and paints the set.
Scenic artist
They take the designer’s drawings and directly supervises the building and rigging of the set.
Scene shop foreman
They design and supervises stage illumination. They take copy of the floorplan of the scene design and determines what kind of light will go where, what angle, and what color to create a particular effect.
Lighting designer
They must be able to subordinate his or her concept to that of the director’s. Their main concern is to illuminate a character’s trait by what that character wears.
Costume designer
They attempt to illuminate a character’s trait by using an actor’s face, hair, hands, and any other visible body parts. They try to change the specific look of an actor.
Makeup designer
Their task is to find or create sounds and record them for production. Sounds can be integral part of the whole concept of the production, for it helps create a mood or atmosphere.
Sound designers
- They serve as a main liaison between designers and the director.
- They also sets up for each rehearsal period before anyone else arrives.
- During rehearsal period, they prompt the actors and give any of his own input to the director.
- They also create the main promptbook for the stage manager; often they are the same person.
Assistant director
Their main concern before the performance is to create a character.
Actors
Who are the people in the production?
- Stage manager
- Light and Sound Board Operators
- Makeup Artist
- Costume Runner
- Property Master
- Running Crew
- The person in charge of the technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and performances.
- They supervises all aspects of the performance, including the actors.
- They set the stage and makes everything ready before the performance begins.
Stage Manager
- Their main function is to run the equipment.
- They take their cues from the stage manager during performance.
- Before the house opens, they check all equipments to see if it works.
Light and Sound Board Operators
They supervises all aspects of character makeup during dress rehearsals and performances.
Makeup Artist
Some playscripts call for a character’s change of clothing during the performance. They organize and manage costume changes.
Costume Runner
With the help of the property designer, they assemble alll props used during performance. They are responsible to organize the props, set them out before the performance begins, see that the actors get them, and puts them away after the performance ends. They are assisted by the running crew.
Property Master
They are concerned wirh backstage activities. They help run props and shift the scenery if needed. They also help set the stage before the production begins, help light and sound board operators check equipment, and help put things away after the performance ends.
Running crew
The person in charge of designing, making, and fixing all the costumes for play.
Costume designer
- This is crucial to the effectiveness and success of a performance.
- It goes beyond illuminating the stage and the actors to enable the audience to see clearly.
- It is used to capture and direct attention, build realities, and create the mood and atmosphere, among other things.
Stage lighting
What are the major functions of stage lighting?
- Visibility
- Revelation of Form
- Location and Time
- Mood
- Composition
Most plays are performed in enclosed theaters, where natural light barely gets in. As such, the first use of stage lighting is to ensure that the production and all its elements are visible to the audience.
Visibility
The second function of lighting is closely related to visibility. The primary concerns of the first is to ensure that the necessary production elements are visible or invisible to the audience while this next function is revealing and altering the form and perception of the actors and scenery.
Revelation of Form
Stage lighting is employed to distinguis whether the scene is happening indoors or outdoors, during the day or night. It helps create and indicate different locations and time settings during the entire play. They are also used to create heavenly bodies like moon, sun, stars, and meteors.
Example: Blue and white lights indicate right time; Orange and red lifhts can used to recreare sunset time.
Location and Time
The ____ conveyed by the story does not only rely on the actor’s projection. It also depends on the lighting of the scene, Here stage lighting is used to augment the reality that is happening in the performance.
Ex: funeral = dark and somber lighting
Mood
A dramatic, captivating stage performance has layers. Stage lighting helps create these layers. In this function, lighting is utilized to paint ot compose a picture onstage w/o the use of props other than excellent stage lights and lighting desugn.
Composition
What are the controllable qualities of light?
- Intensity
- Color
- Direction
- Movement
The ____ of light source can vary from near total darkness to painfully bright.
Intensity
Nearly any ____ you can think of can be created through the use of lighting gels or electronic means. It can be a major player in creating a mood, as long as the designer is careful in choosing it so that it can coordinate with th costumes and set pieces.
Color
This is the area from which the light approaches the stage. This is a major contributor to the function of modeling. Light can come from below, above, anywhere in between. Each combination of directions has its unique effect on the highlights and shadows produced.
Direction
This refers to the changing in the lights whether it be a change in intensity, color or direction of origin.
Movement
What are some other things to consider in producing a stage act?
- Blocking
- Rehearsing
- Performing
