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Script Analysis Midterm Flashcards

1
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Script Anaylsis helps who?

A

Actors,Designers and Directors

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What is Aristotles poetics?

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First Dramatics. What makes theater good.

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What are parts of Aristotles Poetics?

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Plot, Characters, Theme, Music, Spectacle and diction

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What is Formalist Analysis?

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Series of closed readings for inner workings of plays. Looking into given circumstances, internal/external and different parts of a play

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What is Action Analysis?

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First Impression before diving deeper. Analyzes internal and external actions based on events. Intro into formalist Analysis. Looking at climaxes and characters. Serves as a guide

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What is a point of attack?

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Where the play starts in relation to the background story. Plot Starts. Ex: The death of king hamlet.

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What is a primary event?

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gives circumstance of the play

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What is exposition?

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The backstory or intro to characters and setting.

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What is the inciting incident?

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Changes the direction of the play and sets up the conflict that will present itself in the climax.

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What is a climax?

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The turning point of the story that changes everything.

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What is the falling action?

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Events after the climax

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What is the resolution?

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When all problems are resolved

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13
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What are the steps in Action Analysis?

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Chain of external events, review the facts, find the seed, chain of internal events, 3 major climaxes, theme, super objective, through action, counter through action.

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What is a event?

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Something that affects all characters and causes change.

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What is a seed?

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One word of the play’s reflection.

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How does chain of events help action analysis?

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It reframes the internal events by giving meaning

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17
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How does theme work in action analysis?

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Serves as the plays perspective of the seed

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18
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What is a through action?

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What the protagonist is doing to the antagonist

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What is a counter through action?

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What is the antagonist is doing to the protagonist

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20
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What are given circumstances?

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Conditions the play was written in such as time,place and society. Its different from the background story because it is in the world of the play.

21
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What are some techniques to delivering background story?

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Historical,modern and minimalist

22
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What is historical technique?

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Info given all at once such as a prologue

23
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What is modern technique?

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Info given through dialogue and is woven in. Sometimes shown in the beginning.

24
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What is minimalist technique?

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Some info is given but only when its needed. Less context.

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What is external actions?

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Info needed to put on the play

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What are some examples of external actions

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Entrances/Exits, Blocking and Special Activities

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What is internal actions?

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How the play is able to move forwards

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What are some examples of internal actions?

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Commands, Plans and Assertions

29
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What are commands in internal actions?

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They need an outcome

30
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What are plans in internal actions?

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Refers to something to do something required for an outcome.

31
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What are assertions in internal actions?

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they produce change and make a statement. I AM…

32
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What is progression?

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A piece of dramatic action to show how the play moves forward

33
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What is in progression?

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Beats, units, scenes, French scenes, acts and play.

34
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What is a beat?

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Smallest piece of dramatic action describing beginning middle and end.

35
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What is a unit?

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Collection of beats that make up a general topic

36
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what is a scene?

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A collection of units

37
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What is a French scene?

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Action done by entrances and exits with a different arrangement of characters

38
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What is a play?

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Collection of acts

39
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What is structure in plays?

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Arrangement of events on stage to tell a story

40
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What are examples of Structure in plays?

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Linear, Nonlinear and circular

41
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What is linear structure?

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Events happen in order, beginning middle and end. Everything reacts to the previous thing, cause and effect

42
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What is nonlinear structure?

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Not happening in order, could be episodic, not connected through cause and effect

43
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What is a circular structure?

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The play repeats and ends on itself. Infinite

44
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What is a character?

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Not a person in a play but rather a habitual pattern of action.

45
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What’s character’s objective?

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The character wants

46
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What is a super objective?

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The characters overall goal?

47
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What is conflict?

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Two opposing objective clashing such as obstacles and complications

48
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What is character based conflicts?

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Internal/External of a character

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