Test 1

Question 1

Who wrote the empty space theory?

Answer 1

Peter Brooke

Question 2

What is the empty space theory

Answer 2

A man walks across an empty stage. Another man watches him and in the moment the act of theatre is engaged.

Question 3

What are the conventions of theatre?

Answer 3

Fourth wall. Virtual time and place. William suspension and disbelief.

Question 4

What is the fourth wall

Answer 4

Wall between actors and crowd

Question 5

What is virtual time and place

Answer 5

Understanding that the audience has; the action is happening onstage in a time and place different from reality

Question 6

What is willing suspension and disbelief

Answer 6

The audience consciously setting aside their knowledge that the theatre is fictional and pretends to believe that what’s happening onstage is real

Question 7

What is the human capacity for participating in another feelings; relating to or understanding a character onstage bc you have experienced something similar

Answer 7

Empathy

Question 8

How did Tennessee William co pare a play script to a blueprint of a house not yet built

Answer 8

Just as a house isn’t complete until it is built a play isn’t complete until it is performed

Question 9

Why is a playwright called a playwright instead of playwrite

Answer 9

They build and construct

Question 10

What is a cleansing of emotions

Answer 10

Catharsis

Question 11

Why is a catharsis important?

Answer 11

It makes you better equipped to deal with things in their own life

Question 12

Why is the playwright In an awkward position?

Answer 12

They’re necessary to the creation of the script but once the script is given to the director, the playwright loses control and becomes secondary to the process.

Question 13

What is the most common plot structure

Answer 13

Linear- incidents arranged sequentially.

Question 14

Why plot structure has loosely connected scenes, typically connected by theme or an idea

Answer 14

Contextual

Question 15

What plot structure arranges events in a non chronological order with more than one level of reality

Answer 15

Cinematic

Question 16

What is the established normal of the play

Answer 16

Status quo

Question 17

How do we define the early scenes of a play when characters are introduced and status quo is established

Answer 17

Introduction

Question 18

How do we define any event that changes he status quo

Answer 18

Action

Question 19

How do we define an important question asked early on in the play

Answer 19

Dramatic question

Question 20

What is the moment that the dramatic question is asked

Answer 20

Inciting incident

Question 21

What is the critical moment hat changes the course of the story

Answer 21

Crisis

Question 22

What is he plot moving towards its end

Answer 22

Falling action

Question 23

What happens after the resolution when all of the loose ends are neatly wrapped up

Answer 23

Conclusion

Question 24

What is the difference between theme and meaning

Answer 24

Theme- and abstract idea that exists outside and inside the play. Meaning-the idea the writer wants to convey to the audience and is expressed through the plot.

Question 25

What are the actors tools

Answer 25

Body voice imagination discipline.

Question 26

Describe body

Answer 26

Must look like the character use their body as an instrument.

Question 27

Describe voice

Answer 27

Must create the characters way of speaking. The actor uses their voice as an instrument and must train

Question 28

Describe imagination

Answer 28

Uses their imagination to assist in creating a role; emotional recall

Question 29

Describe discipline

Answer 29

Actors must have a sense of personal and professional discipline to succeed

Question 30

What is also known as outside in; where he actor focuses on outside appearance. Uses the mimetic approach.

Answer 30

External acting

Question 31

Who was the most famous external actor

Answer 31

Laurence Olivier

Question 32

What acting is where they focus on becoming the character. Want to get inside their head by utilizing emotion and imagination to find the character

Answer 32

Internal

Question 33

Who are some famous internal actors

Answer 33

Heath ledger, Nicholas cage, Christian Bale

Question 34

What are Stanislavski's books

Answer 34

An actor prepares. Building a character. Creating a role. My life in art- goes against his earlier theories

Question 35

What question is asked for objective

Answer 35

What do I want

Question 36

What question is asked for obstacle

Answer 36

What's in my way

Question 37

What question is asked for what will I do to get what I want

Answer 37

Action

Question 38

What is undergraduate degree in a liberal arts program where students study all aspects of theatre

Answer 38

B.A.

Question 39

What is a specialized u dergradhate degree where students can focus on one particular areas of theatre

Answer 39

B. F. A.

Question 40

What is post secondary training almost exclusively for actors

Answer 40

Conservatory

Question 41

What is a generalist graduate degree

Answer 41

M. A.

Question 42

What is a specialized graduate degree

Answer 42

M. F. A.- terminal, highest degree

Question 43

What type of training is research oriented

Answer 43

PhD, history (not needed)

Question 44

What are the directors responsibilities

Answer 44

Interpret the script. Cast the actors. Collaborate with designers. Rehearse the show. Integrate all elements into a finished production.

Question 45

Discus the directors responsibility of interpreting the script

Answer 45

The director must understand the world the playwright had imagined. They use a lot of research and analysis.

Question 46

Discus the directors responsibility of casting the actors

Answer 46

80% of directing. More difficult in educational theatre

Question 47

Discus the directors responsibility of collaborating with designers

Answer 47

Production meetings, designers present ideas. Director has ultimate artistic control.

Question 48

Discus the directors responsibility of rehearsing the show

Answer 48

Staging- drawing lines on the floor to indicate where the set boundaries are. Coaching- adapting to the actors needs

Question 49

Discus the directors responsibility of integrating all elements into a finished production

Answer 49

Job is over on opening night

Question 50

Who confounded the Moscow art theatre, created method acting style

Answer 50

Constantine

Question 51

"The poor theatre" idea who

Answer 51

Jersey Grotowski

Question 52

Who is americas treated lyricist and composer

Answer 52

Stephen Sondheim

Question 53

Who moved away from the star system and founded Maine gen players

Answer 53

George 2 duke of sax menegein

Question 54

Who believed in external acting technique; mimicking style of acting

Answer 54

Laurence Olivier

Question 55

Who came up with the 5 points of plot structure, and the poetics

Answer 55

Aristotle

Question 56

Who took over the actors studio in 1951

Answer 56

Lee Strasbourg

Question 57

Who did free movement and created theatre libre

Answer 57

Andre Antoine

Question 58

Who is americas greatest playwright

Answer 58

Tennessee William

Question 59

What are the types of designers

Answer 59

Scenic. Costume. Light. Sound. Hair and makeup. Projections.

Question 60

What are the four considerations designers have to think about when designing for a show

Answer 60

The mood or spirit of play (emotional content and design conception for production). Historical period (when does it take place). Locale (where does the play take place). Socioeconomic level/ personality (set costumes designs props all reflect status of characters).

Question 61

What are the five elements of composition

Answer 61

Line (used to define form). Form (space enclosed by a line). Mass (perceived height width and depth). Value (relative lightness or darkness of line form mass). Color (realistic vs. no realistic)

Question 62

What does the phrase form follows function

Answer 62

The design must fulfill the utilitarian needs of the production in order to be functional it can't just be pretty

Question 63

What are he controllable qualities of light

Answer 63

Distribution(direction from which a light is shining). Intensity(level of brightness). Movement(time duration of light cues. How lights are moving). Color (light passed through hues, gels).

Question 64

What are the functions of stage lighting

Answer 64

Visibility. Selective focus. Modeling. Mood

Question 65

Downstage of proscenium arch

Answer 65

Apron

Question 66

Sunken area beneath apron. Used for orchestra in musicals

Answer 66

Pit.

Question 67

Structure that includes the stage, area backstage, an above stage

Answer 67

Stage house

Question 68

Offstage areas on either side

Answer 68

Wings

Question 69

Overhead space that houses he mechanics for flying scenery

Answer 69

Flyloft

Question 70

Network of beams above stage that supporting flying mechanism

Answer 70

Grid

Question 71

Ropes pulleys weights pipes. Allows scenery to fly

Answer 71

Counterweight system

Question 72

Metal pipe spans width of stage. Used to hang scenery and drops form

Answer 72

Batten

Question 73

Cage that holds the stage weighted in counterweight system

Answer 73

Arbor

Question 74

For cast

Answer 74

Dressing room

Question 75

Waiting area for actors when not onstage

Answer 75

Green room

Question 76

Quick sketches generating ideas. Scenic and costumes

Answer 76

Thumbnails

Question 77

Initial drawings presented to production team.

Answer 77

Sketches

Question 78

Finalized colored drawings. Completed design idea

Answer 78

Renderings

Question 79

Top view of set design

Answer 79

Geoundplans

Question 80

Cut away view of object set or theatre

Answer 80

Sectional drawing

Question 81

Front view detailed drawing to scale. Indicates construction details

Answer 81

Front elevation