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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Who wrote the empty space theory?

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Peter Brooke

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What is the empty space theory

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

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What are the conventions of theatre?

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

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What is the fourth wall

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Wall between actors and crowd

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What is virtual time and place

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

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What is willing suspension and disbelief

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

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

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Empathy

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

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

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9
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Why is a playwright called a playwright instead of playwrite

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They build and construct

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10
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What is a cleansing of emotions

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Catharsis

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11
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Why is a catharsis important?

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

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12
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Why is the playwright In an awkward position?

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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.

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13
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What is the most common plot structure

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Linear- incidents arranged sequentially.

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

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Contextual

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15
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What plot structure arranges events in a non chronological order with more than one level of reality

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Cinematic

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16
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What is the established normal of the play

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Status quo

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17
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How do we define the early scenes of a play when characters are introduced and status quo is established

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Introduction

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18
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How do we define any event that changes he status quo

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Action

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19
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How do we define an important question asked early on in the play

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Dramatic question

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20
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What is the moment that the dramatic question is asked

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Inciting incident

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21
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What is the critical moment hat changes the course of the story

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Crisis

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22
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What is he plot moving towards its end

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Falling action

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23
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What happens after the resolution when all of the loose ends are neatly wrapped up

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Conclusion

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24
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What is the difference between theme and meaning

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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.

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25
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What are the actors tools

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Body voice imagination discipline.

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26
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Describe body

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

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27
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Describe voice

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

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28
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Describe imagination

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

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29
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Describe discipline

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

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30
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What is also known as outside in; where he actor focuses on outside appearance. Uses the mimetic approach.

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External acting

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31
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Who was the most famous external actor

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Laurence Olivier

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32
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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

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Internal

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33
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Who are some famous internal actors

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Heath ledger, Nicholas cage, Christian Bale

34
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What are Stanislavski’s books

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

35
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What question is asked for objective

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What do I want

36
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What question is asked for obstacle

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What’s in my way

37
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What question is asked for what will I do to get what I want

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Action

38
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What is undergraduate degree in a liberal arts program where students study all aspects of theatre

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B.A.

39
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What is a specialized u dergradhate degree where students can focus on one particular areas of theatre

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B. F. A.

40
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What is post secondary training almost exclusively for actors

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Conservatory

41
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What is a generalist graduate degree

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M. A.

42
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What is a specialized graduate degree

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M. F. A.- terminal, highest degree

43
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What type of training is research oriented

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PhD, history (not needed)

44
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What are the directors responsibilities

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

45
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Discus the directors responsibility of interpreting the script

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

46
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Discus the directors responsibility of casting the actors

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80% of directing. More difficult in educational theatre

47
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Discus the directors responsibility of collaborating with designers

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

48
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Discus the directors responsibility of rehearsing the show

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

49
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Discus the directors responsibility of integrating all elements into a finished production

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Job is over on opening night

50
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Who confounded the Moscow art theatre, created method acting style

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Constantine

51
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“The poor theatre” idea who

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Jersey Grotowski

52
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Who is americas treated lyricist and composer

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Stephen Sondheim

53
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Who moved away from the star system and founded Maine gen players

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George 2 duke of sax menegein

54
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Who believed in external acting technique; mimicking style of acting

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Laurence Olivier

55
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Who came up with the 5 points of plot structure, and the poetics

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Aristotle

56
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Who took over the actors studio in 1951

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Lee Strasbourg

57
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Who did free movement and created theatre libre

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Andre Antoine

58
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Who is americas greatest playwright

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Tennessee William

59
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What are the types of designers

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

60
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What are the four considerations designers have to think about when designing for a show

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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).

61
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What are the five elements of composition

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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)

62
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What does the phrase form follows function

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

63
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What are he controllable qualities of light

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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).

64
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What are the functions of stage lighting

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Visibility. Selective focus. Modeling. Mood

65
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Downstage of proscenium arch

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Apron

66
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Sunken area beneath apron. Used for orchestra in musicals

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Pit.

67
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Structure that includes the stage, area backstage, an above stage

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Stage house

68
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Offstage areas on either side

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Wings

69
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Overhead space that houses he mechanics for flying scenery

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Flyloft

70
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Network of beams above stage that supporting flying mechanism

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Grid

71
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Ropes pulleys weights pipes. Allows scenery to fly

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Counterweight system

72
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Metal pipe spans width of stage. Used to hang scenery and drops form

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Batten

73
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Cage that holds the stage weighted in counterweight system

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Arbor

74
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For cast

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Dressing room

75
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Waiting area for actors when not onstage

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Green room

76
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Quick sketches generating ideas. Scenic and costumes

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Thumbnails

77
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Initial drawings presented to production team.

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Sketches

78
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Finalized colored drawings. Completed design idea

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Renderings

79
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Top view of set design

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Geoundplans

80
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Cut away view of object set or theatre

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Sectional drawing

81
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Front view detailed drawing to scale. Indicates construction details

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Front elevation

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