Theatre Flashcards
The activity or profession of acting in, producing,directing,or writing plays.
Theatre
A serious drama or other literary work in which conflict between a protagonist and a superior force concludes in disaster for the protagonist
Tragedy
The genre of dramatic literature that deals with they light or the amusing or with serious and profound in light ,familiar,or satiric manner
Comedy
A drama combining tragedy and comedy
Tragicomedy
In theatre,a genre characterized by stereotyped characters implausible plots ,and emphasis on spectacle
Melodrama
A genre of art composing a multi-disciplinary, live, theatrical presentation, usually involving the audience. Typically involves non-theatre artist and non-theatre environment
Performance Art
The written dialogue an actor/actress uses to bring to life the message contained within it
Script
In theatre, film, and narrative literature, the structure of the work compromising crisis, climax, exposition, complication, and denouement, foreshadowing , discovery, and reversal
Plot
The aspect of plot in which necessary background info, introduction of characters, current situation are detailed
Exposition
The back of a coin, the opposite of what the protagonist expects to happen
Reversal
Person in a novel,play or movie
Character
The use of light to enhance the 3-dimensionality of the human body or elements of the scenery
Chiaroscuro
The leading actor or personage in a play or narrative work-that is, the major character around whose decisions and actions the plot revolves
protagonist
The dominant idea of a work of art,music ,film,dance, and literature.
Themes
A distinguishing scene piece of scenery or elaborate costumes that takes a given scene and gives the viewer a vivid picture on what to focus
Visual elements
To best fit what the script and the actor/actress requires to deliver the performance to deliver the script
Scene design
Lighting design
Developing the chiaroscuro to sort the mood for what is being acted upon at the given time.
Costume design
Creating the apparel / attire for the cast of a theatrical production that best exemplifies the setting and scenery of their character into the role (s)he is playing.
Epic
A genre characterized by bold and sweeping themes and a protagonist who is an ideal representative of culture
Dynamics
The increase or decrease of intensities between characters and plot
Actor/actress
The person chosen to play the role in the script
Lifelikeness
The reality of work. The ability to relate to a movie or drama,musical and makes definite links to ones own life
Absurdism
In theatre and prose fiction a philosophy arising after WW2 in conflict with traditional belief and values and bashed on the contention that the universal is irrational and meaningless and that the search for order causes conflict with the universe
Special effects
A feature often artificial or illlusory,that is added to a film during its processing
