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art as an imitation of human life and interaction
Character, plot, dialogue, thought/theme, music/mood, spectacle |
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| Art is a search for progressively more vivid renderings of reality |
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| Christian aesthetician; beauty is an essential/transcendental property of God. Human artworks should emulate this |
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| Artist creates in orderly fashion |
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| art est.'s basic human truths |
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| art presents an object for contemplation and study |
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| to evoke in oneself a feeling of experience |
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| creative imagination is source of art |
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taught about art process
Art Institute of Chicago & NYC for a few years
Mostly involved in creating art |
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| Characteristics of Creative Encounter |
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Intense emotional involvement
Heightened Consciousness |
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| First Dialectical Principle in Creativity |
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-Apollonion
-Rational Process of understanding rules and principles |
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| Second Dialectical Principle in Creativity |
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-Dionysian
-Inspiration
-"Ah ha" experience |
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| makes personal perspective explicit |
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| what is revealed about the subject matter |
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| what is used to create the art |
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Quality of a play script/theatrical production which identifies it as the wok of a particular artist
-Miller & Williams(20thC. American)
-Gibson (1850's-early 1900's) |
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| Characteristic handling medium and elements of form; unique characteristics of a time period |
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-realism
-expressionism
-impressionism
-absurdism |
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| spectators thinking about the work |
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| rely upon "enactment", "embodiment" to create illusion of reality in a creative environment |
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| written script, becomes theatre in production |
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creative and re-creative art
re-creative b/c it begins with work of playwright
creative b/c each production is unique |
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What the art is about,
always some aspect of human experience
(history: Les Mis, Pirate Queen)
(biography: King's Speech)
(Personal Crisis: Inherit the Wind)
(imaginary story: night watch, hobbit) |
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how the work means it's artistic truth
-grows out of subject |
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| level of competence/skill the artists display in blending substance to form |
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Farse, undertone of serious matters (Neil Simon)
comedies are not only possible, but probable |
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| Possible, not probable-faster story |
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Melodramatic, clear moral vision
Macbeth, Shakespeare, Greek plays |
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| larger than life w/ flaw, usually dies |
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tragic flaw
cannot die until enlightened |
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| happens to audience, "purging the emotions" |
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create interesting characters who are both unique and universal
devise a compelling plot line
write dialogue which is conversational but poetic
illuminate an important/controversial topic |
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| larger than life, often extreme (Macbeth) |
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| Quintessential characters |
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typical, ordinary ppl but representative of a group
20th C on |
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| exemplify one characteristic |
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| protagonist's chief opponent |
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central thought/idea presented by play
EX: Copenhagen-
-relationships even btwn friends are extremely complex
-choices not always btwn good and bad
-choices often have unforeseen consequences |
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| makes story into action, what characters say |
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| chronological, flashbacks, dreams, spatially located |
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action occurs in limited space over limited time
conflict develops around 2 strongly opposed forces |
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1) Exposition
2) Inciting Moment
3) Rising Action
4) Turning Point
5) Complicating Action
6) Climax
7) Conclusion
8) Denouncement |
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| what happens before the play |
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| something happens to disturb characters world as we found it |
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| series of events characterized by rising intensity |
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| one force gets the better of the other |
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| series of events that intensify and complicate the plot further, usually shorter than rising action |
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| things returning to normal |
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often based on personal affinity w/ script-director has read play or seen it performed
should fit in with mission of theatre where it will be produced
Consider: acting pool, physical facility, potential audience |
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| decide the style of the production |
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| general line of action that motivates play |
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| putting exact copy of life on stage |
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| selected/heightened realism |
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| characters and actions resemble life |
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| representation of abstract theme through symbolism |
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| gives outward expression to inward emotions |
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-fitting performers into roles
-personalities and physical characteristics are considered |
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| real life actor closely resembles character |
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putting someone in a role who seems to be very unlike the character
(the importance of being earnest) |
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| Auditioning-Personal Interview Method |
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informal convo abt play, plot, characters
actor asked to read for certain role
director may make suggestions and ask actor to read again |
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anyone interested may audition
they are asked to read play 1st
actors asked to read diff parts in diff combinations |
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| understanding the script, reading, meaning identified |
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| planning and staging action, entrance/exit, lg movements to areas on stage, always interesting on all areas of stage |
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stage is divided into series of imaginary lines parallel to front
as long as proscenium opening and as wide actor and/or furniture in the space |
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| triangle by shifting baseline of the triangle you also change the actor @ apex |
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stage business is worked out
-problems solved
-lines learned
-adjustments made
-actors develop physical attributes of characters such as voice and body rhythm |
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final week before production opens
-costumes
-make up and hairstyles
-light
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-special effects |
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| Essentials of Stage Acting |
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-must be believable and repeatable
-every time you perform, it must appear to be the illusion of the 1st time |
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goal of acting:to be believable, this depends on projecting emotion authentically
What am I doing?
Why am I doing this?
How am I doing this? |
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the character's driving force
Macbeth-power, Hamlet- revenge, Willy Loman- Respect, Joan of Arc- to save France |
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| Unwanted tension must be eliminated |
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| meaning and movement of a play below it's surface; not stated, but implied |
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| characteristics of the space, what just happened, what is expected in moments ahead |
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| internal/subjective world of characters thoughts and emotions |
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| transforms thoughts imaginatively "imagine if" |
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| delays/prevents achieving of goal by a character |
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| into to a new force, creates a new balance of power and entails delay in reaching climax |
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| remember a past experience similar to one in a play |
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communicate w/ director
-determine how director sees play
-creates a metaphor for production which embodies the director's interpretation of the script |
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| underline and emphasize primary values in the script |
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-architectural shape
-furniture
-fabrics
-colors |
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| room resembles but doesn't duplicate real space |
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| uses symbols and imagination to suggest rather than reproduce |
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-simplified realism
-impressionism
-expressionism
-allegory (Alice in Wonderland) |
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drawn to scale, outlines levels on stage
Last Night of Ballyhoo set- simplified realism |
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