THEA 161 Final
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- Wings are vertical, flat pieces of scenery located to the left, right, and rear of the stage
- FALSE
- Continuity is the consistency of a lines movement on its axis
- FALSE
- CAD and CAT computer technologies are the fastest growing in the theatre today
- FALSE
- Gun shots that occur on stage must meet precise conditions authorized by fire and safety officials
- TRUE
- Basic ballet movements got their origins from the movements of animals
- TRUE
- Costumes must live in harmony with what other aspects of design in a production
- All - lights, set, make-up
- Horizontal, flat scenery that hangs above a stage would be called
- Borders
- Movable wheeled platforms with affixed scenery would best be described as
- Wagons
- The process by which an actor or performer obtains a role in a play is
- Audition
- Hard wall flats get their nickname from this great theatrical town
- Hollywood
- Direction (applied to properties of design) is where the line is moving in relation to its destination
- FALSE
- An actor who knows nothing but acting has little to no range
- TRUE
- Make-up in the theatre serves both a ceremonial and illustrative function in today's modern theatre
- TRUE
- 2 Parts of the physiological Instrument of the actor
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1. Body - Movement
2. Voice - Vocal Sounds - Isadora Duncan
- Modern Dance
- 4 Steps of the Costume Designer
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1. Sketch of Characters
2. Obtain Materials
3. Cut and Stitch Material
4. Fit Actors - Arena Theatre
- Theatre of the round
- 2 of the 5 Director Prepatory Phases for a Theatrical Production
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1. Casting - The characters that will be in the play
2. Play Selection - What the play is going to be about - 2 Director Implementation Phases for a Theatrical Production
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1. Actor Coaching - 90% of director's responsibility
2. Pacing - Speed of the play - Box Set
- Realistic Scenery
- Gordon Craig
- Captain of the ship
- Didaskalas
- Teacher
- Light Plot
- Designer's Map
- Paul Fort
- Theatre D'Arte
- Stanislovsky
- Developed "the Method"
- Meyerhold
- Biomechanical Constructivism
- Andre Antoine
- Theatre Libre
- To be a director, one must be able to lead, instruct, give shape, adapt, overcome, envision, focus, coordinate, guide, entrust and eventually relinquish every aspect of a theatrical production
- TRUE
- Black Box Theatres are known for their experimental and non-traditional approach to play production
- TRUE
- Music as well as sound is used in theatre to evoke mood, emotion, and the intensification of action in theatrical productions
- TRUE
- Oil lamps and candles were used to illustrate the stage of theatrical productions during the late 19th century
- FALSE
- Unity is the organization of the principals of design to create an incoherant and aesthetically pleasing composition
- FALSE
- Fly systems, elevators, and slip stages are the most common ways to move scenery in today's professional theatre
- TRUE
- Hamartia
- Revelation of Sin
- The imagined projection of one's own consciousness to share the feelings of the characters they are watching
- Empathy
- The invention that brought lighting design to its modern phase
- Electricity
- Antagonist
- Opposer of the Action
- 3 Phases of Evolution of the Theatrical Director
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1. Realistic - Lifelike
2. Stylizing - Color, Anti-Realism
3. Teacher - Passes along wisdom and knowledge of correct performance of given convention - 2 Things a Director Looks for in an actor during the audition process
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1. Naturalness
2. Type - 2 Primary Considerations for a Lighting Designer (active and passive)
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1. Focus - Allows the actor to see what they are supposed to be
2. Visibility - Allows the actor to see what they want to see - 4 Elements of the Play Proper
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1. Exposition - who, what, when, where, why of the play
2. Conflict - A struggle when the action becomes dramatics
3. Climax - When conflict is taken to most extreme
4. Denouement - Resolution - 2 Ways that one might audition for a theatrical production
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1. Prepared Monologue - have it already prepared and rehearsed
2. Cold Audition - Get it when you get there and rehearse for a few minutes - 4 Things a Director Looks for in an Actor
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1. Type - Do you physically fit the role?
2. Naturalness - Does it come naturally to you?
3. Adaptability - Can you change if the director asks you to
4. Experience - What have you done before? - 4 Aspects of the Physiological Instrument of the Actor
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1. Being real to oneself
2. Imagine oneself in an interpersonal situation which has already been created by the script
3. Look past stereotypical role patterns to become a creative force
4. Discipline - The word that best descibes the desired effect of "special effects" in a theatrical production
- Atmospheric
- Realistic directors of theatrical productions would be considered which kind of director
- lifelike
- Greeks used fire in their productions to enhance the meaning of
- Symbolism
- Aristotle
- Poetics
- William Shakespeare
- History Plays Inventor
- Genre
- Kind of Play
- Spectacle
- Sets, lights, costumes, etc.
- Music
- Sound Effects
- Protagonist
- "Carrier of the Action"
- Lee Strasberg
- Actors Studio
- Work of art that emanate from people and their sharing of ideas
- Collaboration
- The Greek term theatron is best described as
- Seeing Place
- The theatre may have evolved in Ancient Greece through
- Ritual
- The imagined projection of one's own consciousness to share the feelings of the director
- Empathy
- The same play performed every night may be different in subtle ways depending on the
- Audience
- Theatre is the art of making a play into a
- Work of Art
- The personnel on and backstage are controlled, during a production, by the
- House Manager
- The persons in charge of handling the needs of all artists involved in a production is the
- Company Manager
- The Greek term Thymele is best described as
- Dancing Place
- Wheeled platforms used to move scenery are called
- Wagons
- Theatre is a creative process in which one is asked to use his/her imagination
- TRUE
- Actors and directors do not interact during a performance in front of an audience
- TRUE
- It is crucial that many actors be involved in a theatrical production
- FALSE
- Audience and actors always interact during a performance
- FALSE
- Audience members never wear formal attire to the theatre
- FALSE
- "Thou shalt turn off all electrical devices" during a performance applies to all audience members including doctors and emergency medical professionals
- TRUE
- The Greek word Parados means the parade of the chorus
- TRUE
- Today's theatre audience is a community
- TRUE
- Theatre is improvisation and storytelling
- FALSE
- The text of the play is not the play itself. The play exists in the performing of the play
- TRUE
- Box Office Manager
- Handles Tickets
- Thespis
- First actor to speak on stage
- End Stage Theatre
- Converted Space
- Continental Seating
- Solid Bank of seats
- Vomitus
- Exit for actors
- Play script
- Record of performances waiting to be awoken
- Mezzanine
- Second floor seating
- Production Manager
- Handles Scheduling
- Black Box
- Experimental Theatre
- 5 Essential Elements of Theatre
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1. Actors - 1 or more needed to do a play
2. Audience - 1 or more needed to watch play
3. Time - Specific time the play will start
4. Place - Specific place where play will be held
5. Structure Event - Has beginning, middle, end - 2 Advantages of Live Theatre over Film
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1. Different every time
2. Present Tense - 2 Advantages of Film over Theatre
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1. More special effects
2. Can move actors to actual setting - Human figures that undertake the action of the plot in a play are called
- Characters
- Short plays performed at banquets between courses of the meal are
- Interludes
- Drama focuses and frames the action in a play around
- Conflict
- The imagined projection of one's own consciousness to share the feelings of the characters they are watching is
- Empathy
- Two basic ways of classifying a play would be
- Duration and genre
- 2 Genres of plays that have been dominant since ancient times are
- tragedies and comedies
- Term that best defines mechanics of a play
- Plot
- Play's central idea or intellectual content would best be described as
- Theme
- Process by which an actor or performer obtains a role in a play
- Audition
- Short plays with biblical themes
- Mysteries
- Climax of a play occurs when the conflict is taken to its most extreme
- TRUE
- Actor must imagine himself/herself in an interpersonal situation created by the play's director
- FALSE
- Play is basic unit of theatre
- TRUE
- Actors should emulate stereotypical role patterns to become a creative force
- FALSE
- Role models in plays can be either positive or negative
- TRUE
- Plays have a fixed duration with a beginning and an end
- FALSE
- The "Golden Age" of Theatre was attributed to the Romans
- FALSE
- Characters must be 3 Dimensional beings with thoughts and feelings
- TRUE
- Theatre is a living real time event and might be called the art of fluid sculpture
- TRUE
- All acting is presentational and representational
- TRUE
- Fundamental demand of play's characters is that they make the audience care for the actors
- FALSE
- A play that is a comedy is always about a serious human conflict
- TRUE
- Secular plays have gods and ghosts as their central characters
- FALSE
- Greek theatres evolved out of Pagan Rite celebrations on hillsides in the 4th century AD
- FALSE
- Hue, Intensity, and Value would be considered the 3 properties of color
- TRUE