Theatre Final
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- proscenium dis.
- distance; smaller apron; sound in the back
- hand prop
- kind of prop that actors carry on
- texture
- feel or pattern-rough,smooth,flowered
- flats
- form of Greek 'periaktois'; scene painted on canvas/screen (background)
- concentration
- something done internally; getting mind/body/energy ready to do a task; can have con. w/o focus
- grand drape
- (grand border) upstage from the main curtain; hides everything in the flies from the audience's view
- line
- way the eye follows-jagged,curvy
- 3 types of battens
- electric, scenic and curtain
- stomach
- "solid", knows what they want (superhero); strong-willed
- platforms
- set that's on the ground to stand on; painted
- heart
- emotional, open, gesture high
- thrust adv.
- audience can get closer w/actors; large scenery/set
- swatches
- small examples of fabric/paint color
- mechanae
- (machine, mechanical) weight system-used to "fly" gods; modern day fly system
- ekeklema
- platform w/wheels; modern day wagon
- c. embodiment
- actor tries to make chtr. as much like actor as possible
- 5 body centers
- head, heart, stomach, hip, and foot; help actors know how a chtr. behaves
- theatre magic
- when everything works together perfectly; very rare
- 5 design elements
- ways director/designers communicate the concept to audience; color, shape, line, texture/pattern, hue
- frontal elevation
- way set looks from audiences view
- ensemble
- group of people working together toward a common goal
- ground plan
- birds eye view; blueprint of set
- Constantin Stanislavski
- chtr. simulation; 'method' acting; Russian actor/director; Moscow Art Theatre
- "heads up"
- phrase said when fly-system is being used
- fall of Rome
- beginning of Cathollic church; 500 years of no theatre; beginnings of kingdoms(countries)
- hip
- relaxed, gesture low, casual
- arena dis.
- very small props; actor's back almost always toward someone; no effects
- thrust dis.
- not everyone can see actors faces all the time; smaller effects
- method
- a lot of research; "walk in chtr.'s shoes"; eat, sleep, walk, talk
- Robert Cohen
- person who came up w/VOTE; famous director; chtr's motivation
- catwalk
- lights above the stage apron; big enough to walk on
- color
- warm/cool/neutral(feeling)
- Roman Theatre
- orkestra, huge proskenion arches, larger skene
- Euripides
- writer who reduced chorus role; songs, monologues, scenes (musical structure)
- comedy
- "funny/happy song"; comes from 'komos+ode'
- selectivity
- (a,c,s) actor makes behavior as real as possible; picky/choosy
- 5 w's of improv
- always have ALL of them; who(chtr); what(action of scene); when(time of day, year, before/during/after, weather, event); where(location); why(motivation)
- dialouge
- 2+ people
- renderings
- color drawing of final
- hue
- hte light/darkness-shade of color
- set prop
- kind of prop that is already on stage
- act curtain
- (main curtain) curtain that closes off almost all the stage from audience; side to side
- 4 parts of acting
- character simulation/embodiment; accuracy, consistancy, selectivity; theatre magic
- types of stages
- proscenium, thrust and arena
- magic 'if'
- "if i were this chtr., what would i do?"
- concept
- main idea/theme/moral that audience takes w/them
- cold reading
- a script that you haven't read/seen before (in audition)
- Maenads
- victims of pan-had been dusted and fell in love with satyrs
- Aeschylus
- writer invented the "monologue" (1 person speaking)
- emotional recall
- adv-works/believable/affects emotions/multi-dimensional chtrs; dis-young actors(not work well)/run-out/stuck in emotion
- tragedy
- "goat(serious) song"; comes from 'tragos+ode'
- beat
- section of action/thought/emotion in scene; pause-chtr. think-/discover-/react- ing
- stage business
- little actions of chtr; in "same place"(DC,UR,etc)
- accuracy
- (a,c,s) actor makes behavior as real as possible; real/exactly right
- 3 Greek inventions
- periaktois, ekeklema, mechanae
- monologue
- 1 person acting/thinking aloud
- foot
- rhythm in walk; unique style/personalities
- periaktois
- wooden frame w/painted scene on canvas, 3 sides(pyramid)
- 9 stage areas
- DR, CR, UR, DC, CS, UC, DL, CL, and UL
- proscenium adv.
- actors always facing audience; more options for scenery/effects; large shows=$$$
- Dionysis
- demi-god; raised by satyrs; god of wine/crop fertility/harvest/song/dance/party
- trilogy
- 2 tragedies with 1 comedy; Festival of D.
- 2 types of props
- hand and set
- Greek Theatre
- orkestra, skene, parados, proskenion (arches)
- consistency
- (a,c,s) actor makes behavior as real as possible; keep up behavior entire time, no 'dropping'
- Apollo
- sun god/war/music; had satyr servant named Pan
- head
- consumed in mind/world;
- 3 Greek playwrites
- Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
- Festival of D.
- religious ritual to guarentee the return of Spring & plentiful harvest(fall equinox); 6 days and nights; gave thanks to D.; biggest religious celebrations
- arena adv.
- flexible seating; audience close to actors; small shows work well
- Viola Spolin
- Gma of improvisation; Groundlings/ 2nd City
- Thespis
- said first spoken line-where the word "thespian"(actor) came from
- traits
- major=all of the time/minor= most of the time; behavior that defines a chtr.
- Linea Festival
- celebrates the wine harvest (spring equinox); lasted 3 days and nights; gave thanks to D.; biggest religious celebrations
- focus
- something done externally; putting all mind/body/energy on doing task; cannot have focus w/o con.
- dithyramb
- song/chant that told a story of the mythologies; sung/chanted by choregos
- wing area
- where scenery is stored until its needed; where stage managers desk is located
- pit
- in front of proscenium stage; where the musicians sit and play
- VOTE
- goal, things in the way, way to reach goal, how it worked
- pantomime
- no sound/words- just actions
- blocking
- the stage directions for chtr. (DR,CL,etc)
- Sophocles
- writer invented the "dialogue" (2 people speaking)
- shape
- round,square,sharp
- emotional recall
- recall a similar situation and have the chtr. behace the same way in this situation
- counterweight system
- in wings; a series of weights, pipes and ropes used to hang, counterbalance, and fly scenery, curtains and electrics in and out
- Pan
- servant of Apollo; demigod in charge of woods,forest,pastures, flocks-played the flute; loved mischief; received magic dust to make people fall in love with next person they saw
- Satyr
- half-man, half-goat; followers of Pan
- Sanford Meisner
- behavior theory ('makeup' a background); action-->reaction-->action
- c. simulation
- the actor recreates behaviors to make a chtr.
- legs
- hide the wing area from the audience; first set called the travelers
- 6 body positions
- full front, .25 right/left, profile right/left, full back
- Lee Strausberg
- chtr. embodiment/emotional recall; The Actor's Studio