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- Technical rehearsal
- rehearsal at which lighting scenery, and props are used so that changes go smoothly
- Pace
- the movement or sweep of a play as it is in progress
- model
- a symbolic representation of an idea, system, or structure to make somthing understandable.
- cues
- Word or phoneme that causes the listener to key into a cetain source
- Ensenble playing
- Experienced performers are aware jof the importance of playing together: listening carefully to one another, sensing each other's actions and moods, and responding alertly.
- ellipsoidal
- A lighting instrument that is tube like and has dimming shutters, having two lenses and gives a full area of bright light; also called a Leko (a common brand name)
- scrim
- a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- Picturization
- if words would took away what would the piture look like?
- stage right
- the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
- ground plan
- floor plan of the stage and set (used to scale)
- Director
- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- Unit set
- a basic stage setting from which several settings can be created
- Rhythms
- an ordered pattern; arrangement of sounds
- fade
- gradually ceasing to be visible
- Auditions
- test of an actor's ability as a performer
- Blocking
- 1. the movement within a play as set by the director and/or actors 2. v.t to block: to set the movement within a play
- circles of attention
- when a performer fully concentrates on some object, person, or event while onstage.
- rendering
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- downstage
- of the front half of a stage
- followspot
- for throwing bright,focused light on a moving performer
- upstage
- of the back half of a stage
- cyclorama
- any arangment of cloth or other material that curves around the rear of the stage and partiall down the sides usually neutral in color it is often lighted to represent the sky or used as a projection surface
- green room
- the room where actors wait to go onstage
- Dramaturgy
- art of producing and staging dramatic works
- wagon
- A platform used on stage that has wheels or casters
- Dress rehearsal
- a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance
- Magic if
- The if word becomes a powerful lever for the mind; it can lift us out of ourselves and give us a sense of absolute certainty about imaginary circumstances.
- Producer
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- prop
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- Centering
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- Emotional recall
- a tool intendedto heop performers achieve a sense of emotional truth onstage. It consist of remembering a past experience in the performer's life in the past , emotions associated with that experience are aroused and can be used as the basis of feelings called for ina role in a play.
- Stanislavski system
- Constantin Stanislavski's techniques and theories about acting, which promote a naturalistic style stressing (among other things) "inner truth" as opposed to conventional theatricality.
- Stage manager
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
- thumbnail sketches
- small, rough sketch
- gobos
- A metal cutout that is placed in front of the lens of a lighting instrument to create different shadowed images on stage
- stage left
- the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience
- directorial concept
- is a overall image or metaphor of a play.
- Spine
- another term for through line-developed continuity
- flat
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas
- fresnel
- a spotlight featuring a Fresnel or stepped lens, which projects a clear, strong light with a soft edge
- Metaphor
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- inner truth
- deals with the internal or subjective world of characters-that is, their thoughts and emotions.
- Casting
- use of a stiff, solid dressing around a limb or other body part to immobilize it during healing
- Internal vs. external
- inner is the inner emotions and feelings- external is the outer physical and vocal characteristics.