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Flashcards by Natasha Gidluck, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natasha Gidluck
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The 5 Approaches to Directing | 1. Play Analysis 2. Communication 3. Design 4. Acting 5. Critiquing |
| Composition | The arrangement of people n a stage group. There are 4 elements: EMPHASIS, SEQUENCE, STABILITY and BALANCE. |
| Emphasis | Factor of composition. The 8 methods to obtain emphasis are body position, area, plane, level, contrast, space, repetition, and focus. |
| Direct Focus | Includes actual line (sweep to focal point), visual line (follows actor line of vision), and triangles which can be different sizes or forms. |
| Counter Focus | When some people are looking at the emphatic person and some are giving indirect focus. Not as strong. |
| Kinds of Emphasis | There are 4 kinds of emphasis: direct (important person), duo-emphasis (2 important people), secondary (main character of scene) and diversified (characters alternate importance). |
| Stability | Factor of composition. A factor that ties down the stage. Up stage has more weight than downstage. Triangles can add stability. |
| Sequence | Factor of composition. Tying together the units onstage by space. Can be equal distance or different distances apart--always has a pattern. |
| Balance | Factor of composition. Equalizing weight on the stage with setting, furniture and lights. Can be symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance, esthectic, or picturization. |
| Symmetrical Balance | When the groups are an equal distance from the centre line. |
| Asymmetrical Balance | When the groups are identical based on a point on either side of the stage. Not equal distance from the centre line. |
| Esthectic | A balancing of equal emphasis. Can do this through colour ( line, mass, and form. |
| Picturization | Each moment in the play, the inner meaning or subtext, the authors concept. Steps are: analyze, determine mood, express mood, visualize background, blocking, composition, emotions. |
| Movement | Levels (low to high is strong), length (short distance is strong), stage areas (to DC is strongest), ground plan (entrance UC strong, exit DR strong), (stage L to R is strong), (parallel and perpendicular movement is strong). |
| Kinds of Movement | Story (necessary action), background (atmosphere), character (type of character), and technical (composition). |
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