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• Journal
• Open Q&A
• Exam Topics Overview
• Spotlight Review
• Summary and Reflection
Please list three questions you have about anything we have covered in class… all year.
OBJECTIVE: PREPARE FOR FINAL EXAM
Journal Prompt Agenda
WHAT‘S ON THE INTERMEDIATE EXAM?
• Theatre Spaces
• Script Development
• Script Formatting
• Antigone
• Film Techniques
• The business of “The Business”
THEATRE SPACES
• Proscenium, Traverse, Thrust, In the Round, Black Box
• Stage Directions plus plaster line and apron
• Orchestra, mezzanine, house left and right
• Box office, dressing rooms, green room, shop
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
• Inspiration
• Improvisation
• Adaptation
• Drafting
• Revision
• Production
• Publication (for plays)
SCRIPT FORMATTING
• Differences between play scripts and screenplays
• Be able to correct a poorly formatted script.
• Font and size
ANTIGONE
• Plot
• Justification for Anouilh’s adaptation (Why Antigone? Why at that time?)
• Problems with the characters and plot
• Possible concepts/big ideas behind productions
FILM TECHNIQUES
• High/Low angle
• Long/Medium/Close-up/Extreme Close-up Shots
• Establishing/Reaction Shots
• Pan/Tilt
• Truck/Dolly
• Rack Focus/Dutch Tilt
BUSINESS
• Equity status and contracts
• Who is paid in community theatre productions
• Be able to create a budget for a show given expenses, ticket prices, and seating capacity.
• Be able to create a production season and budget given expenses, performance data for given possible shows, and demographic info.
WHAT’S ON THE BEGINNING EXAM?
• Theatre Spaces
• Auditions
• Basics of Acting Technique
• The Good Doctor
• Theatre History
• The Rehearsal Process
THEATRE SPACES
• Proscenium, Traverse, Thrust, In the Round, Black Box
• Stage Directions plus plaster line and apron
• Orchestra, mezzanine, house left and right
• Box office, dressing rooms, green room, shop
AUDITIONS
• Cold read vs Monologue
• Cattle Call vs Appointment
• What is the director looking for?
• Etiquette
ACTING TECHNIQUE
• Objective
• Obstacle
• Tactic
THE GOOD DOCTOR
• Written by Neil Simon, based on the short stories of Anton Chekhov.
• Example of modern American comedy AND Russian realism.
• “The writer” character is intended to be Chekhov.
THEATRE HISTORY
• Greek
• Dionysus
• Amphitheatre
• Roman
• Circuses
• Gladiators
• Control
• Medieval
• Liturgical
• Mansions
• Miracle & Mystery
• Vernacular
• Pageant Wagons
• Morality
• Robin Hood
• Renaissance
• Italian
• Commedia dell Arte
• English
• Shakespeare
REHEARSAL PROCESS
• Types of Rehearsal
• Reading
• Blocking
• Working
• Running
• Tech
• Fine Tuning
• Dress (& Final Dress)
• Etiquette & Expectations