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| The play begins when all the roads of the past converge at one crucial intersection in the present - in other words at the climax |
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| Begins early in the story and does not compress the action but expands it. In the episodic drama the action moves outward to embrace additional elements. |
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| A unit of action in a play (silent) |
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| The event in a play that begins the action leading to the climax |
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| The technical term for the revelation of background material. The revelation of information that the audience must know in order to understand the meanings the play write intends. |
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| The moment when it is recognized if the force or counterforce is stronger. |
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| What is the main responsibility of an audience member? |
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| To not interfere with other audience member experience, and to use your imagination. |
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| The experience of mentally entering. |
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| Full account of an event or a series of events usually told in chronological order. |
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| A selection of scenes taken from the story. |
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| 2 ingredients to make a plot work: |
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1)Action: what a character is going after
2)Conflict: what arises when the action encounters a) a complication or b) something that interferes with the action |
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| 5 structural rules/conventions of text |
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1)limited space
2)limited time
3)strongly opposed forces (protagonist/antagonist)
4)balance of forces
5)incentive and motivation |
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| (physical) Things thrown in the pathway of the character |
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| Outside things that add a new twist in the plot |
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| most common structure of a play (climax forms at end) usually occurs in a short amount of time with few characters. |
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| more like Shakespeare. Epic. Climax is usually at the beginning and resolved at the end. Usually over a longer period of time and many characters. |
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| The proscenium stage is also known as the |
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| Advantages of the proscenium stage |
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offers many oppurtunities for spectacle.
can hold realistic scenery |
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| Disadvantage of a proscenium stage |
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| The thrust space has the audience on how many sides? |
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| Most popular venue for today: |
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| Advantages of a Thrust Space: |
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-More intimate (audience closer to the stage)
-You can also hide spectacle |
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| Disadvantages of a Thrust space: |
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-Can't hide bigger spectacle
-Not a side space for actors to go to |
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| The audience is on how many sides of an Arena space? |
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| Advantages of an arena space: |
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-Nothing separating you from actors/action
-More intimate than the Proscenium stage and the thrust |
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| Disadvantages of the Arena Space: |
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-You can't hide spectacle
-Can't use large scenic pieces |
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| Advantages of modified/found spaces: |
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| Disadvantages of modified/found spaces: |
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-No spectacle
-No exits for actors |
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| French word meaning "category" or "type" In theatre, genre denotes the category into which a play falls: for example, tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy. |
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