What is Theatre?
A theatre is different from a theater...
What is a place (theater) and the thing that happens/occurs (theatre)?
How loud or soft your voice is
What is volume?
Age can impact how you move by...
What is the speed of the movement, the leading body part, and way in which they move (bouncy, shaky, etc.).
Order ARISTOTLE'S Elements of Drama from Most to Least Important: Thought, Spectacle, Plot, Diction, Character, Music/Melody.
What is Plot, Character, Thought, Diction, Music/Melody, and Spectacle?
What is the difference between a tableau & tableaux?
What is one still image vs. a sequence of stills?
A Greek theatre term that evokes pity and fear within a person
What is catharsis?
How deep or high your voice can be
What is pitch?
Includes high, medium, and low and enhances the overall image onstage.
What are levels?
The difference between a scene and play...
What is: a scene is one part of a whole story vs. a play being a complete story?
CHECK IN: What TWO emotions describe how you're feeling today?
What are ______ and ______? (answers vary)
________ is a Greek god of wine and celebration, and without him we wouldn't have contemporary _______.
What is Dionysus and theatre?
How fast or slow you talk or speak
What is the rate/speed?
The emotions you feel as you're walking which can impact the purpose of your movement, face, and body language...
What is sentiment?
The THREE-step writing process...
What is revise, re-write, ship?
One of Ms. Pearce's rules in the classroom includes...
ANSWERS VARY (some includes):
- What is not chewing gum and eating food?
- What is having respect for others, yourself, the space, and Ms. P?
- What is coming to class prepared and on time?
Theatre can teach us what?
Answers can vary:
What is empathy?
What is problem-solving?
What is confidence?
How raspy or sickly your voice sounds are all examples of the _______ of voice.
What is quality?
If a character's movement is focused on the pointer finger leading how they walk, this is an example of this type of movement quality.
What is leading body focus?
Aristotle identified 3 unities for tragedy- identify and describe them.
1. Action- 1 main singular action with no or few subplots.
2. Place- 1 single space only!
3. Time- No more than 24 hours or the duration of a single day.
Name at least THREE roles in the hierarchy of theatre.
ANSWERS MAY VARY BUT:
- Producer, Director, Playwright, Stage Manager, Actor, Musical Director, Conductor/Orchestra, Technical Director, etc.
Describe at least TWO functions of the Greek chorus.
ANSWERS VARY BUT: Help tell a full story, give introductions, set the scene, recap important information, and more!
What can a character with a high-pitched and fast-talking voice convey to the audience?
ANSWERS VARY BUT:
- They are surprised, stressed, rushed for time, etc.
Name ALL 6 elements of movement quality.
What is age, condition, leading body focus, time, sentiment, and eye contact?
Explain AND give me an example of what an event in a scene is.
ANSWERS VARY: Something that is found out or occurs in a story.
These are used in scripts to describe actions, entrances and exits, and can tell designers what a character is using or holding.
What are stage directions?