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Theatre-General UCSD Todd Salovey Winter14

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Catharsis   Release or purge of unwanted emotion  
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Suspension of Disbelief   Our response to drama is characterized by a wiling of suspension of disbelief; Although we know we're watching an actor we sympathize  
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Proscenium Theatre   (Types of Theatre):Looks through a picture frame  
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Thrust Theatre   (Types of Theatre):Extends into the audience on three sides (A Doll House)  
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Theatre in the Round   (Types of Theatre):Audience surrounds theatre Cons: constantly has to flip scene, little room for set  
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Black Box Theatre   (Types of Theatre):Can be moved around (In the Time of the Butterflies)  
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Environmental Staging   (Types of Theatre):No separation between actors and performance  
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Site Specific   (Types of Theatre):Using a specific area as the set/stage  
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Street Theatre   (Types of Theatre):Performances done in the public  
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Objective   Urgent Need  
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Types of Dramatic Conflicts: ?   Conflict with: Needs, self, nature, society, greater forces  
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Freytag's Pyramid ?   Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement  
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Inciting Incident   Event that changes everything  
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Exposition   Intro of characters, place, circumstances  
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Auteur   (Types of Directors):Co-director of piece whose visual choices are very important towards meaning/ story telling of text  
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Interpreter   (Types of Directors):Presenting playwrights story in a way which highlights aspects deemed most important  
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Serve the text   (Types of Directors):director is invisible at the service of the playwright  
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Mise En Scene   "Putting into scene"-"Enviornment"- Everything that appears on scene: arrangement, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting  
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Elements of Design: ?   Line, Shape, Movement, Texture, Color, Scale  
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Single Set   All action takes place in one locale  
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Multi Scene   Moves through many locations created by scenic elements-Completely tranforms each set  
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Unit set   Focus is changed to different areas on the stage but these locales remain on stage for the entire show  
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Directors Concept   The central unifying idea of production  
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Denouement   Tying up loose ends, Final resolution/clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot  
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