• 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