Performance Art Examples to talk about the relation between liveness and documentation: Chris Burden – Shoot 1971 Picture from NYTimes More information about the artist from TheArtStory The artist is being shot into his arm/shoulder by a friend of his in an empty gallery, which is being filmed. There was no more people than the … Continue reading Liveness and Documentation: Examples
2 minute “JUST TALK EMILY” exercise “Well, I started writing, yeah. I started like doing little exercises while I write. And, I like started to write my biography. It’s about myself but I do it in second person, yeah. And that actually boosts my confidence, I actually thought to myself I’ve done actually cuite a … Continue reading Scriptwriting exercises
Your argument should consider: The main features of the genre How these generic features are then used in your chosen texts; you should pay particular attention to mise-en-scene, narrative and acting How genre informs your reading of the text(s) The ways in which your text(s) might ‘hybridize’ with other genres Genre is a French word meaning … Continue reading Essay notes about GENRE and hybrids: comedy, mocumentary, thriller
Reading “Theatre and Performance Design” edited by Jane Collins and Andrew Nisbet: A Taxonomy of Spatial Function by Gay McAuley A theatre space – the building, area, it is devided into two: fronthouse (audience space) and backstage (practitioner’s space), which are usually strictly separated and rather different. a place for entertainment and cultural enrichment for … Continue reading Theatre space and Performance space
Some issues: In film theory, the emphasis on editing as the creator of meaning has led to downplaying the role of the actor, an outcome of the ‘ Television actors Actor has more substantial place in discussion of TV, partly because of history of production practices and technologies Dominance of writer over director, writer/producer hybrids … Continue reading Acting to Tv or Theatre
THE PLOT Two people in relationship are trying to go from ‘the fresh new days’ to ‘ good old days’. Looks like they’re somewhere in between. They’re asking many -many questions about everything, using what if, would you, how does, why, do you, what do you think, what are you? When the guy was asking … Continue reading Key points of Performance Analysis
Denotation: what is there Connotation: what it might mean 1) Exercise: Steps coming to to the space, there is a burning white circular candle in the middle of the empty dark stage. 2) Lightless dark space in silecne. Steps from the right stage to down stage. A man kneels on his right knee, puts a … Continue reading Performance Analysis: Denotation & Connotation
Frantic Assembly – by through round, using music Augusto Boal work – looking at pictures, Theatre to change the world Action in words Verbatum theatre – real life stories, getting ideas from real situations, people Criteria – 10-12 minutes, group mark, using stuff that you’ve studied, group dynamic-the energy of a group, collaboration, relationship with … Continue reading Theatre Practice: Devising methods
A family situation: a victim, a saviour and a prosecutor. FRANTIC ASSEMBLY EXERCISES: Squad: People standing in rows and columns, one row starts to count to 8 (for example) and then turns aroun on the last number to pass the juming to the second row, so the first row stops and second one starts counting … Continue reading Theatre Practice: Frantic Assembly Exercises
IMPROVISATION – to listen to your fellow actors – say yes to everything – not to entertain but to say first thing that comes up to your … Continue reading Theatre Practice: improvisation and monologues
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