1. What is "Characterization" and "Visualization"?
2. Name the three purposes of Improvisation:
3. What is Method Acting?
4. Name the designers' functions in live shows:
5. What is a definition of a comic hero?
6. Who is Aristotle and what is the name of his book on theatre?
7. What are the three textural priciples?
8. What do we call modernism?
9. How do you define Hamlet's inner conflict?
10. Describe the conflict in your scene in Mikado (or in the play):
Short Eassay
How do you understand this statement by Meyerhold: "But in essence the talent always experiences a role emotionally, while mediocrity only represent."
SAMPLE:
Tamara Shaw
THR 470
No-Grade Test
Script:
1. What is dramatic composition?
Dramatic composition as it relates to the story can
include: Exposition,
rising action, the climax and resolution of a
story.(All the elements of the
plot.)
2. What is the climax of the story? Give example.
The climax of a story is the point at which the
dramatic action reaches its
highest point. Most often it is the moment when the
protagonist and antagonist
meet for the final time and only one can be
victorious. For example, in the
movie speed when K. Reeves and D. Hopper meet on
the subway train we
know that only one man can leave/survive the
encounter.
3. What are the functions of the exposition?
Exposition should introduce us to all the necessary
elements we as the
audience need to know concerning the story we are
about to witness. This
may include; major characters, plot, time, place
etc.
Film:
1. What is the purpose of any long shot?
To show the audience the area in which the action is
taking place. So that
the audience is familiar with the surroundings and
can therefore be more
acquainted with the characters and elements of
plot.
2. What do producers do?
The individual or company that controls the financing
of a film and often
the way it is made. The producer can be concerned
solely with business matters
or with putting together a package deal , or they
can function as an expeditor,
smoothing over problems during production.
3. What is the difference between films, movies,
cinema and cinematography?
Quite frankly, I am not sure.
Editing:
1. What is "continuity"?
Continuity is the kind of logic implied between edited
shots and their
principle coherence. It emphasizes smooth
transitions between shots, in which
time and space are unobtrusively condensed.
2. What is "montage"?
Transitional sequences of rapidly edited images, used
to suggest the lapse
of time or the passing of events. Often employs
dissolves and multiple
exposures.
3. What is "cut"?
A cut is the ending of one continuous shot into
perhaps several different
shots. Shots, that are linked however by a shared
theme, time, place or location.