Conventions of Theatre

1. Conventions of Theatre

2. Things that aren’t “real” but the audience accepts as a reality! Conventions of Theatre

3. Asides • Monologues • Flats • Sound EFX • Theatrical Lighting • Characterizations • Costuming examples

4. Any stage play, professional, regional, or community. Originally referred only to sanctioned (read: funded) stage plays. Legitimate Theatre

5. Conflict ________ is the most important ingredient of Drama.

6. Empathy ________ is a term that means “the emotional identification with someone or something outside oneself.”

7. Sympathy: feeling “for” a character Empathy: feeling “with” a character Sympathy vs. Empathy

8. Stagefright It is the extra energy your body needs to perform at a higher level! The nervous anticipation of going onstage to perform is called:

9. The impromptu portrayal of a character or a scene without any rehearsal or preparation. Improvisation

10. Calling attention to one’s presence onstage and diverting attention away from the main characters. Scene-stealing

11. All the things we chose to do to portray a character Putting together all the facets of a character to bring life and interest to that character Characterization

12. to be visible on stage without scene-stealing “Do nothing effectively”

13. The impression given by the performance that has spontaneity and freshness “illusion of the first time”

14. The art medium separates the audience from the performance. “aesthetic distance”

15. The audience knows that what it sees is not real, but accepts it as a reality – the Theatrical Reality “Suspension of Disbelief”