Basic Principles of Theater

ProductionHegel Tsai

Hegel Tsai 2010/11/09 + KP's Theatre Class

Outline

Director, Stage manager and Prompter

Staging Cast: Performing Crew:

Property Costumes and Make-up Lighting Sound effects

Rehearsals

Director

DirectorDecisions

Stage managerMonitor back stage progressDirector’s assistant

PrompterDocument EVERYTHINGPresent in rehearsals

Staging

Staging

Staging

Priority: Audience Background of the play: time and

space Sets the tone of the scene Will go through several

modifications Never Crowd the stage: blocking

Performing

Poise & Focus Characterization and Acting Eye Contact Projection and Diction Pace Ensemble Blocking

CrewProperty

Make (find) propsChanging scenesPrecision

Costumes and Make-upMeasurementsFind CostumesThick make-upEfficiency

Crew (2)

Lighting Background Well balanced Must shed enough light on the

performers Color: Sets the tone of the (play) scene Precision

Sound Effects Background

Provide the audience with something they cannot see

Sound Cues Precision

Rehearsals

Punctuation Warm-ups Note taking Rehearsals

Blocking

Movement

Exploratory

Performance

Conclusion

Dedication Participation Communication Modification Having Fun

KP’s Theatre Class (video) (website) Character –

Lines, stage directions, dialogue Ask questions about his/her

background, surroundings, everything about him/her.

Non-verbal language walk (leading center) Leban movement; direct, heavy

movement

More about blocking

KP's Theatre Class - Stage Directions.mp4

(blocking, open position, KP's Theatre Class -

Blocking.mov.mp4 KP’s Theatre Basics: Composition

Stage Lighting

The College Theatre

References

Student Actor Objectives http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/rtstudobj.htm

舞台設計與燈光設計概述 Stage Managing

http://www.myoops.org/cocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-606Introduction-to-StagecraftSpring2003/F02D8137-4EFC-4DBF-9434-5ABFB060BD77/0/StageManualrev06.pdf