- According to the book "Theater, The Lively Art"

• People onstage presenting characters in dramatic

action.
• Theaudience is coming to see a performer pretend to be
someone else.
• Whenthe actor/actress is on stage, they must be believable as
the charactertheyare portraying.
• If they are not believable, then the audienceless
will be
interested in the production.
• The essence of theater is the interaction between the performer and
audience.
• Theater needs to be experienced live. There is a "call and response"
atmosphere thatcan not be witnessed in a movie theater.
• In a live theater experience, when the audience laughs
or out loud,
cries, then the actors respond to that energy.
• In a movie, there is no connection between the actors ,and audience
only reactions from the audience.
• The director makes certain that the performers understand the
text anddeliverthe script excitingly and appropriately.
• Thedirector also makessurethe blocking, costume designs, set
designs and other aspects showof the
blend together to make a
production that works together
.
• All the aspects of theater should compliment each other, and the
directoroverseesall these things.
• Another necessary element of theater is the space in which
performers oraudiencescome together.
• It is essential to have a stage, or some equivalent
area, where
actors and actresses can perform.
• It is also essential to have
place
a for audience members to sit or
stand.
• Visual Aspects - costumes, lighting, and some
form of scenic background
• Nonvisual Aspect - sound and background
music
• A final element essential to theater is the
text that is
performed, and itmust be present for theater to occur.
Another name for the text isscript.
• One key element for writing isCONFLICT.
• The characters should havea goal to reach, but to reach that
goal they must go through a seriesof conflicts.
• Without conflict the story would be bland and boring.
• When writing your script, how can you make your story
more interesting?
 Howhas lighting changed over time?
 Whatdid performers do before the light
bulb?
 Whatwould costumes be like in the time Greek
of
Dramas? Elizabethan Theater
? ModernTimes?
 Doesthe Theater Space "dictate" what the scenery will look
like?
 Doesa budget(how much money the company) dictate whatthe
scenery, costumes
, and other aspects of design will
has like
be
 Howhas sound changed with technology? What did
performers dobefore the microphone and recording devices
?
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