I guess my play is in direct response to the forced politeness & put on enthusiasm that makes up the American Talk Show, I wanted to take that form & make it nightmarish. I took the structure of the host interspersing up to date information with his opening monologue & kind of flipped it on its head. I wanted it to seem like I had never read the news & everything was just a stream of consciousness that I felt important to convey for some reason. I liked the idea of the relationship of the host to the live audience, I was intrigued with the fact that they serve to impress a crowd. They bring out celebrities to keep everyone interested, so I took that model & reversed it, I played with the idea that I was serving to audibly unimpress a crowd …show more content…
I hoped the audience could pick up on this fact as well, although I knew it wouldn’t translate. I actually moved rehearsal to my house, just so the cast could get the uncomfortable tone I desired. I was working on directing through reflections from a television set. I was playing with the concept of what would happen if you gave a sociopath or serial killer their very own show. The set was bare to reflect the simplistic nature of a mind like that.
I tend to gravitate more to solo work because I like having the aesthetic control over what I do, but in thinking about my upcoming Senior Project, I thought it would be more rewarding if I challenge myself to write for voices that aren’t my own.
As an actor, I tend to think that theatre is the best medium we have, in film & television there are mitigating factors that act as a buffer, but in theatre everything is stripped down to the essential core: you. The actors choices are crucial to how vivid the story can be. Without the actor, there is no theatre.
I think a goal of this piece was to send out a distress signal, I wrestled with how to do that. Ultimately, I landed on me becoming an abrasive version of myself. I wanted to illuminate facts about sides of pop culture than hadn’t been thought about while making apparent the frustrations that come with living in this world today. The thing with theatre that I wanted to exploit was the fact that you can make something
Acting on stage with the lights, props, and sets is all surreal. But with that being said acting is much more intricate than to just memorize lines and go on stage and recite them with simple blocking. To combine people and ideas, adding natural movements and gestures, to take the playwright's' words and turn them into your own is the beautiful art form of theatre and acting. To be able to become another person, to feel what they feel, to live their life, is very magical and astounding to me. While acting I lose myself, I am solely whoever I am portraying and I take all matters
Theatre means more to me than just something to do when I get bored or something I need to get through for high
“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances” said by Stanford Meisner. Theatre is an area of arts where you can be free from reality and imagine the impossible. Some of my favorite things about theatre are, the people that are involved, how helpful theatre is and how helpful everyone is, then my last thing is how much fun we have. One of my top favorite things about theatre is the people that are involved within it. Every person has a different personalities, that put together makes a new and neat experience. Theatre is an important part of my life and I enjoy every minute, while I’m there.
Today's effects of television on the theatre are big in good and bad ways. The good thing television can do for the theatre is advertise and show clips from the play. People also like to hear what other people think and there are shows on television that will do that. Television can also show the plays in full, which can be good and or bad. The way it could be good is seeing the play on television could make someone want to see it live, than again once someone sees it they may never want to see it again. Another thing that goes along with television is a VCR if someone wants to see something bad enough they can go rent it or tape it for every time they want to see it in the future. Now there are even channels that are dedicated to showing only stuff from the stage.
The above example illustrates not only how the theatrical performance affects the audience, but also how the audience influences its dynamics, development and the characters within it. The actors feel a certain level of acceptance from the viewer, who demands a certain way of depicting the character. Theatre is not just entertainment, itís something much more than that ñ itís education. Theatre should always represent things, rather than
The article Who Needs Theatre? by Robert Brustein explains that although theatre may be less convenient than film, it is still a necessity in our culture. Robert Brustein is an American theatre critic, producer, playwright, and educator (IMDb, 2018). Brustein was also the founder of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre. Additionally, Brustein was the theatre critic for The New Republic, is a contributor to the Huffington Post, and is the author of sixteen books on theatre and society (Wikipedia, 2018).
The playwright was trying to get quite a few messages when he created this play. First of all, I believe he was trying to show social change and the power and potential that an individual has inside of them, despite their circumstances. I think that this play/movie reveals the true messiness of life and how with the right mindset, you can make it through anything you
Peter Weir’s 1998 film, ‘The Truman show’ effectively manages to portray the message of audience manipulation both through the internal and external audiences of the show. This essay will be critically analyzing the techniques used to manipulate the audience in ‘The Truman Show”. Firstly, by analyzing the sound techniques, then by analyzing the camera shots used. Finally, by discussing how the symbolism used manages to successfully manipulate the audience’s views. There will now be three critical and analytical arguments supporting the statement that ‘The Truman Show’ manages to effectively manipulate the audience.
“Theatre makes us think about power and the way our society works and it does this with a clear purpose, to make a change.”
You make some very good points in your post. Like you, I also enjoy whenever I get to see the actions of the play happen live before my eyes. I am very fond of the spectacle and magic of theatre productions. It is also incredibly exciting whenever actors break the fourth wall by interacting with audience members, as you say above. As Cohen states, live action, music in the environment, and appeals to humor or deep emotions all enhance the overall entertainment value of a production (Cohen 321).
Our choice to tell stories should exist in the same moment that we identify an audience who needs to hear that story – now, in this context, in this time, and in this medium. The best relationship with an audience begins dramaturgically, at the beginning of a rehearsal process. We must ask: How can we keep our minds open to the audience we have and also to the audience we want and the audience with whom we hope to collaborate? How do we enter a community and work with new people, learn from them and hope they learn from us? Partner with our similar goals and share resources. Work with them and never for them. Theatre isn’t a service—it’s a
Prior to this class, I never really knew the amount of power that theater encompasses. “Theater, the most public of all arts…” (The Audience Response) enables individuals to express themselves in a team, to work cooperatively in which they cooperate cordially keeping in mind the end goal to depict current events, fantasy, or fallacy, just to name a few. Theater being a form of art invokes different emotions depending on the individual, but its overall purpose is to leave the audience with something to say, either positive or negative. The brain assumes a major part in theater, for the workmanship exists in our creative energy.
In today’s contemporary society, it is very common for people to be familiar with the filmed productions. It can be more convenient as people can view many different entertainment options from the comfort of their couches. However, this creates an experience that tends to distance the viewer from the production. For this assignment, first went to Orpheus Descending directed by Ryan Purcell at the 12th Ave Arts theatre. Next, I watched the 2012 version of Les Misérables directed by Tom Hooper. At the end of the play that I saw, I was shocked at how I felt afterwards. Not only did the story make me think, but the way the story was presented to the audience also gave me something else to compare to movie going. Major differences that I found between the stage and the screen were the acting, the audience, and the design of the show. After seeing a play in person and viewing a film on my computer, I believe that stage and screen are very much different from each other.
I personally believe that the true magic of theatre relies on the power of make-believe. True theatre is the art of inciting the imagination, to the point in which we are so immersed in the play that, if just for a few hours, we forget our own reality. The first time I came to this realization was when watching the 2011 Moscow's Chekhov International production of The Tempest. Not only was the performance so engrossing to the extent that I felt I could understand Russian without the help of the surtitles, but with almost a bare stage, the actors were able to bring to life the magic in the play. With no more than three doors, one chair, a long rope, and a clever use of blue light, the actors were able to create the opening scene’s tempest, almost
In today's busy world, people usually struggle to find time for fun and a way of relaxation but when it happens, they often spend it on entertainment. One of those forms of entertainment is watching stage or film productions. Theatre and film have lots of aspects in common and depend on each other, however, they involve differences. People choose between theater and film based on factors and their own preferences. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast between those two forms of art.