1. Basic Principles of Theater Production Hegel Tsai

2. Outline Director, Stage manager and Prompter Staging Cast: Performing Crew: – Property – Costumes and Make-up – Lighting – Sound effects Rehearsals

3. Director – Decisions Stage manager – Monitor back stage progress – Director’s assistant Prompter – Document EVERYTHING – Present in rehearsals

4. Staging

6. 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

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

8. Crew Property – Make (find) props – Changing scenes – Precision Costumes and Make-up – Measurements – Find Costumes – Thick make-up – Efficiency

9. 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

10. Rehearsals Punctuation Warm-ups Note taking Rehearsals – Blocking – Movement – Exploratory – Performance

11. Conclusion Dedication Participation Communication Modification Having Fun

12. References Student Actor Objectives http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/r tstudobj.htm http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/r tstudobj.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 http://www.myoops.org/cocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/Music-and-Theater- Arts/21M-606Introduction-to-StagecraftSpring2003/F02D8137-4EFC- 4DBF-9434-5ABFB060BD77/0/StageManualrev06.pdf