1. Basic Principles of Theater Production Hegel Tsai Hegel Tsai 2010/11/09 + KP's Theatre ClassKP's Theatre Class

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

3. Director  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. KP’s Theatre Class KP’s Theatre Class (video) (website)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

13. 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 KP’s Theatre Basics  Stage Lighting Stage Lighting

14. The College Theatre

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