Evaluating stagecraft - ensemble acting
In this lesson, we will focus on ensemble acting, examining how actors working together can create effective moments for an audience.
Evaluating stagecraft - ensemble acting
In this lesson, we will focus on ensemble acting, examining how actors working together can create effective moments for an audience.
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, students will watch a further short extract from a theatre production and analyse multiple aspects of the stagecraft - such as the performances, direction, use of space and design elements. They will develop a holistic analytical response, developing knowledge of how to evaluate and form a summative response.
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- Physical activity required.
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Adult supervision recommended.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is an ensemble?
A collective noun for a group of theatre designers.
The staff who run the theatre.
Q2.
What is the term for movement done at the same time by a group of performers?
Canon
Q3.
What does evaluate mean?
Explain why choices were made.
Give an account of something.
Q4.
What is the name for the front of the stage nearest the audience?
Front stage.
Upstage.
Q5.
Which list below contains a range of acting skills?
Gel, gauze, cyclorama, spotlight.
Pitch, pace, tempo, reverb, echo.
5 Questions
Q1.
In Naturalistic theatre, ...
Everything you hear is a true story.
Q2.
What was the effect created by the performer singing about mercy whilst the children were suffering?
Pathetic fallacy.
Tragedy.
Q3.
What is the name in Drama for the heightened position that Mr Brocklehurst and the singer were in?
Fly system.
Platforms.
Q4.
What is the name of movements which are all done in unison?
Dance.
Physical theatre.
Q5.
Which is the correct definition of physical theatre?
A style of theatre where the audience follow the actors around the performance space.
A type of theatre where everything mirrors real life.