TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quid Pro Quo, Proscenium, Fourth Wall
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A system of techniques whose meaning is agreed upon by the audience and the artist alike. Character types (how they behave to one another) The more abstract something is, the more difficult it is to understand. There are certain conventions of staging, design, and costumes. And conventions regarding the relationship between the audience and the stage unconventional- the audience is not sure how it all works (new rules) conventions are set up in internal logic. Why do we spend so much money to pretend? quid pro quo: this for that actors pretend the audience doesn"t exist examples of conventions: Locations/sets: the fourth wall between audience and stage. The proscenium is often framed to accentuate the impression of looking into (frame set) Breaking the 4th wall: actor speaks directly to the audience all of the sudden (direct address, aside, or soliloquy (talking to oneself out loud))
