07:965:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sketch Comedy, Physical Comedy, Docudrama
1 Jan 2018
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Entertainment and art: entertainment, consensus, popular appeal, commerce main goal, temporary, short-term, art: Definition: genre: category of artistic composition marked by a distinctive style, current theater production are more complicated to classify as a genre, artists want to stretch boundaries accepted by audience. Types of genres: comedy, a play of happy nature, lightness of spirit, and amusing dialogue, primary purpose of production is to make you laugh, more funny scenes or characters, what makes us laugh: Realistic drama: representation of everyday life with attention to detail, specific scenic element. Tragedy: serious drama with unhappy ending usually ending with death. Nativity plays: stories based on the bible, morality plays, stories to tach morals, musical, theater style fusing together 3 elements, music. Story: styles, musical comedy, musical infused with comic characters and situation, style developed in america. Opera: entire story is sung, using little or no dialogue, usually tragic, popularized in italy.
