THTR 1020 Chapter : Chapter 10 Notes
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Chapter 10: approach to design: performance traditions: design uses design conventions that are relatively fixed and are passed from generation to generation . Interpretive traditions: design is re-imagined for each performance, so each production may feature different deign choices. Like a non-verbal code: reveals information about the character, age, personality, social class. Makeup in performance traditions: symbolic, example: kabuki theatre, natural browns commoners, white upper class/ those in love, red soldiers and criminals. Masks in performance traditions: can be half-masks or take up the entire face, commedia dell"arte mask demonstration. Early western theatre sets: greek skene/ wall behind actors was the set for the show, middle ages pageant wagons with representative set pieces (ex. Italian renaissance perspective drawing; flats were highly decorative; actors stood downstage to avoid ruining the illusion. Theatrical design style: realism: representative from, like naturalism. Incorporated purposefully chosen representative elements of the natural world, rather than trying to replicate every detail in a setting (felner 250)
