Design!

• DESIGN YOUR OWN FAIRLY TALE

Resources:

• Color Intro: The number one visual component that people remember most is color!
• Basic Color Theory: Great website explaining color theory.
• Interactive Color Wheel to Create Palette
• Notes on Design Requirements
• Design Choices-Looking at production photos
• What seems to be the goal or aim of this particular image?
• What seems to be the setting? (Time and place)
• What impact does COLOR have?
• What is your impression of the
• SET
• COSTUMES
• LIGHTING
• A couple of great behind-the-scenes videos:
• Lion King
• Shrek

FUN: The Drama Machine

Commedia Presentation

Modern Commedia Presentation

Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance  background
Commedia Dell'arte

• Characters
• Videos--National Theater
• Ted Talk--Stock Comic Characters
• Commedia show in action!
• Mr. Bean--Judo class
• James Corden--One Man, Two Guvnors
• Marx Brothers Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0aLg
• Marx Brothers Hats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OUIk4Oaq4
• Who’s on First?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg
• Bugs Bunny: https://vimeo.com/8965484
• Buster Keaton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8XM1_rOTg
• Naked Gun “Slap”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW8LvUvTZhA
• Lucille Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI
Kevin James falling

Origins of Theatre/Greek Drama

"Crash Course" Videos:

• What is Theater?
• Greek Drama

Tragedy lessons from Aristotle
Note-Taking (Need to Know)

Examples of Greek Chorus:
Note the similarities and differences in delivery, tone, and choreography.

• Production of Agamemnon
• Eastern Michigan University--"Style for Actors" course: Oedipus
• Another production of Agamemnon--minimalist

Why Theatre?

Here is our class brainstorm on "Why Theatre," as well as some notes...
National Core Arts Standards
Types of Stages
Terms discussion
"Life changing power of theatre"
"How theatre education can save the world"

Intro to Theatre

Welcome to Introduction to Theatre Arts!

Expectation sheet

Why Theatre?

Playwriting!

This is it! The End. Your final is to write a short play. Hopefully, after learning some history, character motivations, and elements of design, you are ready to apply your knowledge!

• Assignment
• Playwriting 101: a handy logistics guide; nuts and bolts on structure and formatting
• Examples: "A Lonely Party" written by two students; three plays written by someone else...