Theatre Studies flashcards

73 VCE Theatre Studies cards across 2 modules (27 definitions, 46 key facts, 0 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Unit 3: Producing theatre (51 cards, 16 dot points)
Unit 4: Presenting an interpretation (22 cards, 7 dot points)

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Definition
Acting skills, voice and movement in VCE Theatre Studies
Define expressive skills of acting
The expressive skills of acting are the vocal and physical means, voice and movement, through which an actor communicates a character's intentions, emotions and relationships and the meaning of the play to an audience.
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Analysing a professional production in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Production analysis
Production analysis is the close examination of how a staged production used its production roles to realise an interpretation, leading to an evaluation of how effectively that interpretation was communicated to the audience.
Definition
Context and the playwright in VCE Theatre Studies
Define context of a script
The context of a script is the set of historical, social and cultural conditions in which it is set and was written, which shape its meaning, its assumptions and the way it can be staged.
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Evaluating the professional production in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Evaluation in Theatre Studies
Evaluation in Theatre Studies is the reasoned judgement of how effectively a production role realised and communicated an interpretation to an audience, supported by specific evidence from the staged moments observed.
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Design areas in detail in VCE Theatre Studies
Define design area
A design area is a specialised production role responsible for one strand of the production's physical or sensory world, set, costume, lighting, sound, makeup or props, with its own materials, techniques and contribution to meaning.
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Interpreting a monologue in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Acting
Acting is central: voice (pitch, pace, pause, volume), movement, gesture, facial expression and use of space to convey intention and subtext.
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Dramaturgy and dramaturgical research in VCE Theatre Studies
Define The historical and cultural context of the script
When and where it is set and was written, the social structures, values and events that shaped it.
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Monologue acting skills in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Solo acting skills
Solo acting skills are the vocal, physical and focusing techniques a performer uses to sustain a clear, motivated interpretation of a monologue alone on stage, without a scene partner or ensemble.
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Interpreting a script in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Context
The social, cultural, historical and theatrical world the play came from, and the world you choose to stage it in. You may honour the original context or relocate it, but the choice must be deliberate.
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Staging an interpretation in VCE Theatre Studies
Define Staging
Staging is the combined arrangement of the playing space, design elements, performance and conventions through which a production communicates its interpretation to an audience in real time.