Notes on the Outline
- Idea is that everybody is waiting
- is this actually an idea?
- used to be
- 'spend our whole lives waiting'
- anti-statement
- exceptions
- What are the characters doing
- consistency in the action
- by analysing characters, you'll see the idea
- Idea is action
- Crucible
- everything came to a head
- we had to make a decision
- emotions were high
- Play's title might just be a philosophical statement
- The last days of Judas Iscariot
- The Crucible
- The Good Soul of Szechuan
- The Doll's House
- Emphasis of the action
- where is it leading?
- what is the result of this action
- why does the main character do what he does?
- why does he choose the action he does over the other ideas?
- what is the most important thing to that character?
- what effect does that have on others
- Mis en Scene
- Example: Robert Wilson
- how much of the play is mis en scene?
- a lot of mis en scene
- Depends on the practitioner/play
- All going to have varying degrees on the focus
- Suzuki
- Motif is everything
- everything leads to your idea
- artists have some idea about something that he/she wants to communicate
- Tempo/mood in terms of action
- Dramatic action
- Dialogue/Monologue - any lines that are written
- critical to the characters/idea of the play
- Changing rates or beats of the dramatic action of the play
- Musicality/Rhythm
- Dramatic imagination
- Surges
- everything bursts out
- things turn
- You can even beat a play on a drum
- giving that scene a rhythm
- what beat would you beat out on a drum
- Sound and silence
- "A play is interrupted silence..." quote by french playwright
- "A good playwright will never ... he will punctuate it" - quote by another playwright
- A pause is messed up if it's too short or too long
- A play is like a dance/drama
- set to music
- listen to the breath
- listen to the break
- Mood effects the tone
- you can establish the mood by tone and music and lighting
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