Theatrical Performance Reflection
Your task for this paper is to find an online recorded theater performance and discuss the dynamics between “recorded”, “liveness”, and “theater”. You are asked to process the experience through objective dramatic criticism of the production over subjective reviewing of the story components. You are to engage with ONE specific component of the production (acting, directing, playwright, lighting, sound, etc.) and access how this element affected you as a spectator.
Please note:
You MUST use some theatrical terms and languages that you’ve learned from this class to help you express your thoughts or feelings, and defend your argument.
The performance that you pick MUST be a theatrical production. It CAN NOT be a movie, a movie adapted from the theater, a concert, or a ceremony you attended.
Online Production
In your own words, describe your experience while watching an online production and discuss how this experience either resonated with or interrupted your expectations of a theatrical event? Why or why not?
Discuss the production:
What was the stage shape? Did the show have a ton of monologues? Was it a musical? Tragedy or comedy? Use these vocabulary terms to your benefit.
What element of the products most affected (i.e. moved) you?
For this, focus on one area of the production (acting, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, etc.) and critically analyze why you believe it was the most effective element for you.
Do you believe the live theatrical experience to be more or less beneficial than the mediated experience? Why or why not?
Assignment Goals
To showcase the vocabulary and objective live production viewing skills you have learned throughout this course through the crafting of a unique theatre critique.
To further advance your knowledge of how to read a live production while developing theatrical vocabulary and performance discussion skills.
Paper Requirements
An introductory paragraph that explains:
What production are discussing (introduce the performance, not the plot/themes!)
How will you be viewing this production (live vs. filmed performance)
A brief list of the specific production aspects you will be discussing in your paper (this will aid in focusing your topic)
You are required to focus on one area of the production (acting, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, etc.) and discuss why this element most affected you
The body of the paper should contain several specific examples from the production and incorporation of course vocabulary. You want your reader to visualize what you are describing so select examples that describe individual moments/scenes that stuck out with regard to the one area of the design selected.
A concluding paragraph that restates your thesis and briefly addresses your objective conclusions
A bibliography of ALL sources used within your paper. Citations MUST be present for any direct quotes, internet research, etc.
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