SPD 130 -- Introduction to Theatre  --  Study Guide  --  Exam Two
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Acting 

presentational
method 
technique
external approach
blocking
relationship
substitution
neutral state - tabula rasa
sense memory
magic if 
emotional memory
affective memory
paradox of acting
Saxe-Meiningen
Diderot
Delsarte
Stanislavsky 
concentration
imagination
blocking
internal approach
objectives
subtext
spine or super objective
beats, units
stage business
cheating / opening out
James-Lange theory
"alienation effect"
ensemble
stage areas, stage positions
props


Directing

Directors' functions
	Managerial / artistic
Precursors to the modern director
Moliere, Garrick, Goethe, Wagner
Antoine
Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Fourth-wall realism
Master ,metaphor - directorial concept
Approaches to directing - heretical / worshipful
Focus
Blocking
Read-throughs
Tech rehearsals
Dress rehearsals
"French scene"
the three classical "unities"
given circumstances

Designers

Functions of designers
Ground plan
Types of stage spaces
Types of drama (comedy, tragedy, etc.)
Lighting design - color, direction, intensity
Lighting instruments
Drummond light
Fresnels
Spotlights
Gels
Stage lighting history
Set design
Flats - parts of
Platforms
Unit set
Gaslight
Limelight