Transcript Dramatic Commentary

Dramatic Commentary
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Ground Plans
Ground Plan
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Audience
with arrow
Entrance and exit
Stage
Key
Opening positions of characters
Viability (roughly to scale and no
obstructions to sight lines
Naturalistic set of ‘The Crucible’ – Boxed set
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B
M
Key
audience
B – Betty
A – Abby
M - Mercy
bed
chest
- flat
- chair
- window
- entrance/exit
Minimalist set ‘The Crucible’
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B
Key
Audience
B – Betty
A – Abby
M - Mercy
bed
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - curtain
- chair
- entrance/exit
1st Column
Notes for Actors
Do You Have:
• Stage Position (USL, CS…..)
• Voice terms (pitch, pace, tone, volume, intonation,
clarity, register, accent, articulation, fluency)
• Movement terms (gestures, facial expression, body
language, use of levels, use of space, posture)
• Feelings/Emotions towards others
2nd Column
Justification
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Why are they in that stage position?
Why is their voice like that?
Why are they moving like that?
Why do they feel these emotions/feelings?
Show an understanding of the whole play –
of that character’s motivation –
the reason behind their actions.
Keep asking WHY???
3rd Column
Technical Effects - LIGHTS
AN EXAMPLE:
4 fresnel lanterns hanging at a 45 angle to give a
wash of light at level 4. As the scene progresses,
the light increases as the day progresses.
One profile lantern with a gobo of a window
projected on the cyclorama. An amber gel on the
lantern to represent sunlight. At level 4 increasing
to level 7 to show morning progressing and sun
coming up.
Sound Fxs
AN EXAMPLE
• Sounds of hymns rising from the parlour below as
Rev Parris leads a psalm to remind the audience of
the prevalence of religion.
• Piece of classical music building up to a crescendo
to increase tension and create a sombre, tense
mood and atmosphere.
• As this is a farm, we hear the farmyard dogs
barking as Giles Corey and Francis approach the
house out of the darkness.
Notes for Justification Technical
actors
FXs
Stage Position
WHY?
LIGHTING
Voice
WHY?
SOUND FXS
Movement
WHY?
MUSIC
Emotions/
Feelings about
others
WHY?
WHY?