stage directions and types of stages (1) - klms drama...stage directions are from the actors...
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STAGE
DIRECTI
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Stage Areas 9 basic areas
Stage directions are from the actors point-of-view, facing the audience.
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Stage AreasC = Center
C
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Center Stage (C) is primarily a position of great
importance or prominence.
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Stage AreasD = Down/Downstage
CD D D
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The down stage position is located DOWN by the audience.
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Towards the FRONT on the
stage.
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Stage AreasU = Up/Upstage
CD D D
U U U
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The upstage position is located near the backstage area.
Upstage is close to
the back curtain!
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Furthest away from
the audience.
Upstage
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Raked Stage• Sloped upwards away from
the audience.
• This improves the view for the audience.
• Led to the theatre positions "upstage" and "downstage", meaning, respectively, farther from or closer to the audience.
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Stage AreasR = Right/Stage Right
CDR D D
UR U UCR
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Stage Directions are seen from the ACTOR’s Perspective
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Stage AreasL = Left/Stage Left
CDR D DL
UR U ULCLCR
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How can actors and directors utilize this knowledge of the stage space?
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Blocking• Precise and planned
movement of actors on stage
• Always taken from the actors perspective
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ACTORS BODY POSITIONS
Full Front
Full Back
Profile Left
Profile Right
¼ Right
¾ Right ¾ Left
¼ Left
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Flash Game
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TYPES OF STAGESProscenium or Picture Frame
Thrust or Elizabethan
Arena or
Theater in the Round
Blackbox or Flexible Stage
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Proscenium
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Proscenium• The most common style of staging.• Traditionally the playing space is hidden by a curtain.• The farthest downstage plane is where the imaginary
4th wall is.
•4th wall: The opening into the world of the play. If you imagine playing space as a room with 4 walls, 3 of them are visible, but one is invisible, allowing the audience to witness the action of the play.
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Thrust
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Thrust staging•What does thrust staging require of the actors?
–If playing on the thrust, actors must remember to turn toward various parts of the audience during the course of a scene.–In vocal terms, the actor must project more when on the thrust, as there is little acoustic help from the architecture of the auditorium.
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ARENA
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Arena stagingThe playing space is surrounded on all sides by the audience.Entrances often consist of aisles through the audience.Used to give the audience a sense of intimacy/close connection with the production.
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A “Black Box” theatre is often big empty boxes painted black inside. Stage and seating not fixed. Instead, each can be altered to suit the needs of the play or the whim of the director.
Blackbox