The Audience and The Critic
Contrasting
Media Types:
 |
T.V.
/ Film / Theatre |
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Passive
vs. Active Viewing |
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"Canned"
vs. Live Performance |
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The
Issue of Accessibility |
|
The
Couch Potato Syndrome |
The
Modern Day Audience:
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Knowledgeable
about Theatre: |
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Has
Access to Books, Taped Productions, and the Web. |
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Has
a Filmic Sense and Perception: |
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Pan,
Cut, Tilt, & P.O.V. |
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Montage
and Jump Editing |
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Has
a Reflective Nature: |
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Examines
Ideas at Length |
The
Audience Factor:
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Why
would the Audience be so important? |
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50/50
Proposition |
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Involvement
/ Interaction |
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Performer
/ Viewer |
No
Two Performances are the Same, Why?:
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Real
Time Action & Event |
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Audience
Mixture & Chemistry |
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Audience
Shapes and Changes the Performance |
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Actors
are Human Beings not Images |
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Professionalism
& Unforeseen Circumstances |
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Interaction
is the Final Test of Good Theatre |
Key
Elements & Factors of Interaction:
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Five
Elements / Ingredients in Theatre: Actor, Director, Playwright, Audience,
& Design |
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Mixed,
Collaborative, Aimed |
Key
Factors in Audience Interaction:
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Knowledge |
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Willing
Suspension of Disbelief (Colridge) |
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Aesthetic
Distance |
The Audience as Critic / Topics
What
is a Critic / Criticism:
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A
Critic is, "Someone who responds to Theatre with Knowledge and
Understanding". |
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Criticism
vs. Critique |
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Find
Faults & Successes |
Review
vs. Formal Criticism:
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Surface
vs. In Depth |
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5W
& 1H vs. Intellectual Exploration |
What
a Critic Needs to Be:
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Observant |
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Informed |
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Sensitive
|
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Demanding |
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Articulate |
What
a Critic Needs to See:
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What
are the Critical Perspectives of the Play? |
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Social
Perspective |
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Personal
Perspective |
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Artistic
Perspective |
|
Theatrical
Perspective |
|
Entertainment
Perspective |
What
a Critic Needs to Ask:
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What
is the Playwright trying to say? |
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What
is the production trying to do? |
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How
well has it been done? |
| Was it worth doing? |