THET110 Notes September 5 2012 I Why does your generation prefer film to theater A Cost B Accessibility C Visual culture D Advertising E The Graying of the American Audience II Why do we study theater A Universality of theater B Theatrical impulse C Innate mimetic desire in humans D Mimesis imitation III The Definition of Theater A Theater must have 1 Actor 2 Story 3 Audience 4 Liveness a A performs B for C B Communication interaction model 1 Sender message receiver Sender feedback receiver IV 3 Way Theatrical Interaction A Performers audience B Audience performers C Audience audience V Similarities and differences between theater and A Jugglers football film ritual 1 Theater requires action 2 Theater uses actors actor is a performer who impersonates 3 Theater is a hybrid form 4 Theater is collaborative art 5 Theater relies on liveness 6 Theater is ephemeral VI How do audiences negotiate the theater event A Theatrical convention Rules practices or shorthand that the audience agrees to accept B Willing suspension of disbelief Although audiences know the events of a play are not real they agree for the moment not to disbelieve them Theater Etiquette VII A Before 1 Appropriate dress 2 Arrive early 3 Read program B During C After 1 Avoid noise ex food candy wrappers talking 2 No phones 3 Site lines 1 No early departures 2 Standing ovations 3 Three block rule do not talk about the performance until you are three blocks away because you do not know who can hear you
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