3.1b Making a Play - Devising
The script has all the words the characters speak
and also some stage directions
that give the actors information about what to do.
Look at the script for this scene.
These are the words the actors speak.
And these are the stage directions that go with these words.
Let's put them together.
Our actors will show you.
【Cantonese 粵語 • 3.1b 戲劇創作 - 集體創作 】
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Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 1: Tʜᴇ Oʀɪɢɪɴs ᴏғ Tʜᴇᴀᴛʀᴇ
Western theatre origins
The variety of Asian theatre genres
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 2: Aʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ Wᴏʀʟᴅ’s ᴀ Sᴛᴀɢᴇ
Common types of stages
Effect on the relationship between the performers and the audience
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3: Mᴀᴋɪɴɢ A Pʟᴀʏ
Adaptation based on an existing material
Improvisation by actors
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 4: Cᴀsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Cʀᴇᴡ
Different teams involved in a production, from administrative to backstage
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 5: Aᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴀɴᴅ Aᴄᴛɪɴɢ
How actors prepare for a role
Sharing from emerging actors
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 6: Cᴏsᴛᴜᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ Mᴀᴋᴇᴜᴘ
How designers and artists bring the characters to life
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 7: Sᴇᴛs ᴀɴᴅ Pʀᴏᴘs
The way set designers create scenes for the play
Scene changes
Props and how they are created
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 8: Lɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ Sᴏᴜɴᴅ
Common lighting types used on stage and their effects
Sound effects and how lighting and sound work together to create dramatic impact
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 9: Rᴇʜᴇᴀʀsᴀʟs
Creative process from read-through, blocking to dress rehearsal
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