Ch5.2 Actors and Acting - Creating a Character
The important things we actors do when we bring a character
to life from the page to the stage in a play.
I have some questions that I always ask myself
about the characters that I am playing...
【Cantonese 粵語 • 5.2 演員和演繹 - 演活角色 】
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A Young Person's Guide to the Theatre 青少年劇場入門指南
Produced and presented by The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection, “A Young Person's Guide tot he Theatre” on digiAFTEC® is an original, comprehensive series about theatre and its creative process. Created by veteran theatre-makers, the programme offers in-depth introduction to theatre-making with segmented videos, activities, games and quizzes to create a blended, immersive and experiential learning journey.
Website: https://digi.aftec.hk/
The package includes 9 chapters of online learning materials and a hands-on box with an activity/guide book. The box consists of chapter-themed creative craft exercises to spark students’ interest in the multiverse of theatre-making. The activity/guide book acts as a manual for crafts, as well as a draft book for students to work out their creative ideas from scratch.
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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