Theatrical professions Essays

  • Spring Awakening Reflection

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    Spring Awakening, my first and final play. Shelley Elman the director of the play did not live up to my expectations. It was hard for me to understand what was going on throughout the play, and where exactly it was taken place at. There were also many technical difficulties with the sound that took my attention from the stage. This was my first play I have gone to, and it was not a good experience. I went on a Friday and was seated in the middle of the auditorium, and would definitely not recommend

  • What is a Techie?

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    The ones most often working the hardest and ensuring the show comes off to the audience as a success. Techie is defined by Urban Dictionary as the person that runs the technical aspect of the show, such as sound, lights or backstage (Techie). There is more to being a techie than the final performance. Techies are the ones who do a majority of the work, in and outside of rehearsal, but they receive the least of the credit. Skill, work ethic, and quick thinking are what define a techie. Without the

  • Picasso At The Lapin Agile

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    Picasso at the Lapin Agile From the time you enter the Falk Theatre, until the curtain rises and falls on the production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, you are in for a treat. The play is an original work by Steve Martin with a running time of 90minutes, which feels more like 30minutes. Aside from the uncomfortable seating, this production is nothing short of wonderful. The Theatre has been transformed from a long movie Theater atmosphere to a quaint surrounding by means of risers that are placed

  • Ten-Minute Tales: Reflections on the Festival of Ten

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    Ten minutes is about the shortest play I ever seen my life. But each of these ten minutes plays told a whole story from beginning to end. This production I attended was call the Festival of Ten on February 28, 2017 at the fine Arts Center Mainstage. The production consisted of ten plays, each play was about 10 minutes long and all told a unique story. One play I found interesting was “Player of The Week” written by Pete Mergel, directed by Dalton Pitts, and Gail Argetsinger designed the costumes

  • Analyzing Moulin Rouge

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    Moulin Rouge is celebrated for its art direction, music, and performances. One of its biggest endeavors is the set design. With a combination of real sets and computer generated images, Moulin Rouge manages to showcases a 19th century Paris, France as a world of moral decadence but undeniable beauty. The set design further pushes the message of France, at this time, being a place of plague, poverty and sin; but also a place of art, music and beauty. In the introduction of the film, we see an elaborate

  • Essay On Modern Theatre

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    Technology has a critical role in the modern world of theatre. It is what makes productions a possibility. Someone who deals with a lot of this new technology is someone who has a theatre technology major. Practically everything involved with the stage is handled by Theatre Technicians. Whether it be something as simple as a curtain or drop that flies in during a production to something as vast as a mechanically rotating set, someone has to set it up or build it, maintain it, and operate it. It could

  • Description Of Theatre Costumes

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    As you may know, there are a lot of jobs to have in theatre detailing. All are very complicated. Here you will see the inside scoop on only a few of the fun jobs in theatre detailing… A costume designer makes the demeanor of a character based on its accessories and clothes. The designs will need to express the character’s personality. The textures, silhouettes, and colors of the costume make a colossal and immediate visual statement to the crowd. The costume designer has to be creative but careful

  • Examples of How Set Can Communicate the Dance's Ideal Concept

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    Examples of How Set Can Communicate the Dance's Ideal Concept When a dance piece is created, it is not just the choreography of the steps that needs to be considered. To make a successful piece, firstly a starting point needs to be found, this can be anything ranging from an emotion, an animal, or even someone's journey to work or school. When this has been decided upon, there are five main areas that need to be concentrated on. These are; costume, music, set, lighting and choreography.

  • The Laramie Project: The Film Analysis Of The Laramie Project

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    The Laramie Project is a unique play because it is created by the combination of interviews done after the death of Matthew Shepard. While this format is not usually seen, in this production, it was successfully done and was a enjoyable play to watch. All of the acting, design and directing aspects for this production were properly handled and fit the purpose of the play. The acting for this play was successful in its goal. The actors were more than successful in making their characters seem credible

  • Reflection Essay

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    In freshman seminar, I learned so much that could help me out with any class in college, with maybe the exception of science. I acquired the knowledge of how to write a self-evaluation, a biography, and a resume. Critiquing myself in a self-evaluation is better than trying to watch myself in the mirror and fix my mistakes on the spot. Taking the time to write out notes and learn as I go helps me remember what areas I need to improve in. Even though I gained an excessive amount of knowledge from freshman

  • Medea - the conception of drama within theatrical production

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    Conception of Drama within Theatrical Production” In Euripides’ tragic play, Medea, the playwright creates an undercurrent of chaos in the play upon asserting that, “the world’s great order [is being] reversed.” (Lawall, 651, line 408). The manipulation of the spectators’ emotions, which instills in them a sentiment of drama, is relative to this undertone of disorder, as opposed to being absolute. The central thesis suggests drama in the play as relative to the method of theatrical production. The three

  • Theatrical Illumination

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    The Role of Illumination Theatrical lighting has undergone significant changes from its first utilization to modern application. Illumination is essential to the theatrical experience we are familiar with. When the lights come up, the mood is set. Lighting in a performance context manipulates the audience's attention to focus on what the director has deemed important. When an actor or space is no longer an integral part the lights around them dim, dismissing that component and refocusing on what

  • Mrs. Warren?s Profession

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    Mrs. Warren’s Profession Mrs. Warren’s profession, written by Mr. George Bernard Shaw, shows the world how women are being exploited through capitalism. The characters, stage, and themes make this an enjoyable play with a deep-rooted message. For example, during the 1800’s women could be employed as factory workers, bar maids, and prostitutes. Many opportunities afforded men were taboo for women. Men were able to attend college take the challenging subjects and get a degree. However, women could

  • Career Goals

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    Career Goals Over the past few decades, people have drastically changed the way they choose their career. Times have changed a great deal, and people no longer feel forced into a certain profession. People are now given endless choices and possibilities, and it is up to them to decide what they want to do the rest of their lives. When facing these important decisions, it is very easy to become confused. I once was very uncertain about any career goals I may have had, but now, I am more sure

  • Scientology

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    Ron Hubbard, there are many discrediting facts and ideas about the religion that were found. It is these very facts that I will be listing that many of Scientology's greatest critics use to defend themselves (in the case of those in the medical professions ), or to explain why the religions ideas are simply not valid or untrue. A very widely used quote of L. Ron Hubbard is the following which was said in 1938 in a letter to his first wife ten years prior to the development of his religion. He

  • Professional Competency

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    Professional competence can mean various things to different people. Competency in any career or profession has many basic requirements that are learned in a classroom environment as well as many essential elements that must be learned through formal, on-the-job training in order to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to function adequately as a professional in a workplace setting. Competency in the counseling field is not a ‘once learned, always known’ type of knowledge; it requires a combination

  • Women's Roles During Times of War and Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas

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    to Woolf, men and women exist in separate worlds, coexisting, but not interacting. Women live outside of the masculine spectrum of official schooling, professions, and, of course, war making. I beg to differ. Women have always interacted with men and live in the same world as their masculine counterparts even when it comes to schooling and professions, but especially when it comes to war. Women have always joined their brothers in the trade of war making and to deny their efforts and victories is to

  • The Degradation of Women in American Scholar

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    The Degradation of Women in American Scholar In "The American Scholar," Ralph Waldo Emerson characterizes the nature of the American scholar in three categories: nature, books, and action.  The scholar is one who nature mystifies, because one must be engrossed with nature before he can appreciate it.  In nature, man learns to tie things together; trees sprout from roots, leaves grow on trees, and so on.  Man learns how to classify the things in nature, which simplifies things in his mind (section

  • The History of Women's Suffrage

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    the outcome was after the movement, plus how those events are involved in today's society. The women of the post suffrage era would not have the ability to the wide variety of professions were it not for their successes in the political arena for that time. In the early 1900’s when women were barred from most professions and limited in the amount of money they could earn, a group of suffragists led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started to develop the women into an influential and

  • Career Passports and Career Portfolios

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    Career Passports and Career Portfolios Portfolios have long been used in some professions to showcase professional work and skill. In education, portfolios have also been used for assessment, including self-assessment (Lankes 1995; Pond et al. 1998). Both career portfolios and career passports reflect this dual focus—students assess themselves in the process of developing a product, and the resulting product showcases and documents their experiences and skills. A distinction is sometimes drawn