Julie Selbo has described the importance of narrative to the screenwriter‚ film executives and the audience. However‚ if a genre does not follow the expected formula this can be stimulating for the audience. Though for the change to be interesting‚ the audience first needs to know the conventions of the genre that have been transformed. Mixing genres gives the screenwriter the opportunity to vary the narrative in‚ for example‚ surprising or novel ways. There is also the choice for the screenwriter
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staged is by using a variety of techniques to intrigue viewers and audience members from just a platform stage and some actors to something unique and interesting. Grotowski believed to be interesting it did not need lighting‚ effects‚ costumes‚ makeup‚ props‚ costumes or scenery. This was regarded as poor theatre as funding was barely needed and stuck to its name still today. The minimal use of props meant that the same prop could be used as many different things; He also encouraged the use of music
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lighting‚ as well as everything else of course (152-157). Mise-en-scene are those elements that appear in the film frame as decided by the director. The term is theatrical and includes those elements associated with theatre: lighting‚ setting‚ costume‚ behaviour of actors. Mise-en-scene includes everything we see and the construction of that. In Birth of a Nation we saw scenes of battle that were constructed that mobilised feelings of loss-the tragedy of war as Griffiths called it. In Destination
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entire show. This brings me onto costumes. The costumes in this production were very bare and essential for quick changes while on stage‚ and this gave the play a comic feel because they changed on the stage in front of the audience. Many times the costume was a plain suit and the actors played different characters by simplistically putting so a hat‚ coat or a prop. I enjoyed this because it helped me associate different characters with the little bit of costume they had. The sound and music in
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of the actor with the audience‚ not the sets‚ costumes‚ lighting or special effects. In his view these were just trappings and‚ while they may enhance the experience of theatre‚ were unnecessary to the central core the meaning that theatre should generate. ’Poor’ meant the stripping away of all that was unnecessary and leaving a ’stripped’ and vulnerable actor. Applying this principle in his ’laboratory’ in Poland‚ Jerzy Grotowski jettisoned all costume and staging and preferred to work with all black
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tragedy. -Debates have swirled around the bear for centuries. Initially‚ the arguments centered on whether Shakespeare intended for an actual bear to be let loose on stage - or for a man in a costume to act like a bear. "By now almost all the critics would agree that it would have had to be a man in a costume‚" Mowat says. -In Elizabethan England‚ bears were familiar creatures. Men wagered on bear-baiting contests. Bears symbolized anger and tyranny; some likened them to the king. Some think the
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unpunished pranks (usually May Day eve or Halloween). In the late 19thC‚ the Irish belief that ’the little people’ or fairies played pranks on Halloween‚ led boys and young men to carry out practical jokes on that night‚ Nowadays children dress up in costumes and go from door to door where they knock on the door‚ or ring the doorbell‚ and yell ’Trick or treat!’. The idea being that the owners of the house give the children a treat (sweets or money) or the children will play a trick on them - I believe
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Make-up‚ hair extensions‚ teased hairstyles‚ clouds of hairspray‚ sophisticated costumes‚ tiaras‚ trophies‚ money‚ and more. Is this the type of environment or lifestyle you would want your child to be raised in? Unfortunately for some children this is a reality. For almost fifty years now children have been forced to behave as young adults rather than the five year olds they actually are. In my opinion beauty pageants are harmful to children. Beauty pageants create a negative environment for children
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Superman (1978) and Man of Steel are two very different films that are based on the same idea. Both films were made in times where technology changed the quality of each film. Superman (1978) was made 35 years earlier to that of Man of Steel. One sees the difference in both films when looking at the posters of each film. Poster 1 is a Superman (1978) poster which shows the title of the film and the famous Superman logo in the middle. The poster shows how old it actually is due to the quality of the
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primed by the change in the costume and scenic design‚ the purpose of which was very direct and necessary in order to exude the correct emotions to the audience. The purpose of the first act was to adequately and immediately connect the audience to the familiar characters that they were seeing. In order to do this‚ the characters needed to be recognizable to their historical background in order to be consistent with what each spectator will be expecting. This is where costume design becomes very influential
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