up. This was exactly the same feeling I received from the exhibition Charles James: Beyond Fashion‚ displayed by the Costume Institution of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Throughout the exhibition‚ I was asked this question over and over again: If fashion is not what the exhibition about‚ then what? Started from May8 and lasting until August 10‚ the special exhibition of Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum presents the audience signature pieces of Charles James‚ an Anglo fashion designer who
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adolescent boys dressed in women’s costumes. Today‚ production can run for months or years‚ making the workload easier for the actors involved. These performances can take place anytime as artificial lighting as resolved this issue. Actors no longer have to describe scenery to their audience. Today sceneries are often made to enhance each scene‚ act and set. During the Renaissance‚ costumes did not play a major role in the production.. Costumes were often bright in colour‚ visually
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is open for the audience to see before the play starts and is set out as the stage in a small theatre‚ a basket for props‚ two chairs‚ a rack of costumes and buckets catching water from a leaky roof. The most important part of the set though was the gauze at the back of the stage separating a separate scene behind and revealing it hen needed using lighting. This combination of props and structure conveys the location strongly to the audience without being so defined that it is not possible to change
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of the characters‚ thus revealing their true emotions and character. Special lighting‚ such as the front spotlight on the child with a sword and the backlights on the paper walls‚ were particularly beautiful as they broke away from traditional hanging lights. Many different colors were used throughout the play‚ but they did not overwhelm the audience. These colors worked well with the dull‚ plain colors of the costumes and contrasted with the black paint. Furthermore‚ it helped to establish the silhouettes
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love and sacrifice. Elements of mise-en-scène‚ particularly lighting‚ acting‚ costume‚ make-up‚ and staging‚ reveal the tensions between Rick and Ilsa‚ generate different sympathies for each of the characters‚ and implicitly exacerbate the pervading Nazi threat. On a broader scale‚ the stylistic elements cultivate ideological sympathy for the Allied cause and anxiety towards war. One key formal element of the scene is the lighting which allows the audience to see Ilsa as her lovers do. Ilsa
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Macbeth Play Review In Lynne Parkers Macbeth she spends time making specific aspects to the play the best they can be. The three places in which this is shown are Macbeth himself‚ the witches and her extensive use of lighting and sound. When we entered the feature we saw a very irregular stage. The stage was split into two levels‚ a large raised area at the back which was connected to a lower level which was connected by steps that were designed to look as though they had been carved out
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used were inspired by the Etruscans and the Greeks. When the Etruscans were conquered by the Romans‚ many aspects from their culture like was passed on to Rome. One of these aspects was the graceful‚ slow style of dancing seen in ballroom dancing today. Roman dancing was also inspired by Greek dancers‚ their way of dancing to fast and vibrant music was passed to Rome through all the different plays that was produced in many amphitheaters in Greece and Rome. During the Roman
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the narrative and characters. The first shot that is seen is a panning shot across the countryside/woods to give the audience a perspective of where the action is taking place‚ and showing the audience what I mentioned earlier about the setting and lighting‚ in this one shot the audience is able to establish an understanding of what the tone of the film is‚ and an idea of the genre. An establishing shot is then used to show Donnie in the middle of the road‚ showing he has fallen off his bike‚ having
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ENGL 1302.162 12 May 2014 Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. In this opportunity the San Antonio College Department of Fine Arts presented this play on April 10 at 7:30 pm at the McAllister Auditorium at San Antonio College. The play was directed by Paula Rodriguez and had like main characters Adolfo Lambert (Romeo) and Esther Marie Padilla (Juliet). Romeo and Juliet is a beautiful history about two young people who fell in love of each other despite their
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prominent dark lighting in the film‚ Edward Scissor Hands (1990). Through these film techniques‚ Burton thus is able to explore the the dark and damaged world of the suburbia. These techniques include the bright lighting within the suburbia residences‚ which often emphasizes the contrasting dark lighting from black shades implemented by the hand made metal structures that is prominently used within Edward’s Victorian styled manor/home. Such discrepancies between bright and dark lighting is evident in
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