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Dramatic Commentary
AND
Ground Plans
Ground Plan
• Audience with arrow
• Entrance and exit
• Stage
• Key
• Opening positions of characters
• Viability (roughly to scale and no obstructions to sight lines
audience
P
Key
P – Petey
table- flat
- chair
- window
- entrance/exit
Naturalistic set of ‘The Birthday Party’ –Boxed set
Audience
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- fireplace
- table
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - curtain
- chair
KEY
- entrance/exit
P
P – Petey
Minimalist set ‘The Birthday Party’
1st Column Notes for Actors
Do You Have:
• Stage Position (USL, CS…..)• Voice terms(pitch, pace, tone, volume, intonation,
clarity, register, accent, articulation, fluency)
• Movement terms(gestures, facial expression, body language, use of levels, use of space, posture)
• Feelings/Emotions towards others
2nd ColumnJustification
• Why are they in that stage position?• Why is their voice like that?• Why are they moving like that?• Why do they feel these emotions/feelings?
Show an understanding of the whole play –of that character’s motivation – the reason behind their actions.Keep asking WHY???
3rd ColumnTechnical Effects - LIGHTS
AN EXAMPLE:
4 fresnel lanterns hanging at a 45 angle to give a wash of light at level 5. The key light is the sunlight coming in the window and a lamp.
One profile lantern with a gobo of a window projected on the back wall. An amber gel on the lantern to represent sunlight. At level 4 increasing to level 7 to show morning progressing and sun coming up.
Sound FxsAN EXAMPLE
• Sounds of seagulls to show that it is a seaside town.
• Piece of classical music building up to a crescendo to increase tension and create a sombre, tense mood and atmosphere.
Notes for actors
Stage Position WHY? SOUND FXS
Voice WHY? MUSIC
Movement WHY? LIGHTING
Emotions/
Feelings about others
WHY? WHY?
Justification Technical FXs