EL 2311

This refers to the person who is responsible in producing a play for the starting point of the theatrical event.

It is a movement in the play that begins with the initial entanglement, through rising action, climax, and falling action to resolution.

Using the following steps in preparing an effective script, you must consider the process:

I.   Make your outline as a tool.

II.  Describe actions and revelations.

III. Insert dialogue as it comes to you.

IV. Use index cards to represent narratives.

V.  Start writing a document, scene-by-scene.

 

• V, II, I, IV, III

• V, III, II, I, IV

• II, I, IV, III, V

• IV, V, II, III, I

The following are the duties and responsibilities of the commercial manager EXCEPT ______________.

• supervising the work of those running the theater: in the box office, auditorium, and business office

• hiring the director, performers, designers, and stage screw and securing rights of the script

• controlling the idea, vision, or point of view which the director feels appropriate to the play

• dealing with the agents for the playwright, director, and performers

Both director and manager are responsible for the maintenance of the theater building, including the dressing rooms, the public facilities, and the lobby.

• True

• False

Another possibility in writing a text or script would be an imaginary story, either resembling everyday life or based on fantasy or a nightmare.

• True

• False

The director has the overall responsibility for coordinating all the elements that must come together to create a production that limits only on conferring with scenic, lighting, costume, sound designers, and overseeing technical and dress rehearsals.

• True

• False

Finding a backbone for a play allows the director to understand the action and provides a nerve center from which to develop it.

• True

• False