Module 4: The Designers and Modern Theatre
Chapter Questions
 
Read Chapter 5 (pages 80 to 133) in your textbook.
 
Choose only 5 of these questions to answer. Write your answers in your own words; if you choose to quote from the textbook, remember to identify the source.
Question # Chapter Questions
 
1 5 Identify the qualities considered by the visual designers (scenic, lighting, costumes, props) and by the sound designers (music, sound effects, environmental sounds).
 
2 5 When and why did scenic design become integral to theatre?
 
3 5 Explain the differences between realistic scenery and metaphoric scenery? How is SELECTIVE REALISM a compromise between REALISM and METAPHOR?
 
4 5 Identify and describe the three traditional building blocks of stage scenery, and explain how light and properties (PROPS) are also part of scene design.
 
5 5 List the four (or five) ways that the scenic designer creates visualization for the design team.
 
6 5 Identify the two primary purposes of lighting. Name one other way the lighting can affect the production.
 
7 5 Identify the two major preparations expected of the lighting designer?
 
8 5 How did the REALISM of the 18th and 19th centuries affect the role of costume design?
 
9 5 Identify three functions of theatre makeup.
 
 
10 5 Identify the ways that the sound designer supports the production.
 
 
11 5 What do all designers have in common? (or DB)
 
 

 

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